The moment that I know I’ve been waiting for…
It’s dinner time!
Favourite Food Memories From Our Travels
I’m having, in Turkey, this problem that’s not really a problem where
I can’t pick what to eat because I want to eat all of it.
It’s the paralysis of analysis.
It’s overwhelmed by choice.
So I just keep walking up and down
and then finally just decided I needed to eat before I pass out.
But there are just so many things that look good.
We’re in a forest in Finland.
There’s a river beside us that just looks like glass.
It’s absolutely perfect.
Like when I think, ‘oh I’m going to have a barbecue in Finland’,
this is exactly my fantasy right now.
What we are experiencing.
I haven’t eaten since breakfast.
Do you understand how excited I am right now to eat?
Yes because I also haven’t eaten since breakfast. -I can hardly contain my excitement.
That’s my favourite.
Yeah?
That’s my favourite.
Wait until you try this.
Okay.
You know what I said about sharing?
It’s off the table?
I’m rethinking it now.
We might need to order another babka.
Fine then the draniki’s all mine.
How’s your sandwich?
It’s really good.
Cheers!
Cheers.
Made all the better by this insane backdrop.
What are you not supposed to eat the outer shell?
The man loves potatoes.
The bigger the better.
Exactly.
This man is full of pancake.
This is just disgusting.
Don’t even show me doing this.
Did you say it’s disgusting?
Don’t even show this.
Oh we’re showing it.
We’re showing all of it.
This man loves pancakes!
You know what?
Any soup that brings its own bowl and has its own hat,
that’s a soup I want to get to know.
That’s true.
A soup with its own outfit.
Bon appétit or no, I mean smacznego!
Zasch…za…
Smacznego.
-Smacznego.
Smacznego.
I’m already counting how many days we have left in Turkey
and mentally calculating how many more times I can have Turkish breakfast.
I guess I like it.
Might have to extend our stay.
Maybe.
She said a little bite.
I wasn’t listening.
You just watched me do it.
So happy right now!
That’s a happy, happy man.
Got me some ruskie pierogi.
Sitting here in Kraków.
Life does not get much better.
Nope.
It really doesn’t.
We just had a really cute moment with the woman that works here because I asked if she had butter.
Yeah.
And then she pulled out batteries.
Yeah.
So cute and then she said, ‘oh no…you mean spoon?’
And then she pulled out a spoon.
I held up…I went like this, like no it’s something that you eat.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And I should’ve gone like this.
Right.
So anyway.
Anyways.
Now we know that ‘sviests’ is butter.
Is butter, yeah.
I think we have the essentials.
Toast, skyr, eggs, milk for coffee.
Milk for coffee.
We already have some coffee.
Yeah.
Why be still when you can sparkle?
That’s right.
It’s a life philosophy and a beverage choice.
Went back to our favourite little shop here.
Our favourite dürüm.
Yeah.
It’s with chicken and cheddar cheese.
And of course they put like vegetables and some sauce.
Yeah.
I love you!
Alright, he’s kissing the dürüm guys. -Kissing the dürüm.
It’s come to this. -Kissing the dürüm.
Turns out in Lithuania, I like mushroom soup.
No one is more surprised than me, let me tell you.
Is there anything I don’t like in Lithuania?
God!
Even mushroom soup tastes good!
Too heavy for the fork.
Oh dear.
Just give it a blow.
I can cook you another one.
No, no, it’s fine.
It’s completely ok.
How’s that Finnish dirt?
I feel more at one with nature, actually.
Now it’s inside you too.
Now it’s inside.
Coffee…bakery…
Mill Island.
-Mill Island.
Sunny day.
Yeah.
I’m very happy right now.
I think it’s safe to say you’ve probably never had a) a picnic in Norway,
and b) a picnic in the back of a car.
Not a stationwagon!
Nor have I.
This is so spacious.
Yeah.
The focus here is all on sustainability
and keeping the cycle of food production moving in a circle inside the restaurant.
So the waste from all of the vertical farms
is actually fed to crickets that they have living here in the restaurant.
And you might not see them unless you know where to look.
I’m sitting right underneath a light and the crickets actually live inside the lights.
So they eat what’s leftover from the vertical farms
and then they in turn sometimes end up on the menu.
Yes!
Oh my god!
We’re getting hot chocolate!
Hot chocolate!
For our walk!
I’m so excited!
You wanted it, you got it.
I didn’t think they’d actually have it.
When I asked her if they had hot chocolate, she said ‘oh yeah!’
Oh yeah!
It’s going to be a good night.
I would just like to say that Marc and I have just left the Grand Bazaar.
And now we’re sitting outside on tiny little stools
eating cheese and spinach pide
with freshly squeeze orange and pomegranate mixed juice.
I’m with Marc…I’m in Istanbul… I’m feeling very happy.
Yes.
I am too.
I just wanted to tell you.
Nalisniki dance.
We had a potato dance.
It would be wrong to not have a bacon dance too.
I guess we have a new national dance here in Lithuania.
Is that how the dessert makes you feel? -That’s how you know dessert has arrived.
My dessert dance.
Oh my god!
Why don’t I eat plums more?
If you eat plums, let me know.
And tell me more ways that I can eat plums because I need more plums in my life.
Oh!
Oh wow!
Thank you very much! -Thank you so much!
Thanks!
Cheers!
We just bought the sahlep here
and they sell mini donuts and he just came over and gave us two.
That’s so nice! -I guess it just wouldn’t be right having sahlep by itself without a mini donut.
That’s so kind.
Look at that!
Oh yeah.
You’re looking at it so lovingly.
I know.
Before you even try it.
Nothing like warm apple…nalisniki.
This caramel sauce…
I don’t even know how to describe it to you.
Imagine like the best butter popcorn you’ve ever had with black liquorice and caramel
and then that sort of melts away and you get the frozen tart explosion of the cranberry.
What an amazingly brilliant combination.
Okay be right back.
Need to have another bite.
Look at that.
Oh my god!
That might be one of the best desserts I’ve ever had.
You look like you’re going to cry, which is how I felt.
I know, like I actually feel emotional about this dessert.
That might be a first, actually.
Oh my god!
Do you remember how to say gingerbread in Finnish?
Pir-kin-kuk-ja?
Piparkakku.
That one.
Oh my god!
Watch out.
The birds like cinnamon buns too.
Marc has snuggled up next to me
and I think the reason is that I have one bite of my dessert left.
That’s exactly the reason.
You’re not fooling me.
This is for me, okay?
I thought I could get in on some of that.
No.
Come on.
Show me what true love is.
Nope not today.
That’s a big brownie.
I’m sorry, I need a minute here.
Love that.
Holy rocket boosters that’s good!
Sweet lord.
This is nuts!
It’s really good.
Nuts!
I love this!
Well, I promised Marc a hot chocolate, didn’t I?
You did so cheers to that.
Cheers.
So we’re back…oh!
Oh I just hit the table, sorry.
You’re raised on…if you could only see right now.
You’re on top of a laundry basket, a box of chocolates and an upside down Ikea bowl.
That’s our tripod right now so I almost put you into my hot chocolate.
Na zdrowie.
Na zdrowie!
Cheers!
Bottoms up.
Cheers.
That’s strong.
It smells amazing.
Na zdrowie.
Oh that’s nice.
Cheers. -Cheers.
I love that forever, this glass shape and this sound by the way,
as you walk down the street and hear people stirring their tea, will forever make me think of Istanbul.
So cozy.
So comforting.
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