Sazón Catracho
204 Old Kent Rd, London SE1 5TY
The only Honduran restaurant in London
We had:
Baleadas
Cake
Corona beer
Good value for money.
Honduras – February 2023
Grenada – February 2023
Ting n Ting
Unit 2, The Pavilion, 2 Watermill Wy, London SW19 2RD
020 3784 7315
A Caribbean restaurant where the award-winning TV chef Garfield made us the national dish of Grenada, along with other Caribbean food. He also played a few games of dominoes with us.
We had:
Oil down – The national dish of Grenada
Curry Goat
Rice
Rum cake with mango and passion fruit sauce
Granada rum
Gambia and Guinea – January 2023
The Calabash
135-137,Trafalgar Road,Greenwich,SE10 9TX
020 8248 4272
https://thecalabashrestaurantbar.co.uk/
Back to the Calabash for two more West African countries where they kindly made is dishes specific to the two countries shown above, along with general West African food.
We had:
Maafe – peanut stew (The national dish of Gambia)
Poulet Yassa – A dish consisting of chicken, onions, garlic, lemons & mustard. (Considered to be the National Dish of Guinea. Superkanja – Okra stew
Sweet potato chips.
Palm wine
Progress at the end of 2022
These are the countries that we have done so far
Guatemala – December 2022
Cravings la Caretta
3-5 Station Way, London SE15 4RX
020 7635 0807
A real Mexican restaurant, which we have been to before but which has moved a short distance to be right next to Peckham Rye station. The proprietor Beatrice made us a range of food from Guatemala, including Pepian do Pollo, their national dish.
We had:
Pepian do Pollo – The national dish of Guatemala
Arroz Blanco – white rice
Arroz con leche – A rice pudding
Dobladas – beef patties
Coffee
Corona beer – which we brought with us.
Greece – November 2022
Daphne
83 Bayham St, London NW1 0AG
020 7267 7322
A family run Greek restaurant with a good range of Greek food and a Greek atmosphere
We had:
Mixed dip with pitta bread
Grilled haloumi
Aubergine dip and Loukanika
Moussaka
Afelia – Pork cubes marinated in red wine with coriander seeds and a little cinnamon. With roast potatoes, also with rice and with spinach.
Baklava
Halva
Revani
Retsina and red Greek wine
Greek coffee
Germany – October 2022
German Gymnasium
1 King’s Blvd, London N1C 4BU
020 7287 8000
An interesting German restaurant in St Pancras
We had:
Herring “Hausfraunart” – Onion, apple, sour cream, malted rye sunflower bread
Kasekrainer – Smoked and grilled cheese pork sausage sauerkraut, truffled potato puree, crispy onions
Smoked Schinkenknacker – Smoked and grilled pork sausage, sauerkraut, potato puree, crispy onions
Seitan schnitzel – Creamed sauerkraut, lingonberries, roasted butternut squash, sweet potato fries
Apple strudel
Black forest gateau
Sachertorte
Romanian red wine
Georgia – September 2022
Iberia
N1 1BA
0207700 7750
A Georgian restaurant with a range of different and delicious food.
We had:
Badrijani – Roast Aubergine in walnut sauce and Georgian spices with pomegranate seeds
Pkhali – Spinach steamed with walnuts and Georgian spices with pomegranate seeds.
Cicaka – Marinade red pepper in walnut sauce and Georgian spices with pomegranate seeds
Meze – Green beans, red beans, spring rolls & mushrooms stuffed with cheese
Chakhobili – Chicken braised in tomato, coriander and Georgian spices served with baby potatoes
Oraguli bajeshi – Salmon in walnut sauce and Georgian spices (Served cold) with bread
Ojakhuri – Roast pork with fried Georgian style potatoes and onions served with plum sauce
Mtsvadi – Grilled pork on skewers
Saperavi – A Georgian red wine
Mtsvane – A Georgian white wine
Rkatsiteli – A Georgian white wine
Gabon and Ghana- August 2022
The Calabash
135-137 Trafalgar Road, Greenwich SE10 9TX
020 8248 4272
https://thecalabashrestaurantbar.co.uk/
A west African restaurant where we were able to eat food from Gabon, Ghana, and Sierra Leone. Recommended if you want to try west African food.
We had:
Fried yam chips with a hot pickle to start with.
Nyembwe – Chicken with pine nuts – The national dish of Gabon
Waakye – A classic Ghanaian dish with rice and beans with fried plantain.
Foo foo – A very common west African dish. This one was made from plantain.
Okra and meat stew – From Sierra Leone
Cassava leaves
Palm wine
France – July 2022
La Poule au Pot
231 Ebury St, London SW1W
There are plenty of French restaurants in London but we chose this very French restaurant, with interesting interior décor, in Belgravia
We had:
La Qiche au fromages
La Soupe a l’oignon
La Ratatouille
La mousse de volaille
Le coq au vin
Le boeuf bourguignon
Le steak frites
La daurade grille
La tarte tatin
La creme brulee
With French red, white, and Rose wine and excellent coffee (Italian)
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