History Main / RegionalSpeciality

* In ''Literature/TheLastContinent'' Rincewind is offered a "Meat Pie Floater", a meat pie suspended in thick pea soup with tomato ketchup according to taste (no honestly, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_floater it's real!]] as an Ecksian regional delicacy. Rincewind ponders that all of the "Regional Delicacies" that he's been offered in his travels seem to be the kind of disgusting and inexplicable dishes that someone would only concoct while drunk which are then foisted upon unsuspecting tourists. It's a regional delicacy because no-one else in the world would be crazy enough to eat it.

* ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}'': For the Keitai and Akai toys, food from different regions of Japan could be collected.

*** Every prefecture has its own ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meibutsu meibutsu]]'', or regional specialty, which are often bought as souvenirs to give to coworkers and family back home (a social obligation known as ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souvenir#As_gifts omiyage]]''

** The entire point of "Le Tour de Gaule d'Asterix" (Recap/AsterixAndTheBanquet) is Asterix and Obelix going around Gaul to pick up regional specialties ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagne sparkling wine from Durocortorum]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saucisse_de_Toulouse sausage from Tolosa]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouillabaisse fish stew from Massilia]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jambon_de_Paris ham from Lutetia]], etc.) to spite a Roman governor who tried to put up a palisade around the village. Also an excuse to poke fun at the various peculiarities of French regions, be it accents, labyrinthine streets, bad driving...

** ''Recap/AsterixAsterixAndTheBritons'': Staples of Briton cuisine consist of warm beer, [[SpotOfTea hot water with a cloud of milk]], meat boiled for far too long and served with mint sauce (so horrible that a pair of Romans threatened with being thrown to the lions covered in mint sauce has the Romans protesting on the lions' behalf).

** ''Recap/AsterixAndTheBritons'': Staples of Briton cuisine consist of warm beer, [[SpotOfTea hot water with a cloud of milk]], meat boiled for far too long and served with mint sauce (so horrible that a pair of Romans threatened with being thrown to the lions covered in mint sauce has the Romans protesting on the lions' behalf).

* ''{{ComicBook/Asterix}}'': The entire point of "Le Tour de Gaule d'Asterix" (Recap/AsterixAndTheBanquet) is Asterix and Obelix going around Gaul to pick up regional specialties ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagne sparkling wine from Durocortorum]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saucisse_de_Toulouse sausage from Tolosa]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouillabaisse fish stew from Massilia]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jambon_de_Paris ham from Lutetia]], etc.) to spite a Roman governor who tried to put up a palisade around the village. Also an excuse to poke fun at the various peculiarities of French regions, be it accents, labyrinthine streets, bad driving...

*** Sushi may not have originated from Japan, but it is one of the country's most ubiquitous foods, if not ''the' most ubiquitous.

* In ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' Peeta is a second-generation professional baker and he expounds on the regional breads in sufficient detail that fans have [[{{Defictionalization}} been able to make them]].
* ''Literature/AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall'': Creator/JamesHerriot recounted an unusual way of eating Christmas cake in the [[OopNorth Yorkshire Dales]]; with crumbly Wensleydale cheese and a draught of raw whisky.

* The same applies to ''Series/ManVFood'', which, when it isn't about pig-out gluttony, insane eating challenges and American Excess, can be surprisingly informative on regional specialities throughout the USA and where to get them.

* ''Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland'': Regional specialties are hard-to-brew but high-selling condiments.

* In ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'', the Galar region's signature dish is curry, which trainers can prepare while camping and share with their Pokemon. There are many variations of curry in Galar made with a wide variety of ingredients and berries for flavor, such as sausage curry, apple curry, whipped cream curry, and instant noodle curry. This is a case of ShownTheirWork, as curry is popular in both Japan and Britain (the latter of which Galar is based on).

** The regional speciality of Mechanicsburg appears to be snails. [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120511#.YHHcOD_TWUk Most shots]] of [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080718#.YHHdAD_TWUk Mechanicsburg traders]] include [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130313#.YHHcAz_TWUk at least one]] place selling them, Van says they can do a thousand and one things with snails and [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130422#.YHHfkz_TWUk recommends the snail gelato]] to Agatha (who comments that if ''that'' sounds good, she must be starving to death), and the Mole King of Paris [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20151118#.YHHcBz_TWUk complains]] that it's impossible to get his favourite snails (Mechanicsburg blue-whortled grunters) since the time freeze.

*** Deep fried Mars bars. Nobody actually eats them, much, but they're a regional specialty anyway.

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': The doomed town of Passholdt made fried cream things that Zeetha [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050629 looks forward to getting to eat when they pass through town.]] Of course no one is making any thing in Passholdt anymore, except the occasional shrieking sound.

*** Marmite, the British equivalent of Australia's Vegimite. It's a yeast extract that is a by-product of beer brewing.

* ''Literature/AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall'': James Herriot recounted an unusual way of eating Christmas cake in the Yorkshire Dales; with crumbly Wensleydale cheese and a draught of raw whisky.

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': Penny and Bolt encounter several such culinary delights during their trip in “The Imaginary Letters,” including Cincinnati chili, Philadelphia cheesesteak sandwiches, Memphis BBQ, and pizza from Chicago and New York.

* In ''Discworld/TheLastContinent'' Rincewind is offered a "Meat Pie Floater", a meat pie suspended in thick pea soup with tomato ketchup according to taste (no honestly, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_floater it's real!]] as an Ecksian regional delicacy. Rincewind ponders that all of the "Regional Delicacies" that he's been offered in his travels seem to be the kind of disgusting and inexplicable dishes that someone would only concoct while drunk which are then foisted upon unsuspecting tourists. It's a regional delicacy because no-one else in the world would be crazy enough to eat it.

*** UsefulNotes/WestVirginia is well known for two different foods: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperoni_roll pepperoni rolls]], which originated from the state and is ubiquitous enough to be sold in many places from sporting events to convenience stores; and hot dogs, with several different kinds of hot dogs sold across different hot dog stands and restaurants, one of the most well known being [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillbilly_Hot_Dogs Hillbilly Hot Dogs]].

** Vegemite