I think food is half the journey. I love trying new things, experiencing new flavors and making mental notes on how I’ll enrich my cooking once I come home. There’s also that element of fear involved: will my stomach be able to handle this stuff? Are deep-fried bamboo worms really safe to eat? Coming back, [...]
This is what qualifies as a light meal in Georgia: ten thousand calories of carbs, fat and pure deliciousness. The crust is actually a rich cheese pie that has been molded into a boat. Then, an egg is left to set gently inside the boat. A generous helping of real butter is then added to [...]
I love food. It’s as simple as that. Catch me a few hours after a good meal and I’ll most likely be thinking about my next meal. It’s a habit that becomes heightened when traveling. Sure, it’s great to see pretty things, explore soaring mountains or wile away on an island beach. If I were [...]
“I’m really fat right now!” Martin declared, out of the blue. This honest expletive was made last night during our evening sauna. Grabbing a little (microscopic, really) bulge on his stomach, he looked up at me in a slight state of shock. Having been a life-long skinny guy, this new addition was a bit [...]
Back in the olden days, when people worked the fields and forests, food in this cold part of the world was made to be rich, stodgy and VERY high in calories. Nowadays people probably don’t have to work that hard anymore, but it is still cold. Hence, it can be good to know how to [...]
I stand corrected! Can you believe it? The baking house, in which we baked a boat-load of bread last summer (check out our video of it here), is not a Swedish tradition – it’s only a tradition in this area of Sweden. So, as I said, I stand corrected. I guess it’s just these [...]
Palates are refined in youth. If you grew up eating or drinking something, chances are you’ll tie it to your childhood and not see it for what it really is. I’ll use the Swedish Easter drink, Paskmust, as an example. I find it repulsive. It smells like alcohol but it’s a children’s drink. It contains [...]
For some reason, a lot of Americans associate us Swedes with . . . no, not IKEA, ABBA or boxy cars, but with meatballs. Rightly so – we make a simple but delicious variety of the meatball – a staple of many cuisines around the world but perfected here. Here’s how my Mom makes them: [...]
Most people come to Thailand for the amazing beaches. While I’m sure they’re amazing, we’re not really beach people. Our interests lie more in eating and Thailand gave us ample opportunity to do just that. We’ve been all over southeast Asia and we’ll let you in on a little secret: Thailand is SE Asia’s premier [...]
The thali is a dish we’ve been looking forward to since we last left India. Actually, calling it just one dish is a misnomer – it’s really a bunch of little dishes served together with rice and/or naan (Indian flat bread). Thalis vary by region – one of the best meals we’ve had in India [...]
We’re foodies. There – I said it. We can’t stop ourselves from talking about the food we eat on this trip. An observant person might say that when you’re unemployed, mealtime is the main focus of the day. And, yeah, I’d have to agree. We eat our breakfasts talking about what we plan to eat [...]
Just when we start to feel that we’re street-vendor-food-ordering-pros, we’re served this: boiled pig intestine noodle soup. In retrospect, a few things would have tipped us off that this was not our kind of lunch spot – had we ANY wits about us when we were ordering. There was absolutely no one eating at their [...]
This is the ‘restaurant car’ of the 1st class train from Naba to Mandalay: two guys carrying a couple of buckets full of chicken feet, fried fish, eggs, veggies and rice. The service is fast and friendly, and the two restauranteurs are trailed by a person selling water and strong drink. We went with the [...]
A common phenomenon when traveling is craving food that you had in the country you just left. We are certainly not an exception. For months, we munched on Chana Masalas, Raitas, Chapatis and Papadams while longingly talking about Thai fish cakes and Vietnamese Pho. So it was no surprise that we found ourselves in Bagan’s [...]
You know the saying, “to fly by the seat of your pants?” Well, that's been our philosophy for most of our adult lives – before and after meeting, falling in love and marrying. We're now taking that idea on an extended round-the-world trip. Follow us as we share the good, the bad and the downright nasty of life on the road.
