Lesser known delicious foreign food

[Captain Howdy]

1 hour ago, JagSquared said:

Was amazed by Ethiopian food, prob similar to Eritrea that injera bread is also used and it’s weirdly spongy and citrus-y great to mop up the curries, of which id say the veggie options were best.

 

 

No offence like but that looks hideous

[Bjornebye]

2 minutes ago, Captain Howdy said:

No offence like but that looks hideous

Hahahahaha I thought the same. Looks like a few stool samples on shit pancakes 

[Remmie]

58 minutes ago, JagSquared said:

Yeah you can with bread maybe something lighter though I like it on its own or with a shopska salad as it’s more a summer dish. 
 

ah I also forgot the tarator has crushed walnuts too that’s essential. @TheHowieLama FYI.

I love a Shopska, tastiest salad going. 

[Remmie]

I'm gonna go fetch the papers

[Strontium]

1 hour ago, Bruce Spanner said:

For those looking for inspiration recipe wise buy this…

 

https://www.amazon.com/Palomar-Cookbook-Modern-Israeli-Cuisine/dp/0451496612

 

It’s a collaboration between an Israeli and a Palestinian looking at food from the area, then they take it to an insane level of tastiness.

 

The restaurant is called Palomar in Soho and it’s great.

 

If you whisper nicely in the waitresses ear ‘Can I go to the Mulway for a cheeky cocktail’ you’ll be whisked away for a drink in a very, very hard to get in to and very fucking cool cocktail lounge.

Don’t go telling everyone though.

 

Is that Layo from Layo & Bushwacka?

[JagSquared]

27 minutes ago, Captain Howdy said:

No offence like but that looks hideous

Haha it really wasn’t the prettiest of plates for sure but interesting mix, flavours were good, that’s just how they serve it. 
 

if those dishes were served in their own separate bowls they would just look like various curries tbh.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

4 hours ago, Bruce Spanner said:

For those looking for inspiration recipe wise buy this…

 

https://www.amazon.com/Palomar-Cookbook-Modern-Israeli-Cuisine/dp/0451496612

 

It’s a collaboration between an Israeli and a Palestinian looking at food from the area, then they take it to an insane level of tastiness.

 

The restaurant is called Palomar in Soho and it’s great.

 

If you whisper nicely in the waitresses ear ‘Can I go to the Mulway for a cheeky cocktail’ you’ll be whisked away for a drink in a very, very hard to get in to and very fucking cool cocktail lounge.

Don’t go telling everyone though.

Do you have to use the word "cheeky"? If so, count me out.

[Bruce Spanner]

16 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Do you have to use the word "cheeky"? If so, count me out.

Nah, you’re good with ‘alright treacletits, any chance I can ‘appen upon your illicit booze lounge for lols and shit?’

 

However you phrase it you’re all good.

 

Ill tell ‘em to expect a commie called Mal who will roll his eyes at this bourgeoisie bullshit.

[Strontium]

3 hours ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

Is that Layo from Layo & Bushwacka?

 

Answering my own question like a sad act: yes it is, apparently. 

[The-Sir]

Seems I'm a sucker for food that puts hair on your chest;

 

Hungarian Langos - a sort of deep fried pizza? Mostly use goat or sheep cheese if I recall. 

 

Portuguese (specifically Porto I think) Francesinha, when I ordered it a local said I'd be shitting like crazy for a few days afterwards and he wasn't wrong. Bloody nice though. 

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

These. 

[Carvalho Diablo]

I spent a few months in New Orleans about 30 years ago. Loved the jumbalaya and especially those catfish po-boys.

[Bjornebye]

8 hours ago, The-Sir said:

Seems I'm a sucker for food that puts hair on your chest;

 

Hungarian Langos - a sort of deep fried pizza? Mostly use goat or sheep cheese if I recall. 

 

Portuguese (specifically Porto I think) Francesinha, when I ordered it a local said I'd be shitting like crazy for a few days afterwards and he wasn't wrong. Bloody nice though. 

I need a shit just looking at that 

[Bruce Spanner]

Francesinha sound like the greatest thing in the world, but then you look at all the ingredients and put them all together in one dish, it's like a blokes wet dream foodwise, but makes you feel ill the moment you've finished it.

 

6 slices of loaf bread

8 slices of cheese

2 small beef steaks

2 fresh sausages

Chicken breast

2 slices of ham

Salt and pepper to taste

 

For the sauce;

 

1 onion

1 beer

3 tablespoons of tomato pulp

0.5 dl of brandy

0.5 dl of Port Wine

1 tablespoon of margarine

1 tablespoon of cornstarch flour

1 cube of beef broth

1 bay leaf

milk qb

Salt and spicy qb

 

It's like they just thought 'fuck it, gout looks pleasant and what the fuck do I want with extra life expectancy?'

[The-Sir]

1 hour ago, Bruce Spanner said:

Francesinha sound like the greatest thing in the world, but then you look at all the ingredients and put them all together in one dish, it's like a blokes wet dream foodwise, but makes you feel ill the moment you've finished it.

 

6 slices of loaf bread

8 slices of cheese

2 small beef steaks

2 fresh sausages

Chicken breast

2 slices of ham

Salt and pepper to taste

 

For the sauce;

 

1 onion

1 beer

3 tablespoons of tomato pulp

0.5 dl of brandy

0.5 dl of Port Wine

1 tablespoon of margarine

1 tablespoon of cornstarch flour

1 cube of beef broth

1 bay leaf

milk qb

Salt and spicy qb

 

It's like they just thought 'fuck it, gout looks pleasant and what the fuck do I want with extra life expectancy?'

Was a good few years back now so the memory is a little hazy but I seem to remember I had mine early afternoon and didn't need to eat anything until lunchtime the next day. Food of the gods. 

 

The sauce tasted a little bit like bean juice to me which I thought was a bit odd. 

[The-Sir]

Washed down with one of these. 

[Josef Svejk]

Another vote for Georgian, Eritrean / Ethiopian, and Hungarian (plus the little I know of Bulgarian). (Langos is one of the great global fast foods.) 

 

I've had wonderful food in Poland, Lithuania, and Croatia, too. 

 

Estonian is one to avoid.

[Bruce Spanner]

12 hours ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

 

Answering my own question like a sad act: yes it is, apparently. 

Sorry, missed this last night.

 

I did not know that!

 

They own a few places now and all, without exception, are great.

 

Good on them.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Not as exotic as most of the stuff on here, but fabada asturiana is proper sticks-to-yer-ribs food to get you through the winter.

[Remmie]

9 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Not as exotic as most of the stuff on here, but fabada asturiana is proper sticks-to-yer-ribs food to get you through the winter.

Pictures or GTFO

[AngryOfTuebrook]

2 hours ago, Remmie said:

Pictures or GTFO

Here y'go. It's just a big mess of beans that's been cooked with a slab of fatty ham, some black pudding and some chorizo. (Add some bay leaves, saffron and paprika, if you want to be fancy that way.)

 

[TD_LFC]

Hainanese Chicken and Rice pretty much just poached chicken and rice (rice is cooked in the stock you cooked the chicken in) but adding the chilli sauces and pickled veg is what makes it. Great for a hangover.

 

[JagSquared]

This guy has some good recipes for Middle Eastern foods on his channel, I had this in Istanbul and it was great. Spiced yogurt and poached eggs.

 

 

[Bjornebye]

15 hours ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Here y'go. It's just a big mess of beans that's been cooked with a slab of fatty ham, some black pudding and some chorizo. (Add some bay leaves, saffron and paprika, if you want to be fancy that way.)

 

That’s basically a posh version of pot mess  

[Bobby Hundreds]

Christ I remember when spaghetti bolognaise was exotic.