Food that is worth travelling for

“There is no love sincerer than the love of food,” George Bernard Shaw said. Judging by the number of amazing dishes out there, he was right.Some food you eat to stay alive, others you eat because, not to would be a crime. Here are those foods worth travelling the world to gorge on.

Food is how the world comes to us, as eaters. And occasionally, it’s the best reason for us travelers to go explore the world. Here we've assembled the most extravagant, most essential, most sensual reasons to stamp your passport.

These aren't merely great foods -- they're foods that you simply must seek at their source. Meals like this are why even love and pray take a backseat to straight-up getting your eat on. So, broaden your culinary horizon, feast your eyes and control your drooling as we reveal to you the world’s best foods.

Massaman curry, Thailand: Emphatically, the king of curries and perhaps the king of all foods. Spicy, cocnutty, sweet and savory, Massamans combination of flavours has more personality than a Thai election. Thankfully, someone invented rice with which diners can mop up the last drizzle of this curry sauce.
Tastes best with: rice and naan.

Neapolitan Pizza, Italy: Let’s face it, everyone loves Italian food. The best pizza was and still is the Neopolitan that insists on sea salt, high grade wheat flour, the use of only three types of tomatoes and the strict use of a wood fired oven, among other quality stipulations. The Neopolitians created a food that a few can make properly but everyone enjoys thoroughly.
Tastes best with: absolutely every sauce.

Sushi, Japan: When Japan wants to create something right, it creates it really right. Whether its Toyota, Sony or raw fish and rice Sushi, the Japanese products make it to almost the top of the list. The fish and rice in Sushi is put together so beautifully that it makes this a global first date favourite.
Tastes best with: Pickled ginger and Soya sauce.

Chilli Crab, Singapore: You can’t visit Singapore without trying its spicy, sloppy, meaty speciality. While there are a dozen of ways to prepare crab, chilli crab remains the local bestseller. Spicy chilli-tomato gravy tends to splatter, which is why you need to mop everything up with buns.
Tastes best with: Baked cheese and Mantou buns.

Hamburger, Germany: When something tastes so good that people spend US $20 billion each year in a single restaurant chain devoted to it, you know it has to fit into this list. The bread-meat-salad combination is so good that countries have ravaged their eco systems to produce more cows.
Tastes best with: Barbecue sauce.

Chicken Parm, Australia: Melted Parmesan and mozzarella cheese and a peppery-garlicy tomato sauce drizzled over the top of a chicken fillet, Aussie pub-goers claim this Italian dish as their own. Since the make it so well, theres no popint arguing. Tastes best with: Sphagetti.

Goicuon, Vietnam: This summer roll is made from pork, shrimp, rice, herbs and other ingredients wrapped in rice paper. Its “meat-light” with the flavours of refreshing herbs erupting in your mouth. Its wholesome, easy and the very definition of ‘more-ish’.
Tastes best with: Vermicelli Noodles.

Chelo Kebab, Iran: Chelo kebab is the national dish of Iran. The meal consists of steamed saffron rice and hot kebebs accompanies by grilled tomatoes and butter. Pick your meat, shove a stick through it and grill. Then wonder why you don’t eat like this every day.
Tastes best with: Naan and Mint chutney.

Rendang, Indonesia: Beef is slowly simmered with coconut milk and a mixture of lemongrass, galangal, garlic, turmeric, ginger and chillies and lest to stew for a few hours to create this dish of tender, flavourful bovine goodness. Tasting it fresh out of kitchen will tend your stomach into an overdrive. Tastes best with: Steamed lemon rice.

Crêpes, Paris: Baguettes may be king when it comes to national culinary treasures in France, but they’re not the only reason you get on that plane. Walk down any street in Paris and there are hordes of street vendors pouring crêpe batter and spoonfuls of Nutella onto round black grills. If you need a quest, hunt down La Drougerie on the bustling Rue des Rosiers. Just follow the thick scent of butter and scorched sugar crystals. Tastes best with: Nutella

Guinness stew, Ireland:
The silky, chocolatey, lightly carbonated Guinness is admittedly not for everyone. “Too heavy,” they’ll say. “Drinks like a meal.” Even if you fall into that dainty camp, there’s a way to experience Dublin’s famed brew: make it a meal. You won’t find Guinness stew quite like this anywhere else in the world. You flat-out won’t find a better bowl of this savory, spice beef stew than at the Guinness Storehouse’s restaurant 1837. The recipe is crafted with steak, veggies, and spices all selected for their uncanny pairing with Guinness. As you chow down, you can look out at the concrete jungle and steam pipes that make the beer.
Tastes better with a beer