The Yummy Awards – Top 5 (#21-40)

You may remember our first Yummy awards ceremony (for those who don’t, you can check it out here).

Now, when we finally posted about our Ivorian trip, has time come for the second ceremony that covers our posts between country #21, Botswana and #40, Ivory Coast.

This time, we have decided to add a new category to the 3 we had last time. We still have our ranking for best meal, for the meal/dish that deserves a second chance and your very own category (Where YOU have the chance to vote for your favorite) on best post, we also added a new category about … the best coat of arms! You know us, we just couldn’t resist.

Is the champagne chilled? OK. We hereby declare the ceremony open!

First category: Best meal

5. Denmark

For the all-in experience, the fantastic hønsesalat, the surprising cheeses  and even the disgusting wierd Gammel Dansk.

4. Equatorial Guinea

For the great company, cooking has never been so much fun (thanks again, Clemen’)!

3. Djibouti & Dominica

For the spice galore and the (for once) successful creativity.

2. Egypt

Simple, vegetarian, genuine-directly-from-the-street, cheap, yummy!

1. Dominican Rep.

For the crunchy rice, the oregano flavoured meat, the juicy beans and the merengue tunes!

They didn’t make it to top 5, but we also want to mention Ivory Coast (delicious main course and fabulous hand craft) and the combo of  Colombia – Costa Rica (especially the fantastic lime pie from Colombia)

Second category: Deserves a 2nd chance

5. Dominica

We can not really figure out how to make this cake crunchy, and Dominica deserves more than a cake.

4. Brunei

Could have been fantastic, but coconuts does not grow on trees in Sweden.

3. Bulgaria

We felt sick like the Imam and got unlucky with the patatnik.

2. Cyprus

Where we should have known that you can not replace ground beef with quorn, and the importance of sauce abundance.

1. Chile

Where we learned that you can not replace ground beef with quorn. And that it’s not a piece of cake to make a choclo.

Third category: Best Coat of arms

5. Dominica

For its parrots.

4. Burkina Faso

For its classical revolutionary style.

3. Djibouti

For its graphical simplicity and strength.

2. Costa Rica

Once upon a time in a blue ocean far far away…

1. Botswana

Zebras! Rain! Cog wheels!

In this category we also want to mention Ivory Coast because elephants are beautiful and endangered (you can donate here to help protecting them and other threatened species)

Fourth category: Best posts

Here you have the chance to have your say about this blog!

We have selected not less than 9 posts (we couldn’t agree on less!) that we believe are the best, the most interesting, the funniest, the most educative. Here are the links.

Ivory Coast – Scoville scale – Egypt – Dominican Rep. – Salutations – Denmark – Rapa Nui – Chile – Brazil

Use the poll beneath to let us know what you think!

You have until the next Yummy Awards to vote!

If you have ideas for other categories, please let us know! 🙂

[Observant readers might have noticed that we have not yet visited Ecuador.  This is due to a misunderstanding and we will visit Quito soon. Ecuador will compete in the next yummy awards]

The Yummy Awards – Top 5 so far (#1-20)

The Oscars, the Golden Globes, the BAFTAs, the Grammys… have you noticed, it is the awards season!

We didn’t want to stay prizes-less. So, here it comes, what you all have been waiting for! We put our tuxedos and gala-dress on and wrote this post for you, sitting on our red carpet and zipping zome champagne. We also had the flash going every now and then to feel even more glamorous. 

In fact, since we have now done -and posted about- our first 20 trips, it is high time to make a first ranking. We propose 3 categories. And, as you will see further down, for one of them, YOU have the chance to vote for your favorite!!!!

Here we go. We hereby declare the ceremony open! (Ricky Gervais was a bit too expensive for us and we decided not to hire the one we could afford, Mr Bean).

First category: Best meal

5. Andorra

For its strange appearance, its uncommon ingredients and its simplicity.

4. Barbados

For the great salad,  rich and creamy. For the successful combination of the soy, pineapple and chicken. And for its lovely Coat of arms!

3. Belgium

For the all-in-experience: For the peculiar cheese pie, for the delicate carbonnades, the delicious beers and the heavenly pralines.  And for the amazing chef!!!

2. Bhutan

For the surprise: colourless doesn’t mean tasteless, peppers are vegetables not spice and rice can be red instead of white. A savoury meal in great company!

1. Armenia

The perfect meal: Low climate impact, easy to make, cheap ingredients in an unexpected combination, but above all; super-duper-delicious!

Second category: Deserves a 2nd chance

5. Afghanistan

An overall really nice and tasty dish but we had problems with the preparation of the meat (another reason to go all vegie) that got quite chewy. The solution here is probably to cook the meat a bit longer.

4.  Bahrain

There was nothing wrong with the taste of the chicken machboos but we used chicken breasts instead of  a whole chicken and we left the dish too long in the oven (happens easily with nice guests). The machboos is from Bahrain, but it shouldn’t be as dry as a desert. We messed it up.

3. Bosnien

The salad was perfect and should not be associated with the failed snail: We had major construction issues and our frenetic patching-work didn’t get rewarded with a tasty burek. More paprika on the next go!

2. Angola

New exotic ingredients, enthusiastic efforts, high expectations… for taste-poor-reslut. Something must have gone wrong but we still don’t know what.

1. Antigua & Barbuda

Here we could refere to our post but actually we made an understatement there. What we achieved with this papaya-pie was almost uneatable. It was a grand failure both in taste and texture. Next time we go for the meringue topping or, even better, we pack our bags for Antigua and Barbuda to get a bite of the real deal!

Third category: Best posts

Here you have the chance to have your say about this blog!

We have selected 5 posts that we believe are the best, the most interesting, the funniest, the most educative. Here are the links.

Acrobatic dog – Australia – Barbados – Belgium – Bolivia

Use the poll beneath to let us know what you think!

You have until the next Top 5 to vote!

And if you have missed this, or even if you didn’t, it’s high time for Ricky’s mean humor!