Whenever you see a "w" in Polish, treat it as a "v." Whenever you see a "c" it's close to "ts" rather than a "k." "Ł" is pretty much an english "w." So: Wrocław is "vrots-wav."
@@justice9806 What are you talking about 😆 people travel the world and will not learn a language of every country they travel to 🤣 the simplification given in a first post is just for them to quickly catch up. I assume this conversation is closed. If you want to write, please exclude me. Not interested in your ból d...✌️
Potato dumplings's name is actually derived from Ruthenia, a region in Poland and Ukraine, not Russia. Ruthenia is "Ruś" in Polish, hence the name "pierogi ruskie". If it was derived from Russia, it would be "pierogi rosyjskie".
yeah, I hate that even some polish people don't know that, even some restaurants changed name from ruskie to ukrainskie as to protest against russian invasion of ukraine facepalm
@@casper5615 Don't even dare to compare Poland to russia... Poland is 3 times older and used to be much more powerful than russia... Russia always wanted to destroy poland, and they are our main enemy...
Potato pancakes (placki ziemniaczane) are usually eaten with sour cream or a mushroom sauce. Yeah, they're quite plain on their own. If you ever get pączki again, try the ones stuffed with rose jam. They're the most "traditional" type and you don't get rose jam anywhere else really, it's a very unique flavor.
Tak. I nie łapskami, tylko nożem i widelcem lol. Ale oni nawet nie zadają sobie trudu żeby się dowiedzieć gdzie są, czego się spodziewać to takich chamach? Kogo obchodzi ich opinia na temat polskiego jedzenia? Ciemniaki przecież ledwo potrafią się podpisać. 🤣
Unfortunately, I have never been to Poland, but your video has strengthened my desire to visit it next year. I hope you will also visit Krakow. I have heard so many positive things about this city. And I am so hungry for lunch now, 😃
I dont know if someone mentioned it already here in the comment section, but here is a fun fact for you: The american doughnut actually originates from Poland. Specifically from the Jewish Kazimierz district in Kraków and as you may have guess by now those were brought over to the US by Polish Jew's.
Pierogi is a polish word and it's derived from the proto-slavic word for feast. Since the origin is proto-slavic there will be similar words in other Slavic languages. Also Poland was a country before Russia was even a thought (at least the Russia everyone thinks of now). Placki ziemniaczane (potato pancakes) are only seasoned with bit of salt and pepper so that you can have them with anything you want. They are like the backing vocals to a meal. Usually you lovely gulasz with that or cream and sugar if you fancy them sweet :)
I am Polish and I agree it's fantastic. It's one of my favourite dishes ever. However, it's hard to make really good one. So, before you decide to eat it in any restaurant, check reviews first. Especially from Polish people. If Polish people write that bigos in this place is great, this is a right place to go. I know what I'm talking about. I made bigos for a couple of times. It was pretty good but still not as good as it should be.
I lived in Germany years ago and loved every minute. Poland is still on my bucket list, particularly the Posnan area. As a child my nickname was Pączki.
Watching this as a Pole, I'm shocked at how enthusiastic everyone is about it. This is normal Polish food, healthy and colorful. :-) Welcome to Poland. Discover this country, meet new places wonderful people. Poland does not have a good PR in the world. But we are good people, we have our own rich culture and we are very proud of it.
I shouldnt watch your vids when I am hungry. It was mouthwatering to watch and I am sure most of the food would have matched my taste. The bakery looked amazing. Hope your mum and Dad also enjoyed the food. Well done
Great food video as always. Great video in general and as always thank you for being so positive and happy. Your great attitudes bring joy to your audience. Thank you for making the video. Looking forward to seeing more
I buy fresh Polish pierogi from the local supermarket in Britain. Because there are still (despite Brexit) so many East Europeans living and working here, there's a good selection of Polish food. I pan fry the pierogi in sunflower oil.
@@robertm.7152 Traditionally, in Britain, anywhere east of Germany is classified as eastern. You will frequently find "East European" on grocery shops selling food from Poland, the Baltic states and Russia, but I've never seen a store claiming to be "Central European".
The "limousine bus" is called melex. It's an elctric vehicle produced in Poland since early 70's. It's quiet, good for environment but kinda slow and with rather short range. Often used as a bus for guided tours . Next time you should take the opportunity and go for a tour. It's not expensive but very informative, most offer tours in English. I went for one in Krakow last month and it was a great experience. But maybe I was lucky :) As for the potato pancakes, these are mildly flavoured for a reason. You can make it savory by topping it with a sauce/gravy such as mushroom sauce, meat stew etc but some people prefer it sprinkled with sugar or even sugar and sour cream. Great video.
Your videos are so relatable! I have been living in Wroclaw for 7 years and I moved with my family to Harz mountains around time you moved to Bayern. My son was 2 in March and 7th country last month, so we both grow little travellers which I think is amazing for gaining perspectives. It is so awesome to see different reactions to new experiences for both (Harz) and your first impression to my familiar (Wroclaw). I only wish I made a blog like this when I was living in the US to have such a great token of remembrance now
My father's parents were from Poland. I lived in an area where people from Eastern Europe flooded the area to work in the local coal mines in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Most of them were from Poland. Consequently, most people in the area where I grew up were familiar with Polish culture and food. My non-Polish grandmother and one of my non-Polish aunts routinely included kielbasa with the rest of the food they served on Thanksgiving. I grew up seeing kielbasa and horseradish on the table next to turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy and ham, along with stuffing, pumpkin pie and so on. The same aunt used to make golabki, haluski and pierogis. She used cheese and mashed potatoes in her pierogis. Those were my favorites, She also used cabbage and prunes and they were also very good.
@@xeliozil Oh, yes! I grew up in Northeastern Pennsylvania where Polish people were probably the largest ethnic group. Local restaurants served Polish cuisine and local grocery stores did as well. In 1990 I moved to the midwest and now I can't find any of that unless I go to Chicago. I can buy pierogis in a store but they won't be as good as the ones my aunt made from scratch. I can also buy mass-produced kielbasa in a supermarket but I miss those little Polish-owned neighborhood grocery stores where the owners made their own kielbasa and no two stores make it exactly the same. I miss all of that diversity and having so many choices. I had an uncle who lived in Delaware. Twice a year he would come home to visit my grandmother. Before he drove back to Delaware he would go to a little mom and pop grocery store in the neighboring town and buy about 20 pounds of kielbasa. I laugh whenever I think of that.
All those flower shops you can see at the end of the video are open 24/7 throughout the year. Apparently it is cheaper to have them open all the time than to pay someone to hide all those flowers for the night and to put them for display every morning.
I'm one of Poles living in USA I visit back home every year I visit Wrocław 2 years ago the same restaurant I have huge portion of pierogi I glad someone did that go there summer time you can't walk into place full every table was take in I was lucky one table for me people free space 20 to 45 minutes problem is that you don't know what to eat large choose from food nice place Wroclaw offert the best suff as Polish can Japanese Garden it was nice place even sky tower the best places if anyone visit Poland Wrocław much better for me Then Kraków to much tourists I love Wrocław and Gdańsk so far I vist lots in Poland even Lublin have nice old town The best city is Gdańsk Poland have by sea but relax only Polish mountains bye
Your daughter is such polite, sweet, positive child, very well raised. You have to try traditional Polish food, but I am not sure wether you will find it in such "chain restaurants". You can check a vlog of a pair of foreigners (British and Russian) living in Kraków. They show a lot of traditional Polish food in many restaurants. The vlog's name is: PLANET KRAKOW. Which part of US are you people from?
@@OurStorytoTell I remember 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Also the Yellowstone National Park not far from your states. You have lot of wild nature there, nice.
Hi. Your channel was in my RUclips recommendations which is interesting because I was born in Wroclaw but grew up in Chicago. My parents currently live in Poland after moving back there for their retirement. Yes Pierogies are our Best and popular meal. But I have never had those giant baked ones. My favorite way to eat them is fried in a skillet with butter and onions. So delicious. The best ones are potato and cheese and mushroom with saukraut. 😋
This seems to be a very interesting place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!
Hey, thanks for visiting our country, kinda sad that you came when the weather was so bad. Anyway, thanks for good reviews and good luck in the next journeys ! :)
@@owner12 sam bzdury opowiadasz.... tren sam węzeł był znany w ameryce, w chinach i na wyspach mimo, że ci ludzie nigdy się nie spotkali, nie wymienili technologią...
@@bezimienny525 From what I know he was born in Gdańsk in 1686, what makes it the XVII century, if you search for maps of Poland at that time Gdańsk (in German-Danzig; in Latin- Gedanum and in Dutch Danswijk) was included in our territory. Gdańsk was the largest city of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, a royal city, had the right to actively participate in the act of electing a king, and in the 16th century it was the richest in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It belonged to the independent territory of the city of Gdańsk and was located in the second half of the 16th century in the Pomeranian Province. Ethnically he was from German origins but since it was polish territory and he lived there until his parents died (so his whole childhood, teens and part of adulthood) calling him polish is right too. In history classes we are taught that he was born In Gdańsk and he was the grandson of an German immigrant. He (I mean G. Farenheit) after the death of his parents (he had a merchant father) left to Netherlands, and stayed there the rest of his life, so he really did not have a lot to do with Germany as many might think he did since he never lived there in the first place
@@dr_axie1106 I said he was German because his parents was German, most of his scientific life he spend in Netherlands so it's low accurate that he was Polish
The only thing I don't like in Poland and other European countries, such as Greece or Italy, is that often these beautiful, historic buildings are damaged by graffiti. I hate it. Why are there people who think graffiti is still fashionable?
OMG the way You say Wro-claw i like it. 🥰 im happy that u like polish food. I give u like and sub. Your family is so sweet. Greetings from Warsaw. Can't wait for more.
Looks so good! I was in Kraków years ago and a polish lady I worked with told me I had to go to a Chlopskie Jadlo restaurant for great polish food. We found one and ate there. Was incredibly old with such cool old style interior. Huge portions for cheap!
This extended limusine golf carts are called "Melex" ;D They are small electrical city... buses? ... Well... rather carts ;D Nice stuff. And. Welcome to my city! :D
Dumplings are one of the most characteristic dishes related to Poland, but in fact the number one dish that guests on the tables once a week is a pork chop with potatoes and young cabbage, it is also worth trying sour rye soup with egg and Bigos
Hi Americans. You made me hungry. Im POLISH GUY WHO Living in USA for over 33 years. Poland are beautiful. Polish cuisine restaurant you can find in Chicago ,NY,NJ. Thanks for your nice vlog.
Those small "extended golf carts" are called "melexes" (or rather "melekses" because letter "x" oficially is not included in Polish alphabet) - because of the Polish company "Melex" which is producing them. 🙂
3:09 Where did you read such "wisdom"? There are 3 theories about the origin of the name "pierogi" and none of them says about the Russian origin of this name, although one says about the origin of the proto-Slavic word from the word "pir", i.e. a holiday
Absolutely loved it! Poland has many other places that we hope to explore in the future. Thanks for your comment ❤️. If you'd like to continue following along, subscribe to our channel :)
Always fun seeing your home country through somebody else's eyes 😙 also when it comes to eating pączki on Fat Thursday we go big, some people can eat up to 20 or more 🙈😂
It's actually twelve dishes, not courses at a traditional polish Christmas Eve :) but that's still a lot of food at a whole lot of cooking and preparing, it takes literally days to cook and then another few days to eat 😀
1:22 XDDD I can't. This pronounciation is just perfect ;p I couldn't understand in which City u are because it sounds do strange. "Wrocław" sounds not like "urouklav", but more like "vrotsuav"
absolutely lovely video! one comment though: it'd be really nice if you pronounced the name of the city correctly: Wrocław it's pronounced as: "vrot-swaaf". I know how tricky Polish names can be, especially for Americans, but I think people will appreciate! all the best 😀
@@cozee6681 uuu poke a joke into sth related to Wrocław and you can count on someone with mentally of Festung Breslau pop out pissed like Adolf during Nuremberg Rally... Take a chill pill half of that menu is not traditional and has nothing to do with Polish cuisine.
@@cozee6681 you have to order sour cream separately? They don't give it together with the order? Literaly that's the first time I hear you have to order them with sour cream. Everywhere I've been to in Poland serves them and gives sour cream to them seved either on same plate or on separate one.
Interesting... I've read that it was called Wratislavia (Vratislavia). Never seen "Bratislava" being "Wroclaw" now. Any link to the source of this info would be appreciated.
About Fat Thursday - in that day we mostly eat every kind of donust, churros and sweet things that are fried in oil. Some people can eat 10 of these, but I mostly eat about 4.
Ranch dressing? I'm there. Did you get a chance to try a polish dog of some sort? I'm dying to know if Costco's polish dogs are authentic. We eat a lot of Krakauers in this house but they taste nothing like Costco's.
99% of things marketed to you in the US as being specific to a country or being sold as "authentic *insert nationality here*" are far from the original product or something completely different, from my personal experiences in the US. You'd probably feel similar over here when it comes to stuff supermarkets sell as supposed US products.
I don't think anyone outside the USA know what a ranch dressing is. In Poland many cooks go for traditional Polish salad dressing or a version of French dressing
@@mypointofview1111 My husband says, "Is it Thousand Ranch or Hidden Island?" *lol* He's German. We cannot blame them, they just don't know how crucial Ranch is to our eating in general. I don't think Germany has a "crucial" dressing like we do.
Ich bin Von Berlin aus oft in Polen, meistens in Stettin/Szczecin und an der Küste. Pieroggi mag ich Am liebsten gekocht mit Creme fraîche und gerösteten Zwiebeln. Am liebsten mit Kraut kapuszta oder Ruskie. Super lecker ist auch Zurek. Eine Suppe gerne auch mal im Brotteig serviert.
@Biznesmenel och ich kenn genug, die sich für mehr interessieren. War auch schon fast überall... bis Lublin und Zamosc or Suwalki und Elk, Warschau mehrfach... Slubice ist nun wirklich nicht besonders spannend. Aber die Küste ist einfach super.
Bigos und Flaki sind auch gut : Bigos z.B: ruclips.net/video/RQeyQRZzSys/видео.html Flaki z.B: ruclips.net/video/EI1GTBSMAaM/видео.html Allgemein - Bigos Rap: ruclips.net/video/EJLGWunqC7Y/видео.html
As for Fat Thursday, it is one of my favorite holidays in my country ;) We buy a lot of donuts and "faworki" and we eat them beyond our strength ;) You can deny yourself sweets on other days of the year - but not this one day when you can afford a huge dose of sugar ;) Unfortunately this year, on this beautiful day, Russia attacked Ukraine so all appetite for sweets in my family was low... I can only hope that next year the situation outside our country will be better and we will no longer feel remorse that we eat too much beyond our abilities when our neighbors are bombed and enemy destroy their lives. Come to Poland more often ;) Next time try our "bigos" (a dish of sauerkraut, meat, sausage, forest mushrooms) and "zalewajka" (traditional, modest soup, but very tasty).
Does the bigos also have tomato puree and fresh cabbage? Nobody around me makes only sauerkraut and no tomatoes, edit: also bacon, prunes and onion. In my friends homes, some even add dried apricots (which doesn't sound good).
@@qqqq-nj2zj Never heard of tomato puree in bigos. Must be some modern "improvement". Better look for bigos without it. Generally it should contain of sour cabbage, meat (may be different meats combined), onion and you can add dried mushrooms (rare), dried plums (very rare). That's it
Hi Aaron! We have bigos in our video where we visit Bochum. It’s so true, we know there are many other foods that should belong in this type of food tour! Thanks for the sure. Glad you enjoyed the video :). Don’t forget to subscribe if you want to follow along!
We visited a German relative in St. Louis and she served us Ranch dressing and I said, "Really? You like Ranch?" She said, "No, it's for guests." *lol* I'm not as nice, I don't keep nutella in this house for visitors.
Your first shot in the video: „Look at her face“ 👍 😁 - quite the gluttonous mama - 😂😂 🤣 and the next generation of food bloggers. ✅ 😇 Nice turn. The offerings in the bakeries seem very similar to the Germans. Looked all very tasty ☺️ and seems you had a lot of fun too. More of this please. 🙏
Seems like a country to experience by eating! Perhaps you were too busy. But I'd prefer to see some of the features you "mentioned" a more up close. Like those gnomes(?) on the steps or the mini limousine busses. Those appear only like random background items.
Wrocław has many Krasnal's (they are more of a Dwarfs) there is actually a city game focused entirely on collecting as much photos of them as you could in a set period of time. You can find them anywhere, with any attribute possible (fishing rods, smartphones, anchors.... depending on a location. Actually they are all named :P ( in Snow White manner).
@@MeeWho Cute! Reminds me of the Gartenzwerg culture in Germany. For Germans it is still a meme for a certain romantic and simplistic culture. But I have never seen any foreigners mention them in XY country culture vs. German culture. Perhaps it is too far away, in the Schrebergarten actually, to step onto them if only superficially integrated in German culture. And for youger people it is not a thing anyway.
there was a voivoidship in Poland some time ago- Ruskie was its name and pierogi ruskie are from there, Małoplskie is more or less in the place where Ruskie was 😁
Just curious - I have never seen anyone eating this type of food with your fingers. Is that the way the other customers were eating - i.e. without cutlery?
Dumplings came to Poland from Kiev in the XIII century (today's Ukraine, and once Kiev Ruthenia - not to be confused with Russia) In China (from where they came to Europe), pierogi made their debut as a medicine, and in Poland as a ritual dish ("pir" is a "holiday" in Russian and hence the origin of "pirogi", later renamed "pierogi")
Thanks for the correction! It was a great experience learning more about them and getting to taste some. We hope we are back another time and can try even more Polish dishes.
Whenever you see a "w" in Polish, treat it as a "v." Whenever you see a "c" it's close to "ts" rather than a "k." "Ł" is pretty much an english "w." So: Wrocław is "vrots-wav."
@@justice9806 what do you mean? that piece of advice was about pronunciation, not grammar
@@justice9806 What are you talking about. Basically nailed the pronunciation issue. Hi from a Pole
@@justice9806 What are you talking about 😆 people travel the world and will not learn a language of every country they travel to 🤣 the simplification given in a first post is just for them to quickly catch up. I assume this conversation is closed. If you want to write, please exclude me. Not interested in your ból d...✌️
Oh thanks I was wondering what Roqua is 🤣🤣 and its Wrocław 🙉
@@cassie.minimalist you are attempting to be funny let's see how good your English pronunciation is ... huh ...
Potato dumplings's name is actually derived from Ruthenia, a region in Poland and Ukraine, not Russia.
Ruthenia is "Ruś" in Polish, hence the name "pierogi ruskie". If it was derived from Russia, it would be "pierogi rosyjskie".
yeah, I hate that even some polish people don't know that, even some restaurants changed name from ruskie to ukrainskie as to protest against russian invasion of ukraine facepalm
I have exactly the same opinion on this
It's Russian pierogies around the world 😅 we love Russian and Polish people, always welcome in the UK
@@casper5615 Don't even dare to compare Poland to russia... Poland is 3 times older and used to be much more powerful than russia... Russia always wanted to destroy poland, and they are our main enemy...
@@casper5615 pierogi not pierogis. One is pieróg two or more its pierogi.
Potato pancakes (placki ziemniaczane) are usually eaten with sour cream or a mushroom sauce. Yeah, they're quite plain on their own. If you ever get pączki again, try the ones stuffed with rose jam. They're the most "traditional" type and you don't get rose jam anywhere else really, it's a very unique flavor.
Sour cream with sugar
@@szymonslawinski6444 pepper, pepper all the way
instead of "potato pancakes" u could have said "hash browns" to są ich placki ziemniaczane
They also must be done by using lard otherwise it is a crap.
Tak. I nie łapskami, tylko nożem i widelcem lol. Ale oni nawet nie zadają sobie trudu żeby się dowiedzieć gdzie są, czego się spodziewać to takich chamach? Kogo obchodzi ich opinia na temat polskiego jedzenia? Ciemniaki przecież ledwo potrafią się podpisać. 🤣
Unfortunately, I have never been to Poland, but your video has strengthened my desire to visit it next year. I hope you will also visit Krakow. I have heard so many positive things about this city. And I am so hungry for lunch now, 😃
Try polish soups especially żurek and chłodnik. Poland have many variety of soups and its good to try 😉
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@@marcinbazucki6919 and these are all traditional, home-made soups.
I love our polish kitchen.
I am From Poland and we love BarszcZ
Do not forget UNESCO Old City at the Torun, central Poland.
I dont know if someone mentioned it already here in the comment section, but here is a fun fact for you:
The american doughnut actually originates from Poland. Specifically from the Jewish Kazimierz district in Kraków and as you may have guess by now those were brought over to the US by Polish Jew's.
Not that we had seen so thanks for sharing! 😊 We didn’t know!
Pierogi is a polish word and it's derived from the proto-slavic word for feast. Since the origin is proto-slavic there will be similar words in other Slavic languages. Also Poland was a country before Russia was even a thought (at least the Russia everyone thinks of now).
Placki ziemniaczane (potato pancakes) are only seasoned with bit of salt and pepper so that you can have them with anything you want. They are like the backing vocals to a meal. Usually you lovely gulasz with that or cream and sugar if you fancy them sweet :)
Thank you for all the info!
@@owner12 I was talking about the word pierogi but ok 😂
Pierogis are from Poland not Russia as everyone says . Russians copied it
Smacznego!
Witajcie w Polsce, smacznego.
Miłego pobytu w Polsce! Wszystkiego dobrego.
Dumplings of any sort are full of win!
Another Polish Dish you should try is Bigos, which is a Hunter's stew and it is fantastic.
sounds great
Just wait for next Sunday! 😊😋
Dobrze przygotowany bigos i na przykład zupa ,,flaki" ale najlepiej robione w wersji domowej przez babcię coś pysznego.
I am Polish and I agree it's fantastic. It's one of my favourite dishes ever. However, it's hard to make really good one. So, before you decide to eat it in any restaurant, check reviews first. Especially from Polish people. If Polish people write that bigos in this place is great, this is a right place to go.
I know what I'm talking about. I made bigos for a couple of times. It was pretty good but still not as good as it should be.
Yes! Bigos was very liked by our british peers when we were serving polish meals
I lived in Germany years ago and loved every minute. Poland is still on my bucket list, particularly the Posnan area. As a child my nickname was Pączki.
Poznań is beautiful!
@@mikoajczeski1272 streets that are being dug up, constantly renovated. @lovethatdragon : wait 1or 2 year.
I‘m a little bit envious. My last time in Poland was in my childhood, 40 years ago. The food looks so good.
Now it is a different country🙂
it was communism during that time so it was like visiting Russia
40 years ago we were culturally east, now we are west
Now I'm so hungry! And also so jealous that Willa has me beat in number of countries visited. ;-) Enjoy the rest of your parent's visit!
The food looks really awesome expecially from the bakery. It's so awesome to see that you guys are foodies though and through :D
Watching this as a Pole, I'm shocked at how enthusiastic everyone is about it. This is normal Polish food, healthy and colorful. :-)
Welcome to Poland. Discover this country, meet new places wonderful people.
Poland does not have a good PR in the world.
But we are good people, we have our own rich culture and we are very proud of it.
@@nygaman "Poland does not have a good PR in the world." What do you mean?
I shouldnt watch your vids when I am hungry. It was mouthwatering to watch and I am sure most of the food would have matched my taste. The bakery looked amazing. Hope your mum and Dad also enjoyed the food. Well done
Great food video as always. Great video in general and as always thank you for being so positive and happy. Your great attitudes bring joy to your audience. Thank you for making the video. Looking forward to seeing more
Thanks Mojgan!
I buy fresh Polish pierogi from the local supermarket in Britain. Because there are still (despite Brexit) so many East Europeans living and working here, there's a good selection of Polish food. I pan fry the pierogi in sunflower oil.
Delicious mhmmmm sounds and tasty
I can send you true polish pierogi recipe.
Poland is in central europe, not eastern europe...
@@robertm.7152 Traditionally, in Britain, anywhere east of Germany is classified as eastern. You will frequently find "East European" on grocery shops selling food from Poland, the Baltic states and Russia, but I've never seen a store claiming to be "Central European".
The "limousine bus" is called melex. It's an elctric vehicle produced in Poland since early 70's. It's quiet, good for environment but kinda slow and with rather short range. Often used as a bus for guided tours . Next time you should take the opportunity and go for a tour. It's not expensive but very informative, most offer tours in English. I went for one in Krakow last month and it was a great experience. But maybe I was lucky :) As for the potato pancakes, these are mildly flavoured for a reason. You can make it savory by topping it with a sauce/gravy such as mushroom sauce, meat stew etc but some people prefer it sprinkled with sugar or even sugar and sour cream. Great video.
Okay the melex sounds awesome and something we will have to do next time. Thanks for the tips! 😊
You're such a genuinely nice family 👪 that it makes your videos really enjoyable. Best wishes from Edinburgh 🇬🇧
Your videos are so relatable! I have been living in Wroclaw for 7 years and I moved with my family to Harz mountains around time you moved to Bayern. My son was 2 in March and 7th country last month, so we both grow little travellers which I think is amazing for gaining perspectives. It is so awesome to see different reactions to new experiences for both (Harz) and your first impression to my familiar (Wroclaw). I only wish I made a blog like this when I was living in the US to have such a great token of remembrance now
Greetings from Wrocław :) This is my city. I'm glad you liked it. Great movie :)
My father's parents were from Poland. I lived in an area where people from Eastern Europe flooded the area to work in the local coal mines in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Most of them were from Poland. Consequently, most people in the area where I grew up were familiar with Polish culture and food. My non-Polish grandmother and one of my non-Polish aunts routinely included kielbasa with the rest of the food they served on Thanksgiving. I grew up seeing kielbasa and horseradish on the table next to turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy and ham, along with stuffing, pumpkin pie and so on. The same aunt used to make golabki, haluski and pierogis. She used cheese and mashed potatoes in her pierogis. Those were my favorites, She also used cabbage and prunes and they were also very good.
that must have been cool, or at least tasty
@@xeliozil Oh, yes! I grew up in Northeastern Pennsylvania where Polish people were probably the largest ethnic group. Local restaurants served Polish cuisine and local grocery stores did as well. In 1990 I moved to the midwest and now I can't find any of that unless I go to Chicago. I can buy pierogis in a store but they won't be as good as the ones my aunt made from scratch. I can also buy mass-produced kielbasa in a supermarket but I miss those little Polish-owned neighborhood grocery stores where the owners made their own kielbasa and no two stores make it exactly the same. I miss all of that diversity and having so many choices. I had an uncle who lived in Delaware. Twice a year he would come home to visit my grandmother. Before he drove back to Delaware he would go to a little mom and pop grocery store in the neighboring town and buy about 20 pounds of kielbasa. I laugh whenever I think of that.
All those flower shops you can see at the end of the video are open 24/7 throughout the year. Apparently it is cheaper to have them open all the time than to pay someone to hide all those flowers for the night and to put them for display every morning.
Super interesting!! Do you live in the city? 😊
I'm one of Poles living in USA I visit back home every year I visit Wrocław 2 years ago the same restaurant I have huge portion of pierogi I glad someone did that go there summer time you can't walk into place full every table was take in I was lucky one table for me people free space 20 to 45 minutes problem is that you don't know what to eat large choose from food nice place Wroclaw offert the best suff as Polish can Japanese Garden it was nice place even sky tower the best places if anyone visit Poland Wrocław much better for me Then Kraków to much tourists I love Wrocław and Gdańsk so far I vist lots in Poland even Lublin have nice old town The best city is Gdańsk Poland have by sea but relax only Polish mountains bye
We can imagine the tables are full in the summer! We’re glad we got to visit when it was less busy.
Your daughter is such polite, sweet, positive child, very well raised.
You have to try traditional Polish food, but I am not sure wether you will find it in such "chain restaurants".
You can check a vlog of a pair of foreigners (British and Russian) living in Kraków. They show a lot of traditional Polish food in many restaurants. The vlog's name is: PLANET KRAKOW.
Which part of US are you people from?
Thanks for the suggestions of channels to follow! We are from Utah and Idaho in the US :)
@@OurStorytoTell I remember 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Also the Yellowstone National Park not far from your states. You have lot of wild nature there, nice.
Hi. Your channel was in my RUclips recommendations which is interesting because I was born in Wroclaw but grew up in Chicago. My parents currently live in Poland after moving back there for their retirement. Yes Pierogies are our Best and popular meal. But I have never had those giant baked ones. My favorite way to eat them is fried in a skillet with butter and onions. So delicious. The best ones are potato and cheese and mushroom with saukraut. 😋
Bad weather, great video. Hope to see you again in my city ;)
przyjedźcie w listopadzie do Poznania na rogale Święto Marcińskie pozd.
POLECAM
Oby nie przyjeżdżali pociągiem bo od razu będą chcieli wrócić
This seems to be a very interesting place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!
It was interesting and we hope we can visit Poland again soon. There is so much to see!
Thanks for subscribing ❤️
Beautiful family, I hope you enjoyed your stay in Poland.
Polska ma pyszne zarcie bez debaty. Nasi lubia dobrze zjesc.
Zgadzam się
Guys I liked your video. Used to live in Wrocław/ Breslawia. I've got to get back. Hope you had fun. Niech Ślůnsk życie.
Jak miło, byliście w moim mieście. Pozdrawiam
Hey, thanks for visiting our country, kinda sad that you came when the weather was so bad. Anyway, thanks for good reviews and good luck in the next journeys ! :)
God Bless You from Poland
The food looked WONDERFUL! Loving watching Willa enjoy herself. Y'all are so much fun ❤️
Dumplings/pierogies/do not come from Russia.Ruskie Pierogi do come origginaly from one of polish provinces that borders ukraine
kurwa tylko nie "pierogies"
Nie, pierogi pochodzą z Chin. Nie opowiadaj głupot.
@@owner12 sam bzdury opowiadasz.... tren sam węzeł był znany w ameryce, w chinach i na wyspach mimo, że ci ludzie nigdy się nie spotkali, nie wymienili technologią...
@@owner12
A skąd Chińczycy znali ziemniaki, mądralo?
Chciałeś błysnąć i wyszły dresy.
Waoo polish food hmmm
Happy sunday to you ☺. Different food ist allways interesting. I've never been to Poland.
Fun fact: Fahrenheit was Polish but in Poland they use Celsius
Wow, I didn’t know that!
Gabriel Farenheit was German
@@bezimienny525 From what I know he was born in Gdańsk in 1686, what makes it the XVII century, if you search for maps of Poland at that time Gdańsk (in German-Danzig; in Latin- Gedanum and in Dutch Danswijk) was included in our territory. Gdańsk was the largest city of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, a royal city, had the right to actively participate in the act of electing a king, and in the 16th century it was the richest in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It belonged to the independent territory of the city of Gdańsk and was located in the second half of the 16th century in the Pomeranian Province. Ethnically he was from German origins but since it was polish territory and he lived there until his parents died (so his whole childhood, teens and part of adulthood) calling him polish is right too. In history classes we are taught that he was born In Gdańsk and he was the grandson of an German immigrant. He (I mean G. Farenheit) after the death of his parents (he had a merchant father) left to Netherlands, and stayed there the rest of his life, so he really did not have a lot to do with Germany as many might think he did since he never lived there in the first place
@@dr_axie1106 I said he was German because his parents was German, most of his scientific life he spend in Netherlands so it's low accurate that he was Polish
@@bezimienny525 Even Wiki: Born: 24 May 1686 (14 May Old Style) Danzig, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (present-day Gdańsk, Poland)
The only thing I don't like in Poland and other European countries, such as Greece or Italy, is that often these beautiful, historic buildings are damaged by graffiti. I hate it. Why are there people who think graffiti is still fashionable?
Nikt tak nie myśli oprócz graficiarzy a poza tym w każdym kraju tak jest- nie ma różnicy
Currently in Poznań for the past 4 months. Love, love, love the food here. The presentation is awesome and have yet to eat horrible food here.
OMG the way You say Wro-claw i like it. 🥰 im happy that u like polish food. I give u like and sub. Your family is so sweet. Greetings from Warsaw. Can't wait for more.
Looks so good! I was in Kraków years ago and a polish lady I worked with told me I had to go to a Chlopskie Jadlo restaurant for great polish food. We found one and ate there. Was incredibly old with such cool old style interior. Huge portions for cheap!
Believe me that this is not the cheapest for Poland. But if you go to more local restaurants You would pay 2-3 times less 😄
i wish Good enjoy im Poland for family nice movie thanks good luck and God blees
This extended limusine golf carts are called "Melex" ;D They are small electrical city... buses? ... Well... rather carts ;D Nice stuff. And. Welcome to my city! :D
EXCELLENT!
Fajne
👍😊
No i z Wrocka ... of corse
Dumplings are one of the most characteristic dishes related to Poland, but in fact the number one dish that guests on the tables once a week is a pork chop with potatoes and young cabbage, it is also worth trying sour rye soup with egg and Bigos
Very sweet video and such nice people. But oh the pronunciation Wroclaw!
I know it’s bad! Wish we would have looked it up at first 😬 We apologize for that! Thanks for the kind compliments though!
@@OurStorytoTell no not at all! That’s how travel is.
WrocLOVE! ♥ ♥ ♥
That looks so delicious. I have really enjoyed watching your adventures abroad. Love you and miss you. Stay safe ❤️
Dobrze Jarek żeś to rozegrał!! Brawooo
I live in this city, happy to see you like it.
Hi Americans.
You made me hungry.
Im POLISH GUY WHO Living in USA for over 33 years.
Poland are beautiful.
Polish cuisine restaurant you can find in Chicago ,NY,NJ.
Thanks for your nice vlog.
Thanks for the comment, Marek! It was fun experience for us all. Definitely hoping to get to visit Poland again :)
Looking lovely dumplings
Those small "extended golf carts" are called "melexes" (or rather "melekses" because letter "x" oficially is not included in Polish alphabet) - because of the Polish company "Melex" which is producing them. 🙂
3:09 Where did you read such "wisdom"? There are 3 theories about the origin of the name "pierogi" and none of them says about the Russian origin of this name, although one says about the origin of the proto-Slavic word from the word "pir", i.e. a holiday
This food looks soooo good, greetings from PL❤️
My husband and I just love your little wonderful family ❤
Aww so sweet! Sending the love right back 🫶
Hope you enjoyed your visit in our country
Absolutely loved it! Poland has many other places that we hope to explore in the future. Thanks for your comment ❤️. If you'd like to continue following along, subscribe to our channel :)
Potato pancakes typical is eaten with creme fraiche not alone when you dip it then its taste as it should. Its a common mistake by foreigners^^
Thanks for sharing! Good to know 😋
Always fun seeing your home country through somebody else's eyes 😙 also when it comes to eating pączki on Fat Thursday we go big, some people can eat up to 20 or more 🙈😂
It's actually twelve dishes, not courses at a traditional polish Christmas Eve :) but that's still a lot of food at a whole lot of cooking and preparing, it takes literally days to cook and then another few days to eat 😀
Poland forever
Vrotslav, potatoe cakes (or potatoe pancakes), glad you liked it :) Gdansk, Torun, Warsaw, Zakopane, Masuria, there's a lot to see in Poland ❤
We want to explore so much more!! Hopefully soon!
Vrotz-Waaf please! :D
Working on it :). Thanks for the correction!
1:22 XDDD I can't. This pronounciation is just perfect ;p I couldn't understand in which City u are because it sounds do strange. "Wrocław" sounds not like "urouklav", but more like "vrotsuav"
We know the pronunciation was terrible 😂😬 Next time we will google search how to say it correctly!
absolutely lovely video! one comment though: it'd be really nice if you pronounced the name of the city correctly: Wrocław it's pronounced as: "vrot-swaaf". I know how tricky Polish names can be, especially for Americans, but I think people will appreciate! all the best 😀
Are you pronouncing japanese city names in japanese?
And if then are you sure your pronounciation is correct?
Potato pancakes are meant to be eaten with sour cream, that's why the flavour without it is so simple.
SMH why they weren't served with sour cream
Cuz they went to Wrocław...
Some it them with sugar.
Don't look at me :)
@@janwojtyna3392 Cuz they ordered it without it. It's in the menu if you want to check. The restaurant they were in is great
@@cozee6681 uuu poke a joke into sth related to Wrocław and you can count on someone with mentally of Festung Breslau pop out pissed like Adolf during Nuremberg Rally... Take a chill pill half of that menu is not traditional and has nothing to do with Polish cuisine.
@@cozee6681 you have to order sour cream separately?
They don't give it together with the order?
Literaly that's the first time I hear you have to order them with sour cream.
Everywhere I've been to in Poland serves them and gives sour cream to them seved either on same plate or on separate one.
it's nice to host sincere people in my country. You tasted (zrazy wołowe, biała kiełbasa, żurek w chlebie i bigos) ???🤔😁 Delicious...
Som of the best pierogi for me is first boiled then frayd on the pan it changes the taste a lot
Mmm oh we bet!
I'm so happy you chose Wroclaw to visit (it's my city) ❤️ Fun fact Wroclaw was once called Breslau.
Interesting... I've read that it was called Wratislavia (Vratislavia). Never seen "Bratislava" being "Wroclaw" now. Any link to the source of this info would be appreciated.
@@Kris89BCA im stupid 🤦🏼♀️ Right it was Wratislava. And I mistaken it, Bc it was also called Breslau
No matter how bad the weather seems to be, you are eating your way through Europe.
This small girl is so sweet
you'r really cute :) Have a nice trip!
About Fat Thursday - in that day we mostly eat every kind of donust, churros and sweet things that are fried in oil. Some people can eat 10 of these, but I mostly eat about 4.
Only western spies eat churros for Fat Thursday .
Tradition first - Chrusty and Pączki, no need for westernising our traditions
Welcome & enjoy ✌️
Ranch dressing? I'm there. Did you get a chance to try a polish dog of some sort? I'm dying to know if Costco's polish dogs are authentic. We eat a lot of Krakauers in this house but they taste nothing like Costco's.
99% of things marketed to you in the US as being specific to a country or being sold as "authentic *insert nationality here*" are far from the original product or something completely different, from my personal experiences in the US.
You'd probably feel similar over here when it comes to stuff supermarkets sell as supposed US products.
@@manzanasrojas6984 Yes, American week at Aldi is full of crap. It makes me ashamed, that people think we eat that stuff.
I don't think anyone outside the USA know what a ranch dressing is. In Poland many cooks go for traditional Polish salad dressing or a version of French dressing
@@mypointofview1111 My husband says, "Is it Thousand Ranch or Hidden Island?" *lol* He's German. We cannot blame them, they just don't know how crucial Ranch is to our eating in general. I don't think Germany has a "crucial" dressing like we do.
1:12 Willa has already surpassed me on that field. We will have to expect a lot from that young lady in the future, I guess. 😀
Etwas zuckerlastig diesmal 😃.
Aber Breslau ist sehr schön.
i have been in Kolonia and it was also beautyful
@@ceglastymonster7799
There wasn't much left after WW2
Ich bin Von Berlin aus oft in Polen, meistens in Stettin/Szczecin und an der Küste. Pieroggi mag ich Am liebsten gekocht mit Creme fraîche und gerösteten Zwiebeln. Am liebsten mit Kraut kapuszta oder Ruskie. Super lecker ist auch Zurek. Eine Suppe gerne auch mal im Brotteig serviert.
@Biznesmenel och ich kenn genug, die sich für mehr interessieren. War auch schon fast überall... bis Lublin und Zamosc or Suwalki und Elk, Warschau mehrfach... Slubice ist nun wirklich nicht besonders spannend. Aber die Küste ist einfach super.
Bigos und Flaki sind auch gut :
Bigos z.B: ruclips.net/video/RQeyQRZzSys/видео.html
Flaki z.B: ruclips.net/video/EI1GTBSMAaM/видео.html
Allgemein - Bigos Rap: ruclips.net/video/EJLGWunqC7Y/видео.html
Thank god i’ve eaten before watching the video. I would starve. Thank you.
As for Fat Thursday, it is one of my favorite holidays in my country ;) We buy a lot of donuts and "faworki" and we eat them beyond our strength ;) You can deny yourself sweets on other days of the year - but not this one day when you can afford a huge dose of sugar ;)
Unfortunately this year, on this beautiful day, Russia attacked Ukraine so all appetite for sweets in my family was low... I can only hope that next year the situation outside our country will be better and we will no longer feel remorse that we eat too much beyond our abilities when our neighbors are bombed and enemy destroy their lives.
Come to Poland more often ;) Next time try our "bigos" (a dish of sauerkraut, meat, sausage, forest mushrooms) and "zalewajka" (traditional, modest soup, but very tasty).
Does the bigos also have tomato puree and fresh cabbage? Nobody around me makes only sauerkraut and no tomatoes, edit: also bacon, prunes and onion. In my friends homes, some even add dried apricots (which doesn't sound good).
@@qqqq-nj2zj Never heard of tomato puree in bigos. Must be some modern "improvement". Better look for bigos without it. Generally it should contain of sour cabbage, meat (may be different meats combined), onion and you can add dried mushrooms (rare), dried plums (very rare). That's it
Welcome to Poland, Friends!
Polish dishes.
Let me ask the simple way.
"where bigos, where żurek?"
Nice video, reminds me of home. :)
Hi Aaron! We have bigos in our video where we visit Bochum.
It’s so true, we know there are many other foods that should belong in this type of food tour! Thanks for the sure.
Glad you enjoyed the video :). Don’t forget to subscribe if you want to follow along!
I love Polish doughnuts.
Love u guys 😁
Brawo
4:17 instant 'murica! "Rayunch! It tastes like _rayunch!!!"_
🤣
We visited a German relative in St. Louis and she served us Ranch dressing and I said, "Really? You like Ranch?" She said, "No, it's for guests." *lol* I'm not as nice, I don't keep nutella in this house for visitors.
Your first shot in the video: „Look at her face“ 👍 😁 - quite the gluttonous mama - 😂😂 🤣 and the next generation of food bloggers. ✅ 😇
Nice turn. The offerings in the bakeries seem very similar to the Germans. Looked all very tasty ☺️ and seems you had a lot of fun too. More of this please. 🙏
Wszystko fajnie tylko skąd pomysł że polskie miasta mają angielskie nazwy? Łroklał mnie rozbawił. Pozdrawiam! Powodzemia!
mają ale nadane przez tych z lewej strony breslał , krakał, szwinemynde itd ;)
Większość nie ma, tak według amerykańskiej wymowy liter czyta się Wrocław.
@@deera_b9056 chyba przeczytali by łroklał albo łrokloł 😉
Seems like a country to experience by eating!
Perhaps you were too busy. But I'd prefer to see some of the features you "mentioned" a more up close. Like those gnomes(?) on the steps or the mini limousine busses. Those appear only like random background items.
Wrocław has many Krasnal's (they are more of a Dwarfs) there is actually a city game focused entirely on collecting as much photos of them as you could in a set period of time.
You can find them anywhere, with any attribute possible (fishing rods, smartphones, anchors.... depending on a location. Actually they are all named :P ( in Snow White manner).
@@MeeWho Cute! Reminds me of the Gartenzwerg culture in Germany. For Germans it is still a meme for a certain romantic and simplistic culture. But I have never seen any foreigners mention them in XY country culture vs. German culture. Perhaps it is too far away, in the Schrebergarten actually, to step onto them if only superficially integrated in German culture. And for youger people it is not a thing anyway.
there was a voivoidship in Poland some time ago- Ruskie was its name and pierogi ruskie are from there, Małoplskie is more or less in the place where Ruskie was 😁
Just curious - I have never seen anyone eating this type of food with your fingers. Is that the way the other customers were eating - i.e. without cutlery?
as a polish person, definitely not the typical way to eat it. I've never seen anyone eating the dumplings with their hands
I don't think Americans use cutlery in their own country.
I'm Polish American and I use cutlery to eat all Polish food.
Dumplings came to Poland from Kiev in the XIII century (today's Ukraine, and once Kiev Ruthenia - not to be confused with Russia) In China (from where they came to Europe), pierogi made their debut as a medicine, and in Poland as a ritual dish ("pir" is a "holiday" in Russian and hence the origin of "pirogi", later renamed "pierogi")
PIEROGI (not dumplings) Do you eat "PIZZA" or italian pie?
Thanks for the correction! It was a great experience learning more about them and getting to taste some. We hope we are back another time and can try even more Polish dishes.
Hello. Since a while i have an eye on Tanners orange jacket. Love it. Would you tell me the brand ? 😁
Since gluten is bad (period, not just for those with celiac disease), it is important to know if any foods are gluten free.
Should tray bigos zurek flaki meybe som other stuf in restaurant
We tried bigos and LOVED it! 😋😋
Thanks for the other recommendations!