Hello everyone, how are you? Hope you are enjoying the summer already ❤️
I kept putting off writing this post. At first, I told myself I should save the best for last and let the memories of Prague’s traditional food linger a little longer. But then I delayed again, and again, because every time I sat down to write about the incredible things I tasted, I was already hungry, and reliving those flavours would only make it worse, lol. But today is finally that day!
I'd like to mention from the beginning that none I or the girls I was travelling with, travels to taste the culinary traditions of other countries, although that's a pretty cool thing, but we like to focus more on what we can see around, and in fact, the time we spend eating or drinking local traditions are quite rare during our trips.
However, back in Prague we had a night walk along the Vltava River, which we wanted to admire both during the day and night, and since we crossed by numerous pubs, restaurants and terraces, we thought that we could have a drink on one of the floating pubs.
I still don't know whether it was the right or wrong decision, as my memories are quite blurry from that night, but I do remember lots of laughter after getting a way too strong beverage for myself by mistake. And as a person who doesn't drink alcohol usually, it was an interesting experience!
What I had is called Becherovka, and being quite exhausted after a long day walking around the town, I thought this was going to be one of the largest glasses with drinks, confusing 0,04 L to 0,4 L, which made sense not to be an alcoholic drink at that size. However, I only realised what I purchased when I received the tiny glass that stirred lots of laughter already, anticipating how quickly I would have my mood changed for the rest of the night.
Becherovka is a traditional Czech herbal liqueur that originates from the town of Karlovy Vary, but it’s widely enjoyed and served in Prague and throughout the Czech Republic, being recommended amongst the tourists. It has around 38% alcohol, which might not seem that much, but for a person who barely has one or two beers per year and nothing else stronger than that, it turned out to be a big challenge.
I can't really remember what the rest of the girls ordered, but I think there were one Aperol and Hugo Spritz, one Mojito and one Cappuccino since one of the girls was going to get pregnant soon. Either way, I remember having lots of fun trying to drink that tiny glass, and it was definitely a short but always to be remembered night. Plus, the view was absolutely stunning!
The next day we roamed around the center of the town more, and there was no chance to avoid the famous Chimney Cakes, which are quite often to be met around Prague, being a traditional dessert.
We have this kind of dessert back in Romania, but it's called Kurtos kalacs and it comes in larger forms, with no ice cream on the inside or other filling, but with coconut flakes, sugar, or ground walnuts on the outside.
The options to pick from were many, and you could even mix up the ingredients as you wish, and considering how hot it was the weather during our visit, having one of these filled with ice cream felt like a must-have.
The chimneys basically replace the usual ice cream cone which, even if it looks flawless, might be a bit too sweet for some people. Either way, I still enjoyed it and would definitely buy it again if I ever return to Prague.
On the last night spent in Prague, we had one more meal at the restaurant, this time celebrating one of the girls from our group, whose birthday was around the corner.
Some of the girls had pizza, while I and two more had some more of the traditional food and one beer, which is again, very famous in Prague.
I can't really remember the name of the restaurant as we basically stopped at the closest one to where we had our accommodation, but it was in a chill area, away from the center of the town and again, it was one of the most beautiful nights I remember.
Other places I've seen during my stay in Prague:
- The "John Lennon" Wall
- The Nustle Bridge also known as "The Suicide Bridge" of Prague
- Street Art in Prague
- The Dancing House
- Idiom Installation - the book tower of the Prague library
- Vyton Naplavka and Palackého Most
- Grotta, Havlíček Gardens
- Vyšehradské Sady (Vyšehrad Gardens)
- National Library of Technology
- Prague's Astronomical Clock (Pražský Orloj)
- The Narrowest Street of Prague
- The Brick Gate (Cihelná Brána)
- Letná Park (Letenské sady)
- Vyšehrad Cemetery (Famous Czechs of the Past)
- Saints Peter and Paul Basilica
- First Ladies’ Fashion Exhibition (at Prague’s National Museum)
- The South Gardens (Prague, Czech Republic)
- Accidentally Witnessing Prague’s Changing of the Guard
- Eyes of Prague
- Prague’s Culinary Traditions
more coming soon...
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