Mmmm. Today we had our touristy day and went to the garden of this REALLY cool guy called Rudy! And after having a tour around said garden (with 12 different types of banana, snakes, a peacock and AN ALLIGATOR! - amongst other things) and down the river where we could jump off the boat he made and swim around, he and his family had made for us the MOST wonderful Dominican meal! It was chicken (a leg and HUGE thigh each!), which had been spit-roasted above an open fire for a VERY long time! I couldn't tell the seasonings which had gone into it but there was definitely a lemon-y flavour and some kind of almost garlic...! I'll try and remember to ask him next time (CAN'T WAIT TO GO AGAIN WITH THE NEXT TEAM!!!). Then on the side was beautifully cooked rice and beans (the MOST classic dish here!) in a mountain with some potato salad (from which I fished out the bits of potato and left) in a hollowed out top! There were also banana chips, which weren't actually that bad - I ate about half of them, and for someone who doesn't eat ANY chips/potatoes/etc. that's good going! Oh and a dressed salad as a starter. Oh wait, and how could I forget: we had a yucca croquette (thank goodness for Google in the spelling of that!) as well!!! Yucca is one of the many vergetables Rudy was growing in his garden and I don't really know what I can compare it to... We had it covered in dry breadcrumbs and then fried, so the outside was really crunchy and the inside was somewhat soft almost like a slightly more sturdy version of a purée! Previously, Claire had told me about chicken croquettes, which are basically the bits of a chicken you wouldn't eat if they were laid out in front of you, in this fried breadcrumb surrounding. Only she'd said it was "chicken lips". So when she said we were having yucca croquettes today I shouted out, "It's yucca lips!", before coming to discover what yucca is, and also realising that chickens don't have lips...! Ooops! ;-D So I know NOTHING about food (not sure why I thought a food review would work!), but I do know that that was DELICIOUS!!! Everything just had so much flavour and so much variation! Something that seems to be true for most things in this country - I am so blessed to be here in this beautiful country God has made among these beautiful people whom he loves! I can't wait to go back and experience more of this rich culture again with the next team!!! :-D
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