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Łukasz, founder of foodyoushouldtry.com, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

foodyoushouldtry.com is written by one person — me, Łukasz. I am a Polish traveler, born in 1981, and I have spent the last 25 years eating my way through nearly 100 countries, most of Europe and a big slice of Asia. This site is where I write down what is actually worth ordering when you get there.

I took my first real trip in 2000 and never really stopped. Somewhere between a bowl of noodles in a Bangkok side street and a plate of grilled prawns on a Thai beach, I realised the food was the trip — not a thing you did between sights, but the reason to go. Almost everything I remember about a place, I remember through what I ate there and who I ate it with.

I am not a chef and I do not write recipes. I am a traveler who is greedy in the best way: I try everything, I eat where locals eat, and I would rather queue for a stall with no English menu than book the restaurant with the nice photos. That is the whole idea behind this blog.

What I actually do when I travel

I eat first and plan later. I walk one street back from the tourist drag, look for the place with a line of locals and a short menu, and order whatever they are clearly known for. I have eaten chilli crab with my hands at a night stall, picked apart river prawns next to a fresh coconut, and worked through trays of fried street snacks at markets where I was the only foreigner in the room. Those meals are the ones that end up in these guides.

Łukasz eating green curry at a beach restaurant in Thailand — Beach lunch in Thailand — green curry, chopsticks, no English menu.

Eating chilli crab at a night seafood stall in Southeast Asia — Chilli crab at a night seafood stall — eaten with hands and a spoon.

Trying fried street snacks at a hawker market in Southeast Asia — A tray of fried snacks at a packed hawker market.

A clay pot of tom yum at a night street restaurant in Thailand — Tom yum from a clay pot at a Thai night stall.

Why Asia keeps pulling me back

Europe is home and I have eaten my way across most of it, from Alpine huts to Mediterranean markets. But Asia is the obsession. It is the density of it — a single street in Penang or Bangkok can hold more genuinely different things to eat than some countries manage in total. The markets, the night stalls, the dishes locals will happily argue about for an hour: that is the food I find hardest to stop thinking about, and it is why so much of this site leans east.

Łukasz at Marina Bay Sands SkyPark, Singapore — Singapore — one of the great eating cities.

The Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand — Bangkok — the Grand Palace, then straight to the street food.

By a white dagoba in the hills of Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka — rice and curry country.

In the Carpathian mountains, Romania — The Carpathians, Romania — Europe still feeds me well too.

How these guides are made

The honest version: these guides come from a mix of my own travels across nearly 100 countries and careful, up-to-date research. I have not personally eaten every single dish in every country on this site, and I am not going to pretend otherwise — that is exactly the kind of fake authority I cannot stand in food writing.

What you can count on in every guide:

Real-world prices. Costs are given as 2026 ranges in local context, so you know roughly what a dish should set you back before you sit down.
Where locals actually eat. I point you toward markets, stalls and neighbourhoods over tourist traps, the same way I travel myself.
Cross-checked details. Dish names, regional differences and etiquette are checked against multiple sources, not copied from one.
Kept current. Guides are updated when prices move or places change, and the update date is shown on the post.

Say hello

If a price has shifted, a place has closed, or you think I have missed something you would order — tell me. I would genuinely rather fix a guide than leave it wrong. You can reach me through the contact page.