Essential Foods From Around The World To Eat When You’re Hungover

There are certain worldly foods that have a well-earned reputation for their unique ability to help one recover from a night of heavy drinking. And here are five hangover-cure favorites from different countries around the world, that every beer-loving traveler needs to know about.

Drunken Noodles (Thailand)

According to Lonely Planet’s Global Beer Tour (a fun book by the way) Thailand has an appropriately named hangover-fighting food that’s the Southeast Asian equivalent of a bacon sandwich.

Made up of wide flat rice noodles soaked in soothing bath of seafood vegetables, chili, soy, fish sauce and lime Thailand’s famous noodle dish is said to be as medicinal as it is bracingly delicious.

Bacon Sandwich (United Kingdom)

Closer to home is the UK’s famous hangover-banishing bacon sandwich which is frequently (and not surprisingly) available in many of that island kingdom’s beloved neighborhood pubs.

Not exactly the kind of bacon sandwich one might commonly find in the states, this British version is defined by a chewier wide-cut of lightly cooked smoked piggy that’s smothered in a highly salty brown sauce or a reddish equivalent of undisclosed origins.

Umeboshi (Japan)

Umeboshi plums are legendary in Japan for their ability to conquer even the most brutal hangover and as a result they are sold in bulk bottles over there.

The only problem is they’re so insanely salty and sour hangover victims might need to wash them down with more beer – which further explains the bulk bottles.

Pickle Juice (Poland)

The most notable of Eastern Europe’s hangover-defeating suggestions doesn’t actually come from Transylvania (home to another occult drinking practice that adds color), but from Poland’s pickles.

Renowned for its reinvigorating rehydration properties, a mug of Poland’s uber-salty pickle juice consumed straight up will jolt you back to health – especially when you drink it along with a bowl of cooked beets, first thing in the morning.

Rice Congee (Vietnam)

One of Southeast Asia’s famous hangover foods comes in a bowl, which is doubly helpful depending on how stable your stomach is after a night of power-pounding beer.

Vietnam’s beloved Rice Congee is a thick rice soup that’s sometimes flavored with pork or seafood, with slivers of fresh ginger and coriander abundantly added to keep the old blood flowing and add a little color to your sorry tell-tale face.