Holidays are fantastic opportunities to discover new foods, new tastes, and different ways of cooking. Here's what we've found recently.
One of the best things about visiting different places is the variety of different foods you can enjoy. Foods that are unfamiliar yet delicious.
Within the UK alone, I’ve found favourites in stottie cake and Cornish Old Smokey cheese – and so far, I’ve not come across anything quite like a Yorkshire pudding anywhere else in the world. Here are a few more little-known foods from the UK.
Here's what the Lovefood Team discovered on their summer holidays this year.
Matt – Bulgaria
I discovered guvech, a traditional Bulgarian dish. It’s named after the clay pot the dish is made in, and is a tomato, meat, and potato stew that is seasoned with paprika and, like a lot of dishes in Bulgaria, treated to a heavy dose of salty feta cheese.
Baked in the oven until all the flavours seep into the meat and the smoky paprika has settled throughout the tomato sauce, it’s an incredibly rich meal that goes well with a cold beer before a long evening of relaxing and digesting.
Charlotte – Crete
The food I loved the most from Crete was ‘Dakos’ – it’s a type of bread, or giant bruschetta, usually served as part of a mezze meal, or as an appetiser. It’s unique to Crete.
It’s basically a cob-shaped piece of wholemeal bread, with part of its centre scooped out, and filled with tomatoes, olive, feta, oregano, and lots of olive oil. It's so good!
It can be made with different types and shapes of bread, but the topping ingredients are always the same. It knocks the socks off garlic bread.
Simon – France
On the west coast of France I became addicted to the brioche Vendée. It's a regional speciality made using orange flower water, which gives it a lovely citrus tang. It's like the best bread and marmalade combination without the need to get a knife out. And it's a perfect quick but filling breakfast when you've got kids keen to get to the beach.
On the drink front, I also discovered the fabulous beers from the Naufrageurs brewery on the île d'Oléron. Its range includes ones with local flavours such as sea salt and oysters, but only in small quantities so they enhance rather than overpower the crisp beer. Particularly satisfying on a sunny deck accompanying a French surf 'n' turf of steak and oysters.
What foods have you discovered on your travels? Have you ever eaten a meal that was so good you’ve taken the recipe away to make it at home? Tell us all about it in the Comments section below.
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