The following item has somewhat erroneously ranked the zapiekanka with traditonal soups and pierogi. The zapiekanka was an ersatz fast-food thought as a 'zpchaj dziurę' (stop-gap) during the meat-starved late PRL.
Traditional Polish dishes such as soups, pierogi and zapiekanka are losing out to take-away kebabs and pizzas.
A survey by the OBOP polling center finds that 37 percent of Poles tend to choose pizza for a take out. Twenty four percent declared they opt for Turkish kebab, while 19 percent indicated hamburgers as their favorite snacks.
Yes what is served here is not exactly Kebap and most places are not run by Turkish people which is a disadvantage taste-wise. But If you are in Warsaw there are two restaurants which serve something closer to real Kebabs and owned by Turkish people.
I agree, Poles choose to vary and rightly so. They still don't know what true variety is though. I have sampled a lot of international cuisine through travelling and also in Scotland. Gliwice closed its oriental restaurant, sth which I am disappointed about.
Polish food, while tasty in the main, is pretty bland and wears thin quite quickly. It's all peasant's stuff, flour-based dishes.
Well, they have loads of soups like we do. Scotland and Poland kick a*s when it comes to soups! We are right up there!
They also have good fish but I think Scotland has the edge in that department.
Pizza and kebab are common in the UK too. I like both but steer clear given the calorie count.
Zapiekanki? Tasty but also fast food. I occasionally go to Bar Teatralny which is a minute away. It has loads of cutlettes and other traditional Polish food. I like virtually everything but Poland needs some summer foods for the heat. Some salad bars or some other pierogi variations, less stodgy ones.
I was only kidding, of course I know they have a wide variety of delicious foods. My favourite soup is Żurek. I even convinced my dad, which is a passionate cook to make it by bringing two of those bottles of prefabricated...what is it? Bouillon for Żurek? He too loved it.
Yeah ok, I just called it "Bouillon" because I didn't know how you call the liquid you can buy in the skleps to make Żurek. Indeed, the Polish ppl that cooked it for me were indeed from Silesia, but as a side remark, it seems that most Polish ppl here in Dubs are from Silesia, for some strange reason.
True enough, M-G. Food takes away my crankiness ;) ;) I'm a mellow guy at heart :)
I love a good seafood pizza and a quality kebap. That kind of food just sits on my belly right after eating it. The same as Micky D's, I can't eat that stuff.
That makes sense, have to check tomorrow in my local franchise of "Lithuania" :)
And Seanus, I know you are :)) So am I as well, good food makes the heart grow fonder and any woman who has ever created a lasting impression on me was the one that cooked superb :))
Kebab? Why is Gyros not up there? I hate the Döner here in Germany, cheap meat, storys of human flesh beeing worked into döners by mafia, hygiencs etc... If I must, I take Chicken-Döner. But gyros is tasty mmmmmmmmmh
The only thing which advocated döner is 1,99€
In Poland I allways grab a zapiekanka, but hard to find one that is like they used to be 20 years ago ....
Kebab, this thing I dont like. Neither any McDonald food (they have a nice coffee though). Pizza is the different thing. Pizza and ketchup are the only foreign foodstuffs that I started to like one day. And both go together just great ;-)
But why choose between fastfoods when you can eat the proper diner? There are normal restaurants too, you know. And how to eat the burger without dropping half of the stuffage down to the floor. Who is able to open his mouth that wide anyway...
Well, sometimes I don't feel like cooking for nearly an hour, especially when it's only for myself, knowing that it will be gone in about 10 minutes. So in that case I would choose sth easy, like pizza, a few sandwiches or sth like that. Due to my health restrictions I unfortunately cannot consider McD or BK an option, but if I hadn't, then every now and then I would choose them, yes.
The best I ever had anywhere was in Zakopane. I can't remember the name, but it was on the bottom of the high street, and it was fantastic. The meat was chargrilled just right, and it was topped with lots of salad and garlic sauce.
What's your hourly rate, McCoy? As a comedian I mean. I am a fan of Polish food but it is peasant's food at the end of the day and I prefer food from Asia. It is flavorsome.
Please don't tell me that you think goulash, leczo and bogracz are Polish! They are 3 of the best foods here IMHO. Kociołek is Polish (?) and I love that stuff :)
