There are countless dishes in the world that you have never tasted. Each of those dishes has infinite variation with each person who cooks it and the quality of each ingredient used. Trying everything is impossible but you can make a dent in that list without destroying your bank account.

Look local for new varieties of food. You don’t need to travel to Thailand to get great Thai food or Russia to experience good caviar. Find local shops and restaurants that are run by first generation immigrants and make friends with them. Not only will you have made some new friends but you will be able to ask them about the true essence of their country’s food.

Cook for yourself to save even more money. Going to restaurants all the time is difficult and expensive. If you taste a dish at a restaurant that you really loved then you should try making it at home. You will be able to make more of it for less money and really enjoy the fruits of your own labor.

Make your own ingredients. If you want to have a truly German meal of various sausages, sauerkraut and beer you should think about making these for yourself. Brewing beer and making sausage are two great hobbies that will save you a ridiculous amount of money in short order but they take a good amount of time and skill to get right. Making sauerkraut, on the other hand, is astoundingly cheap and simple. The chances are that you can make the same ingredients for cheaper at home. There are some ingredients that you really just can’t make at home though. You probably don’t have the room to set up a fish farm to harvest your own beluga caviar. That wouldn’t be cost efficient though. Unless you are consuming hundreds of pounds of caviar throughout the year, it will be more efficient to just buy a tin one a year. With just a little math you can figure out how to make amazing food for astoundingly small amounts of money.