Cuisine of Dalaran

Dalaran's cuisine has always been distinctive, with strong Elven influence, magical techniques, and exotic ingredients. Since it's move to Northrend, the city's cuisine has undergone even more radical changes.

## Ingredients

### Meat and Dairy

* Limburger cheese.
* Sweetened goat milk.
* Sharp, hard cheese.
* Sausages.
* 'Swiss' cheese.

### Fish and Shellfish

* Clams.
* Terrorfish.

### Fruits, Vegetables and Grains

* Grapes for wine.
* Apples - especially goldenbark.
* Snowplums.
* Mustard seeds.
* Carrots.
* Berries.
* Chocolate (being a fruit originally before its processing.)

## Techniques

### Magical

* Mana infusion techniques.
* Snap-freezing.
* Flash-frying.
* Jellification.
* Extreme heat, ala modern work burners. Temperatures 10 to 20 times as hot as those used in most other places (except Dark Iron foods, perhaps?) create distinct flavours due to massive caramelization and maillard reactions, and magic would allow split-second control of temperature to maximize this. Sous-vide esque techniques of lengthy cooking at low temperature followed by a *perfectly* timed all-over sear on a steak, for instance. Tender, uniformly cooked to an appropriate level, and then seared with sudden extreme heat to the *perfect* level. Everyone hail the Kitchen-Wizards of Dalaran.
* Perfect temperature control in general, for that matter. With the ability to regulate temperature, pressure and the rest, the usual concerns of over and undercooking simply don't exist.
* John, the Roast-Preparing Fire Elemental?

### Mundane

* Juicing.
* Mincing.

## Common Dishes

### Breakfast

* Fresh fruits and juices.
* Bread with jam.
* Porridge.
* Sausages.
* Honeymint tea.

### Lunch

* Pies.
* Pastries and small cakes.
* Fresh fruits.
* Scones.
* Cheeses.
* Hotdogs.

### Dinner

* Chowder.
* Wine.
* Vegetable stews in the sewer.
* Pies.
* Game stews. File:DalaranDesserts.jpg

### Desserts, Snacks and other Sweets

* Red velvet cake.
* Cupcakes.
* Doughnuts.
* Brownies.
* Cakes in general.
* Berry pies.

## Drinking Culture

Wines
Dalaran is home to a wide variety of wine varieties, from the sparkling whites to dry reds and everything in between. It is traditional to drink wine with dinner (and often lunch) in the city; a practice stemming from the lead-lined aqueducts that provided the city's drinking water until the Third War.

#### Flamewine

An enchanted wine popular among Dalaran's elite.

### Distilled Beverages

#### Brandy

Brandy is a quintessential favourite in Dalaran. It has long been a popular drink due to Alterac being nearby when Dalaran was still in Hillsbrad. Alterac Brandy was the go to variety, but the betrayal of Alterac caused its consumption to fall drastically. Snowplum brandy has experienced a massive boom in popularity since the move to Northrend. Snowplum brandy is still being produced by a few magi who stayed behind to man Dalaranian outposts in Northrend. Their continued brewing of the brandy ensures that Snowplum brandy will remain popular in the city.

## Rationales and Discussion

* This article deviates by not having a province section - Dalaran is a city-state, so it'd be pointless. Instead, this page is what each province entry may eventually become, right down to seperate ingredients and technique sections.
* The magical techniques are based in molecular gastronomy.
* Lead-lined aqueducts are in TLG.