I’ve eaten at the world’s best restaurants. One of the best things I’ve ever tasted cost $2 from a tiny takeout store
55 years, 2 months ago

I’ve eaten at the world’s best restaurants. One of the best things I’ve ever tasted cost $2 from a tiny takeout store

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Editor’s note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. The restaurant’s legendary bread trolley offerings definitely come in useful for any remaining sauce — after all, mopping up only underlines how much you appreciate a dish. Chris Dwyer The food in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi wowed me like few other places I’ve been, thanks to incredible spreads of small meze-like plates known as “supra” which reflect the country’s multiple cultural influences from over the centuries. You’re even given a special white linen bib to wear, with “Oggi, sono golosso” embroidered in gold lettering — in other words, “Today, I’m greedy.” That’s an all too familiar mantra. More memorable for texture than flavor, it was made from the fish mixed with yucca root and cocona, a type of citrus fruit known as the “tomato of the Amazon.” It joins unusual ingredients I’ve eaten including sea cucumber, cod sperm, ants, crickets, jellyfish — and guinea pig.

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I’ve eaten at the world’s best restaurants. One of the best things I’ve ever tasted cost $2 from a tiny takeout store
55 years, 2 months ago

I’ve eaten at the world’s best restaurants. One of the best things I’ve ever tasted cost $2 from a tiny takeout store

CNN  

Editor’s note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. The restaurant’s legendary bread trolley offerings definitely come in useful for any remaining sauce — after all, mopping up only underlines how much you appreciate a dish. Chris Dwyer The food in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi wowed me like few other places I’ve been, thanks to incredible …

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