Snacks around the world
Eaten between meals, in the hand, on the move.
CaviarFish or seafood
🇮🇷 Iran and 5 moreSalt-cured fish roe, most prized from sturgeon of the Caspian and Black Sea
Sauce, pickle or ferment, Snacks
CevicheFish or seafood
🇵🇪 Peru and 5 moreRaw fish or shellfish marinated in citrus juice and seasonings
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
GravlaxFish or seafood
🇸🇪 Sweden and 3 moreSalmon cured with salt, sugar and dill, sliced thin and served with mustard-dill sauce
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
TaramasalataFish or seafoodταραμοσαλάτα
🇬🇷 Greece and 5 moreFish roe blended with oil, lemon and bread or potato, served as a meze spread
Sauce, pickle or ferment, Snacks
MohingaFish or seafoodမုန့်ဟင်းခါး
🇲🇲 MyanmarRice noodle soup with fish broth, herbs, and crisp garnishes from Myanmar
Soup, Breakfast, Lunch
PissaladièreFish or seafood
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreThick flatbread from Nice topped with caramelised onions, olives and anchovies
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Pickled herringFish or seafood
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 5 moreHerring preserved in salt and vinegar, eaten across Northern and Eastern Europe
Sausage or cured food, Snacks, Lunch
Dressed herringFish or seafoodСельдь под шубой
🇷🇺 Russia and 5 moreLayered salad of herring, vegetables, eggs and mayonnaise with a purple beetroot top
Salad or side, Dinner, Snacks
FischbrötchenFish or seafood
🇩🇪 GermanyA sandwich of fish and toppings in a bread roll, popular in northern Germany
Sandwich or wrap, Lunch, Snacks
Squid (as food)Fish or seafood
🇯🇵 Japan and 5 moreSquid prepared and eaten in many ways around the world
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Squid sandwichFish or seafoodbocadillo de calamares
🇪🇸 SpainFried squid rings in a crusty bread roll, a bar favorite in Madrid and beyond
Sandwich or wrap, Lunch, Snacks
Pastéis de BacalhauFish or seafood
🇵🇹 PortugalDeep-fried Portuguese cakes of salted cod and potato
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
SardineFish or seafood
🇵🇹 Portugal and 5 moreSmall oily fish enjoyed fresh, canned, smoked or pickled in many countries
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
PempekFish or seafood
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 3 moreFish and tapioca cakes from Palembang, served with a sweet-sour spicy sauce
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
balık ekmekFish or seafood
🇹🇷 TurkeyA Turkish street sandwich of fried or grilled fish in bread with vegetables
Street food, Lunch, Dinner
FishcakeFish or seafood
🇯🇵 Japan and 5 moreMinced fish mixed with starch, shaped and cooked as patties or balls
Main dish, Snacks, Lunch
EsqueixadaFish or seafood
🇪🇸 SpainCatalan salad of hand-torn salt cod, tomato, and vegetables
Salad or side, Lunch, Dinner
BatagorFish or seafood
🇮🇩 IndonesiaCrispy fried fish dumplings and tofu with peanut sauce from West Java
Street food, Snacks
Cod tongueFish or seafood
🇳🇴 Norway and 5 moreChewy, boneless cut from the lower jaw of cod, prized in North Atlantic fishing cultures
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
TacacáFish or seafood
🇧🇷 BrazilNorthern Brazilian soup with jambu, tucupi, and dried shrimp
Soup, Snacks
Stuffed musselsFish or seafood
🇹🇷 Turkey and 1 moreMussels filled with herbed rice, sold as street food in Turkey and Armenia
Street food, Snacks
Sarde in saorFish or seafood
🇮🇹 ItalyFried sardines layered with marinated onions, pine nuts and raisins from Venice
Main dish, Snacks, Lunch
AguachileFish or seafood
🇲🇽 MexicoRaw shrimp and fish marinated in chili, lime and vegetables from Sinaloa
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
'Ota 'ikaFish or seafood
🇹🇴 Tonga and 3 moreFish in citrus and coconut milk, served with chopped vegetables across Oceania
Salad or side, Lunch, Dinner
Bake and SharkFish or seafood
🇹🇹 Trinidad and TobagoFried flatbread sandwich filled with seasoned shark and sauces from Trinidad and Tobago
Sandwich or wrap, Lunch, Snacks
Baccalà mantecatoFish or seafood
🇮🇹 ItalyVenetian spread of whipped dried cod, olive oil and garlic, served as an appetizer
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
CevicheFish or seafood
🇵🇪 Peru and 5 moreRaw fish or shellfish marinated in citrus juice and seasonings
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
GravlaxFish or seafood
🇸🇪 Sweden and 3 moreSalmon cured with salt, sugar and dill, sliced thin and served with mustard-dill sauce
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
TaramasalataFish or seafoodταραμοσαλάτα
🇬🇷 Greece and 5 moreFish roe blended with oil, lemon and bread or potato, served as a meze spread
Sauce, pickle or ferment, Snacks
MohingaFish or seafoodမုန့်ဟင်းခါး
🇲🇲 MyanmarRice noodle soup with fish broth, herbs, and crisp garnishes from Myanmar
Soup, Breakfast, Lunch
PissaladièreFish or seafood
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreThick flatbread from Nice topped with caramelised onions, olives and anchovies
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Pickled herringFish or seafood
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 5 moreHerring preserved in salt and vinegar, eaten across Northern and Eastern Europe
Sausage or cured food, Snacks, Lunch
Dressed herringFish or seafoodСельдь под шубой
🇷🇺 Russia and 5 moreLayered salad of herring, vegetables, eggs and mayonnaise with a purple beetroot top
Salad or side, Dinner, Snacks
FischbrötchenFish or seafood
🇩🇪 GermanyA sandwich of fish and toppings in a bread roll, popular in northern Germany
Sandwich or wrap, Lunch, Snacks
Squid (as food)Fish or seafood
🇯🇵 Japan and 5 moreSquid prepared and eaten in many ways around the world
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Squid sandwichFish or seafoodbocadillo de calamares
🇪🇸 SpainFried squid rings in a crusty bread roll, a bar favorite in Madrid and beyond
Sandwich or wrap, Lunch, Snacks
Pastéis de BacalhauFish or seafood
🇵🇹 PortugalDeep-fried Portuguese cakes of salted cod and potato
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
SardineFish or seafood
🇵🇹 Portugal and 5 moreSmall oily fish enjoyed fresh, canned, smoked or pickled in many countries
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
PempekFish or seafood
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 3 moreFish and tapioca cakes from Palembang, served with a sweet-sour spicy sauce
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
balık ekmekFish or seafood
🇹🇷 TurkeyA Turkish street sandwich of fried or grilled fish in bread with vegetables
Street food, Lunch, Dinner
FishcakeFish or seafood
🇯🇵 Japan and 5 moreMinced fish mixed with starch, shaped and cooked as patties or balls
Main dish, Snacks, Lunch
EsqueixadaFish or seafood
🇪🇸 SpainCatalan salad of hand-torn salt cod, tomato, and vegetables
Salad or side, Lunch, Dinner
BatagorFish or seafood
🇮🇩 IndonesiaCrispy fried fish dumplings and tofu with peanut sauce from West Java
Street food, Snacks
Cod tongueFish or seafood
🇳🇴 Norway and 5 moreChewy, boneless cut from the lower jaw of cod, prized in North Atlantic fishing cultures
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
TacacáFish or seafood
🇧🇷 BrazilNorthern Brazilian soup with jambu, tucupi, and dried shrimp
Soup, Snacks
Stuffed musselsFish or seafood
🇹🇷 Turkey and 1 moreMussels filled with herbed rice, sold as street food in Turkey and Armenia
Street food, Snacks
Sarde in saorFish or seafood
🇮🇹 ItalyFried sardines layered with marinated onions, pine nuts and raisins from Venice
Main dish, Snacks, Lunch
AguachileFish or seafood
🇲🇽 MexicoRaw shrimp and fish marinated in chili, lime and vegetables from Sinaloa
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
'Ota 'ikaFish or seafood
🇹🇴 Tonga and 3 moreFish in citrus and coconut milk, served with chopped vegetables across Oceania
Salad or side, Lunch, Dinner
Bake and SharkFish or seafood
🇹🇹 Trinidad and TobagoFried flatbread sandwich filled with seasoned shark and sauces from Trinidad and Tobago
Sandwich or wrap, Lunch, Snacks
Baccalà mantecatoFish or seafood
🇮🇹 ItalyVenetian spread of whipped dried cod, olive oil and garlic, served as an appetizer
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Ceviche: No machine-readable author provided. Manuel González Olaechea assumed, CC BY 3.0, source
- Taramasalata: Robert Kindermann, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Dressed herring: User:Zserghei, Public domain, source
- Esqueixada: diluvi, CC BY 2.0, source
- Gravlax: Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tacacá: Foreade, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bake and Shark: Grueslayer, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mohinga: Wagaung, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pissaladière: Cdg83, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Fischbrötchen: Frank C. Müller , Baden-Baden, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, source
- Squid sandwich: Tamorlan, CC BY 3.0, source
- Pempek: Midori, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- balık ekmek: User: (WT-shared) Shoestring at wts wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pickled herring: MOs810, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sarde in saor: ezioman, CC BY 2.0, source
- Squid (as food): Arne Müseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Baccalà mantecato: Ben & Lisa Waters [1], CC BY 2.0, source
- Batagor: Gunawan Kartapranata, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sardine: Rl, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Stuffed mussels: Fenerli1978, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Fishcake: Jon Sullivan, Public domain, source
- Cod tongue: Fernando Medina, CC BY 2.0, source
- 'Ota 'ika: Eric Chan, CC BY 2.0, source