We have already explained how to prepare goulash, the Hungarian national dish. Today we are cooking a potato goulash, as it is known in Austria. There it is called “ Erdäpfelgulasch”, as in most of Austria potatoes are literally named…
Okonomiyaki Hiroshima style
Okonomiyaki (お好み焼き), the name of this Japanese dish, is a combination of ‘okonomi’, which describes the very personal taste, and ‘yaki’, which means fried. In Japan, okonomiyaki is usually prepared on a teppan, a hot metal plate. This cooking utensil…
Brown veal stock
In fine cuisine, there is always talk of veal stock and perhaps only bones from young cattle are ever used there. Over the years, we have mainly used the bones of older animals. Where in the world a distinction is…
Yellow Curry Paste
We have now described almost all of the most important Thai curry pastes, but the yellow and green ones are still missing. Explaining everything again from the beginning is redundant and, above all, does not help understanding the art of…
Bangers and mash
British cuisine has not always had the best reputation, but we are not stereotyping here. Nowadays, however, we see no reason for such an assumption and there are a whole range of classic British dishes that we think are very…
Khao Soi
Khao Soi (ข้าวซอย) is a dish that is prepared in different ways in northern Thailand and Laos. Here we show the Thai version, specifically from the city of Chiang Mai, also known as the ‘Rose of the North’, which is…
Tomato sauce
We have already presented a delicate tomato fond as the basis for exciting dishes here. We have also explained how to make a very good tomato ketchup at home. Of course, we can’t get past a tomato sauce either, this…
Coca
In the south-west of Spain, a coca is often offered, especially as a snack in bakeries and at markets. Of course, there are also very elaborate versions in restaurants. The coca is at home in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands…
Tortilla de patatas
The tortilla de patatas, also known as tortilla española, is an iconic dish of Spanish cuisine and is perfect for enjoying as a tapa alongside other small delicacies. All you have to do is put it somewhere in the house…
Turkish Pide
Pide is probably one of the best-known Turkish dishes and is frequently offered as a takeaway (just like lahmacun) – but the ratio of dough to filling often seems wrong to us. We prefer our pide with a thinner and…
