Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Cafes of Prague

Prague is not the epicurian catipal of the planet but there is food there. Lots of meat, lots of potatoes.





Otherwise you can enjoy some of the stews and there are always lots of ethnic restaurants, The beer is world-famous and also famous for being cheap - unfortunately, while the beer is still good, prices have soared beyond reason - I found it to be overpriced everywhere in Prague.

Prior to traveling to Prague it would be good to check on the web for the vegetarian restaurants and especially those that are smoke free. More and more restaurants throughout Europe do have “smoke-free” areas but too ofen they are simply practical jokes. Cough! Cough!.












One night I had pizza - tasted great.

Another night I got “fat pork”. Amazing. It was just a huge glob of fat. The rest of the meal was OK, and when I finally got through the glob, I found a little bit of meat inside and that was some of the best pork I have ever eaten in my life. May have to screw up all my courages again and try that once more - maybe. But it WAS delicious.





We also ate at a vegetarian restaurant called “The Little Buddha”, up in the vicinity of the castle. Excellent! Úvoz 46, Tel: 220 513 894. There were some meat choices there but it is largely vegetarian and also smoke free.

The street side cafes in downtown Prague by the great square were expensive and the beer was even more overpriced there. We only stopped there once - had two beers - about 330 ml each - about $7 in US. Too American - which is bad when it comes to food - that is, expensive, not good service, and featuring fast turnover of customers.

It was chilly while we were there - afternoons were often in the high 50s to low 60s (First week in October) and outside space heaters were in widespread use. The heaters felt good and appeared to be very effective.


© John Womack, 2006. All rights reserved
Photos by Canon Elura 70 on SD card.

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