Discover Krakow in Poland Part 4/4

Where do we spent a day with an excursion or site seeing in the evening, its worth walking to the main square Krakow. At this time life quickens, the rainy glove may functions as a promenade then. Before dinner we can have our selves carried around the square, by one of the several hansom cabs. The signs of the large square are girdled almost continually by restaurants with terraces. Although they’re Italian, Arab, Greek, Chinese and who knows what other kinds of restaurants, we have plenty of opportunities to try the traditional flavors of Polish cuisine.

Especially the Slavic countries had a large influence on the Polish cuisine. Borg and Chi soups they use in Sauerkraut and bit root is as widespread as in Russia. Bigos is also made of Sauerkraut with game meat and forest mushrooms. A long time ago it was mostly made of the time of hunting. The Polish style vegetable dishes are baked in pans covered with pie crust and sour cream. Wild mushrooms are especially popular. The popular meat dish is the dish isurazu. In which a roasted beef or vio cutlet is braised with onions and mushrooms. Stukomiesa Zapiacanna is beef and vegetables serve in a thick horse radish sauce. Good fish dishes are also extremely popular, especially trout.

Of the pasta dishes pierogi and blini are the leaders. Patzky is a real specialty, a doughnut with rum and filled with rose jam. They even unusually large quantity of forest fruits, blue berries and black berries. The Polish are beer drinking people. With most of their food beer goes better that wine. The lovers of refined flavors may try the beers seasoned with blue berries syrup. Of alcoholic drinks, vodka has unlimited popularity. In the one called Gold Vassa, grains of gold are floating. Subraufka is flavored with sweet grass. Although we can find a fast food chains that are known all around the world in Krakow too, they leave us, it’s better to try the local specialties.

Other way we may mention a few more activities in Krakow if somebody is longing for than a simply dinner. To name a few, the classical music evenings at Volvo, the Beethoven festival, the organ music days, the festival of traditional on music, the festival of court dances. Of all events, the most spectacular is the viyanki held at the end of June