Tag: <span>food</span>

A lot of people told me to avoid eating on the streets in Kolkata, but if you find a busy place, it’s going to be good (and very inexpensive) food. On our street food experience in Kolkata we had some of the best food I’ve ever eaten, and we were both fine the next day. 

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Mutton wrap

 

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People eating on a bench outside a takeout restaurant

 

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Literally eating on the street

 

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Inside one of the restaurants, the mat (or possible plate) is a banana leaf, and our fingers were the cutlery

 

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Our wonderful guide that took us around

 

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Panipuri, you full them with a variety of cooked goodies

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When we were in Paris, we did a most fantastic food tour of Bellevue, one of the older suburbs of the city. Our host Isabelle took us all over the area, into little coffee shops, delis, and bakeries where we learned how the food is prepared, and got to try a large selection of local goodies. We finished off in the back of a wine shop, drinking some wonderful wines while eating baguettes and local cheeses. It was a lovely way to spend a few hours in Paris.

Here’s a link to the tour, highly recommended when you are in Paris: https://www.airbnb.co.za/experiences/126782

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Local cheese selection

 

 

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At the wine shop (we didn’t drink it all, of course)

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Some of the cured sausage at a deli

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A rather large selection of pates

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More pates

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More cured meats

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Making croissants at a bakery. The baker is folding the pastry.

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“Cholate snail”, don’t worry no snails were harmed. Yes these rolled pastries are as good as they look.

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Mini-spinach and feta pastries.

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I am not sure where they are originally from, but you find chimney cakes for sale all over central Europe. They are light and fluffy, and drizzled with sugar and cinnamon. Best eaten hot, you’ll never forget the amazing taste. And the secret ingredience, as clearly stated, is love butter.

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