*NEW PODCAST - TBILISI PODCAST*A Show about Life & Travel in Tbilisi and the country of Georgia.

We are excited to announce that we are launching a brand new podcast. We've been living and travelling throughout the beautiful country of Georgia and on the 4th May, we will launch the Tbilisi Podcast.

Ever thought about visiting or even moving to Tbilisi, or just curious about this up and coming destination? Then this is the show for you!

Covering everything a visitor or expat would need to know about Tbilisi & Georgia. It's going to be awesome!

🇬🇪  From where to visit/live

💡 Remote worker taxes

⚔️ Georgian history

🍇   Food and wine (8000 years of it!) and a lot more!

We've been hard at work in our podcast studio and we have a lot of episodes coming your way! 

Available  May 4th wherever you listen to podcasts

Head to tbilisipodcast.com to subscribe for updates and all our latest info!

This podcast is brought to you by Food Fun Travel, Expathub.ge & Eat This! Tours

In this Episode:

• The history of Naan bread from humble origins to the royal courts of north India and beyond
• PLUS We get lost in the Balti Triangle!

Visit https://foodfuntravel.com/thedish for more foodie content!

In This Episode:

• We interview Owen From Devour Tours Barcelona about his favourite off the beaten track Catalan dishes you can discover in Barcelona.
• Which neighbourhoods to visit, and how to eat there like a local
• Plus - What not to eat, a few specific food that will not excite your tastebuds

  Devour Tours Barcelona: https://devourtours.com    Restaurants Mentiones in Gracia Neighbourhood: Llar de Fok Cal Bote   Support this podcast by donating as little as $1.50 per month at https://foodfuntravel.com/extras   Read more on our food travel blog at https://foodfuntravel.com/

The origin of the world's most popular beverage. Where did coffee come from? Discover the myths and legends of Coffee's entrance into international fame.

For more articles and podcasts, head to https://foodfunttravel.com/thedish/

IN THIS EPISODE:

• The story of one of America’s favourite foods - Buffalo Wings
• When and where were they invented - was it actually in Buffalo?
• Plus, Other reasons to visit Buffalo…

Support The Dish at https://foodfuntravel.com/extras/

In This Episode:

• The origin story of chips (French Fries)
• How Fish & Chips became a perfect pairing
• Who opened the first Fish & Chip shop in England?

Support our podcast by becoming a patron at https://foodfuntravel.com/extras

Visit our blog https://foodfuntravel.com for more articles on culinary travel.

In this episode:  

• Is calamari and squid the same thing? And what about cuttlefish?! We settle the online confusion of what calamari really is.
• The history of deep fried calamari rings as a dish
• Plus, fact or fiction - is cheap commercial frozen calamari sometimes made from pig rectum instead of seafood?

Please support the show by sponsoring us from just $1.50 per month at https://foodfuntravel.com/extras/

Live recording of THE DISH at Spotify HQ christmas party in Stockholm, Sweden - December 2019.

In this episode:

• Destinations: What to eat in Rome, Madrid, Seville, Barcelona.
• Food: Carbonara, tapas and more!

Thanks again to Spotify for flying us into stockholm to perform and record live!

We are available for more live shows - contact us: megsy@foodfuntravel 

In This Episode:  

• The history of Vietnam’s most famous sandwich
• How much influence did the French actually have on Bánh mì?
• Plus, a round up of Vietnamese history that led to the invention of Bánh mì.

 

Banh Mi Hoa Ma - Possibly the original Banh mi place in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City)

In This Episode:

* Traditional dishes of Lithuania that you can try in the capital, Vilnius * Adopted dishes that have become local favourites * Plus, history of a very spiky national cake

Get the full list of dishes from Lithuania, and photos at https://foodfuntravel.com/lithuaniapodcast/

In This Episode:

• A brief history of Lithuania & its culinary landscape
• Lithuanian potato culture - from fear to obsession
• Plus, some essential potato dishes to eat in Lithuania

More info and the full list of dishes at https://foodfuntravel.com/lithuaniapodcast/

 

We create our dream menus (Part 2) - A four course meal made up of the best dishes we've ever eaten after traveling to 95 countries. In Part 2 Mains & Desserts.

See photos and the full list at https://foodfuntravel.com/dreammenupodcast/ 

Our dream menu special - celebrating reaching our 50th/51st episode of The Dish podcast, is a homage to one of our favourite food comedy podcasts, Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster. On their show, they are joined each week by a different guest who describes their own dream menu, made up of whatever dishes they want from their life and from around the globe, brought to them in an imaginary way by the genie waiter, James Acaster.

On our show, we (Tommo & Megsy) interview each other about our perfect dream menu options from all over the world. The best bread, starter, Main, side dish & dessert. It's going to get a little ridiculous as we go all out with our ultimate favourites...

In This Episode:

• The history of France’s most famous bread, the Baguette
• Napoleon’s pocket bread.
• Was the first baguette bigger than a person?

More about this podcast on our blog https://foodfuntravel.com/thedish

We create our dream menus - A four course meal made up of the best dishes we've ever eaten after traveling to 95 countries.

Our dream menu special - celebrating reaching our 50th episode of The Dish podcast, is a homage to one of our favourite food comedy podcasts, Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster. On their show, they are joined each week by a different guest who describes their own dream menu, made up of whatever dishes they want from their life and from around the globe, brought to them in an imaginary way by the genie waiter, James Acaster.

On our show, we (Tommo & Megsy) interview each other about our perfect dream menu options from all over the world. The best bread, starter, Main, side dish & dessert. It's going to get a little ridiculous as we go all out with our ultimate favourites...

In This Episode:

* History Of The Pavlova - One of Australia & New Zealand’s favourite desserts * We try to settle the 100 year old debate of who invented it, AUS or NZ? * Plus, was the first Pavlova made with frog’s legs, rather than fruit?

Read more stories about food and culinary travel on our blog: https://foodfuntravel.com 

IN THIS EPISODE:

• The story of piri piri chicken, what is piri piri sauce and where did it come from?
• Plus, a short history of Nandos, the international piri piri chicken chain restaurant.

Partial Transcript at https://foodfuntravel.com/history-of-piri-piri-chicken/ 

The history of piri piri chicken, one of the world's most popular spicy grilled chicken dishes. From its origins, to modern chain restaurant success as part of the Nando's restaurant chain.

Who invented the original piri piri sauce? And how did that become piri piri chicken and part of an international craze. Plus, the best piri piri chicken is certainly not at Nandos... We explore the local chicken scene in a European country where it has almost become a national dish.

 

In Part 2 Of This Christmas Dinner Double Episode:  

• What’s on your christmas table? We talk about the what and why of popular christmas dinner dishes
• Brussels sprouts. Why did this evil invade Christmas?
• Plus, fun Christmas dinner facts from around the world.

Read More at https://foodfuntravel.com/christmasdinnerpodcast/ 

In Part 1 Of This Christmas Dinner Double Episode:

• The origin of Christmas dinner
• Why turkey & cranberry sauce at Christmas?

Read More at https://foodfuntravel.com/christmasdinnerpodcast/ 

In This Episode:

• What Is Goan Cuisine? We talk about the stories of some of the best dishes to try.
• A rich layered dessert with a Portuguese - Goan story behind it.
• Plus, Goa’s favourite hooch - Feni

Find more dishes and photos in our full article: https://foodfuntravel.com/goapodcast

IN THIS EPISODE:

• The weird and wonderful world of Balut - Fertilized boiled eggs
• The history of Balut
• Plus we eat it in the Philippines. But, is it more nutritious than a regular boiled egg?

One of the philippines' most popular streetfoods. DISCLAIMER: This is a strange food with graphic descriptions of animal parts and embryos that some listeners may find upsetting.

Watch the video of us eating Balut for the first time: https://foodfuntravel.com/balutpodcast

 

In This Episode:

• The history of one of the world’s most famous condiments
• We debunk the origin myth surrounding the original recipe for Worcestershire Sauce
• PLUS, Almost 200 years of history, Worcester Sauce From Inception to now

  Visit our blog to read more about famous foods from around the world: https://foodfuntravel.com

IN THIS EPISODE:

* What exactly is couscous? The surprising story of how its made and what it's made of. * The history of couscous and Israeli couscous - Plus many other types of Couscous. * Plus, the Couscous debate, is it pasta or not?

Find the companion article to this podcast at https://foodfuntravel.com/couscouspodcast

 

 

In the third Part Of Our Tapas Feature triple episode:

• Tapas or not? We discover other small plate dishes from Spain - Pintxos (Pinchos), montaditos and more.
• The story of Pa amb tomàquet (Catalunya’s simplest tapas dish)
• PLUS our top 10 favourite ever Spanish tapas dishes and where we ate them.

Read the full article at https://foodfuntravel.com/tapaspodcast 

In This Episode:

• After a month spent in Mongolia, we discuss their most important cultural dishes
• Mongolian food is based on “white food” and “red food” we explain what that is and why they have those classifications
• Plus, Is Mongolia’s most famous dish around the world really a Mongolian dish at all?

DISCLAIMER: This Episode contains talk of some unusual food (offal etc.) If you are squeamish about graphic discussion of animal parts you may want to listen to alternative episodes.

During Megsy's Maternity leave, we are re-broadcasting a few of our favorite episodes. New Episodes coming soon.

Full Mongolia Food Article at: https://foodfuntravel.com/mongoliapodcast/

In the Second Part Of Our Tapas Feature triple episode:

• The history of 4 of the most famous and historic tapas dishes: 
• Gazpacho soup, Albondigas (Spanish meatballs) Patatas Bravas (Chunky potatoes with spicy sauce) and Croquetas (Spanish croquettes)

Read the full article at https://foodfuntravel.com/tapaspodcast 

In the first part of this triple Episode:

• The many theories on the origin of Spanish Tapas - 8 different origin stories!
• Plus, What were the very first tapas dishes?

Read the full article at https://foodfuntravel.com/tapaspodcast

In This Episode:

• After a month spent in Mongolia, we discuss their most important cultural dishes
• Mongolian food is based on “white food” and “red food” we explain what that is and why they have those classifications
• Plus, Is Mongolia’s most famous dish around the world really a Mongolian dish at all?

DISCLAIMER: This Episode contains talk of some unusual food (offal etc.) If you are squeamish about graphic discussion of animal parts you may want to listen to alternative episodes.

Full Mongolia Food Article at: https://foodfuntravel.com/mongoliapodcast/

 

In This Episode:   The history of Vermouth - the fortified wine that James Bond couldn’t do without in his vodka Martinis   We discuss the history modern vermouth, it’s ancient predecessor and it’s arrival into the cocktail industry.   And we chat about artisanal Vermouth in Madrid, Spain. Get more info about what to eat and drink in Madrid with our full article: https://foodfuntravel.com/madridpodcast/

In This Episode:  

• We visit Madrid, The capital of Spain
• We explain the unexpectedly controversial history of Spanish omelette
• Learn why Madrid’s famous stew, Cocido, originally had no pork but today can have up to 8 or 9 cuts of pork in each dish.
• Plus, Flamenco meets Haute cuisine. We taste food from a Michelin star chef while watching Spain’s most emotive dance style.

Read The Full Article: 25+ Things To Eat In Madrid https://foodfuntravel.com/madridpodcast/

In This Episode:  

• The story behind one of the world’s most famous sandwiches - The Club Sandwich
• The Club sandwich ingredients debate? Double decker, triple decker, ham or bacon? Egg or no egg?
• Plus, we discuss 2 of the weirdest club sandwiches we found in Asia.

In this episode:  

• What To eat in Rome - Pizzas, pastas and rice - it’s going to be a carb fest!
• The history of carbonara: it’s quite different from what you’d expect
• Plus, a little deep fried street snack with a built in surprise.

Full Article 20+ things to eat in Rome: https://foodfuntravel.com/romepodcast

In This Episode:

• Tommo eats tarantula in Cambodia
• How to cook and eat tarantula
• The history of eating tarantula and why it’s still eaten today

Full Article and video at http://foodfuntravel.com/tarantulapodcast

 

In This Episode:  

• Pastéis de Nata - Egg custard tarts - are they Portuguese in origin, or were they first invented elsewhere?
• Why the Portuguese egg tart is the culinary symbol of Macau, and the surprising story behind how it got there.
• Plus where can you eat the tastiest egg tarts? After a lot of testing, we think we’ve found them.

Find the full article at https://foodfuntravel.com/eggtartspodcast.com

In This Episode - Stories About The Best Food To Eat In Lisbon, Portugal:  

• Fishy history - the surprising story of how cod became one of Portugal’s national dishes
• Porky power - The Portuguese sandwich that locals can’t seem to get enough of
• Plus, the Lisbon liqueur that left our shoes sticking to the sidewalk.

Get the full article with 35+ dishes to discover in Lisbon at https://foodfuntravel.com/lisbonpodcast/

 

1 Year on from our 2019 Greek Island Hopping trip, this podcast talks about all the food we ate on our first island hopping trip back in 2018.

In This Episode…

• What are the essential dishes to try in the Greek Islands
• We discuss highlights from our trip Greek Island hopping in the Aegean. Taking a small luxury yacht between hidden coves and quaint Greek waterfront villages, swimming in crystal blue water straight off the boat and sleeping under the stars.
• Cooking classes and being cooked for on the boat. Our captain was also a trained chef which made the whole island hopping experience even more of a foodie trip.
• Ouzo vs Raki, what’s the difference?
• PLUS Greek seafood tavernas, we find a hidden gem on the Island of Samos.

BEST OF: During Megsy's Maternity leave, we are re-broadcasting a few of our favorite episodes. New Episodes coming soon.   Show Notes from this episode, as well as more info on getting on the voyage for yourself is at  https://foodfuntravel.com/greekislandspodcast/    Also, if you want to go on a voyage that is not with us, just head to sunfunyou.com for more info on booking a place. And once again, email us at megsy@foodfuntravel.com to let us know if you have initial interest in joining us for a foodfuntravel voyage in September 2021, then get in touch.

In part 2 of this Bulgarian cuisine double episode:

* Bulgaria’s National Pastry - Banitsa * We chat to Vasil From Bulgaria Wine tours about some very traditional Bulgarian main courses * A 100% Bulgarian dish from the Rhodope mountains. * PLUS, Megys’s favourite Bulgarian drink - but should you be mixing it with milk?

Full article with 50+ Bulgarian dishes to try, at https://foodfuntravel.com/bulgariapodcast

 

 

In part 1 of this double episode:

* The foundations of traditional Bulgarian cuisine - the flavors that make their dishes taste uniquely Bulgarian * The history of Bulgaria’s National Dish: The Shopska salad * Plus, The best soups, salads and dip in Bulgarian cuisine

Our full article on Bulgarian cuisine can be found at https://foodfuntravel.com/bulgariapodcast/

 

In This Episode:

* The history of popcorn from the ancient americas to today * The modern rise of popcorn and why it became a top movie theatre snack * We ask, Why does corn pop? * Plus, crazy popcorn facts!

In this episode:

* Greek Feta Cheese vs. Bulgarian Sirene Cheese vs Romanian Telmea and other white cheeses. Which was the original brined white cheese? * We discuss the ancient history of Feta style cheese from the balkan region. * Should the EU have made Feta cheese a Greek only designated origin product? * We explain the origin of the name “Feta”. * Plus, How Canada may have got it right when it comes to Feta cheese…

Show notes for this episode at https://foodfuntravel.com/fetapodcast

 

 

In this episode:

* We Take a one-of-a-kind roaming degustation (multi venue tasting menu) in Colombo, Sri Lanka, with an Asia’s Top 50 Restaurateur, Dharshan Munidasa. * We visit one of his Asia Top 50 restaurant, Ministry Of Crab * Plus, we try traditional Japanese with a Sri Lankan twist, and contemporary fine dining versions of traditional Sri Lankan street food.

This is part of our new food travel stories series - where we talk about unique food experiences around the world.

Full article at https://foodfuntravel.com/colombopodcast

 

In This Hamburger Double Episode:

* How American Is The Hamburger? We discuss the origin or ground (minced) meat & meat patties * The creation of first custom buns designed specifically to be used for hamburgers. * Also, the battle over who really invented the modern hamburger - The stories and legends of the main contenders. * Plus, Random hamburger facts and records that amused us.

Show Notes at https://foodfuntravel.com/hamburgerpodcast

In This Hamburger Double Episode:

* How American Is The Hamburger? We discuss the origin or ground (minced) meat & meat patties * The creation of first custom buns designed specifically to be used for hamburgers. * Also, the battle over who really invented the modern hamburger - The stories and legends of the main contenders. * Plus, Random hamburger facts and records that amused us.

Show Notes at https://foodfuntravel.com/hamburgerpodcast

In This Episode:

* We discuss the most important cultural dishes in Belize. * We ask “Beans And Rice” or “Rice And Beans”? * Rock Lobster! * We discover the unhealthiest, yet tastiest breakfast food in the world. * Plus, The Royal Rat. Is Belize’s famous rodent fit for a queen?

 Full show notes and more dishes to eat in San Pedro, Belize (and where to eat!) at https://foodfuntravel.com/belizepodcast

 

In This Episode:

* We begin our new personal food travel stories series - With a visit to North India where we discover not just new foods but unique ways they are cooked * We discuss our first Indian street food experience in Kolkata * Plus, we eat our favourite ever buttery indian flat bread in the city of Amritsar, close to the Pakistan border

In This Episode:

* Sobrassada - The regionally protected Mallorcan sausage that’s very different from chorizo. But why are they all different sizes? It’s nothing to do with commercialism, it’s actually a food science thing… * Also, Ensaimada: An epically flaky, geographically protected pastry - We explain how Mallorca’s calorifically delicious dessert is made so light using an unexpected secret ingredient * Plus Mallorcan Cabbage rolls - and the nifty secret to making the perfect cabbage roll

 Show Notes And Our Full Guide to 33 Mallorcan foods at https://foodfuntravel.com/mallorcapodcast/

 

In This Episode:

• The 50 million year story of apples - How almost every apple we eat today originates from one apple variety from Central Asia.
• The origin of cider - who invented it? And when?
• Commercial Cider vs. Craft Cider - what to look out for.
• The story of Johnny Appleseed and cider in the USA.
• Plus, We visit Bristol, UK, to taste some truly rustic cider, straight from the farm

FULL SHOW NOTES AT: https://foodfuntravel.com/ciderpodcast/

During Megsy's Maternity leave, we are re-broadcasting a few of our favorite episodes. New Episodes coming soon.

 

QUOTES:

“Apples: There are some 55 different species of apple trees, yet all 7,500 types of modern culinary apple come from a single genus (Malus Pumila) of wild apple, that spread from Kazakhstan over the last 6,000 years. Granny Smith, Fuji, Bramley, Coxes, Pink lady, Red Delicious and many more.”

"One of America’s biggest folk heroes, Johnny Appleseed, took it as his life’s mission to create new orchards across America. Unlike apple trees in the past, which were mainly grown from grafts taken from other trees that came from Europe, Johnny Appleseed, only planted new trees from seeds - as nature intended. Apples have a unique DNA, more complicated than Human DNA. Unlike taking grafts from existing trees which clone the tree, the seeds can actually create genetically different trees compared to the parent tree. And seed planting led to increased bio-diversity and new American apple varieties.”

In This Episode:

* The Daiquiri - historic plantation drink, or early 20th century USA-Cuban fusion invention? * PLUS, Hemingway - was he a Daiquiri or Mojito man?

Full Article On Cuban Drinks at https://foodfuntravel.com/cubandrinks

 

In This Episode:

* Did British privateers invent the Mojito? We investigate the historic origins of Cuba’s famous cocktail… * PLUS has the Havana bar scene re-written mojito history to make more money?

Full Article on Cuban Drinks & Cocktails Here: http://foodfuntravel.com/cubandrinks

 

In This Cuban/Havana Cuisine Podcast:

• The Cultural History Of Cuban Cuisine
• Cuba’s National Dish… Is not the Cuban Sandwich. What is it? And why is it called “old clothes”?
• PLUS A pre-hispanic ancient Cuban dish…

Notes from this episode and learn what else to eat in Cuba at https://foodfuntravel.com/cubapodcast

 

• What are the essential Balinese condiments, spices & fruits?
• Nasi Kampur - It’s almost like a Balinese tapas buffet
• The short story of satay (or sate)
• Why they eat more duck than chicken in Ubud, Bali.
• Plus, A jet black dessert that rocked our tastebuds…

More On Balinese Food (Where to eat & What to Eat) at: https://foodfuntravel.com/balipodcast/ 

QUOTES:   "People assume that “satay” just refers to the “spicy peanut sauce” but the word actually refers more to the skewered meat."   "In Ubud, Bali, Duck is more popular than chicken or pork because ducks live in the numerous rice paddies of the region, helping to kill insects, clean the environment while simultaneously contributing their own waste as fertilizer for the rice."