Potato Gratin with Fish Sticks

Today’s Dinner: Potato Gratin & Fish Sticks

Today, I made another potato gratin for dinner! I kind of enjoy mixing all kinds of ingredients though... so there was paprika powder in it, onion, a green pepper, garlic powder, Himalaya salt, black pepper, 2 eggs, mustard, some milk and a bit of corn starch. I actually forgot to add…
Porky's BBQ Ruse: Loaded Fries

Yesterday’s Dinner: Loaded Fries & Pleskavitsa

After a nice trip to Mall Rousse yesterday, I ordered some stuff from my favorite restaurant in this city, Porky's BBQ! I noticed they had loaded fries on the menu and, coming from the Netherlands and loving fries, I wanted to ordered that! I'll be honest - I really prefer to…
Easy Air Fryer Potato Gratin Recipe

Today’s Dinner: Easy Air Fryer Potato Gratin

Today I decided to try my hand at making a potato gratin! I had tried this only once with an oven and failed... but now I wanted to try it again with an air fryer, since we have one. And it was a success! And very simple to make. So here's…
Kruidnoten Galore - Sinterklaas 2024

Sinterklaas 2024 – Kruidnoten Galore!

This year, I received a surprising package in the mail: a box full of various tasty typical Sinterklaas treats: kruidnoten! Kruidnoten in various shapes and sizes. As well as some other things. I took a bunch of pictures, let me show you these goods! :D A mouse on ski's, unicorn kruidnoten…
I found Kapsalon in Ruse

I Found Kapsalon in Ruse!

I really didn't think I would find this outside of the Netherlands, but apparently this dõner kebab dish is so popular it made its way to Bulgaria: I found kapsalon in Ruse! I was surprised to see a restaurant offer this dõner item of Dutch origin (Rotterdam to be exact), so…
Today's Dinner: Duck and Noodles

Today’s Dinner: Duck and Instant Noodles

A surprisingly cheap dinner! I never thought it would be possible to find (frozen) duck at such a cheap price here in Bulgaria: it's about 4.50 euros a kilo! I first tasted duck only a few years ago, in a dish from the Chinese-Indonesian restaurant in my hometown. I loved it!…
Dutch food

Delicious (and Typical) Dutch Food Products (Photo Blog)

A blog post dedicated to delicious Dutch food products. Snacks, cookies and other foods that I have enjoyed throughout the years. Some of the pictures are rather small, sorry about that! A lot of these images were uploaded around 2016 - when my layout and screen resolution were smaller. I'm still…
Bapao

Let Me Tell You About the Bapao!

The bapao, also sometimes called 'bakpao', is a popular snack in the Netherlands. It originates from China, where 'bak' means 'meat' and 'pao' means 'bun' in Hokkien Chinese dialect. Although originally from China, the snack spread to other parts of Asia, including Indonesia. In Indonesia, the filling was adapted to suit…
Waffle World

Today’s Dinner: Waffle World (Again!)

Okay, I know I just ordered takeout two days ago, but I received a discount coupon and it would be a waste not to make use of it, right? :D So I decided to used them on Waffle World again. :D I ordered some salty katmi (crepes) and waffles for today's…
Petiletka

Today’s Dinner: My Favorite Takeout in Ruse

Today would have been my mom's birthday. Although it's the second birthday since she passed, it's the first time while I don't live in my childhood home anymore. Mom and dad's birthdays were actually close together - on 26 and 31 August and as a result, they were often celebrated on…