Eating and Drinking in the Czech Republic

Eating and drinking in the Czech Republic can be quite a superb, savoury experience. While many people consider the food rather heavy, and rich, as it features a lot of meat, with dumplings, or potatoes, with a rich sauce, there is no complaint about their drink. Czech Republic beers are quite famous, throughout the world. Not to be left at only featuring beer, the Czech Republic also boasts of Becherovka, a bitterly sweet liqueur, which is found to be consumed either alone, such as an aperitif, or mixed and thereby diluted, with tonic water, to form a less potent experience.

The Czech Republic’s pivo, or beer, is generally priced less for a ½ litre mug, than for a mere soft drink, or small cup of coffee. Known world wide is the Pilsner, thusly named from it’s origination in a Bohemian town named Plzen, or Pilsen, to the German. Unlike bars in most other countries, you don’t find a wide selection of styles of beer companies in a Czech Republic’s bar. That is due to each establishment generally only being supplied by a single brewery. However, even though you may be limited to beers from a single brewery, the offerings from that brewery can be rather diverse, from svelte, or light, beers, to the tmave’s, which are a wonderfully dark, strong lager.

Most of your restaurants feature a wide, and varied menu. Choices between hotova jidla, or ready to eat entrees, and minutky, or made to order are commonly seen. Usually, hotova jidla consist of traditional dishes in the Czech Republic, with meats, knedliky, or dumplings, and heavier cream sauces, although the options of potatoes, rice, and chips are usually available. When your entrée arrives, the you make your acquaintance with a unique garnish, obloha, which is merely pickles, lettuce, cabbage, cucumber, or tomato. If you’re planning to eat less costly, and the hotova jidla sounds appealing, make sure you do so before 4 pm local time. After 4 pm, most restaurants turn to the pricier entrée selections of minutky, such as knedlo, zelo, vepro, which is roasted pork with sauerkraut and dumplings.

For deserts you’ll most likely find yourself plied with palacinky. Palacinky is a form of rolled crepe with fillings that range between fruits and jams, and generally topped with chocolate and heavy whipped cream. You’ll also be tempted by ovocne knedliky, which are scrumptious dumplings with fillings of fruit, then topped over with cream cheese, sugar, and melted sweet cream butter. Yet another common desert, is seen with almost a German influence to it, jablecny strudl, which is an apple strudel usually found with whipped cream, or a la mode. Whether you’re eating or drinking in the Czech Republic, you’re sure to have a great experience!