Why Portuguese Food is Hiding Everywhere

Cultures and cuisines inspire each other all around the world, especially in the last few decades. But Portugal seems to be a special case. It’s a not a cuisine that’s in the spotlight a lot, yet a lot of very different countries around the world have a dish that has some sort of Portuguese influence. Today, I skim through some of the biggest examples of Portuguese food hiding in other cuisines and briefly look into the different historical reasons to how it happened. Subscribe for more videos in the future: SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter - Instagram - Credits: Producer - Matthew Li Production Assistant - Mana Chuabang Script Supervisor - Russ Medcalf Special thanks: Louis Glover Yusef Iqbal Yeevonne Lim Jason Rolfe Brandon Goddard Dylan Payne Music from Musicbed SOURCES: Taste of Lisboa | Foods you didn’t know were Portuguese - BBC | History of Fish & Chips - The Independent | History of Fish & Chips - The Independent | History of Nando’s - Cook’s Country | History of Hawaiian Sweet Bread - BBC | History of Tempura - UOL | History of Feijoada - Times of India | History of Vindaloo - TasteAtlas | History of Foi Thong - Timestamps: 0:00 - Asian desserts that are actually from Portugal 2:06 - Japan 3:16 - Malaysia 4:09 - India 5:01 - Southern Africa 5:50 - United Kingdom 6:52 - Brazil 8:08 - United States of America 9:00 - Why Portuguese Cuisine is so Special