Foreign 5 best foods

Tacos
When we say tacos, we don't mean the deep-fried jobbies dressed up in lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese. We're talking traditional Mexican tacos, the kind you buy from street sellers in Mexico City and elsewhere in Mexico, those simple arrangements of homemade corn tortillas, meat, onions, cilantro, and squirts of lime. With such a short ingredients list and modest size, it's easy to underestimate the incredible marriage of flavors they deliver. That is, until you try them.

Pavlova
The great thing about Australia and New Zealand both laying claim as the originator of the pavlova is that it means there are two entire countries filled with chefs expertly creating delectible versions of the dessert. With its merengue-like base, whipped-cream topping, and generous adornment of whatever fruit is the most luscious at the time it's made (think kiwi, passion fruit, and strawberries), it's as light and refreshing as Christmas in summer. Which, not coincidentally, is often when it's served.

Moules Frites
No one does moules frites like the Belgians, who likely invented the dish hundreds of years ago. Simultaneously elegant and down-home, this isn't just a dish, it's a feast. Extravagant mounds of mussels atop a brothy sauce (often flavored with white wine) pair with thin, crisp French fries that were born for just this sort of union. And you, lucky you, get to unite them all with your fork and your appetite.

Pastilla
The glorious pastilla (also spelled bastilla, b'stila, or bisteeya) presents a slight translation problem. Taste the elaborate Moroccan meat pie—which blends a thin, crisp outer layer of dough with a rich filling of poultry, onions, almonds, sugar, and spices—and there's no resisting it. But read some version of the words "sweet-and-sour pigeon pie" and you might not order it at all. Ignore that instinct of self-preservation and try this comforting dish—your belly will thank you.

Croissants
There are plenty of French foods that could have made this list, but croissants stand out because they're simply not the same anywhere else in the world. In France, the stars of flour and butter, geography and weather, steam and heat all align to create the world's most perfect croissants. Tear open the flaky and golden outside to reveal a delicate, airy interior. To find a croissant that will change your life, look for local boulangers who make their own rather than trucking in goods from large central bakeries.