Top 10 dishes

Alisa’s Top 10 (Scroll down to see Scott & Eva’s Top 10)

As we continue our more or less alphabetical culinary tour du monde we will be updating our list of favorite dishes. If you have made any of these, we would love to hear your thoughts too on the dishes.

Persian Meatballs — 1. IRAN: Koofteh Tabrizi Persian meatballs – in our house we call them Dinasour Eggs. It is a family favorite that we eat all the time.

2. THE GAMBIA- Fish Yassa (Yassa Poisson)

3. FINLAND – Lohikeitto (Finnish Salmon Soup)

4. FRANCE – Poached Pears with Chocolate Sauce (Poires en Cagoule de Perpignan)

5. FRANCE: Pistou – who would have ever imagined that I would have a vegetarian / vegan / GF dish in my top 10! But yes, I love Pistou.

6. IRAQ- Iraqi Assyrian Chicken

7. USA – Best Banana Bread EVER

8. EGYPT- Soupe de lentille (Red Lentil Soup), M’Raad (Eggplant Salad)

9. ISRAEL- Israeli Quinoa Salad with Pomegranate, Salade de Carottes a la Marocaine (Moroccan Carrot Salad)

10. ITALY – Triglie con Pinoli e Passerine (Mullet with Pine Nuts and Raisins)

10 b. ITALY – Tiramisu (can’t have a meal without dessert!)

Comoros Poulet au Coco — 11. COMOROS – Poulet au Coco (Coconut Chicken)

Vietnames Fish & Noodles — 12. VIETNAM – Fish with Tumeric, Ginger, Garlic and Rice noodles
(we had a ton of fresh ginger and had to find some good recipes to use it up so skipped to Vietnam)

Alisa with Chouquettes

Scott’s Top 10

1. IRAN: Koofteh Tabrizi Persian meatballs – in our house we call them Dinasour Eggs. It is a family favorite that we eat all the time.
This is on Alisa & Eva’s Top 10 as well.

2. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) – Street food – BBQ chicken & veggies

3. FRANCE – Pistou – French vegetable soup

4. THE GAMBIA – Fish Yassa (Yassa Poisson)

5. GRENADA – Brown Down (Grenadian Chicken & Dumplings)

6. EAST TIMOR – Batar Da’an (This bean, corn and squash dish is GF & Vegan)

7. IRAN – Fesenjan II (Persian Chicken in Pomegranate, Walnut & Prune Sauce)

Belgian Endive Salad with Apples and Walnuts — 8. BELGIUM – Salade aux Endives, Noix et Pommes, Stoemp, Escalopes a la Rodenbach, Dame Blanche

Colombia Chicken and Potato Stew — 9. COLOMBIA – Sudado De Pollo – Chicken and Potato Stew

Costa Rica - Fish with a side of rice, tomatoes and oranges — 10. COSTA RICA – Tilapia with a side of rice, oranges, beans and tomatoes

Fish with Ginger from Benin — 11. BENIN – Poisson au gingembre (Fish with Ginger)

Eva’s Top 10

Lamb Bastilla — 1. MOROCCO – Lamb Bastilla

2. IRAN: Koofteh Tabrizi Persian meatballs – in our house we call them Dinasour Eggs. It is a family favorite that we eat all the time.
This is on Alisa & Scott’s Top 10 as well.

3. CROATIA – Cevapi

4. DJIBOUTI – Skoudehkaris (Djboutian Spiced Lamb & tomatoes)

CHILE - Pastel de choclo — 5. CHILE – Pastel de Choclo (Chilean version of Shepherd’s pie)

7. GERMANY – Frikadellen (German Hamburgers) & Kartoffelsalat (German Potato Salad)

8. MEXICO – Rajas con Papas (Potatoes & Poblano Peppers in Cream)