Hello guys, I am from Eastern Europe and have one of my best online friends popping up at my place while visiting the country. Can you recommend me some dishes? They are from Belfast, so I guess something related to Belfast would be a good starting point. Give me as much dishes as you can please, I wanna make them a nice surprise.

I am from Bulgaria, but I am pretty sure I can find all the ingredients. Would appreciate if you give me some links or recipes related to Northern Irish cuisine.

Thanks in advance lads.

ps. gif, unrelated, was just looking for something that has food on it.

>>21445611 (OP)
Your friend most likely wants to eat local dishes.
But anyway, make some
>potato scones
>potato pancakes
>bubble and squeak
>decent quality breakfast sausages
>oatmeal and salt

>>21445615
Oatmeal and salt sounds good, maybe for breakfast, will try it. Sausages, ofcourse, we are big on them, even tho we don't have the 'blood sausage' UK has, but I can buy it for extra price from local butcher. Potato scones look interesting, pancakes as well, but scones maybe more tasty. Bubble and squeak looks interesting as well.
All of meals look to be surrounded by potato,wheat,carrots, peas,beans and eggs, not that's a bad thing. I was looking for something like mix of veggies and meat or bbq of some kind, salad. But ya.

You'd be better off casting your net more broadly over British cuisine, because Ireland & Ulster aren't known for their culinary quality even compared with British cuisine.

I'd say for most Irish people, a typical lunch is just beans on toast. They're very unfussy about what they eat, especially the older folk.

I'm sure they would want to eat Bulgarian food rather than food they were surrounded by and ate all their life.

>>21445611 (OP)
Why are third worlders so dumb?
>my friend has spent his whole life eating British food
>now he has a short time to taste authentic Bulgarian food
>guess I'd better cook some lame attempt at British food for him instead

>>21445611 (OP)
Depends on his allegiances. If he's Catholic he'll likely be offended if you make him something specifically British. If he's Protestant he could get offended if you make something too Irish.

Make Eastern European food. He can eat Irish food any time he wants.

>>21445611 (OP)
Make the bloke a nice ham with a sweet glaze and brown gravy, plus some type of cheesy potato side dish and a pint of decent dark beer, and he'll be your friend for life.

>>21445629
You have some awful tasting sausages in Bulgaria, Loukanika or something.

Irish tastes are very similar to German / eastern European ones. Wholesome foods, meats, potatoes, etc. Boiled, stewed, fried...

Just cook your own dishes - Ireland doesn't really have its own cuisine.

Get him some Bulgarian yogurt.
>L. bulgaricus is a beneficial lactic acid bacteria essential to the yogurt making process. It was discovered by the Bulgarian microbiologist Dr. Stamen Grigorov back in 1905 and originates from Bulgaria. It was coined bulgaricus in honor of the country the scientist was born.
>Unlike Greek or Icelandic, Bulgarian Yogurt has a good balance of the two main types of protein – casein (the solid part) and whey protein (90% of which is liquid). Greek and Icelandic (because they’re strained) are heavy on casein and don’t have enough whey protein. Both proteins are exceptional sources of amino acids and they need to be in balance. In combination, whey and casein provide optimal health benefits. Removing the whey breaks down the protein balance and the yogurt becomes “packed” with only one type protein – casein.

>>21445611 (OP)
Boxty on the griddle; boxty on the pan. If you can't make boxty, you'll never get a man!