Oxford Rooftops 6 Food Around the World © Oxford University Press

Food Around the World

I love desserts. My favourite dessert is pancakes.

I like meat, but I don’t like beef.

‘Smorgas’ are the best sandwiches in the world!

My brother drinks coffee, but I think coffee is disgusting!

I quite like fish, but I really like chicken.

I like desserts, but I prefer other kinds of food.

talk about preferences

I love desserts. My favourite dessert is pancakes with maple syrup. Everyone in Canada loves pancakes with maple syrup. Look at our flag – there’s a maple leaf on it!Luke, Canada

My brother has cereal for breakfast, but I have bread with sliced tomatoes. My brother drinks coffee, but I think coffee is disgusting!Elena, Greece

I like desserts, but I prefer other kinds of food. My favourite food is cheese soup – ‘sopita de queso’. My great-grandmother cooks it for our family every Sunday. Great-grandmother says that when she was a child her mum cooked cheese soup for her. Elsa, Ecuador

I quite like fish, but I really like chicken. On Saturdays, my friends and I buy vegetable pad Thai from a street-stall in our neighbourhood.Somsak, Thailand

ThailandCanada

I like meat, but I don’t like beef. I often eat chicken tagine with couscous. My family and I eat couscous with every meal – apart from breakfast! Tagine is the name of the food and the pot which it is cooked in.Mariam, Tunisia

Tunisia Sweden‘Smorgas’ are the best sandwiches in the world! Smorgas are open sandwiches, which means that there is bread at the bottom, but not at the top. I like prawn and egg smorgas.Eric, Sweden

Greece

Ecuador