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Mongolia Cooking

Posted on November 13, 2021
  • Buuz – meat dumplings. Nothing too special here. 6/10. Recipe here.
  • Budaatai Khuurga – beef fried rice. Just learned that the Mongolian rice bowl that’s quite famous in Asia is not Mongolian but Taiwanese. This more authentic version we cooked was also quite good. 8/10. Recipe here.
  • Budaatai Khuurga
  • Buuz

Mexico Cooking

Posted on October 17, 2021
  • Quesadilla – no need to explain this one! We made the 10 minute version and it turned out great. 9/10. Recipe here
  • Enchilada – meat wrapped in corn tortilla with red sauce. 8/10. Recipe here.
  • Fried ice cream – Not really fried but just smartly covered with cornflakes. We used vanilla ice cream and topped it with dule de leche. 9/10. Recipe here.
  • Enchilada
  • Fried ice cream
  • Quesadilla

Croatia Cooking

Posted on October 17, 2021
  • Peka – a meat stew slowly cooked over fire. We made it with chicken instead of lamb. 6/10. Recipe here.
  • Strukli – dough filled with cottage cheese. I still remember this from my trip from Zagreb many years ago. We topped it with blueberry jam. 10/10. Recipe here.
  • Peka
  • Strukli

Myanmar Cooking

Posted on August 29, 2021
  • Mohinga – fish noodles. Reminded me of Filipino palabok. 7/10
  • Shwegyi Sanwei Makin – semolina cake. 7/10
  • Mohinga
  • Semolina cake

Oman Cooking

Posted on August 29, 2021

We cooked food from Oman two weeks ago.

  • Majboos – rice with chicken. Similar to all the Arabic rice dished we made before. 9/10. Recipe here.
  • Halwa Al Jazar – sweetened carrot with milk. Reminded me of carrot cake. Recipe here.
  • Majboos
  • Halwa al jazar

Malta Cooking

Posted on July 25, 2021
  • Imqarrun il-Forn – baked macaroni. Nothing too different from what we’re used to. Just cooked this instead of the rabbit stew coz I and Miriam are not really fund of rabbit. 7/10. Recipe here
  • Puddina – bread pudding. It’s bread in milk with a lot of dried fruits. Not the best looking thing we’ve made. 6/10. Recipe here.
  • Imqarrun il-Forn
  • Puddina

Lithuania Cooking

Posted on July 25, 2021
  • Cepelinai – Potato meat dumplings with gravy. This was a bit hard to make as we didn’t grate the potatoes small enough. I liked it with the sauce. 9/10. Recipe here.
  • Varškės pyragas – Curd cheese pie in this case with raspberry and coconuts. We undercooked it but it tasted great! 9/10. Recipe here
  • Cepelinai
  • Varškės pyragas

North Macedonia Cooking

Posted on July 15, 2021

Two weeks ago, we cooked food from North Macedonia.

  • Shopska salad – a salad with a lot of cheese. 7/10. Recipe here.
  • Piperki polneti – stuffed peppers. This was easier to cook than I expected. 8/10. Recipe here.
  • Trilece – tres leches cake but this time with caramel on top. 9/10. Recipe here.
  • Shopska salad
  • Trilece
  • Piperki polneti

Tuvalu Cooking

Posted on July 15, 2021July 15, 2021

We cooked food from this island nation. Apparently, it’s also the least visited country by tourists.

  • Coconut tuna – It’s like the Filipino chicken curry but with tuna. 8/10. Recipe here
  • Coconut pudding – It’s similar too to the ginataan we have in the Philippines, but it lacks tapioca. 7/10. Recipe here.
  • Coconut tuna
  • Coconut pudding

Sierra Leone Cooking

Posted on June 20, 2021

We cooked again yesterday after a long break. We cooked food from this African nation.

  • Jollof rice with beef stew – I’ve heard about jollof rice before but never tasted this dish from West Africa. It was nice! 8/10. Recipe here.
  • Banana Akaras – banana fritters made with rice flour. It was difficult to make such that it stayed in shape. 6/10. Recipe here.
  • Jollof rice with beef stew
  • Banana akaras
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About This Site

I am Angelo, a postdoctoral researcher in innovation management at ESADE Business School. I am also the director of research at Embiggen Consulting. In this blog, I share my learning adventures.

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