I recently returned from a six-week Europe trip that was chock-full of gastronomic delights. Even on a tight budget, the food was fantastic. Here is a top-ten list:
10.) Escargots in Paris – because anything swimming in garlic and butter tastes pretty damn good.
9.) Pan Roasted Rabbit – home-cooked rabbit cooked with peppers and tiny onions at a family friend’s chateau in the Provence region of France.
8.) Swiss Cheese Sandwiches – eaten after six hours of canyoning in frigid water, cheese sandwiches never tasted so good.
7.) Mango Gelato – somehow tasted more mango-like than a real mango, enjoyed on the streets of Venice.
6.) Liege Waffles – crispy, sugar-coated waffles from Brussels, drenched with Belgian chocolate sauce.
5.) Himalayan Food – eaten at a restaurant called Yak and Yeti, under an awning in the pouring rain while in Vienna, tasted like fiery and rustic Indian food.
4.) Bissap – a Senegalese drink made of hibiscus flowers from Teranga, a restaurant in Barcelona.
3.) Lychee Truffles – snagged from a chocolate-making demonstration in Switzerland.
2.) Erdinger Hefeweizen – the most delicious, sweet, honey-colored beer from Germany. Drank a whole liter in five minutes flat.
1.) Pofferejes – from the Pancake Bakery in Amsterdam, aka miniature Dutch pancakes slathered with butter and doused with powdered sugar. Heaven.
-Carolyn
