Top 5 Culinary Travel Advices

One of the most significant inconvenient when traveling abroad is the risk of facing various food related problems. In order to protect yourselves, you simply need to know the products and dishes you must avoid.

Here are a few basic guidelines you should follow when traveling abroad.

1. Respect basic hygiene rules

Remember that your stomach can not digest really well certain dishes. When traveling abroad you are facing a different culture and approach of cuisine, but you still have to respect basic hygiene rules. In order to keep things safe, you must stick to the following rules.

Never forget to wash your hands before eating and use a clean paper towel after. For maximum hygiene, keep your nails as short as possible. Choose to eat in popular restaurants and clubs, as you have better chances of receiving better services and food.

You can also use a napkin to clean the glasses you're drinking from.

2. Water and drinks

Water represents a very serious risk in many countries. That's why you always have to:

-Gently refuse any kind of water that's brought to you in a glass;
-Avoid ice cubes;
-Avoid fruit juice, as they might be prepared with water;

However, this is what you should do:
-Drink bottled water;
-You can drink coffee and tea, as water has been boiled in these cases;

3. Fruit and vegetables

You have to be really cautious when it comes to fruit and vegetables, even if these, fruit especially, can be very tempting.

Therefore, you should avoid raw vegetables and fruit as they might have been washed with non-potable water or handled by staff with dirty hands.

Avoid fresh cut fruit and vegetables from markets, as they also might have been sprinkled with non-potable water.

However, you don't have to avoid fruit and vegetables that have been boiled, or that have been cut by you. You can wash them with mineral water or you can peal fruit like bananas, mango, and apples.

4. Meat and fish

Lamb is the less dangerous meat you can eat. Pork however is the one you should avoid the most.

Practically, you can eat any kind of meat you want as long as it has been cooked. You should however avoid minced meat.

Fresh water fish are unlikely to cause you any problem. You should however respect a few tips:

-Always eat local species of fish, as that means they are fresh.
-Don't eat raw fish.
-You can ask to see the fish before it gets cooked.
-Avoid seafood.

5. Dairy products

You can have boiled milk without any problems. You have to pay attention to other daily products, such as:

-Avoid yogurts and cheese;
-Avoid ice cream made by local ice cream shops.

For further information, visit our holiday guide that provides all the information you need to know about a holiday abroad.