I love to eat. I love to eat when someone else cooks. Therefore, it is fantastic to be a daughter of an avid cook and a wife of a food enthusiast who is not afraid to try out new stuff in his kitchen.
Husband and I also love to travel to new places. And we live in Paris that is home to a numerous restaurants from all the continents of the World.
I read a lot and last year I heard of Ann Morgan who read a book from each nation in the world (https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/). Inspired by the thought of being able to "touch" every country in the World, I came up with an idea to eat a meal from every country.
I introduced the idea to my husband, Jukka and together we came up with a plan.
First rule: we eat every meal together. This is not a competition. This is an experience that we will share together.
Secondly, only meals that we eat now onwards, count.
We discussed back and worth to create a structure for this eating challenge. Do we have to eat out or is it also ok to cook at home? How do you know that you are really eating the real thing from that specific country in an ethnic restaurant? Do we only eat in restaurants outside of the country or woud eating in the country be also a good idea? How do we choose the order of the countries? Alphabetical order? Size?
We decided that the restaurant has to be owned or operated by people from the country that the restaurant is dedicated to. We can also eat at home or on the street if we buy the food in a restaurant/market that clearly can be linked to the specific country. If we travel and eat in a country, we ask for advice to make sure we really eat local food. We could also cook at home if the recipe is from that country and all the incredients are original (no Westernised adaptations).
We also agreed on an order for this all. I wanted to avoid eating one continent at a time until finished. Imagine eating 51 meals of European food before being able to sample any African delicacies. So, we agreed an order of the continents in the order of the Olympic rings from left to right. We recognise that there is some controversy about the connection between the colors and the continents but we decided to go with the pre-1951 version (that I learnt at school in the 70's). That is Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia & Oceania and Americas.
We then listed the countries in each contined by area and chose the 10 largest countries. We will eat in the 10 largest countries of Europe. Then we will eat in the 10 largest countries of Asia etc. So the first 50 meals will include the 10 largest countries of each continent. Then round two we will eat in 11-20th largest countries of each continent. It will be a long time before we will eat in Lichtensteinese restaurant. My biggest worry at the moment is that Saudi Arabia is in Asia's top ten list and there is absolutely no Saudi-Arabian restaurant in Paris. Maybe I will only worry about that when we have eaten through Europe.
Transcontinental countries like Russia and Turkey are only counted in one continent and we choose which one (Russia to Europe, Turkey to Asia).
We can eat the ten countries in a group in any order. One restaurant and one meal can only count for one country.
The first 10 countries are from Europe and they are:
How long we expect this project to take? A couple of years, at least. We spend a lot of time apart and we might also want to eat in restaurants from other countries than those on the current list. But we are both committed..
Now, off to look for a Norvegian restaurant in Paris!
Husband and I also love to travel to new places. And we live in Paris that is home to a numerous restaurants from all the continents of the World.
I read a lot and last year I heard of Ann Morgan who read a book from each nation in the world (https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/). Inspired by the thought of being able to "touch" every country in the World, I came up with an idea to eat a meal from every country.
I introduced the idea to my husband, Jukka and together we came up with a plan.
First rule: we eat every meal together. This is not a competition. This is an experience that we will share together.
Secondly, only meals that we eat now onwards, count.
We discussed back and worth to create a structure for this eating challenge. Do we have to eat out or is it also ok to cook at home? How do you know that you are really eating the real thing from that specific country in an ethnic restaurant? Do we only eat in restaurants outside of the country or woud eating in the country be also a good idea? How do we choose the order of the countries? Alphabetical order? Size?
We decided that the restaurant has to be owned or operated by people from the country that the restaurant is dedicated to. We can also eat at home or on the street if we buy the food in a restaurant/market that clearly can be linked to the specific country. If we travel and eat in a country, we ask for advice to make sure we really eat local food. We could also cook at home if the recipe is from that country and all the incredients are original (no Westernised adaptations).
We also agreed on an order for this all. I wanted to avoid eating one continent at a time until finished. Imagine eating 51 meals of European food before being able to sample any African delicacies. So, we agreed an order of the continents in the order of the Olympic rings from left to right. We recognise that there is some controversy about the connection between the colors and the continents but we decided to go with the pre-1951 version (that I learnt at school in the 70's). That is Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia & Oceania and Americas.
We then listed the countries in each contined by area and chose the 10 largest countries. We will eat in the 10 largest countries of Europe. Then we will eat in the 10 largest countries of Asia etc. So the first 50 meals will include the 10 largest countries of each continent. Then round two we will eat in 11-20th largest countries of each continent. It will be a long time before we will eat in Lichtensteinese restaurant. My biggest worry at the moment is that Saudi Arabia is in Asia's top ten list and there is absolutely no Saudi-Arabian restaurant in Paris. Maybe I will only worry about that when we have eaten through Europe.
Transcontinental countries like Russia and Turkey are only counted in one continent and we choose which one (Russia to Europe, Turkey to Asia).
We can eat the ten countries in a group in any order. One restaurant and one meal can only count for one country.
The first 10 countries are from Europe and they are:
- Russia
- Ukraine
- France
- Spain
- Sweden
- Norway
- Germany
- Sweden
- Poland
- Italy
How long we expect this project to take? A couple of years, at least. We spend a lot of time apart and we might also want to eat in restaurants from other countries than those on the current list. But we are both committed..
Now, off to look for a Norvegian restaurant in Paris!
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