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Restaurants in Prague |
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If you like to avoid
eating fast food and will be heading out to restaurants or
pubs then you can experience some great Czech traditional
cuisine, with even better Czech beer at really low prices.
You are not limited to just Czech food though as there is
all sorts of international cuisine to choose from. You can
try Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Cantonese, Italian, Balkan or
what ever you want.
One traditional Czech dish is dumplings, pork, gravy and
pickled cabbage, another popular one to try is roast duck.
Czech cuisine has also adapted schnitzels (breaded and fried
chicken or pork patties) from Vienna, goulash from Hungary
and other thing like sour cream, vinegar, sour vegetables
and pickles - probably from the East. Most of Czech dishes
are quite filling and quite mild, fresh salads are still
rare except in some cafes which serve light meals. Czech’s
enjoy Czech food and mostly eat in pubs, or recently fast
foods & pizzas but are not really keen to experience other
international cuisines. Among grab-and-go foods, bramborak
(a garlic-seasoned fried potato pancake) is a quick, if
greasy, local favourite. Ditto for smazeny syr (fried
cheese). The parek v rohliku (hotdog in a roll) is sold from
kiosk windows around the city and is a reliable bridge
between an early lunch and late dinner. Lunch is mostly
served between 11:30am to 3:00pm. Cheapest food can be found
in pubs during lunch time where you can have lunch with
drink for less then 100 CZK. Some fast foods like pizzerias
can be also quite cheap, serving decent food. Dinner is
served from 6pm to around 9:30pm, but some city restaurants
server food until late night. Cheap restaurants including
ones in centre will satisfied your belly with a drink for
around 200 CZK. Mid range restaurants will charge from 250
CZK to 500 CZK for meal, not including drinks. Top
restaurants for dinner can hit the bill for 2000 CZK with
wine. Booking is mostly essential only at well know
restaurants in summer and upmarket restaurants. |
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Prague Dining | |
Don’t be surprised
if you find some funny names on the menu, even we Czechs
don’t know where some of them come from and an explanation
is usually required. If you’re early bird, like many Czechs,
you can go to a bakery, cafe shops or buffets and have
breakfast from early morning for around 60 CZK. Self
catering is available from many supermarkets or grocery
shops called potraviny. If you want cheaper grocery shopping
go out of the city centre to any supermarket, or even better
to a hypermarkets. |
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