Introducing tropical food and tropical recipes to the world!
I grew up around Merveilles (Côte d’Ivoire), also called Atchomon in other West African countries (e.g. Togo): the best way I can describe them is as peanut size cookies which taste wonders and can be eaten any time of the day as a snack. I use to purchase these cookies or treats from street vendors while living in Côte d’Ivoire…
Name: Mango Mousse
Eaten in: Peru
Foodie: Linda
It’s a texture thing…
I usually stay away from flans, creme brulée and other gelatinous desserts. When my host brought this mango mousse as dessert to a wonderful peruvian lunch, I saw it dancing around, all giggly on the serving plate and I knew I was in trouble…
This recipe is the second one from the JC100, Julia Child’s challenge that we take up here at Tropical Foodies since, you guessed right, it contains chocolate. Now, the name of the dish itself is an adventure. The Queen of Sheba was mentioned in the Bible, the Koran and the Ethiopian Kabra Nagast (Sheba was a rich kingdom…
Summer is here, our new year «exercice more and eat right» resolution comes back to our minds……
