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The changing face of Bratislava
When strolling through Hviezdoslavovo Námestie, it is easy to get swept up in the square’s tranquil atmosphere and lovely historical buildings. The tree-lined, cobblestoned promenade is irresistible, while the castle in the distance beckons from its majestic hilltop setting. But suddenly, the square ends and you are standing at the side of a busy freeway. To the left, a suspension bridge crossing the Danube is capped by something resembling a flying saucer from a 1950s sci-fi film. Directly below the road is a noisy, graffiti-encrusted bus depot. Looking over the traffic to the right, you start wondering how you’re supposed to reach the castle on the other side. You wouldn’t be the first to stand at this odd collision of old and new, and wonder, “What the hell happened here?”
Indonesian recipes: Gado-gado (Indonesian vegetable salad with peanut sauce) (video included)
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Indonesian recipes: Pepes (grilled fish wrapped in banana leaves) (video inluded)
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Indonesian cuisine: Cooking it slow and traditional
IN A WORLD dominated by fast food, slow-cooking is more than just a method of preparing food that intensifies the flavours of a dish. In the homeland of Djumantoro Purwokoputro Purbo, the Indonesian ambassador to Slovakia, it is a tradition with deep historical roots. Yet slow-cooking has also provided the culinary world with dishes that are popular outside of Indonesia.
Swiss cuisine: Swiss fondue (video included)
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Meal with Swiss spirit
CHRISTIAN Fotsch leaves nothing to chance when cooking fondue, the traditional Swiss dish first described in a booklet published in Zurich in 1699. Three types of grated Swiss cheese are prepared in bowls marked with stylish paper nametags, such as Appenzeller, Gruyére and Emmentaler, and are ready to be poured into a “caquelon”, a special pot for making fondue, along with dry white wine and Kirschwasser, the traditional Swiss cherry liquor.
Hungarian cuisine: Cottage-cheese dumplings with strawberry icing
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Hungarian cuisine: Land of 100 soups – and goulash
A LUNCH without soup would be unthinkable for Hungarians, said Csaba Balogh while pouring his sour cherry soup into a hand-painted porcelain bowl made in Herend, by a Hungarian producer of porcelain products which can include Queen Victoria among its roster of notable customers. Hungarian cuisine has more than 100 types of soup, and sour cherry soup is often served cold as a summer delicacy, the Hungarian Ambassador to Slovakia explained, while Ágota Hetey, his wife, arranged the plates adorned with colourful flowers and butterflies.
Hungarian cuisine: Sirloin á la Budapest
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Turkish recipes: Ezo Bride Soup (Ezo Gelin Çorbasi)
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Turkish recipes: Karniyarik
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Turkish cuisine: Far more than kebabs
THE IMPRESSION that döner kebabs are the most typical Turkish dish is actually incorrect, suggests Gülhan Ulutekin, the Turkish ambassador to Slovakia, who is quick to offer ‘sarma’, grape leaves stuffed with a mixture of minced meat and rice; cacik, a yogurt-cucumber dish which has many variations throughout the region and pilav, a simple but popular rice side dish, as examples of dishes that are just as common as kebabs.
Turkish recipes: Orange revani
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Brazilian recipes: Cheese tartlets
Ingredients for the dough: two cups of flour; 100g of butter (or margarine); one egg yolk; one teaspoon of salt; one teaspoon of baking powder.
Brazilian recipes: Passion fruit mousse
Ingredients: one can of condensed milk; one can of cream milk; the same amount of concentrated passion fruit juice; pulp of 1 passion fruit for decoration.
Brazilian cuisine: A culinary paradise (video included)
WHEN Susan Kleebank carves out the top of a pumpkin on a November afternoon and removes the seeds and pulp inside, she is not doing it for Halloween. The ambassador of Brazil is actually preparing in her Bratislava kitchen a dish that comes from the coastal area of her homeland: a pumpkin stuffed with shrimp. When Kleebank explains that in the culinary paradise of Brazil each of the five regions has its own unique, traditional dishes, from grilled fish to feijoada (a pork and bean stew) to mandioca, one instantly understands that choosing one dish was not an easy task.
- The changing face of Bratislava
- Hungarian cuisine: Land of 100 soups – and goulash Video
- Indonesian cuisine: Cooking it slow and traditional Video
- Hungarian cuisine: Cottage-cheese dumplings with strawberry icing
- Turkish cuisine: Far more than kebabs Video
- Brazilian cuisine: A culinary paradise (video included)
- Meal with Swiss spirit Video
- Where stones remember: the shifting fortunes of Bratislava Audio
- Slovakia introduces two-tier booking system for Foreigners’ Police appointments
- News digest: Battle to control Slovakia’s central bank pits Fico against Pellegrini
- Beneath a bustling square, a hidden chamber of bones
- ‘If we rely on AI, we’ll become less smart’, linguistics professor warns
- Primark reports a rapid growth in sales, a modest loss – and no plans to expand
- From Old Town to Petržalka – what second-hand flats really cost in your part of Bratislava
- Slovakia is edging closer to autocracy, according to global democracy ranking
- Slovakia introduces two-tier booking system for Foreigners’ Police appointments
- ‘If we rely on AI, we’ll become less smart’, linguistics professor warns
- Where stones remember: the shifting fortunes of Bratislava Audio
- News digest: Slovak PM and Kyiv clash in social media spat Photo
- From Old Town to Petržalka – what second-hand flats really cost in your part of Bratislava
- Naked man wearing only a balaclava and flip-flops caught running through woods with sex toy on a stick
- Formed 15 years ago, unique island on Hron becomes haven for active leisure Photo
- Primark reports a rapid growth in sales, a modest loss – and no plans to expand
- Strangers are hiding gifts in Slovak cities – and people love it
- Slovakia introduces two-tier booking system for Foreigners’ Police appointments
- ‘If we rely on AI, we’ll become less smart’, linguistics professor warns
- A fortress town on the Danube hopes tourism will bring it back to life Photo
- Slovak winemakers tied to bribery scandal linked to EU subsidies
- More than tracks: discover what’s along the new Petržalka tram route
- Formed 15 years ago, unique island on Hron becomes haven for active leisure Photo
- Where stones remember: the shifting fortunes of Bratislava Audio
- Formed 15 years ago, unique island on Hron becomes haven for active leisure Photo
- Naked man wearing only a balaclava and flip-flops caught running through woods with sex toy on a stick
- Should you visit Komárno’s Courtyard of Europe? Probably not. Try this instead. Photo
- Strangers are hiding gifts in Slovak cities – and people love it
- A fortress town on the Danube hopes tourism will bring it back to life Photo
- Slovakia introduces two-tier booking system for Foreigners’ Police appointments
- More than tracks: discover what’s along the new Petržalka tram route
- Slovak winemakers tied to bribery scandal linked to EU subsidies
- Beneath a bustling square, a hidden chamber of bones
- News digest: Battle to control Slovakia’s central bank pits Fico against Pellegrini
- Primark reports a rapid growth in sales, a modest loss – and no plans to expand
- Slovakia is edging closer to autocracy, according to global democracy ranking
- Re-cycling the Iron Curtain Photo
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- News digest: Slovak PM and Kyiv clash in social media spat Photo
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