The reason your zapiekanka tasted like pizza was the you had the typical pizza toppings on it, traditional Polish zapiekanka has mushrooms and cheese on it... The other thing I'd suggest you try is Zurek(fermented rye flower soup) doesn't get much more tradition than that. Most places serve it in a bread bowl as well. Golabki(stuffed cabbage) is a Polish favorite it also comes in vegan variety but most common is ground meat and rice stuffing, some parts of Poland make is with tomato sauce other mushroom sauce. Another must try is Szarlotka, Polish apple pie/cake. Good luck on your adventures.
Ahhh I see!! He did have mushrooms and cheese on it still but then went very pizza’y with the sauces. Was lovely though! I really wanted to try stuffed cabbage so will have to give that one a go next time we are in Poland! Thanks for your recommendations ☺️ have a lovely day!
Not with mushrooms, but with Champignons. Foreigners often thinking that they have a mushroom casserole think that it is with mushrooms brought from the forest
I highly recomend You to try next time other polish cussine classics like: Bigos - hunters stew - cabbage stew with sausage and meats, mushrooms sometimes you can find there also plums. Pieczona Golonka - baked pork knuckle with cabbage and horse raddish, skin should be crispy and meat cooked but still pink! Zrazy z pyzami - Beef rolls with stuffing served with potato dumpling, originaly made from horse meat, nowadays its beef Barszcz czerwony z uszkami - Borsch with small dumplings filled with cabbage and mushrooms Rosół z makaronem - chicken soup with pasta Żurek - fermented rye flower soup with egg served within bread Szczawiowa z jajkiem - sorrel soul with hardboiled egg - this one might be hard to find Pierogi z owocami i kwaśną śmietaną - fruit based variation of dumplings with addition of sour cream, my recomendation for filling: cherries Placki ziemniaczane - potato pancakes - served either in savory (with goulash, sour cream and pickled cucumbers) or sweet (for example with sugar and whipped cream) Tatar wołowy - beef tartare - in my region we eat it with egg yolk, chopped pickles and onions with addition of pepper and salt, but Ive tried and seen also versions with capers and mustard - good side on parties :) Kaszanka - blood sausage - not my thing, but know people that absolutely love it Flaczki - tripe soup - same as above as for sweets: Sernik - Cheesecake Jabłecznik - Applepie Drożdżówka - sort of sweet bun with crumble and sweet cottage cheese or some fruit like plum Pączki - i know you tried it, but personaly I myself am not greatest fan of rose filling either, my favorite is advocat filling or classic plum jam Makowiec - poppy seed cake Rogale Świętomarcińskie - regional croissant from Greater Poland region - with poppy seed and nut filling as for snacks: Obwarzanki - Bagel with various seeds, popular in Kraków Kabanosy - thin smoked sausage - can be made of pork, chicken, beef+pork, plant based - my childhood go to food (with hardboiled egg) for every longer trip by train, there are tons of varieties of sausages in shops like biała kiełbasa - white sausage
U absolutely need to try Kabanosy , u can eat em like snacks and buy them at any shop with food in it. Some polish sausage bbq style or just fried on pan with mustard and ofc polish Bigos but that is at its best home made... If u r lookin for some sweet taste U need to try Faworki and makowiec. As U like alcohol u should try Cydr , beer-like drink made out of apples and mead , like "Trójniak Niesycony" rewarded in USA in 2016 as best in the world in its category "Traditional - Sweet". Good luck , have fun in Poland and enjoy!
Thank you from Canada,🌅🌅 guys you are doing such beautiful videos,🌄🌄 that we would like to watch so many times. This polish food, looks so delicious and we love so much polish restaurants,🎠🎠 very European and cozy. Cheers
I'm Polish, but as much vodka as you drank during these few days, I don't think I've ever drunk it in my entire life hehehe [calm down, I'm not a typical Pole] Hehehe.😊
Polish Fat Thursday is the rough equivalent of your Pancake Tuesday, both of these days signify the last days before Lent. We stuff our faces with doughnuts on the last Thursday before Ash Wednesday, and you stuff yours with pancakes on the last Tuesday before Lent ☺️
That "Polish Breakfast" was rather "tourist one". Maybe we do not eat breakfasts in such combination daily (on the video it's served more like so called "continental breakfast" available e.g. in hotels), but in fact - it contained typical Polish ingredients eaten by Poles for breakfasts. Definetly we eat that with bread. The egg paste, jam, ham, pate were meant to be placed on the bread. In Poland we eat slightly different sandwiches than Americans do. We butter the slice of bread and place on it e.g. ham, cheese, tomato, cucumbers (non sweet version) or e.g. jam, white cheese, honey (sweet one). Egg paste also typcally is meant to be placed on slice of bread. We do not cover our sandwiches with the second slice of bread. BTW. Fun fact - Poles have their typical way to eat pizza: with ketchup. And its said that its because of our zapiekanki, which traditionally are eaten with ketchup.
@@AbbyandGaz Pierogi Ruskie originates from Red Ruthenia, back in the day it was land that belonged to Polish Kingdom nowadays Red Ruthenia lands are shared between Poland and Ukraine.
Next time you will order vodka in Poland please ask for something called "zakąska". It's terrible to watch someone who drink clear vodka without "zakąska".
while your video was informative, none of the foods u ate were impressive...i bet u could get the same food from any polish cafe in the UK and of better quality....
@@AbbyandGaz i hear the UK is full of poles....but i personally have no idea cos i live in canada...but my sister lives in the Greater Manchester area and brags about polish food..i used to live in chicago whch is a mecca for poles and they have tons of great polish cafes....
@@sbmedex3421 maybe we have never seeked it out tbf. But the main thing for the video was showing some good places to eat, no usual or traditional polish places ☺️
I'm Polish, but as much vodka as you drank during these few days, I don't think I've ever drunk it in my entire life hehehe [calm down, I'm not a typical Pole] Hehehe.
