Wedding Foods From Around The World

1. Foi Thong Cake - Thailand

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A traditional sweet dish served at weddings in Thailand is Foi Thong Cake. Although the cake can have many different flavours, the cake's topping is always made with dry foi thong noodles. The golden colour of the thong noodles is meant to bring the newlyweds good luck in their married life - Aww!

2. Croquembouche - France

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Croquembouche is a traditional French wedding 'cake'. Said to resemble the Eiffel Tower

this tasty dish is created by stacking profiteroles together with caramel - Yummy! The cake dates back to the 18th century and requires a lot of time and patience to achieve... it is truly a work of art.

3. Bread Salad - Greece

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Although it seems like a simple dish, bread salad is a traditional Greek delicacy that has been served at weddings for a very long time! This hearty dish normally features some indulgent ingredients like fresh scallops, crab and calamari making it fancy enough for any special occasion.

4. Jordan Almonds - Italy

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Wedding favours are considered a very important aspect of any Italian wedding.  Sugar-coated Jordan almonds are usually presented to wedding guests or as wedding decorations. The bittersweet taste of the almonds is meant to represent life whereas the sugar coating is to encourage the newlyweds to have a sweeter life - Love this!

5. Kazunoko - Japan

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This food item is meant to symbolise fertility

and is presented to the bride and groom on their wedding day in Japan. Consisting of herring roe, the fish is usually prepared by laying out to dry in the sun before being pickled with salt. It is always typically yellow-coloured and served alongside other types of sushi on the big day!

6. Barfi - India

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Like any wedding, there is no celebration without an assortment of desserts. Barfi is an Indian sweet treat or 'mithai', which normally consists of condensed milk and is presented with an edible silver leaf on the edges. As a tradition, the bride and groom will feed each other Barfi as well as receive small bites from family and quests.

7. Cedar Sapling Cake Toppers - Bermuda

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Newlyweds in Bermuda are usually gifted one cake each which is normally decorated differently to show what each person will bring to the union. The bride's cake is covered in silver icing to show a fruitful marriage,

whereas the groom's is covered in gold to represent prosperity

. Each cake is topped with a cedar sapling that the couple later plants together to show their growing love!

8. Fruit Cake - United Kingdom

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Simple but elegant! A traditional fruitcake at a British wedding can trace its roots back to the middle ages when it was seen as a symbol of wealth and prosperity. Most Royal British wedding cakes have also been fruitcakes and it's tradition to keep the top tier of the cake aside till the couple has their first child - How Sweet!

9. Bem Casados - Brazil

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Bem Casado which translates to ‘well married’ is a sweet treat normally served at Brazilian weddings. Although it looks like a cookie it is two small pieces of sponge cake with a sandwich filling of dulce de leche or egg curd. This tasty treat is to help signify the “sweetness of the couple held together by marriage” - Love this!

10. Hochzeitssuppe - Germany

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Known as the 'Wedding Soup', Hochzeitssuppe is a traditional soup served at many German weddings. It is a simple soup that contains meat (chicken or meatballs), noodles, herbs, egg, butter, nutmeg and milk. It is typically served as a first couple and all the ingredients are meant to be of the highest quality.

11. Korovai - Ukraine

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This stunning pastry art is known as Korovai and is a traditional centrepiece at many Ukrainian weddings. It is normally round with a thick braid and will have decorative sculpted dough around the sides. These sculptures are typically ones that represent love, fertility and purity (doves, pine cones and periwinkle).

12. Banh Xu Xe - Vietnam

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These small but colourful cakes are symbolic dishes in Vietnam weddings. Banh Xu Xe means 'husband and wife' but the little cakes are consumed by the wedding guests. The inside filling tends to be made from rice and bung beans and is typically placed into perfect boxes of leaves to show how perfect the union is.

13. Ghapama - Armenia

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In Armenian culture, a traditional pumpkin dish called ghapama is normally served at weddings. This dish is so important to the Armenians that they even have a short song which is sung whilst the guest is eating. It also isn't a very easy dish to prepare and requires multiple steps.

14. Polvorones - Mexico

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This popular Mexican treat is regularly sold out in bakeries...and so is a stable at any Mexican wedding! Polvorones are small sugared cookies, which get their name from the light dusting of sugar on the top and are typically considered wedding cookies - These look yummy!

15. Breaking Bread - Bulgaria

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A funny little wedding tradition in Bulgaria is breaking bread and is normally performed by the newlyweds at their wedding reception. The bread is normally baked a few days before the wedding by the mother of the bride and presented to the couple to pull apart. Whoever breaks the biggest piece off is considered 'the boss'

in the relationship!

16. Kola Nut - Nigeria

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The Kola nut is a symbolic food that is always present at a traditional Nigerian wedding. Eating the Kola nut during the wedding helps celebrate the union

between joining families and brings everyone together. The nut is thought to have medicinal properties and helps represent the willingness of the couple to help each other heal.

17. Jujubes & Chestnuts - South Korea

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This traditional wedding food is super sweet! After the wedding has taken place the bride will attend something called a 'Paebaek' to which only family are invited. Here she will bring her in-law's jujubes and chestnuts...who will throw them back to the bride to catch. The amount of nuts and fruit the bride catches is supposed to symbolise how many children she will have.

18. Tang Yuan Soup - China

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Chinese wedding feasts typically have a whopping 10 courses! Each course will represent or be associated with a variety of blessings for the new couple. As a tradition for dessert, the newlyweds will share a bowl of Tang Yuan which is 'sweet rice ball soup' which is seen as a sweet start to their marriage - Aww!

19. Mechoui - Morocco

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Moroccan weddings are a grand affair that can usually last for a few days and various traditional courses are served. Mechoui is a dish that is normally served at a wedding and refers to any meat that can be roasted over a fire. The meat is normally lamb and is often cooked for a long time to make sure the meat is nice and tender for the wedding guests - Delicious!

20. Roti Buaya - Indonesia

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These cute crocodile loaves of bread or 'buaya' are stable at any Indonesian wedding. The crocodile is considered a symbol of faithfulness

and long-lasting life

in Indonesian culture so the sweetened loaves are baked into that form. Typically it is made by the bride's family and it is judged on appearance by the wedding guests as it is meant to reflect the groom's potential as a husband.

21. Ireland - Mead

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Irish weddings involve drinking mead or honey wine and are said to promote fertility and virility whilst also keeping the fairies away from the new couple. The couple will continue to drink mead for a month following the wedding…this tradition is apparently where the word honeymoon comes from - Neat!

22. Kransekake - Norway

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This beautiful and tasty sculpture can be found among guests at any Norwegian wedding and is certainly impressive to look at! Kransekake is made by using flat almond biscuits and icing sugar to keep the sculpture together. This dish can give a sense of patriotic pride

for any wedding especially when adding little Norwegian flags.

23. Pilaf - Turkey

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Pilaf is typically eaten at Turkish weddings and is supposed to symbolise the building of a new home! This dish contains spiced meat, nuts, herbs and perfumed rice which like at most celebrations are meant for sharing. Using aged-old cooking techniques this dish will keep guests happy and fed throughout the celebration!

24. Xi Bing - Taiwan

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Xi Bing is a traditional wedding dish that is typically presented by the groom's family to the brides as a show of gratitude and then they can be gifted to guests. This pastry can contain pork, mushrooms or bean pastes and it means 'double happiness'

and is a sign of good fortune and is normally imprinted on the top.

25. Grooms Cake - America

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Let's be honest normally it is the bride that has all the say about the big day but in the US weddings have taken a bit of an untraditional turn by letting grooms have their own personalised cakes! These cool-looking cakes can let the groom's personality shine through and can be decorated however they want...move over brides!

26. Kava - Fiji

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In Fiji, the passing around of a bowl of kava is an essential component of any successful wedding and is used to symbolise unity in the new marriage! It is typically brewed using pre-chewed kava roots which makes it slightly less romantic but is still an awesome custom!

27. Coca Leaves - Bolivia

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Wedding days can be long and stressful but in a Bolivian ceremony coca leaves can be chewed by guests and the newlyweds to give them a little energy boost! You definitely won’t have trouble getting through all the long speeches and showing off all your dance moves if you have a few of these!

28. Toast Skagen - Sweden

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This traditional Swedish wedding dish brings a little taste of the ocean to the guests. Toast Skagen is a tasty little appetizer of shrimp with dill and sour cream on a crispy piece of toast. Naturally, this dish was created by a chef just off the coast in the Danish town of Skagen and has become a popular dish at weddings.

29. Fish & Chips - Australia

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Although considered a traditional English dish, fish and chips have somehow made it onto wedding feasts at Australian weddings. An Aussie wedding isn't complete without guests being able to dine on a spread of Australian BBQ favourites and fish and chips fit right in - Nothing better after a few drinks!

30. Nyama Choma - Kenya

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Last but not least we have Nyama Choma which is a popular wedding dish in Kenya. Nothing brings family and friends together faster than a good BBQ. This tradition is truly the sizzling centrepiece of the wedding and the fire-roasted meat will keep all the guests satisfied!