Culinary trip

Gelato is one of the foods unmistakably associated with Italy. The delicious taste of cold ice cream on a hot summer day next to one of the many Italian “must see” tourist gems, like the Colosseum, Ponte di Rialto, the Leaning Tower or temples of Paestum is one of the postcard cliches of holidays in...Read More

When we were preparing the trip to Malaysia, we discovered that everyone was wowing about the Malaysian food. It is a mix of Chinese, Indian, Javanese, Malayan, Thai, Portuguese, Dutch and British cuisines. To be honest, the result is so unique, it’s hard to describe. Each dish is a blend of its own. Here are...Read More

Everybody loves pizza. It is a common knowledge that it comes from Italy, but it is less known that pizza originated in Naples. But how actually did it come into being, what are the most famous pizzas and which ingredients are used in them? Which are the oldest and the most famous pizzerias in Naples?...Read More

To understand Polish cuisine one has to know a bit about Polish history. Long story short – Poland was always either under occupation or very multiculti. That means Polish dishes are an amazing composition of different cultures. From East – Tatar, Turkish and Mongolian, Russian and Ruthenian to West – German, French, Italian and Jewish....Read More

What to eat in Catalonia? Being in Barcelona, we can decide on three types of food (which can be mixed up): seafood and fish because of the proximity of the sea, we can expect delicious fish (cod is popular and some other white fish, but try sardines!), fresh seafood (octopus, shrimps, mussels, oysters, etc.). This...Read More

Everybody loves ice cream. It’s refreshing on a hot day, it’s mouth-melting and you can name at least 30 other associations with it. There are however different types of ice cream. I’d like to present you with a unique type, which is called Dondurma, or the Maras ice cream. It was invented in the Turkish...Read More

Although most of Subsaharan Africa is not known for refined kitchen, Ethiopian cuisine does significantly stand out and is easily distinguishable. It is not world renown and you most likely have no clue what does it look like. That is exactly why I’ll be more than glad to familiarise you with it.   Coffee Before...Read More

When you think of the Mediterranean, your first connections would most likely be Italy, Spain or Greece. Would you think of Albania? I sincerely doubt. And yet Albania is just as Mediterranean as the ones you have in mind. The picturesque city of Vlora is a great example of how Mediterranean Albania can look like....Read More

Greece has an uncountable number of islands. Big, small, famous and unknown, flooded by tourists and the ones totally off the tourist track. Everyone has something to choose from. This time I’d like to tell you about one of those which is a bit less known by mass tourism. Lesbos – the third largest Greek...Read More