Czech Food
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Czech Food
Bohemian cuisine is very similar to that of Austria, with a preference for pork or beef, usually accompanied by dumplings, potatoes, all kinds of sauces and sauerkraut; game, such as venison or boar, is served only for celebrations.
Portions are usually very generous and a meal normally starts with a light beef or chicken soup which includes a little meat, a vegetable soup (Polèvka), or liver dumplings in beef broth similar to Italian canederli (Knedlicky); typically, the main dish is roast pork with dumplings and sauerkraut, but there is also a choice of fried, breaded cutlets (Veprovy rizek) or fillet steak, roast and served with vegetables and garnished with blueberries (Svickova na smetane); to round off the meal, there are Palacinky, a kind of pancake filled with chocolate, jam or ice-cream.
Alternatively, you can enjoy a quick snack from one of the countless street stalls common all over the city: Klobasy (grilled sausages) or Parky (frankfurters with plenty of mustard).
Everything washed down by huge tankards of beer (Pivo) of course. After all, the Czechs are the world's biggest beer drinkers.
