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Guide to our food

If you have never tried Czech cuisine, there are a few things worth knowing. Czech cuisine is quite heavy. Lots of meat with dumpling, potatoes or rise in a sauce. The „knedlik“ (bread dumpling) is the most common side dish. It is an odd-shaped roll of leavened dough made of either wheat or potato flour that is boiled in salt water, then cut into slices and served with gravy. Foreigners can never comprehend what is it that the Czechs like about this unappealing and bland thing. But we simply like it for its porous structure which allowes to suck immense quantities of sauce and fat and its flat shape is suitable for serving as a pad for the large chunks of meat and saucekraut that we are so fond of. The traditional starter is hot soup. Vegetarianism is only recently catching on in Czech, so there arent many options, but on every menu you can find some dish for those who want to avoid meat, check „bezmasa jidla“ (no meat dishes).

If you want to sample Czech cuisine, start with „Vepro-knedlo-zelo“, roast pork served with sauerkraut plus dumplings. „Svickova“ (pronounced sveechkova) is another national dish. It is a beefsteak (slices beef) served with a creamy sauce with a garnish of cranberries and ofcourse with dumplings. Gulas-goulash (again meat with dumplings) is traditional Hungarian dish, but you will find it nearly in every Czech menu.

If you want to try something else than our dumplings, try the „Bramborak“ (fried pancakes of grated potatoes with eggs and flour) and the fried cheese „Smazeny syr“- two excellent side dishes. Popular czech banana-shaped bread rolls are served up to accompany the main meat at breakfast, lunch and dinner. You will see them also as hot-dog style on nearly every street corner.

The most famous Czech drink is beer (pivo) and it is also thought to be the worlds best. A half-litter glass is often cheaper than a Coke or cup of coffee. The best-known Czech beer is Pilsner. Its name is derived from a town in western Bohemia called Plzen (Pilsen in German), but the national liquor is Becherovka, a medicinal aperitiv made of many herbs, and said to aid digestion.

A useful phrase can be: „Jedno pivo“ (yed-no pe-vo) - „One beer“ and you can add „Prosim“ (pro-seeem) - „Please“ to be polite.

So „Dobrou chut!“ It is what Czechs say to each other before they begin a meal. It means „Bon appetit“ or „Hope it tastes good!“

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