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Saka-Saka MbIKA

Saka-Saka MbIKA is a flavorful traditional Congolese dish made with cassava leaves, enhanced with smoked fish and peanuts, delivering a rich and savory taste experience.

🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo$$

Poulet Nyembwe

Poulet Nyembwe is a traditional Central African dish known for its rich, nutty flavor, featuring chicken cooked in a palm nut sauce with onions, garlic, and tomatoes.

🇬🇦 Gabon$$

Gudeg Santapan

Gudeg Santapan is a traditional Javanese dish made with tender young jackfruit simmered in rich coconut milk, enhanced by aromatic spices and palm sugar for a deliciously savory and sweet flavor blend.

🇮🇩 Yogyakarta, Indonesia$$

Braunkohl mit Pinkel

Braunkohl mit Pinkel is a traditional German dish from the northwestern regions, featuring hearty kale stew paired with Pinkel sausages, smoked pork chops, and flavorful bacon—perfect for comforting cold-weather meals.

🇩🇪 Lower Saxony, Germany$$

Lau Ghonto

Lau Ghonto is a traditional Bengali dish made with bottle gourd and lentils, flavored with a blend of spices known as panch phoron, creating a delightful harmony of textures and flavors.

🇮🇳 West Bengal, India$

Crnogorski Priganice

Crnogorski Priganice are fluffy Montenegrin doughnuts, perfect for any time of day. These delightful treats can be enjoyed sweet with honey or jam, or savory with cheese or kaymak.

🇲🇪 Montenegro$

Galician Ajo Rebozado

Galician Ajo Rebozado is a comforting Spanish dish featuring garlic-infused bread coated with a potato and egg batter, fried to golden perfection.

🇪🇸 Galicia, Spain$

Aleppine Ice Halva

Aleppine Ice Halva is a traditional frozen dessert from Aleppo, combining the unique flavors of cheese, semolina, and mastic with the aromatic allure of rose water and the crunch of pistachios and walnuts.

🇸🇾 Syria$$

Egusi Soup Royale

Egusi Soup Royale is a traditional West African dish, rich with the distinct flavors of ground melon seeds, fish, crayfish, and spicy peppers, all combined to create a hearty and flavorful stew.

🇳🇬 Nigeria$$

Nishikuji Yōkan

Nishikuji Yōkan is a traditional Japanese dessert made from a sweetening of azuki beans set with agar, presenting a smooth and mouth-watering gelatinous texture.

🇯🇵 Fukuoka, Japan$

I've been...

Saka-Saka MbIKA

Poulet Nyembwe

Gudeg Santapan

Braunkohl mit Pinkel

Lau Ghonto

Crnogorski Priganice

Galician Ajo Rebozado

Aleppine Ice Halva

Egusi Soup Royale

Nishikuji Yōkan

I've been...

Saka-Saka MbIKA

Poulet Nyembwe

Gudeg Santapan

Braunkohl mit Pinkel

Lau Ghonto

Crnogorski Priganice

Galician Ajo Rebozado

Aleppine Ice Halva

Egusi Soup Royale

Nishikuji Yōkan