Coming on an excursion, a tourist wants not only to see the sights, but also to taste national cuisine. Knowing about the location of catering places by price category will reduce the time spent on searches.
Polish cuisine is very close to the foundations of the primordially Russian cuisine, but it is distinguished by the fact that old recipes do not disappear or are not lost, but are carefully preserved, and are used by chefs today.
The peculiarity of the national cuisine of the Poles is in the use of products provided by the forest, field, vegetable garden, river. Poles love to cook fatty and hearty food, their soups are always thick and rich, second courses, snacks and desserts are high in calories. Dishes are served in such portions that not every tourist manages to master at least one of them alone.
Traditional Polish soups:
- flasks (flasks);
- chernin;
- zurek;
- chill.
National main courses:
- bigos;
- feathers;
- beef roll;
- vareniki;
- sorcerers.
Classic Polish desserts:
- Makovets;
- charlotte;
- mazurka;
- papal "cream".
And, of course, we must not forget the famous Polish snack - wild boar - hunting sausages.
Prices in restaurants and cafes, street stalls
In an inexpensive restaurant or cafe in the old town, you can try national Polish dishes at affordable prices. So, for example, a portion of the soup will cost 10-15 PLN, the second course - 24-65 PLN.
Roughly a menu with prices:
- sausages with potatoes - from 25 PLN;
- zurek - 10-12 PLN;
- flask - 18 PLN;
- dumplings - from 20 to 25 PLN;
- big pancake with goulash - 33 PLN;
- meat steak with garnish - 65 PLN.
There are restaurants with a higher price tag in the square in the center of the old town. The name of the dishes may vary slightly, only the recipe changes. The approximate cost will be as follows: the first course - 20-25 PLN, the second - from 60 to 100 PLN, and breakfast will cost 30 PLN.
On the streets of the Polish capital, there are restaurants with Asian cuisine (China, Indonesia, Taiwan, Korea, etc.). Prices are also varied and depend on the distance from the historical center.
To save money during a tourist walk around the city, you can drop in canteens or cafes for a business lunch. Its cost will not exceed 23 PLN.
In addition to restaurants and cafes with Asian and national cuisine, in the cities of Poland you can also find fast food restaurants traditional for other countries (McDonald's), stalls with fast or street food. The prices are very affordable compared to expensive restaurants in the center.
- hamburger - 3, 5 PLN;
- pizza - 15-26 PLN;
- SUBWAY sandwich - about PLN 14;
- grilled cheeses - 4-7 PLN per serving;
- national desserts - 3, 5-4 PLN;
- ice cream - 5-7 PLN.
In the case of a strictly limited budget or lack of time for long snacks between excursions, you can satisfy your hunger with ready-made food and drinks from the supermarket.
- juice (300 ml.) - about 5 PLN;
- bakery product - 2 PLN;
- yogurt - 4 PLN.
From the presented data, we can conclude that you can taste the local Polish cuisine without moving far from the center in search of affordable prices or unusual recipes.
