Law / Which is the best city in Poland to open a kebab shop? [56]

The best option really for kebab meat in Poland would be very good quality pork and chicken as they are both offered in abundance and they are of consistently high quality. I personally cannot find lamb at the local butcher's as I would in Greece, or supermarket unless I ordered it and waited. The cost and availability is therefore an issue that would deter me from using lamb. The specific animal cut used in the mince plays a very important role in optimizing the flavor and mouth feel. Reducing the quality of meat thereby compromising the customer base is a crime against the business. A conscientious business owner would nor resort to such practice. Instead use high quality ingredients with all due respect to the public and his/her investment and set the price accordingly. Consumers tend to appreciate the later practice and patronize repeatedly. My observation on the restaurant industry in Poland is that it has advanced prematurely. It has developed to resemble the various cultures it represents. Needless to say that I am yet to see a fast food joint that serves the wonderful traditional polish food. A place for something to grab and go. This had not developed yet to a street food or grab and go style. To the contrary polish restauranters allow fast foods from other cultures to invade. Note KFC as well as burger king and McDonald's have failed in Greece. For this reason I believe the same fast food chains and others are thriving in Poland. In my small beautiful town south of Warsaw there are more than ten pizzerias and twice as many kebab places. Each pizzeria outlet will give the exact same pizza, Italian (New York) style, using same flour same sauce,toppings etc. One is a mirror copy of the other. Consumers buy from the most convenient place rather than based on other criteria. You might assume that competitors would engage in other winning tactics such as ambiance, service, pricing, but what really gets repeat business and a loyal customer base is the personal touch of the restauranter which is lacking. It would be suicide to open another stereotype outlet in the area.. My kids only eat my home prepared pizza. May the best one win..

Law / Which is the best city in Poland to open a kebab shop? [56]

I am facing a similar dilemma. Torn between two possible choices. Would a New England style pizza (deep dish) bistro be more appropriate or a Greek style kebab joint?

Life / Tap Water quality in Poland [44]

@Alltimegreat1
I personally would not trust tap water anywhere even if I knew the source. It would be best to ensure good quality water is available for drinking and cooking. My wife always bought bottled water for drinking which is an add on cost that got me aggregated every time I thought about it.

So what I did is, I installed a water softener in the main water supply to the house, cartridge filter before the softener, for solids retention and a uv lamp after the softener for disinfection purposes. I get excellent, soft water quality for drinking and cooking and have eliminated all problems hardness causes to home appliances and water piping.... This cost about 4000 pln and I have to absorb the cost of regenerant and cost of effluent during resin regeneration, which falls within budget of course. I also use KCl for regeneration rather than NaCl which adds potassium to the family's diet... You may want to consider same. There is a net gain and payback within two to three years I'd you buy bottled water regularly. If you leave n an apartment building you can install a suitable filter in the kitchen tap.

Love / My wife has been secretly sending money back to Poland [16]

Do you know where the money goes? Is she saving for her retirement? There should be no secrets.. If you run into financial problem in the future, is she going to make the money available to help you recover or is the income intended to remain undeclared? That would be very selfish and punishable. My advice is, run a full investigation and find out.

Particularly if you are the only one working.... Walk softly and carry a big stick like Roosevelt proclaimed. In other words exercise intelligent forethought and take decisive action sufficiently far in advance.

Law / Which is the best city in Poland to open a kebab shop? [56]

Thanks. I appreciate... The location is key.....

Law / Which is the best city in Poland to open a kebab shop? [56]

I have been over many pizzerias in Warsaw, advertised on the internet, checking , locations, menus, and reviews. For the most part small places which implies the rent must be high. I see a lot of marketing on the plate, typical Italian approach to selling a piece of dough, some tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese at the knife's edge. I do not know about food cooked to perfection though. Cooking anything at 750 ℉ for three minutes does not allow producing and blending flavors between the sauce, cheese and ingredients. Everything on the pizza just gets shocked at those cooking temperatures and the later gets removed before incineration. But how else would the brick oven take it's place in the restaurant industry. Cooking is all about releasing flavors, caramelizing sugars and developing taste. The dough must slowly loose moisture until done and become crispy. This can not happen in high temperature short cooking times. Only the, surface is darkened...... The dark coloration of pizza, after cooking means the sugars have been completely exhausted by the yeast over a three day maturation period. If the maturation is cut short the pizza, crust would burn. Fresh pasta is amyth

Law / Which is the best city in Poland to open a kebab shop? [56]

I will definitely check it out... Thanks

I take your word for it. I will take the family there. The only point I am making is how Is Cucciolina any different from Nonsolo or quatro piati or another about ten of them around my neighborhood...