Food in Prague - Where to go & What to eat
Prague is known for its astronomical clock, bridge, castle, and cobblestone alleys. Romantic sights are found everywhere in this city of romance, but how about food? And what exactly are Prague's local delicacies? Being foodies, my husband and I sought out Prague cuisine at popular places, and below is the list of all the places we have been, and what we ate.
Trdelnik
The first up is a dessert. The first up is a dessert. Trdelnik is a kind of spit cake, which is made with rolling a dough around a stick and then baking it, before topping it with sugar and walnut coating. It is viewed as a traditional Czech pastry by many, but in fact, you can find it anywhere in Eastern Europe, just with a different name. In fact, it is said to have originated in a Hungarian-speaking part of Transylvania, Skalica, in the 18th century.
You can go for the original trdelnik without any ice-cream, but I love my ices, and I think it makes a sinfully indulgent cone. Indeed, ice-cream and trdelnik are a match made in dessert heaven. You can find this anywhere in Old Town Square, but not in the neighbourhood area that I stayed in (Vinohrady), so I suppose it is a tourist trap, but it is so delicious I don't mind forking out the money for it. After all, I am a tourist.
Riegrovy Sady Beer Garden
Next up is beer. Prague is known to be a beer lover's paradise, but while I'm not a beer connoisseur, nothing beats a couple of beers on a warm sunny day to cool one's body down. It wasn't exactly hot when we were there, but it was warm enough to long for some good beer to quench our thirst, and so we drank beer almost everyday. Don't judge, beer is really cheap in Europe, and Prague's beer is very good. It should be, considering that their people are the highest consumers of beer per capita in the world.
Pilsner is its signature beer, and it is a pale lager, which is perfect for me, for I loathe the taste of black beer. It tastes like soy sauce to me. But the Prague locals are fiercely proud of their beer, and will even make demurring customers drink their beer, so I was actually made to down a black beer. (I'll save this special experience for later, you just have to read on!). Pilsner was very smooth, creamy and not very bitter, so I liked it. Amongst all the different places we had our beer at, Riegrovy Sady Beer Garden was the best.
Riegrovy Sady Beer Garden is located at Riegrovy Sady Hill, which is in Vinohrady. As I mentioned in my previous post, Riegrovy Sady is a wonderful, green space with many flowers blooming in Spring. And its beer garden has a really great, lively atmosphere.
