Favourite dish from an obscure country

[craigjm]

OK when I say obscure I mean somewhere where you don't have restaurants / take aways selling that cuisine on every street corner so no Italian, Chinese, Indian etc. What is your favourite meal from say.....

anywhere in Eastern Europe?
anywhere in Africa?
Russia?

you get the drift and why not post a link to a recipe so we can all try something different

[Vieste]

Not got a link but i had the best kebab from a 6ft tall powerfully built gay turkish army bloke just outside kusadasi 15 years ago

[aizvara]

The most obscure country I've been to is Paraguay, and perhaps my favourite dish was their version of tortilla, which is deep fried egg and flour mix. Very simple. Tastes better than it sounds.

And went well with some Brahma beer, whilst sat listening to the sounds of the Pantanal at night.

[pacman1]

aizvara said:

..whilst sat listening to the sounds of the Pantanal at night.

Not even going to ask what that is, but at least you were sat down!

[sammyboy]

My Mum always makes a South African dish called Bobotie, with rice and mango Chutney.

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/5109/bobotie

[toxicated]

+1 to bobotie

I'd go for hangi from New Zealand

[Henry Hawthorne]

Feijoada from Brasil, which is basically a salty bean and pork stew with loasof different bits of the pig.
Rocoto Relleno from Peru, hich is a deep fried stuffed pepper (was really nice at th time but ae me rampant foodmpoisoing),

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Vieste said:

Not got a link but i had the best kebab from a 6ft tall powerfully built gay turkish army bloke just outside kusadasi 15 years ago

best one i had was in krakow by far the best kebab ive ever had

[Vieste]

The kebab was so good I went back the next year.

[Hugo a Gogo]

börek from balkans

turkish börek is crap, nothing like former yugo countries börek

[Mobile Chicane]

For obscure recipes from Europe, get this book:



http://www.amazon.co.uk/Culinaria-European-Special...

In two volumes, it's a culinary travelogue across the region. The recipes I've tried have produced authentic results, although obviously I haven't tried all of them.

A source of aggravation with the traditional and the obscure is that often the recipes are never written down: "Knead the dough until it looks right." Oh, ok then. (Methinks old babushka would rather be sent to the gulag than share her secret recipe.)

Even if you think you have enough cookbooks, get this one anyway. It's out of print but a steal at £10.99 secondhand.

Snap one up before they all go!

[Fatbloke]

I'm not so well travelled but a South Africian cooked me Bunny chow, Durban curry in a hollowed out loaf, had a wonderful meat "not sure what meat, goat i think" curry in Singapore street market
and jamaican goat curry in Islington :-)

Edited by Fatbloke on Tuesday 7th February 08:36

[Fatbloke]

I'm not so well travelled but a South Africian cooked me Bunny chow, Durban curry in a hollowed out loaf, had a wonderful meat "not sure what meat, goat i think" curry in Singapore street market
and jamaican goat curry in Islington :-)

Edited by Fatbloke on Tuesday 7th February 08:39

[Mobile Chicane]

Here's an easy one to try that most people are wowed by: Swedish potato and anchovy gratin. It's in 'Culinaria' along with other Swedish smorgasbord recipes.

Lovely with a gammon steak or cold roast beef.

[mammamia]

Horsemeat in Switzerland, or Donkey salami in the Haute Savoire , yum yum

[CarTimeNow]

Bulgogi - korean beef similar to this recipe

http://www.slashfood.com/2007/01/21/make-your-own-...

that with a big side order of kimchi and rice nomnomnom

[OldJohnnyYen]

South Africa, Switzerland, New Zealand are all obscure countries? Do you guys all live on the moon or something?

[Pints]

OldJohnnyYen said:

South Africa, Switzerland, New Zealand are all obscure countries? Do you guys all live on the moon or something?

You generally can't buy bobotie in a South African restaurant.

[Pints]

For me it's a curry potjiekos made in a traditional... ahem... cast-iron pot in South Africa.

[Dan_1981]

Guinea Pig in Bolivia was good, - tried it to do the "oh i've eaten guinea pig" type thing - but i'd definitly order it again.

Cerviche in Peru was also good - scared me to death the first time - was convinced I was going to get and die a horrible case of food poisening - but nope I was fine.