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Kangaroo meat – how to cook it?

On Sunday February 19th, 2017Monday September 17th, 2018 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in AustraliaTagged australia, barbecue, bunbury, car, cheap, cook, cooking, enthusiast, fireplace, food, grill, healthy, hyden, kangaroo, kangur, lean meat, meat, mięso z kangura, minerals, ognisko, passionate, picnic area, source of vitamins, trip, wave rock, western australia4 Comments

One of our must-do things during our short visit to Australia was to taste kangaroo meat. Restaurants are so expensive in this country that you automatically think of cooking on your own, which is obvious especially if you have a travel companion who is a passionate chef! Contrary to a popular opinion about kangaroo meat being the cheapest kind of meat to buy in Australia, we’ve found out that chicken meat is in fact the cheapest (for 1kg of chicken meat you’ll pay 8-9AUD / 6USD while 0,5kg of kangaroo meat costs the same or a bit more up to 10AUD /8USD). Where and how did we prepare the kangaroo meat taking into account that we were constantly moving from one place to the other in our small Kia, where we were also staying overnight? You will find all the info here below.

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Waking up in Descending Dragon Bay!

On Saturday January 28th, 2017Friday November 24th, 2017 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, VietnamTagged 2 day cruise, Amazing Cave, bahia, Bai Chay, boat, bote, cabin, canoa, canoe, cooking class, cruise, cueva, delicious food, Duck Islet, farma, Fight Cocks, fish, food, Gia Lam, Ha Long Bay, Hanoi, Incense Burner Islet, kabina, kajak, kajuta, kayak, local bus, łódź, minivan, Moon Light, motorbike, nadar, overnight cruise, oyster, pearl, Pearl farm, perła, rejs, sajgonki, Sapa, spring rolls, Stone Dog Islet, Sung Sot Cave, Surprising Cave, Swan Islet, swim, train, Tuan Chau, Vietnam, view, viewpoint, vino, Vietnam, wine, wino, Zaskakująca Jaskinia, Zatoka Schodzacego Smoka6 Comments

Just imagine that you spend a night on a boat in a cozy cabin being surrounded by 1,900-2000 rocky islands and islets with caves and grottoes .. And in the morning what wakes you up is an unearthly view from your cabin window and it turns out to be one of 7 New Wonders of Nature… Ha Long Bay or Descending Dragon Bay is situated in the Northeast/Dong Bac region of Vietnam and it has been considered the UNESCO World Heritage site since 1994. This incredible place is visited daily by a large number of tourists, who most often go there for 4/6/8h trips looking from the distance like herrings packed in small boats entering the bay. They all are taken to the same place, so called Surprising Cave, the most spectacular cave in the bay. We did not want to make this kind of hop-on-hop-off trip in a cramped boat. Instead we decided to establish a closer contact with the Ha Long Bay and spend there almost two days and one night – the boat cruise provided us with many unforgettable memories!

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Laos – the things that surprised us…

On Thursday January 26th, 2017Wednesday January 25th, 2023 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, Burma/Myanmar & LaosTagged Buddha Park, capital, Chao Anouvong Park, cheap, COPE, Don Det, Don Khon, food, French, Hilux, jedzenie, karaoke, Lao, Laos, Luang Prabang Vientiane, Mekong, motorbike, Pak Beng, Pakse, Patuxai, people, Phonsavan, Sikaset Museum, Southeast Asia, temple, That Luang, Toyota, transport, Vang Vieng, whiskey, whisky3 Comments

Previously we knew Laos only from stories. Firstly, we heard that this is an extremely cheap country. Secondly, that we would easily be struck by poverty as it is the case in Cambodia or Myanmar.. Hmm, we started to doubt it as soon as we arrived there and noticed Toyota Hilux vans and other cars of leading automotive brands passing the roads here and there, even in small villages. There are very few old cars on the roads, the rest of them look like brand-new ones. What’s more? We also heard that Lao people are extremely open and communicative (resembling Sri Lankan people in this way).. Hmm, well, and here again we have a doubt .. So how does it really look like?

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The taste of Burmese cuisine – let’s cook!

On Saturday December 31st, 2016Tuesday July 3rd, 2018 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, Bez kategorii, Burma/Myanmar & LaosTagged Birma, Birmania, Burma, chef, cocina, cocinero, comida, cook, cooking class, cuisine, delicioso, delicious, food, gotowanie, housewife, inle lake, jedzenie, jefe de cocina, kucharz, kuchnia, Kuduk, Michał, mjanma, Myanmar, Nyaung Shwe, po birmańsku, pyszne, rico, sabroso, szef kuchni, tastyLeave a comment

How to get to know the authentic Burmese cuisine? Eating out at local bars with Burmese people is a good way but it’s not the same as cooking with a local ‘housewife’… Especially if you can participate in the process of preparing products (by going to the market to get them, the place where the whole experience begins), then in the preparation of various dishes, especially the typically traditional ones (it’s worth mentioning that you choose what you want to cook during a cooking class, so you have the chance to emphasize that you want to cook and eat the food Burmese people eat at home). We highly recommend you a cooking class offered by ‘Y Wine’ in Nyaung Shwe for 15.000MMK (11USD) per person (in our case of course it was Michal who was cooking, and me following his each and every step snapping photos and later even tasting the cooked dishes with him, and yet we only paid for 1 person!).

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Myanmar – Asia’s unique country

On Sunday December 25th, 2016Wednesday March 22nd, 2017 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, Bez kategorii, Burma/Myanmar & LaosTagged Amarapura, Bagan, barato, Birma, Birmania, Burma, cheap, Ever New Guesthouse, food, Hsipaw, inle lake, jedzenie, Joy Hotel, londżi, longyi, Mandalay, Mandalay Palace, mjanma, MMK, Myanmar, Nyaung, Nyaung Shwe, tanaka, tanio, thanaka, tourist, vegetarian, wegetariańskieLeave a comment

Certain rules, habits and behavior of people are similiar in different Asian countries. There are some characteristic features linking Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Indonesia, because these countries are similar especially in terms of their attitude towards tourists and, unfortunately, with a common approach, that a white tourist should pay for everything because it’s a walking ATM. Myanmar can not be called a typical Asian country, although there are a lot of conmen as well, but it certainly can not be pigeonholed into the same category as the above-mentioned countries. Myanmar is different not only because of its political situation (being a sanctioned country under the regime of the military junta), but mostly because of the people, their incredible hospitality and delicious cuisine.

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Patong, Phuket – where to eat and have fun?

On Monday December 19th, 2016Sunday May 14th, 2017 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, Bez kategorii, ThailandTagged #Bangla, #Banglaroad, #crazynight, #foodmarket, #ladies, #nightmarket, alcohol, cheap, club, disco, food, fun, girls, jedzenie, market, night, Patong, Phuket, show, streetfood, Thailand5 Comments

Phuket, an extremely touristic province and one of Thai islands with a so called ‘the city of sins’, Patong, surprisingly satisfied our culinary needs. With a very limited budget calculated for this place we were able to eat nice food for a couple of dollars (per meal) and still manage to get to know the ”taste” of the freaky Bangla Road! Here’s how we did it 🙂

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