The secrets from the Chef & Sommelier

SFRJ or what we now days would refer as ex Yugoslavia was the country where I was born and spent all of my summer holidays with family and friends while rest of the year we lived in Sweden. I took this photo from a wall picture at Tanjug tv station when I was there some time ago because it reminds me so much about my dad who lived and died for football and I remember so well when he was bringing me to all games to watch him play and later on we went to games as spectators, this guy known  everyone, from trainers, coaches players and all the former super pro guys playing in all the best European teams, I recall especially the last game ever played by the Yugoslav team as national against Faro Island, this game was played in Landskrona and of curse we where there, my dad walked in to the locker room and everybody started to hug him and great him, unbelievable to watch and I was super proud of curse, the team won this game but few weeks later Yugoslavia was banned from UEFA to partici...

 Tutankhamun, what an exiting name, the legendary mummy with the golden mask and the massive treasures found in his tomb by Carter. The exhibition of king Tut can be seen at Cairo national museum as now before it will be moved and at display in the new grand museum in Giza.(another post for this grand place)  National Egyptian museum located in a beautiful pink building at Tahir square in central Cairo hosts some of the biggest collection of Egyptian treasures as it should be, and I also believe that all worlds museum should give back Egypt items that was stolen from here,  it belongs to Egypt and Egyptian people, but at the same time when you visit this pink marvel you realize how dirty, not maintained and unorganized this place is, its Egypt in a nut shell, they don't care about anything, way of thinking and way of doing, its very sad to see and not nice at all, but some of Tuts items are on display and should not be missed. On the other hand the 3D Tut extravaganza at ...

 Egypt, the land of mystery, history, mummy's, Ramses the great and pyramids how cool isn't this?! I have now been slightly over a year in Cairo and slowly starting to understand this culture, religion and Egyptians, but will for sure never EVER not even close understand it fully, this is not possible as a non Egyptian with different values in life to do. I have here around 150 staff working for me and Its extremely challenging especially that non have any culinary degree or proper training, some started 20 years ago in dish wash and now runs a kitchen as sous-chef ! only in Africa BTW any title is not given for hard work or knowledge here, its purely for next raised paycheck, that's all, even if you have no clue of what you are doing you will have a title as CDP, S-C or whatever, I thought that I was the luckiest guy ever when I came and saw that I have 12 S-C and 18 CDP, wow this should be a pace of cake, but NNOOO WAY habibi, so not true at all, and what a mistake to bel...

 This little beauty left a big hole in our family when she left us this year, she was the most funny, creative, passionate, intelligent and stubborn little lady and we miss her dearly and I get tears in my eyes every time I think of her(I do every day)  Its strange how this small creatures can effect us all so much, everybody who have animals will say the same and understand the devastations we face when this things happens, how to come over?! RIP Mama Mia Von Diepenbrock 

 Its amazing how life takes turns and brings you in directions that you couldn't imagine just a few months ago, not to mention years ago, I find myself in the cradle of civilization Egypt, what a ride it have been! Its so funny to find my old blog searching on the net I realized how time have passed and how many years ago I started to write this as a part of my future book, novel or whatever, will see how that goes but I do have some stories to tell, If I still can remember them :-)  Production director for LSG Skychefs in Cairo Egypt, what a blast!! way to go old man (people are asking me when I should retired) Dragan you are 60 now, you must slow down, I simply tell them to F.....ff Enjoy this fine aircraft belonging to one of our Chinese customer.

 The smelliest fruit of them all, Durian can be frightening for many people and a love story for others like me, I just love the gooey texture, the perfect balance of sweet and slightly bitter aftertaste with tons of vanilla and ripe pineapple, the smell you can scent far away and the durian stalls always draws attraction and many who have never tried are curious but usually the smell puts them off. The best durian in my opinion is the MuSan King and should be from Malaysia, when ripe its totally delicious, others can be on the bitter side but it's all in ones preference. The best season is coming now so do try if you have a chance and remember that you need to try everything 5 times before you decide yea or No!! The best thing is to buy it already open and not to try to get a whole one before you know how to crack one for not destroying it, let the guys do it for you.

 Welcome to Stufvenäs Gästgiveri, a fantastic Inn with great old history when it comes to food and wine, this is my new place to create magic with my team, I am superhappy to be here  and cant wait to see how high we can go but trust me that we are aiming very high and sky is NOT the limit, I am happy if you will follow me on this journey and I promise that it will be well worth and exciting for you all, let me present the small team (yes I am looking for additional staff, both kitchen and Front of house) welcome to apply.