Only food cannot be disappointed, this is a wise saying.

When we travel in a city, the best way to experience the local culture is to taste the local food.

Ordinary sights and itineraries that make you fall asleep are all signs that you feel disappointed and lost in such a journey.

However, it is often an ice cream on the street, a dessert cake in a coffee shop, or even a sumptuous main course in a local restaurant that completely shocks your taste buds and renews your appreciation for this city. Love of the city.

Think of the top gastronomic destinations and chances are Paris, Barcelona, ??Tokyo and Rome are also somewhere near the top. These top favorites attract foodie travelers from around the globe. But there are a lot of incredible foodie destinations out there that are just not being discovered by the real experts.

Here’s a list of the most underrated foodie destinations in the world, with input from 250 chefs and experts. There are a lot of restaurants, recipes and food culture in the city that you may not have thought of before. The list is quite broad, from South Africa to Norway, from Canada to Mexico.

Many of these places are sparsely populated, and here you will find exquisite food and mouth-watering delicacies. Of course, this also depends on your adventurous spirit and ability in food.

Cape Town, South Africa, ranks first on the list with its haute cuisine, street food and hit restaurants.

Its picturesque location also makes it the ideal place to dine al fresco while overlooking the sea.

There’s the bustling Waterfront here, which caters to everything from fast to trendy. There is a V&A Food Court that can satisfy all your food and drink needs. There is also an entire city sprinkled with food experiences that are worth exploring. As a port city and located on the Spice Route of the Dutch East Indies, its food is influenced by spices and delicacies from all over the world. It is a veritable mother city of the rainbow nation (South Africa's cultural diversity).

Budapest is one of Europe’s most exciting gastronomic destinations.

Hungarian cuisine has a long history, dating back to King Matthias in the 15th century. It is famous for its paprika and sweet and sour pork, which are also the home-cooked dishes that Hungarians are most proud of. Many family-style casual restaurants will serve you goulash, of course, but also fisherman's soup, lángos, a fried flatbread, mushrooms stewed with paprika, and f?zelék, a vegetable soup stew made with sour cream. These are the smells of mom’s kitchen.

In addition, there are many vegetarian and vegan restaurants, and we cannot miss the famous and beautiful Budapest cafes for coffee and cakes, try somlói galuska, "Hungary's favorite cake", which is Sponge cake topped with chocolate buttercream, walnuts, rum and whipped cream.

Australia’s food capital, Sydney may have something to say, but Melbourne is indeed the first choice for Australian foodies.

It’s all because it’s such a multicultural melting pot, and because Melburnians are willing to try anything, that the city has become such a foodie capital. From Chinese dumplings to Russian borscht to rich Italian coffee, this city embraces diverse cultures.

If you want to taste top-notch food, you can go to Attica, where the chef Ben Shewry is one of the highest-rated chefs in the country. He provides the most cutting-edge trendy food, including local crayfish, salted kangaroo, Native salt grass.

But there is another atmosphere in Melbourne that makes it so worth visiting, Laneway dining. Off the main drag, hidden behind unmarked doors or at the end of bustling queues, you'll find hole-in-the-wall coffee shops, terrace restaurants, late-night bites and trendy bars.

This is a great city for foodies, with exquisite haute cuisine, famous street food, and flavors from all over the country and the world, especially Japan, Korea, and Lebanon.

You'll find restaurants run by some of the country's top chefs. Try Enrique Olvare's Pujol. Paying homage to Mexico's rich culinary history, at Pujol you'll find rustic, indigenous dishes given the haute cuisine treatment. It won the award for Best Restaurant in North America in 2019. Or try Quintonil, where chef Jorge Vallejo’s menu showcases the best of Mexico’s local fresh produce.

Its street food is so good that it is recognized as a cultural heritage by UNESCO. From tacos to quesadillas and corn tortillas, chilangos, machetes, dorilocos - a combination of Doritos, candies and pork rinds, there's so much flavor around every corner. You can even find some chapulines (grasshoppers) on your guacamole or in your tortillas.

Norway is quickly becoming an important gastronomic destination, and Bergen is building an impressive gastronomic reputation for itself.

It may be Norway’s second-largest city, but it’s the capital of gastronomy. Bergen's gastronomy scene is highly regarded and it is a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy. That's because it's based on organic, sustainable food production, with 3,000 farmers and 200 artisans serving the city of just over 270,000 people.

The sea is the source of the city’s food culture, making its biodiversity one of the most sustainable cities in Europe. The quality of Bergen's seafood is legendary, and there are plenty of great seaside restaurants to try it out. Bergen has produced a new wave of dedicated chefs, creating traditional, New Nordic, haute cuisine and numerous fine dining venues.

Hong Kong’s street food is world-famous, and Hong Kong has seven Michelin three-star restaurants. If you want to taste high-end cuisine, you can go to the Four Seasons Hotel's Caprice restaurant to taste creative French cuisine, or you can go to the century-old Sushi Shikon restaurant in the Landmark Oriental Hotel to taste sushi, or you can go to the 102nd floor of the Tianlong Xuan Ritz-Carlton Hotel Enjoy some refreshments while admiring the spectacular views.

As a must-try experience in Hong Kong, there are many places nearby where you can try dim sum. There are many kinds, of course, you can taste your favorite street food on a whim, such as curry fish ball skewers, soy sauce shaomai, soft stinky tofu, slippery sauce Xiangyun, soy sauce grilled cuttlefish, crisp egg pancakes, etc. wait.

Anyone who thinks of Naples as a top gastronomic destination because it's just a place to eat pizza is making a mistake. Naples has one of the most vibrant food cultures in all of Italy. From fine dining to mouth-watering street food, and of course, it’s also the best place for pizza. The fertile volcanic soil brings an abundance of produce, including the best San Marzano tomatoes in the world. They have the most delicious buffalo mozzarella.

For high-end dining, there are four Michelin-starred restaurants. Try Veritas, for traditional Neapolitan dishes with an imaginative twist, or Il Commandante, a showcase of refined simplicity and elegance, where you can enjoy stunning views of the Bay of Naples.

Plus, there’s amazing fried street food. You can check out coupons, a paper tube filled with delicious fried pastacresciute, small pieces of fried pizza dough, panzerotti, a potato croquette filled with salami and mozzarella cheese, or arancini , golden and crispy rice balls, and the special delicacy alici fritte, fresh fried anchovies.

The new favorite of Neapolitan street food is porkette, meatballs fried in tomato sauce and cheese, cheap and easy to eat on the go.

There are many cafes in Naples, including one of the ten best cafes in Italy, and the famous Neapolitan coffee, the best coffee in Italy. There are also plenty of bakeries where you can grab the most delicious sweet treats. Babà, a small yeast cake soaked in wine, or sfogliatella, a delicate pastry filled with custard or almond paste.

Naples is a truly underrated gastronomic destination, a hidden gem, a place waiting to be discovered.