Tags - Eat in Asia Blog, Asian Food

A culinary visit to Europe on the Christmas market in Baguio

Are you spending your Christmas time in Asia, and you would like to feel this unique and magical atmosphere there too? No worries, while visiting Philippines, you will definitively have multiple possibilities of experiencing it!

Home-made organic products in Montenegro

What could be better than natural products? Products, that are cultivated and processed with passion and love. With devotion and heart. Prepared from best ingredients, from precisely selected fruits and plants. Home-made products are amazing!

Healthy and healing organic products from Ostrog Monastery

Visiting churches and monasteries does not only mean practicing religious rituals, praying, and giving donations. Even if you are not religious, it is worth going to some temples and feel this special atmosphere. Unique music, pathetic songs, silence in holy places, mysticism, and this incredible smell of incenses.

Wine tasting in Château Kefraya

Two Château Kefraya – red 2012 and white 2016, Les Bretèches 2014, Myst 2016 and Comte de M 2010 - perfect blends of grapes' varieties.

Not only restricted to France - Lebanese Beaujolais Nouveau

As time was still good for Lebanese Beaujolais Nouveau, we had a chance to taste jeune wines from Château Musar. Musar Jeune Blanc, Rouge and Rosé are all bottled and labeled in the same way. The label is simple, minimalistic in the design and elegant.

Wine tasting in Château Musar

One white from 2007 and two red wines, in which one of them was a 2005 wine and the second one from 2014.

An inspiring visit to Château Kefraya

Continuing our wine tasting tradition, we went to Château Kefraya. That vinery is in the western part of Bekaa Valley and spreads over 300 hectares of slopes.

Surprised by spiders, cobwebs and dust in Château Musar...

Château Musar is located not far away from Beirut. Just 25 to 30 km north from the capital. The town is also worth visiting as it has a nice atmosphere, medieval look and looks as it could look like hundred of years ago.

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Japan

Japanese traditional cuisine bases on rice and miso soup. Apart from that, noodles as udon or soba are also popular and often eaten cold or hot with seaweeds or seasonal ingredients. Fish and seafood are served grilled, raw or in a famous tempura. All kind of sushi and sashimi is highly available in all stores, fresh, cooled and full of flavor. Even seasoned rice wrapped in seaweeds – onigiri, tastes different.

Lebanon

Lebanese cuisine is refreshing, full of vegetables, fruits, fish and seafood. These are accompanied by starches and whole grains, what makes that cuisine healthy and colourful. Lemon juice, garlic, parsley and other herbs add a lot of aroma and flavor.

Other destinations

So different but so good. Depending on the region you get something else. Something else is liked and disliked. Something else is, and is not popular. Something else is better and worst to eat and drink. The most important think is to follow one's instincts, observe local people and enjoy as much as possible. So, let's start our journey!

Thailand

A lot of fresh vegetables, fresh herbs, wonderful aromas and colors. Rice, noodles and soups dominate Thai cuisine. No matter how they are prepared, Thai dishes are super aromatic, have wonderful sauces and include multiple oriental notes. Apart form that, fresh lime, lemongrass, coriander and chilis nicely tune rice based dishes. Indulge yourself in this fairy of tastes and smells!

Turkey

Traveling in Turkey is a culinary adventure. A wonderful number of great meat and vegetable dishes awaits you at every corner. Starting with simplest kebabs and pidas through more sophisticated casseroles and ending on unique clay kebabs, this journey is a feast for all your senses. Aromatic herbs, well grilled lamb and beef meats, fresh vegetables and brilliant mezzes cannot disappoint the fussiest tastes.

Tags - WINE

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