My cousin’s husband made us a big pot of Clay Pot Chicken Rice. Another cousin bought us delicious otak otak – grilled fish mousse wrapped in banana leaf.
Tag: Food
Lángos, Egg Nog, We’ll Miss Vienna
Lángos (lang gosh) is a big piece of deep-fried dough. It goes really well with Santa’s Egg Nog. Then again, what doesn’t go with rum?
Besame Mucho in Vienna
There were musicians going table to table taking requests. I said we should request “Besame Mucho.” Of course they played it for the table right before us.
Tafelspitz Fit For an Emperor
After appetizers we split the Tafelspitz for our main dish. We didn’t realize it would be a three-course meal in itself, served all at once.
Košice Tidbits
Who would have thought that we would find the best bowl of beef pho in Kosice, Slovakia? We slurped every last drop of the broth.
A River Runs Through It
It had been described it as the Grand Canyon but inside a cave. Upon seeing the big river that gushes through the dark cave I teared up uncontrollably.
Hurry Up and Wait for Dinner
“I recommend the mushroom soup and veal, but you sit and you look. What you want to drink?” Within 30 seconds, “Ready to order?”
Ljubljana Tidbits
Central Market We are in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It’s been very cold, and it’s raining again. We went to the Central Market, an open air market. There were many vendors selling all kinds…
Thanksgiving in Kosovo
Bill Clinton, is very well-liked here. The Kosovans credit him for convincing NATO to take military action against Serbia. Kosovo was liberated in 1999.
Time Travel to the Ottoman Period in Skopje
We walked to the mid-15th century inn for people in the caravans. It would be amazing to time travel to the Ottoman period to see what this place was like.