Tamarind Pods

Although often cooked as a meat sauce or stew across Europe and beyond, the traditional Hungarian goulash is actually a soup.

Bouillabaisse is synonymous with the South of France, especially the port city of Marseille, and is a wonderful celebration of sea creatures caught just off the coast.

The popularity of bao buns has skyrocketed in the Western world in the last decade or so and while these steamed buns are Chinese in origin, it's the Taiwanese version that's proved to be the most popular

Creamy clam chowder is Massachusetts' finest dish that's prevalent throughout New England.

A spicy, sweet, sour and fragrant soup from Southeast Asia, laksa is mostly associated with Malaysia.

Claimed as one of their own throughout North Africa and the Middle East, untangling the web of where shakshuka is from is simply impossible.

A dish cooked and eaten in Beijing since the Imperial era, today Peking duck is a Chinese restaurant favourite across the world.

Very few dishes are as comforting as French onion soup – a blend of mellow, slowly cooked, caramelised onions in a broth laced with white wine and cognac.