What is a hidden gem in kitchen cuisines? A god-tier type of food that tourists never get to taste because it's only known to locals.In Turkish cuisine, we have Cig Kofte. It translates to "raw meatballs", but they're usually made with vegan ingredients nowadays.It's a finger food made with bulgur, very finely chopped vegetables, tomato paste, pomegrenate sauce, and tons of spices.A popular way to eat it is to wrap it in Durum.
>>22045272yeah thats good. regular kofte is great too (koftegi Yusuf, yum) my favorite turkish meal is just a good old fashion sac kurma with bread.
cig kofte is literally illegal to sell in a restaurant
>>22045344maybe thats why its a hidden gem
>>22045344>what is CigkofteMin all seriousness though, where?
>>22045359in turkey
>>22045272Sichuan 'husband and wife lung slices' although most chinese dishes could use some heavy anglicization It's braised beef shank and thinly sliced tripe drenched in chili oil with peanuts, sesame seeds and copious amounts of scallions. It should be the flagship dish of the sichuan region, i fucking love this shit and so should anyone with functioning taste buds
>>22045344The meat version is illegal, the vegan version is not.
>>22045365>It's braised beef shank and thinly sliced tripe drenched in chili oillmaoNo it fucking isn't, you blubber-bellied lardgolem. You just live in America where lung is illegal to sell as food.
>>22045387how am I supposed to squint my eyes in disgust if they're already so narrow? get out of my sight. duoluo tamadeshabi
>>22045371I'm not eating a dish called raw meatballs that has no meat in it and isn't raw.
>>22045407its not compulsory or anything
>>22045272the fuck are you on about? it's being sold in every second food place in turkey
>>22045272>A god-tier type of food that tourists never get to taste because it's only known to locals.Basically all proper Maltese food. Restaurants in Malta only serve burgers, english food, or generic vaguely italian foods that british and russian tourists will like. You're more likely to see italian language on a menu than maltese. Whenever I'm there I just eat at my aunties' places, sports clubs, or at the corner pastizzerija/cafeterias where they often also sell ross il forn, different ftajjar, ful imgiddem and other toppings. Even applies to a lot of desserts and pastries like imqaret and qgħaxqa. Picrel: ftira tar-randan
>>22045467so its like grilled cheese or something?
>>22045467>hehe dumb ass tourists don't know about sandwich
That's kinda like us in Italy.Polpette di melanzane is the best example. Usually, polpetta (singular; plural polpette) means "meatball" but pretty much anything can be a polpetta, including eggplant, zucchine, beans, fish, etc.Other than meat, eggplant ones might be the most common.
>>22045474I mean this is just what you CAN find at bakeries (during lent, hence tar-randan). Never seen ful bil-laham at a restaurant.>>22045469ftira tar randan are sweet with sesame and honey. Though there is some great fillings with cheese/gbejniet
>>22045499yeah, all looks and sounds good. my dad lived on malta for years as a kid because of the navy presence. he took me there a few times.
>>22045527Ahh my Nanna was a servant for the anglo navy colonisers until we got independence. They had a big presence in her town especially. Did you ever get to try much of the actual food when you visited?
>>22046377i dont recall. was only 7 or 8. remember that we all liked pumpkin soup at the hotel, and walking around Valetta a lot, but thats about it!
>>22045344ThisOutlaw all roaches in the kitchen
>>22045344>cig kofte is literally illegal to sell in a restaurant Because erdochimp filled the food safety agency with his relatives, they fucked up (took bribes, never verified places), a lot of people got food poisoning, and he ordered the meat version banned.
>>22045474Kek
>>22045474hehehaha
>>22045407you can make it yourself
