..... SO----- it has been what, 6 wks since last post.... oh, my... what happened was.... I was completely 'off', just no motivation or vitality.... July turn out to be rough month for me. Well.... will talk about this next post..... Let's revive this blog for now, CJWDT'13 Euphoriania grand tour 6th stop, Bratislava, Slovakia!!
6/29/13-7/4/13: Bratislava, Slovakia
The mission on CJWDT: I couldn't set up any stage during my stay. For market research, I went to two markets, Centralne trhovisko & Hlavna trznica. It was fun to see around some sweets & bakery, but produce wise I didn't have any particular new discovery. Local eats, stick to the tradition, I have tried several 'typical' Slovak dishes as you see some above pictures.
Few inspiration notes from Bratislava for new dishes.... I don't usually post those, but.... it has been over 6wks and can't remember much about Bratislava... / a bitter smile, so I post this instead!!
Bryndzové Halusky(potato dumplings with bryndza sheep cheese and bacon, 2nd pic from the top), considered one of national dishes, I really enjoyed it. It was like risotto texture and flavor profile is straight up, creamy x smoky x rich, good balance. I have some dishes idea using 'side' as sauce(for example using risotto, cous cous, polenta as a sauce), kinda flipping over sort of 'theory' of main course composition. This will work as great 'sauce', maybe serving with......
I have tasted previously in Eastern Europe, but I really see lots of potential in Parená Knedľa (bread dumpling, 4th & 5th pictures) Usually it is coming as side for meat dishes, but the texture is close to pancake. The flavor is neutral, could take to savory to sweet, adding many different flavor.
Not sure about P.S.I., but when I was Baume, I was working on new dining concept , 'bread' pairing. Nothing new, eh? But it's not about serving different kind of baking 'bread' with courses, more like ANYTHING called 'bread' and this will fit right in the concept for sure. I have the recipe to make cake by rice cooker, microwaves and others, but this may give new horizon to build new recipes.....
http://www.slovakcooking.com/
Not sure about P.S.I., but when I was Baume, I was working on new dining concept , 'bread' pairing. Nothing new, eh? But it's not about serving different kind of baking 'bread' with courses, more like ANYTHING called 'bread' and this will fit right in the concept for sure. I have the recipe to make cake by rice cooker, microwaves and others, but this may give new horizon to build new recipes.....
http://www.slovakcooking.com/
Kapustnica (sauerkraut soup, 3rd pic) was pretty tasty and I liked it. I could say sauerkraut is huge in eastern europe, they coming along with many meat dishes. Tres cabbageie, saltiness, acidity, caraway seeds.... good side, but .... not something I wanna eat lots.... Something not so appetizing for me. However.... Kim chi is one of my favorite beast, everything with kim chi is delicious!! If any cooks make something taste bad with bacon or kim chi, I'd recommend to stop cooking!!!
It's little brutally rough to put,(by method, style & flavor profiles), but.....we can kinda call kimchi is Korean sauerkraut, isn't it? So... I'm thinking maybe I should make my own Eastern kim chi, which possible open many doors on eastern European dishes I had. Not sure which direction I take, but..... I think I got the name for it already!!
It's little brutally rough to put,(by method, style & flavor profiles), but.....we can kinda call kimchi is Korean sauerkraut, isn't it? So... I'm thinking maybe I should make my own Eastern kim chi, which possible open many doors on eastern European dishes I had. Not sure which direction I take, but..... I think I got the name for it already!!
Okay, the following is Bratislava links:
CJWDT Bratislava culinary links:
http://www.guide-to-
http://www.bratislavaguide.
http://www.freshmarket.sk/
http://www.spottedbylocals.
http://www.bratislavaguide.
http://www.freshmarket.sk/
http://www.spottedbylocals.
CJWDT Bratislava restaurants:
Coming up one giant post:CJWDT: Czech Republic'13 / Germany'13 / Netherlands'13 / Belgium'13 updated culinary links for my personal record / future references for culinary nomad!!