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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

Luxembourg Cooking

Posted on June 20, 2021

We cooked this like 3 weeks ago but I haven’t had the time to upload the photos. So, here are the things we cooked:

  • F’rell Am Rèisleck – trout with white wine. It was my first time to eat trout, it was filled with bones. Nonetheless, this tasted great. 9/10. Recipe here.
  • Gromperekichelcher – potato fritters. Reminded me of the swiss Rosti. 8/10. Recipe here.
  • Quetschentaart – plum tart. Ours turned out a bit sour but I liked it. 8/10. Recipe here.
  • Gromperekichelcher
  • F’rell Am Rèisleck
  • Quetschentaart

Mauritania cooking

Posted on May 16, 2021

We had Mauritanian cuisine yesterday. It was quite difficult to find recipes from this country.

  • Lamb Couscous – couscous with lamb. Similar to the Moroccan one. 8/10. Recipe here.
  • Avocado pudding – avocado with milk. We eat avocado as a dessert too in the Philippines but not blended. 5/10. Recipe here.
  • Lamb couscous
  • Avocado pudding

Nicaragua cooking

Posted on May 16, 2021

We cooked food from Nicaragua last week.

  • Gallo Pinto – Rice with beans. We also added fried plantains, cheese and beef. 7/10. Recipe here
  • Tres Leches – cake with three types of milk. Love it! 10/10. Recipe here
  • Gallo pinto
  • Tres leches

Barbados Cooking

Posted on April 25, 2021

Yesterday, we cooked food from Barbados.

  • Fish cakes – Cod balls. Tasted wonderful but probably best served with some vinegar or sweet and sour sauce. 8/10. Recipe here
  • Cassava pone – We eat also cassava cake in the Philippines. This one tasted great. 10/10. Recipe here.
  • Fish cakes
  • Cassava pone

Iran Cooking

Posted on April 25, 2021

Last weekend, we cooked two dishes from Iran:

  • Khoresh-e Fesenjoon  – Chicken stew with pomegranate and walnuts. A unique way of cooking chicken. It was a bit sour but tasted great. 8/10. Recipe here.
  • Tachin – Crispy saffron rice. I always like it when the food has a crunch. This one was great but we burned the raisins a bit. 9/10. Recipe here.
  • Sholeh Zard – Saffron rice pudding. I prefer the rice pudding with milk. 5/10. Recipe here.
  • Khoresh-e Fesenjoon 
  • Tachin
  • Sholeh Zard

Egypt Cooking

Posted on April 11, 2021

We cooked two dishes from Egypt yesterday. Miriam’s family loved everything (giving it 10/10) but they’re biased for these dishes. Here were the two:

  • Ta’ameya – Egyptian falafel. My first time to make one. We added salad and tahini dressing. 7/10. But Miriam’s family loved it so much and gave it 10/10. Recipe here.
  • Qatayef – Arabic pancakes with cheese filling. They tasted wonderful. 9/10. Recipe here.
  • Ta’ameya
  • Qatayef

Gambia Cooking

Posted on March 28, 2021

We made two dishes from the African nation of Gambia.

  • Domoda – peanut stew with meat. I’ve tasted something similar in an African restaurant before. 7/10. Recipe here.
  • Chakery – couscous with milk. It’s arroz con leche but instead of using rice, uses couscous. We topped it with mango. 8/10. Recipe here.
  • Domada
  • Chakery
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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 Group. In this blog, I share my learning adventures.

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