Earlier this year, my food-loving 4 year-old and I embarked on a virtual culinary tour of the world. Our mission: to get Around the World in 18 Breakfasts.
The idea was that we’d sample traditional morning meals from every corner of the globe and learn a little about the Big Wide World along the way. We bought a map of the world and some toothpick flags. Each week we’d pick a dish, find the relevant flag and put a star sticker on our map.
Eighteen breakfasts, 18 flags and 18 stickers later, our mission is complete. We made a lot of yummy food and a bucketload of mess. We got flour on the walls and egg on the floor. We made the odd dud dish and had to try again. But we had a whole lotta fun in the process.
There was no destination. It was about the journey.
Here is our itinerary, brought to you in pictures (click on the links for the recipes)…
Week 1: Japan – Tamagoyaki
Week 2: Brazil – Açaí bowl
Week 3: USA – Warm custard spoon bread
Week 4: Mexico – Huevos rancheros
Week 5: Lebanon – Manakish with labneh
Week 6: Indonesia – Nasi goreng
Week 7: Sri Lanka – Coconut roti
Week 8: Switzerland – Bircher muesli
Week 9: Ukraine – Syrniki
Week 10: Spain – Potato and chorizo tortilla
Week 11: China – Pork and prawn dumplings
Week 12: Thailand – Coconut sticky rice with mango
Week 13: Canada – Pancakes with maple syrup and bacon
Week 14: Peru – Quinoa porridge
Week 15: Sweden – Swedish fruit loaf
Week 16: Jamaica – Fried bananas
Week 17: South Africa – Mealie bread
Week 18: Finland – Korvapuusti (cinnamon rolls)
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Do we get to vote? I’m torn between Canada and Jamaica 😀
Absolutely! Both of those were big hits with Crackers. I think his favourite was probably the Brazlian Acai Bowl though. Mine was the syrniki. Took us a couple of attempts to get it right (the first recipe used cottage cheese and it was lumpy and horrible) but the second version was insanely good. We used a Russian cheese but you could easily make it with deli-style ricotta. Mmmmmmm…