Hopping Around the World Is it too much to ask for a beer in every country I visit? It is not that I drink a lot of beer, but when I am travelling it is one thing that I always make an effort to do, partly to sample something unique about the country I am …
Category Archives: Food
More Than Curries: Food in Sri Lanka
As with many of our trips, the lure of sampling a new cuisine was a major drawcard for our holiday to Sri Lanka. It took us a while to find our culinary way, to work out where to get some decent meals and appreciate what was on offer. There were a few missteps and average …
Dutch Food We Tried
We knew little of Dutch cuisine before coming to the Netherlands, except for poffertjes (mini pancakes or pannekoeken) which are regulars at Australian markets. The most simple form is served sprinkled with icing sugar and maybe cream, but where we tried them you could top them with whatever you want, ice-cream, fruit, nuts, Smarties, Nutella, …
Beyond the Tagine in Morocco
For our week long stay in Morocco, we are staying in hotels, which is a change from the self-catering of Airbnbs. So for the first time in two months we are “forced” to eat out and sample the wonderful Moroccan cuisine. Moroccan food has had many influences, similar to its cultural diversity. Southern Spain, Arabia, France, and the traditional …
Spanish Flavours
There are many familiar Spanish foods which we were keen to try while here, though first we had to adjust to the Spanish eating habits. The most important meal of the day is lunch, a long social event with several courses, followed by siesta time to relax during the long hot afternoon. Many restaurants will close …
No Nando’s In Portugal? What?
Before coming to Portugal, our knowledge of Portuguese cuisine was solely based on visiting Nando’s a few times. What little did we know. During our stay in Portugal, we expected to find Portuguese roast chicken in abundance, but alas the roast chicken we found was only lightly spiced and not chilli hot at all. It …
Sampling Swiss Specialties
My Swiss friend Tanja had promised me cheese fondue when we arrived in Switzerland. I couldn’t wait to try it, but other than this I didn’t have much of an idea about other Swiss foods, except for Swiss cheese and Swiss roll! Cheese Fondue Tanja, who is a local, loves cheese fondue herself and was …
The Italian Food Obsession
The final blog in the series about food from Italy is about everything else (we have written about Italian sweets and drinks already). There is a fantastic food culture in Italy, and they are really passionate about their food. We love it too. Back home we eat a lot of Italian food, and it is …
La Dolce Vita
Italians love their sweets, and with three kids travelling around Italy, we had plenty of opportunity to sample many of them. Nutella Along with the Italian’s obsession with bread is also an obsession with Nutella! I know they invented it, but they really do take it to the next level, being such a passionate lot. …
Saluti: Here’s To Italian Beverages
Italy is not only known for its range of great food, there are many varieties of drinks that the Italians enjoy too. In the last four weeks we have been fortunate to try quite a few of them. Coffee Let’s start with coffee… Italians have been drinking coffee since before it was fashionable. Espresso is …