While Australia has beautiful beaches and interesting animals, they are not necessarily known for their cuisine. However, there are a few foods I tried while down under that seem to be classic Australian. My personal favorite was Tim Tams, a chocolate-coated biscuit that comes in many flavors: traditional chocolate, caramel, mint, white chocolate, etc. One unique way to eat them is by doing a “Tim Tam Slam”, which is biting off opposite corners of the cookie and sipping tea through the inner cream part.
Another very common food is vegemite! Most people outside of Australia hate it, as it’s a very strong, salty spread that you don’t want to eat very much of. I personally grew to like it; spreading a thin layer on toast with butter tastes really good!
Anzac cookies, also popular in Australia, originated in WWI when rations were scarce and biscuits had to be made from just golden syrup and oats. Now they include more typical cookie ingredients, like flour and sugar and butter, but these cookies still taste delicious!
A final Australian food that is fairly mediocre but definitely widespread: the meat pie! These are usually sold at footy or rugby games, similar to how Americans eat their hotdogs at baseball games. They are basically a small, single serve pie with a beef filling, and Aussies usually eat them with ketchup.
