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Brazil
For our Brazilian adventure we took my parents to Rodizio Rico churrascaria Islington, a Brazilian meat buffet where they carve big slices off slabs of meat at your table. Having been to Brazil, I remember their national dish being perfectly … Continue reading
Botswana
Botswana is apparently best known at the moment as the setting of Alexander McCall Smith’s Number One Ladies’ Detective Agency, though it’s better known amongst economists as one of Africa’s great success stories – an anomaly of free elections and … Continue reading
Bosnia
Last night we cooked Bosnian sausages, more authentically known as Ćevapi or ćevapčići. In true B country fashion, finding a restaurant has been near on impossible which, in this instance, I found slightly surprising. I have obviously over-estimated the impact … Continue reading
Bhutan
Bhutan – after Tibet, probably the most remote and inaccessible place on earth, a place so keen to limit tourism that it costs $100 a day just to set foot in the country and famously measures its national success in … Continue reading
Benin
The Bs have been quite a challenge so far and Benin was no exception. Not only is there no restaurant serving Benin cuisine in London but it seems that Beninese cuisine is not massively accessible. For a start, the national … Continue reading
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Belize
Last night we ate curried goat, crab with coriander and Jamaican popcorn at a Caribbean-themed supper-club in North London. Unfortunately, the otherwise excellent menu lacked a dish from Belize so, tonight, with the memory of some rather impressive flavor combinations … Continue reading
Belgium
It may be a little unexciting but there’s really only one place where you can go for Belgian food in London. Belgo. There’s also really only one thing that you should make sure that you eat when you’re ticking off … Continue reading
Belarus
For Belarus, we cobbled together four things. Drankini, the Belarussian national dish; some sour cream with chopped, marinated herring and raw onion to accompany it; red cabbage, always a good accompaniment to anything from the Russias; and for authenticity some … Continue reading
Bangladesh
The mere thought of Bangladesh always rather worries me. With the exception of Tuvalu it seems, as a country, the most object lesson in the immediate downside of climate change staring us in the face. Most of the country is … Continue reading
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