Introducing tropical food and tropical recipes to the world!
Name: Pork Estofado
Eaten in: Philippines
Foodie: Elodie
As I am sure you have noticed by now, plantains are used a lot, and in many different ways, in tropical cuisine. Most of the time they are accommodated into some sort of side dish. In pork estafando however, they are incorporated into the meat dish to form a one-pot-dish, just like with poulet DG. …
Name: Moelleux au chocolat (Fudgey chocolate cake)
Eaten in: Should be everywhere 🙂
Foodie: Linda
We will not say it enough, chocolate is the quintessential tropical food. Cocoa only grows within a limited distance from the equator and then manages to spread joy and happiness all around the globe in variously sweet ways.
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Name: Pineapple mango fruit salad
Eaten in: CĂ´te d’Ivoire
Foodie: Linda
My two favorite fruits united in a simple, colorful and healthy dessert. Diced pineapple, for some sweet, honeyed, slightly tart crunchiness and mango for some sweet softness. Golden yellow…
Name: Merveilles, chin-chin
Eaten in: West Africa
Foodie: Linda
“Fried dough” is the food equivalent of a local liquor, every region of the world has its own recipe. In West Africa, people eat merveilles or chin-chin as a snack. The small squares of deliciousness can be doughy or crunchy…
