Since graduating from university, I have been lucky enough to get some time travelling before I began work. In 9 months I travelled to Mexico, Morocco, India and New Zealand.
I thought I would share some pictures of some of the best and most memorable dishes of my travels.
Chilaquiles, Mexico
Mexico had some of the most amazing food. This is chilaquiles, an epic Mexican breakfast. I began my travels on the Yutucan border, in Playa del Carmen. We befriended a local, who took us for breakfast at this awesome tree hut themed cafe. It was here I experienced chilaquiles. Tortilla chips, chicken, chicken sauce, onions, avocado, green salsa and so much more made this one of the best breakfasts of my life.
Curry, India
I was staying on the coast of Kerala, where the place we were staying in did a communal dinner in the evening. There were only 8 guests, but the food was amazing. We had different variations each night, including fish curries, vegetable curries, and the odd meat curry. I actually didn't eat meat for the 5 week trip, and felt so much better for it. Paneer became a big part of my life! Coupled with a Kingfisher beer and watching the sunset, it made for some pretty memorable evenings.
We also tried out a few cooking courses when in India, and even when we weren't paying for a lesson, the hosts of our homestays always invited us into the kitchen to watch them cook. So here is the start of a barracuda curry, and me trying my hand at rolling out chapatis.
Fergburger, New Zealand
For anyone who has been to Queenstown, or even just to New Zealand itself, you have no doubt heard of Fergberger, if not tried one (or many, like me). Undoubtedly the best burger I have ever had. In the world.
The choices are endless, and they are gigantic. They only close for 2 hours a day, between 4am and 6am, and even then they get complaints but they have to clean the grills at some point! Their speciality, as a burger always does in New Zealand, contains beetroot.
Fresh fish market, Essaouira, Morocco
We were told that as we were in a fishing port, we would definitely have to go down to the fresh fish market at the port. We headed over to see the most amazing array of fish and crustacea. You pick and choose what you want, and then they weight it, price it and fry it for you. Sitting on some plastic chairs in the sunshine with amazing seafood was pretty priceless.
So I have had some amazing dishes from all of my travels. There are so many more that stay with me, but the most amazing things I learned were about how food changes with different regions of a country, and understanding why that is.
I hope the journey continues!
I thought I would share some pictures of some of the best and most memorable dishes of my travels.
Chilaquiles, Mexico
Mexico had some of the most amazing food. This is chilaquiles, an epic Mexican breakfast. I began my travels on the Yutucan border, in Playa del Carmen. We befriended a local, who took us for breakfast at this awesome tree hut themed cafe. It was here I experienced chilaquiles. Tortilla chips, chicken, chicken sauce, onions, avocado, green salsa and so much more made this one of the best breakfasts of my life.
Curry, India
I was staying on the coast of Kerala, where the place we were staying in did a communal dinner in the evening. There were only 8 guests, but the food was amazing. We had different variations each night, including fish curries, vegetable curries, and the odd meat curry. I actually didn't eat meat for the 5 week trip, and felt so much better for it. Paneer became a big part of my life! Coupled with a Kingfisher beer and watching the sunset, it made for some pretty memorable evenings.
We also tried out a few cooking courses when in India, and even when we weren't paying for a lesson, the hosts of our homestays always invited us into the kitchen to watch them cook. So here is the start of a barracuda curry, and me trying my hand at rolling out chapatis.
Fergburger, New Zealand
For anyone who has been to Queenstown, or even just to New Zealand itself, you have no doubt heard of Fergberger, if not tried one (or many, like me). Undoubtedly the best burger I have ever had. In the world.
The choices are endless, and they are gigantic. They only close for 2 hours a day, between 4am and 6am, and even then they get complaints but they have to clean the grills at some point! Their speciality, as a burger always does in New Zealand, contains beetroot.
Fresh fish market, Essaouira, Morocco
We were told that as we were in a fishing port, we would definitely have to go down to the fresh fish market at the port. We headed over to see the most amazing array of fish and crustacea. You pick and choose what you want, and then they weight it, price it and fry it for you. Sitting on some plastic chairs in the sunshine with amazing seafood was pretty priceless.
So I have had some amazing dishes from all of my travels. There are so many more that stay with me, but the most amazing things I learned were about how food changes with different regions of a country, and understanding why that is.
I hope the journey continues!
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