Asia Basics
This popular Asian sauce includes a variety of spices such as cumin, coriander, turmeric, and ginger.
What is curry?
This traditional Japanese soup is made with noodles and is served with meat or fish.
What is Ramen?
This type of soup includes broth, rice noodles, herbs, and meat. It originated in Vietnam.
What is Pho?
This is what we call the indigenous cuisine of Australia, before colonization took place.
What is Bush Tucker cuisine?
These sausages are eaten on barbecues. They are flavored with spices from around the world.
What are Snags?
This type of drink includes strong, black tea with ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, and star anise.
What is Chai tea?
This type of sauce is added to many dishes from northeast Asia.
What is soy sauce?
Fish amok is a popular dish from Cambodia. It is a spicy coconut and fish curry that is steamed in these types of leaves?
What are banana leaves?
This country colonized Australia in the 1700s and brought many of the foods that are popular today in Australian cuisine.
What is Great Britain?
This spread can be put on toast or bread and is made from leftover brewers' yeast extract and various spices.
What is Vegemite?
This Southwest Asian country's national dish is nihari, a slow-cooked meat stew that is flavored with spices and thickened with a type of durum whole wheat flour called atta.
What is Pakistan?
This is one of the most popular dishes in northeast Asia and has become popular around the world.
What is sushi?
This dish is very popular in one of Asia's largest countries and is also popular in the United States. It contains a certain grain, vegetables, eggs, and sometimes meat. It is cooked over a stovetop in a pan.
What is Chinese fried rice?
This type of food is popular in Australia and New Zealand. It contains minced meat, gravy, and other ingredients. It has a crust and you can hold it in your hand while eating.
What is an Aussie Meat Pie?
This type of meat is low in fat and is often seasoned with rosemary and garlic. It comes from this very overpopulated Australian animal.
What is kangaroo?
This grain has been planted and eaten by the people of Asia for over 9,000 years.
What is rice?
This type of meat is part of a very popular dish from northeast asia. It was traditionally fermented in salt, rice vinegar, and rice.
What is fish?
This is a popular dish from Thailand. It is a rice, noodle stir fry that is made with eggs, shrimp, peanuts, bean sprouts, and other vegetables.
What is pad thai?
This type of biscuit was a staple for early settlers of Australia.
What is Damper?
This is a food that is very popular in Australia, consisting of a certain meat schnitzel served with tomato sauce, ham, and melted cheese. It originated in Italy and is usually served with french fries in Australia.
What is Chicken Parm?
This set of eating utensils is commonly used across Asia.
What are chopsticks?
This type of pan is used to cook many types of Asian dishes.
What is a wok?
Larb Ped, a dish from Laos is flavored with fish sauce, lime, garlic, mint leaves, and spring onion. It contains this type of finely chopped meat.
What is duck?
These are sponge cakes that are covered in chocolate and finely shredded coconuts.
What are Lamingtons?
This simple and cheap snack is basically white bread covered in butter and sprinkled with "hundreds and thousands," which are nonpariel candies.
What is Fairy Bread?