Sunday, February 19, 2017

Country 28. Netherlands

Stroopwafels

Snert - pea soup

Koeken - like thick pancakes

Chips with mayo

Poofers and waffles - so many choices of toppings

Herring

Olliebollen - doughnuts

Stamppot - meatballs on potatoes

Hagelslag varieties


Cafe Winkel's famous apple pie


We enjoyed sampling all that Amsterdam had to offer. I found the sweet treats were delicious, but the savoury ones were less tasty.

Hagelslag

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Country 27. Burma

Burma Lane


Roasted pork belly with spiced caramel sauce & herbal salad

Tamarind curry with pumpkin, okra, cabbage and potato


Delicious food, friendly staff and lovely ambience.

Saturday, January 10, 2015

Country 26. U.S.A


Sookie LaLa






Peanut butter and jelly milkshake 
Corn fritters with sweet chilli relish & bacon
Cheddar eggs & ham

I loved the chunks of peanut butter that came through the straw. 
Food and beverages all delicious. We'll be going back real soon y'all.

Monday, August 4, 2014

Country 25. Brazil



B'Churrasco



Yummy food that just kept coming. The staff were efficient and cheeky. A funky ambience.
My favourite was the banana frita!

Saturday, June 14, 2014

Country 24. Macedonia

Yummy! Excellent food :)
We had Selsko Meso (Country clay pot) and Pastrmajlija (pita pork) 

Saturday, February 1, 2014

Country 23. Ethiopia

The Horn - Collingwood


Dips: hommus & tahini with awazey(chilli) dips, served with pide bread
Zil Zil: chicken breast strips, marinated in berbere, crumbed & dipped in white sesame seeds, served with Ethiopian salsa

Keysirr Wot: beetroot, carrot, potato & spinach, cooked with red onion, garlic & traditional herbs & spices
Difin Missar: black lentil cooked with onion, garlic, green chilli & herbs
Veggie Alecha: potatoes, carrot & spinach, cooked with tumeric, garlic, red onion & traditional spices
Doro Wot: chicken cooked in a rich red onion sauce, with ginger, tomato, garlic, traditional spices & boiled eggs, served with yoghurt
Fiyel Wot: goat stewed with red onion, garlic & berbere and chef's family's traditional seasoning
Doo Ba Wot: Beef & pumpkin stew, cooked with traditional spices, red onion & garlic

All mains served together with a salad in a large dish, layered with injera

Ethiopian Donuts: cinnamon, pine nuts & sultanas, caramelised in lemon juice, shallow fried in donut batter, served with ice-cream & maple syrup

The food was delicious, without being too spicy!

Saturday, January 11, 2014

Country 22. United Arab Emirates

U.A.E - United Arab Eatery - Middle Eastern salad bar

Dips: babaganouj, beetroot, dukkah, flatbread
UAE fatteh: yoghurt labne & brown nutmeg butter & chickpeas, crispy pita
Lamb cutlets with chermoula
Sticky Moorish quail with coriander salt & pomegranate
Salad taster: 3 salads & flatbread
Confit duck leg, alex's couscous salad, roasted peaches
Warm salad of roasted eggplant, pomegranate, mint, pumpkin puree & spiced rice & cashew nut cream

Desserts
Ashtaliah: cream pudding with rosewater & orange blossom
Arabian style orange donuts in syrup


Everything we ate was delicious, with lots of different flavours to experience.