how to be a traveler in your own home

How, you ask? By cooking!

2020 has been the year of no travels. Quarantine gave me more time on my hands, so I used that time to cook different dishes from around the globe. Some were attempts to recreate my favorite dishes I’ve eaten during my travels, and some were dishes from places still on my bucket list. There are a few food blogs I follow, so I’ve linked their recipes in the caption in case you want to give it a go! My top ones are definitely The Woks of Life, Just One Cookbook, Marion’s Kitchen, RecipeTin Eats, and Simply Recipes.

Here are all of the places I’ve “traveled” to in 2020:

1. Argentina

2. China

3. Greece

Chicken Souvlaki Bowls with Garlic Fries via Half Baked Harvest

4. Hong Kong

5. Italy

6. Japan

Baked Pork Tonkatsu and Homemade Tonkatsu Sauce via Just One Cookbook

Chicken Karaage via Just One Cookbook (and some fried soft shelled crab on the bottom row)

7. Korea

https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/slow-roast-gochujang-chickenGochujang Chicken (via Ben) via Bon Appetit

8. Mexico

Shredded chicken tacos via All Recipes (and a chorizo quesadilla)

So this one is not really Mexican but it’s a version of Taco Bell’s Crunchwrap Supreme via Delish

9. Norway

10. Philippines

Longanisa with garlic fried rice (longanisa is not homemade – still working on that one!)

11. Singapore

12. Spain

OK, so technically no cooking involved with this Charcuterie Board, but these are Spanish meats and the octopus and sardines are straight from Spain. Plus, I did make the Crostini via All Recipes

13. Taiwan

Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup via Woks of Life

14. Thailand

Khao Soi via Woks of Life and Marion’s Kitchen

15. United States

Cris p y Oven-Baked Chicken Tenders via RecipeTin Eats

16. Vietnam

Mini Prawn Spring Rolls via Marion’s Kitchen

And then here are a few bonus ones where I wasn’t sure which country to categorize them under:

Aaaaand just like everyone else, we baked some sourdough bread (well, Ben did because I don’t bake). We first tried the starter since yeast was nowhere to be found at the beginning of quarantine. Once they were back in stock, we tried the regular recipe, which I liked much better

That’s a wrap on 2020! Here’s hoping that we’ll actually get to travel next year and I can go to some of these countries and try out the real deal for myself!