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.

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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 - https://bit.ly/443wEGg
BBC | History of Fish & Chips - https://bbc.in/3Ay1GbU
The Independent | History of Fish & Chips - https://bit.ly/3NicQco
The Independent | History of Nando's - https://bit.ly/3Hgtoxu
Cook's Country | History of Hawaiian Sweet Bread - https://bit.ly/3LcHiBO
BBC | History of Tempura - https://bbc.in/3AChCcR
UOL | History of Feijoada - https://bit.ly/3VcGf9Q
Times of India | History of Vindaloo - https://bit.ly/423DTMH
TasteAtlas | History of Foi Thong - https://bit.ly/3HbQsgD

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