Food,EntertainmentSEP 8, 2025

29 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group

I guess we can all agree that now it’s easier to get whatever you can think of: accessories, clothing, shoes, electronics, books, magazines, etc., from all around the world. However, there are still some things that are hard to get in a certain country. Especially when we talk about food and drinks.

Reddit users were asked: “What common foods in your country are considered delicacies by foreigners?” The list of things that people love but find hard to get in their country goes on and on, from common things such as tap water or bread to caviar, rare meat, or maple syrup. These not only include products but also various dishes that are hard to make right. One of the things that some people named were French pastries. Even though you can find a baguette or croissant in almost every country, people still find these pastries to be best made by the French. And it seems that people who find them seize the opportunity to savor them as much as possible. So, if you are French, don’t be surprised to see a person with 12 or so baguettes going down the street. Also, some people were surprised to find that caviar is found as a delicacy, while for them, it’s a common food. The question that has almost 47k upvotes received many more funny yet understandable answers.

Do you have any foods that didn't make it to the list? Then don’t forget to leave them in the comments down below!

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29 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group

I live in Japan but I’m from the US. Whenever I go back home I buy a few bags of Lindt chocolates from the drugstore as souvenirs. They’re dirt cheap in the US, but for whatever reason they’re a luxury chocolate in Japan, and the same bags would cost $30 here.

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Close-up of golden fried food balls, a common delicacy in many cultures but considered exotic by foreigners.

As Italian living in Germany I can say that basically every food from my culture is considered fancy here.

A couple of days ago I saw an Arancino ( cheap fried rice cake ) sold for 5€

In Italy a good Arancino is 1€

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Thick stew with shredded chicken and cherry tomatoes cooking in a large pot, a common local delicacy shared online.

Butter Chicken.

As an Indian staying in Europe, I hate butter chicken because it has taken over Indian cuisine in Europe and noone wants to try the real stuff.

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Two cooked lobsters on a white plate, showcasing foods that foreigners see as delicacies but locals find common.

Depending on where in the US you live, lobster, king crab, Dungeness crab, abalone, spotted prawns, geoduck, etc. can be pretty cheap, normal food but for foreigners they go nuts over these things because they are so expensive elsewhere.

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Two sausages with mustard, shredded cheese, and a bread roll on a wooden board, a common local food delicacy.

Krainer wurst or carniolan sausage, protected by EU for being slovenian speciality that can only be made here but loved and eaten by milions of germans and austrians.
It's the name that can't be used if made outside of Slovenia and sold commercialy not the actual sausage.

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Close-up of traditional fried snacks, one of the foods foreigners consider delicacies but locals find common.

An indian prepared bajji on master chef Australia

Bajji is available at every 5 blocks or so.

The whole recipe is cut onion/potato, coat it with gramflour and spice and fry. Indians who saw that surely laughed

(In south indian states bhaji is called bajji)

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Colorful pheasant standing on dirt path near green grass, representing foods foreigners consider delicacies but locals see as common.

Pheasant. I grew up in South Dakota and we hunted pheasants every day during the season. In college it was a cheap source of food and ate it all the time. In Central and South American countries it is a delicacy and people could not believe I ate it every day.

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