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MONGOLIA

CAPITAL: Ulan Bator

ETHNIC INFLUENCES: Chinese and Russian

POPULAR RESTAURANTS: Guanz are restaurants that operate in various roadside areas; Ulan Bator has a range of restaurants serving various cusines.

BREAKFAST: fried and malted barley flour porridge.

SNACKS: breads and cheeses

BREAD: flatbreads.

CHEESE: dried curds (aaruul), yoghurt, kefir.

POPULAR DISHES: soup, steamed dumplings (buuz), deep-fried dumplings (khuushuur).

OTHER DISHES: stews of meat with rice or fresh (tsuivan, budaatai huurga) or noodle soups (guriltai shol), biscuits (boortsog).

LOCAL DRINKS: Shimiin Arkhi distilled from kefir, airag fermented mare's milk, salted milk tea

PRODUCE: Dairy products, lamb, mutton, yak meat, goat, game, horse, milk, cream, cheese

NEED TO KNOW: When offered food, it is considered rude to refuse it. Eat food on ly with the right hand.

FESTIVAL FOODS: Mutton cooked inside a can in the coals of a fire.

UNUSUAL FOODS: Horse meat is readily available.

HEALTHY EATING: Many dishes are very high in fat. Vegetarianism is difficult as the diet is meat-based with few vegetables.

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MONTENEGRO

CAPITAL: Podgorica

ETHNIC INFLUENCES: Turkish, Italian and Hungarian.

POPULAR RESTAURANTS: Stara Kuca, ??Iva Andrica 5? | Zagori?, Podgorica,?

BREAKFAST: Cicvara, stewed corn meal in skorup (salted compressed fresh cream), pita with buttermilk or yoghurt, popara (bread porridge)

SNACKS: Burek, pita bread

BREAD: Barley, rye wheat or corn breads made in the Italian style, Vienna loaf, pita bread.

CHEESE: Njeguï¿½ki sir, is a special cheese stored in oil, several other cheeses from unboiled milk.

POPULAR DISHES: Boiled lamb, lamb cooked in milk, polenta with skorup (salted compressed fresh cream), dolma, bean stew with sausages, octopus, squid, mussels.

OTHER DISHES: meat broths, vegetable chowders, barley porridge and mushroom porridge, meatballs, stuffed capsicums.

LOCAL DRINKS: Pomegranate juice, Turkish coffee, mineral water, boza (malted fermented grains), Nikï¿½i?ko Beer, plum or apple brandy, wines.

PRODUCE: Seafood, potatoes, pork, veal, beef, lamb.

NEED TO KNOW: Desserts are served with tea or coffee., After a meal, fresh fruit is served.

FESTIVAL FOODS: cesnica, a special bread, is served at Christmas.

UNUSUAL FOODS: Mezgra (Beech cream), rastan are collard greens used to make dolma (like dolmades)

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