Two weeks ago, we asked you to submit your best food photos from around the world in our contest presented by Tamrac. We’ve spent hours looking at every single one of these amazing pictures, and besides getting really hungry, we managed to pick the 15 best submissions.
Now comes the fun part, because you, our dear readers, are in charge of picking the best photos from this lineup. The first place winner will receive a photography package worth over $400, and the two runners-up will receive other cool Tamrac photo gear. At the bottom of the photo lineup is the poll – voting is open until Tuesday July 27 2010.
Gary Tyrrell
Beer is food, correct?
Steinlager Pure, Akaroa Bay, New Zealand, January 2009
Desiree
Lunch the other day at Mitad del Mundo, Ecuador.
Andrea
Fancy vegetarian monks’ cuisine (shojin ryori) at Shojoshinin, Koya-san, Japan.
Jenni
Jerk chicken from chef michael’s roadside stand in negril, jamaica:
Joe S
This is a photo of one of the best meals of my life. I work in the entertainment industry and travel extensively, which allows me great opportunities to indulge the foodie in me.
This was at the Hasan Kolcuoglu Restaurant in Adana, Turkey, which is world famous for the Adana Kebab. Our extremely gracious local hosts from Incirlik Air Force Base took us to a New Year’s Eve lunch to share with us the local specialty.
Here, you see the Adana Kebab being delivered to our table — all 10 feet of it. It’s an exceptionally flavorful kebab made of hand-minced lamb meat and red pepper, cooked on a 10-foot-long sword (seen in the photo), along with chunks of chicken, peppers, tomatoes, and served on an equally long piece of freshly-baked flatbread. The cooks and servers were all incredibly graceful maneuvering such a large kebab!
It was served with the usual trimmings: copious amounts of fresh vegetable salads, yogurt and cucumber, spicy ground feta, garlic butter, and fresh-baked bread with cheese and lamb stuffing. It tasted as good as it looks.
KPatel
Street food at the Beijing night market; it was really good going down, but oddly enough, not quite as good coming back up.
Matt E
Who would think you would find a feast like this in the middle of the Gobi desert? The beautiful Mongolian family served us this great meal… every morsel a delight. We were in their ger (the classic Gobi Desert tent sometimes called a “yurt.”) The dumplings (called Buuz) in the center of the table were fantastic with lots of meat inside. After dinner we will have a bowl of fermented mare’s milk! Well… not exactly my favorite drink!
Go to Mongolia and tell them I sent you! You’ll enjoy it there.
Lili
A delightful bakery in Verona. So full of wonderful aroma’s and delicious tastes!
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Sirjman
My entry is from a recent trip to Nagorno-Karabakh.
Delicious food and a great view…it could solve all the worlds problems.
Michael
All kinds of bizarre seafood at the Noryangjin Fish Market in Korea:
Rich Torres
Touring outside Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) I discovered this street vendor selling corn fritters and other “delicacies.”
Contrary to mass media warnings, Myanmar is safe and fun with super nice people. Tons to see! Man, the people here love their gilded temples!
The local food is delish!
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Z Smith
A birthday dinner at The Flying Fishbone, a Seafood restaurant in Aruba offering romantic dining on the beach fine gourmet cuisine in a relaxing atmosphere. A wonderful day with great food and even better friends.
Annie
After hiking all day in Cinque Terre, my boyfriend and I finally reached the end of the trail and grabbed a snack at a bar overlooking the ocean. Nothing like cold beer and fresh bruschetta after a long hot day on the trail!
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Greg DeMesquita
Fresh made paninis in Florence, Italy…How romantic.
Amy B
This was a breakfast we had in Basel, Switzerland in April 2010. The buffet dishes were loaded with beautiful fresh foods. I was in foodie heaven.
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