When I asked delicious. on Sunday readers what dishes should be added to the ultimate foodie’s bucket list, I became aware just what a well-travelled, gastronomically daring bunch you are. The strange, the wonderful and the memorable flooded in. Here are your favourites from across the globe – dishes that are worth the trip.

Asia

Vietnam

For the best breakfast of your life, reader Catherine suggests a steaming bowl of pho served from one boat to another at the Floating Market in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. She’s not alone in her love of food from one of the world’s most tasty countries. We concur with another reader, Andriana, nominating lemongrass-loaded pork ribs, the bun cha (like lemongrass rissoles with lettuce and noodles) and the spring rolls from Huong Lien in Hanoi tipped by helpful Karen.

Singapore

Many suggestions came from Singapore, making it the most cruelly overlooked country from our original list with spicy stingray, chilli, lime and lemongrass wings and red pawpaw all clamouring for attention alongside suggestions for chilli crab.

Myanmar to the Philippines

Kate suggested a couple of unusual dishes that we’re now keen to try – lahpet thoke, a tea-leaf salad from Myanmar, and kinilaw, which is a Filipino dish a little like ceviche, made of fish lightly cured in coconut vinegar.

Taiwan

Perhaps the strangest suggestion came from one reader who lobbied for the Taiwanese delicacy of stinky tofu, a fermented tofu dish. While it is not much weirder than a stinky cheese like Stilton, the idea of serving it in a soup with congealed goose blood and pork intestines does make me feel it won’t win any popular vote for inclusion!

Europe

Turkey

Straddling Asia and Europe, Turkey received several nominations, most notably for the famous Iskender kebab. This combination of thinly sliced grilled lamb on pita bread with tomato and butter-marbled yoghurt sauces has a culinary alchemy that exceeds its simple combination of ingredients.

Hilary, who sounds like she knows a thing or two about Turkish cuisine, also suggests a yarim ekmek doner as another contender. She says this “real doner” should be served without the garlic sauce so beloved here.

Austria & Germany

I obviously need to go Salzburg immediately. Danielle raved about the Kurtoskalacs Chimney Cakes which are spit-roasted cones of yeasted dough. Meanwhile, Susan was rhapsodising about the oh-so-light nockerl dumplings. Across the border in Colmberg, Germany, the cheese and wine soup is surely reason enough to go. Great tip, Bec.

Volcanoes

If you are looking for the best tomatoes, go volcano hunting. The rich soils of Mt Etna and Mt Vesuvius make Sicily and Naples famous for them. In Greece, on the volcanic island of Santorini, they end up in memorable fritters. Thanks Sylvia – if only I knew a Greek chef that might have a recipe for tomato keftedes to pass on…

Portugal to Britain

Karen adored the fish soup she had in Porto. And Maeve is obviously in touch with my inner Celt, suggesting Cornish pasties and local cider in Cornwall in the UK, or brown soda bread with seafood chowder in Ireland – both greatly appealing. I don’t know how we could have overlooked the classic cassoulet of confit duck, pork sausage and white beans. Julie is still dreaming about one she ate in Paris.

Italy

It’s perhaps no surprise that Italy was the European country with the most mentions. It delivers romantic food memories, whether it’s finding a tree of perfectly ripe cherries at an abandoned farmhouse in Tuscany or hunting for white truffles in the Umbrian hills.

Top restaurants

Modena’s Osteria Francescana, Italy’s most acclaimed restaurant, was for many – even me – a glaring omission from my original list published a few weeks ago. Having said that, the world’s best restaurants, such as Copenhagen’s Noma, Quintonil in Mexico City, Arzak or Mugaritz in Spain, or New York’s Eleven Madison Park, should all be defaults on any bucket list.

The Americas

Argentina to Mexico

I have to doff my hat to those who suggested an Argentine asado (barbecue). It is a worthy addition, as are the Mexican dishes of pozole (soup of pork and hominy corn), picadas (little masa flour pizzas) and tacos. I’d single out Los Cocuyos, in Mexico City, for its tacos filled with odds and sods. All are superb, but some are more challenging than others. I opted for cheek and hanger steak rather than eye, stewed intestine or brain.

Guatemala to the US

Also now firmly on my personal bucket list are stews from the Americas. Maudie suggests Guatemalan jocon, a wonderful sounding stew of chicken, green chillies, tomatillos and fresh coriander. Jenny loved a pine bark stew that she had in Savannah, Georgia. This Civil-War-era meal gets its name from the pine shoots originally used to season it. Fish is laid over a base of potatoes and minced onions fried on bacon fat. Now that’s a dish worth travelling for.

Hungry for more? Read our original ultimate foodie bucket list HERE.