Our Brunei meal consisted of Chicken Satay with peanut sauce, Cucumber salad and Mango with Sticky rice. The sticky rice was sweet, made with coconut water and sugar. It was all very good and the sticky rice and mango was great for breakfast the next day, topped with toasted walnuts. […]
Brazil is the 24th country in our “Gura’s Global Grub and Armchair Travels“! Coincidentally it took us a year (minus 1 day) to cook meals from 24 countries. The Global Table Adventure site we have been using as a starting point for our meals lists 195 countries, so only 171 […]
Our Botswana meal was Seswaa (Stewed Beef), Cornmeal Pap, Bostwanan Stewed Spinach Greens and Pampoenkoekies (South African pumpkin fritters). We drank Roobis Tea that has high levels of health-promoting antioxidants. Roobis tea is a red herbal tea that comes from the fermented leaves of the Aspalathus linearis shrub, a plant native […]
Our Bosnia and Herzegovina meal consisted of Shopska Salata (Shopska Salad), Sogan Dolma (Beef-Stuffed Onions), Prebranac (Balkan Baked Beans), Tufahije (Walnut Stuffed Apples) and Authentic Bosnian Coffee. This was one of my favorite Global meals. The leftover stuffed apples and Turkish coffee were delicious for breakfast. I bought a beautiful […]
Our Bolivian meal was Bolivian Avocado & Tomato Salad, La Sopa de Mani (Bolivian Peanut & Beef Soup), La Llajua/Llajwa Hot Sauce, Corn on the cob with fried cheese and Helado de Canela (Cinnamon Sorbet). The Avocado salad was like deconstructed guacamole. So good and easy. I really liked the […]
Our Bhutanese meal consisted of Ema Datshi, Cracked red rice, Butter Grilled Poblanos, Butter Tea and Kheer. Ema Datshi is the national dish in Bhutan made with an assortment of ema (chilis) and datshi which is cheese made from yak or cow’s milk. Our Ema Datshi was made with Anaheim […]
Benin is a small country on the West coast of Africa that is about the size of Ohio. Ohio is 44,825 mi² with a population of 11.75 million while Benin is 44,310 mi² population 12.47 million. It is said Benin was the birthplace of Vudon (voodoo) which is still practiced but the […]
Our Belize meal consisted of Stew Chicken atop Johnny Cakes, Fried Plantains and Sweet Potato Pone. The stew chicken was flavorful. It was made with Red Recado paste that contained Annatto Seeds. When searching for Annatto seeds we found La Plaza Supermarket in Westlake that has delicious Mexican and Central American […]
We traveled to Belgium in 2017 as part of a work trip. We stayed in Leuven -home of our dear friend and coworker Jan who gave us a tour of Leuven and Brussels. The castle-like buildings in the town squares were amazing! We stayed at The Forth – Tafelrond that […]
Our International Table Adventures continue with Belarus! The meal consisted of Borscht Soup from Belarus (Beet Soup with potatoes), Mushroom stuffed Draniki (Potato Pancakes/hash browns stuffed with mushrooms), Rye Bread and Strawberry Kisiel (Thick Strawberry Puree). We paired the meal with a couple vodka drinks made from authentic Russian vodka […]
