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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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