I have only three culinary memories of my first visit to Portugal: – onion soup eaten in a cosy restaurant in Porto on a chilly December evening, – pasteis de nata from Belem (custard tarts) that I remembered as delicacy although I could no longer recall their taste, – […]
Ceviche Raw fish, chopped or cut into cubes, cured in citrus juice (usually lemon or lime juice). It is spiced with chilli peppers and often served with onion and cilantro. Two-centimeters’ cubes should be marinated for about three hours, but if it is finely chopped it can be served almost immediatelly […]
I’ve heard lots of praise about Persian cuisine – its kebabs, rice dishes, spices, juices. It always seemed really varied and the reports of those who had a chance to visit a Persian restaurant seemed to support that. You cannot imagine how surprised I was when suddenly Iran became a […]
1. In Poznań, Poland. I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t put my hometown in the very first place, but there’s a very good reason for that. I still remember when I moved here many years ago and for the first time celebrated the Polish Independence Day (11 November) in […]
Injera is an Ethiopian traditional dish. At first glance it looks like a strange huge pancake, but tastes nothing close. How is injera made? This sourdough flatbred is made from teff flour mixed and water and then left to ferment for a few days and this is what gives injera […]
Finca is a plantation. Finca Colombia is a coffee plantation that I visited in the Guatemalan town of Antigua at the end of my first Latin American trip. Learning is something is really enjoy so I thought (and I was right) that getting some knowledge about coffee might be an amazing […]