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- Mint
It is probably not necessary to indroduce this herb. It has its typical flavour. It is used in majority of cuisines worldwide for tea, cold alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks, salads, main dishes, chewing gums or other mouth refreshers.
- Story of a Moroccan whiskey - Everything you wanted to know about Moroccan mint tea
Muslims are officially not allowed to drink any alcohol. That is probably why they call their tea, Moroccan most traditional drink, Moroccan whiskey, with a smile on their face. Moroccan tea means much more, than just a drink.
- Bun cha gio - Vermicelli with fried spring rolls
If you made too many spring rolls, you can eat part of them with vermicelli and you get Bun cha gio. Really simple dish. You just cut spring rolls on noodles, add some vegetables, traditional Vietnamese sauce and here we go. I have got some pork on the picture too, but it was a bonus ;)
- Duck noodle soup Bun Mang Vit
When imagining Vietnamese cuisine, most probably it is gonna be around the great noodle soups. The most known is probably Pho, which means wide noodles in Vietnamese. This recipe is about soup made of thin noodles, called vermicelli, in Vietnamese Bun. It is an amazing combination of duck meat, bamboo shoots and radish.
- Goi cuon - Fresh spring rolls
Popular Vietnamese dish. Perfect for hot summer days. As many of other Vietnamese cuisine dishes, there are no spices used for the rolls. The flavor is added by any kind of your favorite dipping sauce.
- Cha gio - Fried spring rolls
When thinking of Vietnamese cuisine, fried spring rolls would probably belong to the three top of mind dishes. The filling is very variable. You can use minced pork, or go for a vegetarian version. One of the vegetables used often in Vietnam is a corm of taro, Colocasia.
- Larb moo - Minced pork meat salad
When one says refreshing salad, the last thing to imagine would be a salad made of pork minced meat. But with a lime juice, fresh herbs, spring onions ...... I was able to get it even in the biggest heats.
- Moroccan whiskey - Moroccan tea with mint or wormwood
Muslims are officially not allowed any alcohol. This is probably the reason why the tea, Moroccan most popular drink, is called Moroccan or berber whiskey. Moroccan tea in not just a drink. It is a symbol of hospitality, tradition and Moroccan culture. They add various herbs and spices into the tea according to current weather conditions or simply according to the taste preferences.
- Summer squid salad
We were riding motorbike on the beach, got a fresh squid from fishermen, just from the boat, asked one nice lady by the road to make it for us. And she made such an amazing and refreshing salad. Perfect food for summer heats.