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Look! Food Flags For The Sydney International Food Festival

The advertising agency WHYBIN hired for the Sydney International Food Festival is so clever - they've come up with a really neat concept to promote the festival by creating food flags for the various countries represented. Each food flag contains a food that is generally identified with that country, and as a bonus, the color of the food corresponds with the color of the flag!

 
 

I think they did a really great job, although I am not sure what dragonfruit and starfruit have to do with China - I associate those more with Southeast Asia. If it was me, I would have used sichuan peppers for the red background and for the stars, maybe tofu, bamboo, or a fried wonton skin cut in the appropriate shapes.

I was trying to come up with other flags. For the Irish flag, I think potatoes could represent the white, Irish cheddar for the orange, and cabbage for the green. Representing the Russian flag, perhaps borscht for the red and sour cream or blinys for the white, but I am not sure about the blue part of the flag. The flag of Germany - maybe beer for the yellow, sausages or cold cuts for the red, and dark sausages, dark bread, or dark beer for the black. Poland could be kielbasa and potatoes (red and white.)

This is fun! What would you suggest for more flags?

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(Images: Sydney International Food Festival, photographed by Natalie Boog)

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Well, I think the Israeli flag would be fun to do. I would use latkes (traditional fried potato pancakes) for the white background, but I admit I don't know of any blue foods associated with Israel to finish out the stripes and star of David for the flag. Suggestions, anyone?

posted by Teacherteacher on September 29th 2009 at 2:13pm
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I love this! Morocco could be harira with mint leaves as the star. :)

posted by poweredbytofu on September 29th 2009 at 2:30pm
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For Ireland, I can't help but envision boiled cabbage, boiled potatoes, and boiled carrots.

posted by akay on September 29th 2009 at 3:01pm
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Teacherteacher - I think egglplant would work!

posted by Javamsanii on September 29th 2009 at 3:04pm
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That's China for you: so enormous, almost anything would work. Southern China basically is Southeast Asia. We were a little surprised, but there are papaya trees, dragonfruit, starfruit, mangoes... all kinds of things in the southern provinces.

Though I agree, this is a southern-China-centric flag.

posted by arbequina on September 29th 2009 at 8:36pm
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That's not the Chinese flag! It's the Vietnam flag so it's totally on the money.

posted by buda on September 29th 2009 at 9:38pm
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Oh no wait, I see the China Flag now...nevermind.

posted by buda on September 29th 2009 at 9:42pm
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Oddly enough, the one that's least similar is Australia. Although the pastie is the perfect choice of food.

posted by Paladin on September 30th 2009 at 5:40pm
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I love the India one! Just freaking awesome.

posted by graciela on October 1st 2009 at 12:20pm
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the American flag should have stripes of hot dogs and french fries.

The blue corner would have 50 different corporate logos for all the megabusiness foods we eat...

posted by atman on October 1st 2009 at 9:12pm
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Oh, I LOVE rambutans and though I associate them with Malaysia I suppose Vietnam makes as much sense. I have only ever seen them once in the states, though. mmm.

posted by e.scott on October 4th 2009 at 1:48pm
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the american flag should be made of velveeta. the worst cheese on the planet and commonly known as american cheese. i think they call it cheese food to try and convince ppl that it is actually food.

posted by bb99 on October 5th 2009 at 11:31am
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For Canada: background of snow, pour maple syrup on to produce outline of a maple leaf (an old fashioned method of making maple candy), and fill the leaf with Red River variety Raspberries. (Saskatoons would be a better suited fruit, being specific to the Canadian prairies, but they are blue, unfortunately.)

posted by Kuri on October 5th 2009 at 11:49am
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Man. I really want to eat Greece's flag, now.

(As well as our own - I'm Australian. Meat pies, yum!)

posted by ryttu3k on October 6th 2009 at 2:57am
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Nobody attempted a South Africa flag? Now that could be a fun/tasty one. :)

Mike@ACityDiscount

posted by ACityDiscount on October 6th 2009 at 1:03pm
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I'm going to suggest a non-putdown but still typical American one...blue lobsters (or crayfish) in the upper corner, red apple slices and white corn for the stripes.

posted by Kate H. on October 19th 2009 at 3:29pm
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