Indonesia Dessert

Sweet Martabak: Indonesia

TRADITIONAL DESSERTS from AROUND the WORLD

INDONESIA

This thick pancake is one of the most devilish street foods you can find in Indonesia. It is so evil because it consists layers of carbohydrates and butter spreads along with whatever filling you crave; from sweet condensed milk, cheese, chocolate sprinkles, peanut butter, jam, sugar, to the trendy flavors such as KitKat, Oreo, Nutella, or Ovomaltine. And here’s to adding more sins: the Martabak stalls are usually open at night so we Indonesian usually eat it as night meal after dinner. Despite the health problem you could possibly get if you eat too much Martabak Manis, the rich, buttery, sweet taste, fluffy, gooey texture, good feeling if you munch Martabak is worth the guilty pleasure.

Netherlands street food

Netherlands: Poffertjes

Street Food Around the World

Netherlands

Poffertjes are a traditional Dutch batter treat. Resembling small, fluffy pancakes, they are made with yeast and buckwheat flour. Unlike American pancakes, they have a light, spongy texture.

Poffertjes aka mini Dutch pancakes are a simple yet delicious street food of Netherlands. Typically, poffertjes are sweet treat, served with powdered sugar and butter, and sometimes syruo or advocaat. However, there is also a savoury variant with gouda cheese. 

Typical Price: 10 for £2

Get it from: All over the Netherlands, but watch out for travelling street food van Pofferdikkie in Amsterdam, for a kitsch take on this traditional classic.

Potato Chips

Potato chips

Food invented around the world

America

Today potato chips are the most popular snack food in America and are devoured at a rate of 1.2 billion pounds annually, so it’s hard to believe that the snack food was created completely by accident.

The man who invented potato chips was George Crum, who was both African-American and Native American, and a chef employed as a chef at Moon Lake Lodge --an elegant resort in Saratoga Springs, New York. And getting complaints from a customer about thick, soggy fried potatoes, Crum wanted to teach the patron a lesson, so he sliced a new batch of potatoes as thin as he possibly could, and then fried them until they were hard and crunchy. Finally, to top them off, he added a generous heaping of salt. To Crum's surprise, the dish ended up being a hit with the patron and a new snack was born.

Indian Holi Festival

Holi festival of color: India

Festivals Around the world

INDIA

Holi is a Hindu spring festival celebrated in the India, also known as the "festival of colours". The festival signifies the victory of good over evil, the arrival of spring, end of winter. It is also celebrated as a thanksgiving for a good harvest. Every year it comes on the month of Phalguna, which falls somewhere between the end of February and the middle of March in the Hindu calendar. The first evening is known as Holika Dahan or Chhoti Holi and the following day as Holi, Rangwali Holi, Dhuleti, Dhulandi.

Holi celebrations start on the night before Holi with a Holika Dahan where people gather, perform religious rituals in front of the bonfire, and pray that their internal evil be destroyed the way Holika, the sister of the demon king Hiranyakashipu, was killed in the fire. The next morning is celebrated as Rangwali Holi – a free-for-all festival of colours, where people smear each other with colours and drench each other. Water guns and water-filled balloons are also used to play and colour each other. Anyone and everyone is fair game, friend or stranger, rich or poor, man or woman, children and elders. The frolic and fight with colours occurs in the open streets, open parks, outside temples and buildings. Groups carry drums and other musical instruments, go from place to place, sing and dance. People visit family, friends and foes to throw coloured powders on each other, laugh and gossip, then share Holi delicacies, food and drinks. In the evening, after sobering up, people dress up and visit friends and family and greet HAPPY HOLI!!

Spain Restaurant

Sublimotion Restaurant: Spain

Most expensive restaurant around the world

Spain

Sublimotion is a restaurant located in Sant Josep de sa Talaia, Ibiza, Spain run by Michelin 2- star chef Paco Roncero who utilizes molecular gastronomy in cooking. In 2014, Sublimotion was awarded the prize Best Innovation Food & Beverage.

There is a reason the world’s richest celebrities party in Ibiza. It’s not just the lush beaches that Leonardo and the Bieb love, but also the amazing dining experiences, the most indulgent of which is offered by Sublimotion. Described by head chef Paco Rancero as a “radically different show that you can only live by yourself,” the restaurant allows for only 12 guests at a time. The exclusive venue offers a 20-course “gastro-sensory” meal that is intended to “elicit an emotional experience” and allow you to experience humor, pleasure, fear, reflection, and nostalgia in one bite. It’s probably how you’ll feel when you get the $2,000 bill, too.

Italian Dessert

Tiramisu : Italy

Popular Dessert From Around the World

Italy

Tiramisu (from the italian Language, spelled tiramisù, meaning "pick me up", "cheer me up" or "lift me up") is a popular coffee-flavoured Italian dessert. It is made of ladyfingers dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of eggs, sugar, and mascarpone cheese, flavoured with cocoa. The recipe has been adapted into many varieties of cakes and other desserts. Its origins are often disputed among Italian regions of Veneto, Piedmont, and others.

Indian Dosa

India : Dosa

Popular dishes around the world

India

Dosa is a type of pancake from the Indian subcontinent, made from a fermented batter. Dosa is a typical part of the South Indian diet and popular all over the Indian subcontinent. 

This South Indian specialty is somehow similar to a crepe in appearance but made with fermented rice and black lentils batter. Traditionally  Dosa is served hot along with  sambar (a spicy stewy preparation that can be used as dip and also spooned directly into your mouth)., stuffing of potatoes or paneer and peas hide on the inside (that is the “masala”) and it is served with an array of dips: chutneys (tomato and coconut are the standard ones) 

There are many types of Dosa available like Masala dosa is a veggie treat, Mysore Masala is the spicier version of it. Sada (plain) is without filling, Paper dosa is a thin and crisp version. Rava dosa is made crispier using semolina. (suitable even for vegans in fact!)

Ethiopian Dish

Ethiopia : Yetsom Beyaynetu

Popular Dishes Around the World

Ethiopia

An Ethiopian meal is all about eating a variety of different dishes, each of them placed on top of a bed of injera (the staple starch, a spongy pancake made from teff flour). Go to any Ethiopian restaurant and order a mahaberawi, and you’ll receive a mixed platter of the freshly prepared dishes of that day. Normally the mix can include things like shiro wat (chickpea flour curry), misir wat (lentils stew), key wat (beef stew), salata (tomato salad), and any number of other dishes. Eating a Yetsom Beyaynetu is a great way to sample a variety of Ethiopian dishes in a single meal.

France Dish

Crêpe : France

National Dishes Around the World

France

A crêpe or crepe is a type of very thin pastry, usually made from wheat flour. Crêpes are especially popular throughout France. The common ingredients include flour, eggs, milk, butter, and a pinch of salt.

Commonly prepared with thin wheat or buckwheat flour batter pancakes. Crêpes are served with a variety of fillings Sweet fillings include chocolate sauce, jelly, preserves, spreads, or whipped cream, while savory fillings include ham, sausage, cheese, and mushroom. 

Spanish Coffee

Café con Miel : Spain

Ways to prepare coffee Around the World

Spain

So you like espresso but maybe a little bit sweeter? You could try adding sugar…but how boring is that! We suggest following in the footsteps of the Spanish and creating a Café con Miel. This is a layered coffee drink that begins with a good helping of honey at the bottom of your cup, followed by a shot of dark espresso, some steamed milk and topped off with a thick layer of cinnamon. While you wouldn’t consider adding honey or cinnamon to your coffee in the US, consider that a shot of Spanish espresso (or Café Solo) is extremely strong. You’ll be needing that honey.

Expensive Dessert

La Madeline au Truffle

Most Expensive Desserts In The World

Looking for the most extravagant chocolate in the world?

If you’re looking to impress your Love once, buy him or her the most expensive chocolate truffle in the world.

It’s called La Madeline au Truffle and you can find it at Knipschildt Chocolatier.

Knipschildt's La Madeline au Truffe was recognized by Forbes Magazine as the most expensive chocolate in the world - 250$/each

La Madeline au Truffle starts with a decadent 70% Valrhona dark chocolate, heavy cream, sugar, truffle oil and vanilla as the base for the rich decadent ganache. A rare French Perigord truffle (a rare mushroom) is then surrounded by this rich decadent ganache; it is enrobed in Valrhona dark chocolate and then rolled in fine cocoa powder. The result is pure extravagance! Lying on a bed of sugar pearls in a silver box tied with a ribbon.

If you want to buy this for your sweetheart, they will have to wait because the truffle is made to order and ships within 14 days of the order.

India : Pani Puri

India : Pani Puri

STREET FOOD AROUND the WORLD

India

Panipuri has various names, depending on the region like paani ke patashe, fulki, golgappa, phuchka, Gupchup, pakodi, gup chup.They are also commonly known as gol gappay. It uses a mixture of boiled gram and mashed potatoes as the filling and is tangy rather than sweetish while the water is sour and spicy. It consists of a round, hollow puri, fried crisp and filled with a mixture of flavored water (commonly known as imli pani), tamarind Chutney, Chili, Chaat Masala, potato, onion or chickpeas.

Indonesia Dish

Nasi Goreng (Fried Rice)

Best National Dish from Around the World

INDONESIA

Indonesian Fried Rice and its reputation has taken the world by storm. Don’t you agree?

Literally everyone has tried Fried Rice at some point in their life and it is the most versatile dish out there. You can mixed it with veggies, chicken, beef, seafood, whatever it is that you can think of.

What makes Indonesian Fried Rice different is the use of sweet, thick soy sauce called keycap and garnished with acar, pickled cucumber and carrots.

Nasi Goreng (Fried Rice) is considered Indonesia’s national dish.

Czech Republic Resturant

Czech Republic - Prague

Restaurants from Around the World

Prague

Having been tested successfully on beer-loving Czechs, the beer train is heading for the United States and China.

Vytopna Restaurant at Wenceslas Square offers good food and drinks at reasonable prices. But its unique attraction is a 400m miniature railway which runs around the entire restaurant, and even down the centre of the tables you sit at.

The restaurant's owners are passionate about traditional railways and have developed miniature train networks for years.

The railway tracks pass through tunnels, over drawbridges, through sculptured rock formations and woods, alongside ponds, and the trains pull into stations. The trains reach speeds of 20km per hour. What's more, they deliver drinks to your table, sitting in their wagons!

It's reasonably fast, efficient and fun.

Brazil: Pudim

Brazil: Pudim

Foods From Around the World

Brazil

Pudim, pronounced (poo-gene),  is not pudding; despite what it might sound like.  It can best be described as a Brazilian version of Flan which has a softer texture. The difference is that Pudim does not use gelatin and it is much more like a stiff custard. Pudim is probably the most commonly eaten dessert after basic cakes and Brigadeiro in Brazil, and it is inexpensive and quite simple to make. There are several varieties of it, from Chocolate or Brigadeiro flavored Pudim, to a cooking sheet baked type of Pudim called Pudim de Pao... or Bread Pudim... which is nothing like the Bread pudding it might make you think of. You'll find this dessert in every restaurant, cafe and home.

Valentine’s Day Facts

 Valentine’s Day Facts And Traditions From Around The World 💌

  

Mexico celebrates by eating out and giving chocolates and flowers. One big difference is that Mexicans also celebrate friendship and give heart shaped balloons to each other that say “Te Amo” or “I Love You” in Spanish.

In Italy young, unmarried girls to wake up before dawn to spot their future husbands. The belief is that the first man a woman saw on Valentine’s Day is the man she would marry within a year. 

In England women would pin bay leaves to the corners and one in the center of their pillows in the 1700’s. They would then chant a poem and fall asleep hoping this ritual would bring dreams of their future husband.

In Czech Republic Valentine’s Day usually involves the typical romantic dinners, and gifts of roses and chocolates. But the country’s main Day of Love is on May 1, when lovers kiss under cherry trees for happiness and good health, says Schweitzer.

South African’s celebrate Valentine’s Day similar to people in the US. One big difference is that younger women will sometimes pin the name of the person they have a crush on their sleeves. Talk about wearing your heart on your sleeve.









Instead of roses, Peruvians typically exchange orchids, which are native to Peru, on Valentine’s Day. 

Men do most of the gift-giving on Valentine's Day in the United States, but the opposite is true in South Korea, where women give chocolate to the men in their lives. A month later, on White Day, men return the favor by giving candy. But that’s not the end of it—single friends sometimes get together on Black Day on April 14 to eat black noodles. 

In Malaysia Women write their phone numbers on oranges and throw them into the nearest river on the seventh day of the seventh month on the Lunar calendar.  They hope that the person of their dreams will find the fruit and call them.  Fruit vendors tend to find these and sell them as lucky fruits.

If you’re looking to get married but are on a budget, Valentine’s is a day for a mass marriage.Thousands of couples gather for a huge ceremony in Philippines.




                                                                                                         



February 14th has become National Chocolate’s Day in Ghana. Because they are one of the largest exports of Cocoa, the tourism ministry created this day to celebrate the bean.




                                                       


Slovenia celebrates their crops and fields coming back to life. They walk through the fields barefoot to welcome fertile fields.

Coffee in Greece

Frappe Coffee in Greece 

Ways to prepare coffee Around the World

Greece

Coffee is a part of everyday life in Greece. Greeks love their coffee! BUT they don’t just drink any old filter coffee from a drip machine.They make coffee a super cool accessory.

The favorite coffee drink in Greece is the frappe. Made using Nescafé, a frappe is a frothed-up blend of milk, sugar and Nescafé, served over ice. The drink can be had with or without sugar, but on a warm summer day in the islands, the ice is the essence of a frappe. This is at least one instant coffee rendition that’s easy to love.

Israel Falafel

Israel - Falafel

STREET FOOD AROUND the WORLD

Israel

Falafel is now one of the most popular street foods in the world, and can be found almost everywhere. But the phenomenon was said to be born in Tel Aviv, the coastal town of Israel. The classic Israeli falafel is a fritter of ground chickpea spiced with cumin, coriander, paprika, raw garlic, onion, and lots of fresh parsley. So it’s essentially a health food, right?!

Japanese Breakfast

Japanese breakfasts

Breakfast foods from around the world

JAPAN

According to Quora user Makiko Itoh, Japanese breakfasts fall into two categories: Wafuu (traditional) and youfuu (Western).

A typical Wafuu breakfast has rice, fish, miso soup, sticky soy beans, and nori seaweed. A typical Youfuu breakfast has buttered toast, eggs, coffee, and potato salad.