Czech Food and Drink Guide: Wetin to Chop and Drink for Czech Republic

Why Czech chop worth your time

Czech chop hearty, e get plenty meat and e dey built for cold winters. Expect slow-cook sauce, dumplings and some of di best beer for planet. Portion big well well and prices outside tourist-heavy Old Town squares still dey friendly.

Signature dishes to try

• Svickova na smetane - braised beef for creamy root-vegetable sauce with bread dumplings (knedliky), small cranberry and whipped cream. Na di national favourite.
• Vepro-knedlo-zelo - roast pork, dumplings and sauerkraut, di classic Sunday plate.
• Goulash (gulas) - thick beef stew, dem dey usually serve am with dumplings or for bread bowl.
• Smazeny syr - deep-fried cheese with tartar sauce, di cheap meal wey pipo love.
• Kulajda - creamy potato-and-dill soup with poached egg.

Street chop and snacks

• Chlebicky - open-faced sandwich wey dem sell for deli (lahudky); try am for Sisters for Prague.
• Trdelnik - sugar-coated rolled pastry. E no be traditional, na tourist invention, but e sweet.
• Parek v rohliku - hot dog wey dem push enter hollowed roll, dem dey sell am for kiosk.
• Bramborak - garlicky fried potato pancake.

Wetin to drink

Czech Republic dey drink beer pass anywhere for Earth per head. Order Pilsner Urquell, Budvar or Kozel. Half-litre (velke) fit cost 45-60 CZK for local hospoda. Try Becherovka, herbal liqueur from Karlovy Vary, and slivovice plum brandy. Moravia dey produce good white wine wey worth to find.

Chop-tips and etiquette

• Tap your beer mat or just talk dalsi for another round; staff dey keep tally.
• Tip by round up or add around 10 percent; tell server di total as you dey pay.
• You go usually seat yourself for pub and you fit share table.
• Carry cash for small hospody, though cards dey widely accepted for cities.
• Talk dobrou chut (enjoy your meal) before you chop.

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