We're absolutely in love with Polish food, so we wanted to make sure that we get the chance to try as many dishes as possible. Hence, we made two Polish food tour videos. This week we're in Krakow and next week we'll be in Warsaw trying all sorts of Polish delicacies. Let us know if we missed anything but also make sure you don't miss our next videos in Poland, because we always try new delicious things in all of our videos, so there is a lot more to come! What is your favorite Polish food? Let us know in the comments! Thanks for watching as always! 😊- Brandon & Anja
I’ve always wanted to visit Poland I heard so many good things about the People and The Culture, and thanks to your Video I made ma mind. You guys are the Best. Much Love from Toronto 🇨🇦✌🏻
For dessert I recommend pierogi with blueberries or strawberries, it would be a better option than those with chocolate. Sweet pancakes with cottage cheese are also delicious:)
We had blueberry ones from the grocery store..haha. Not nearly as good as fresh, but they were still pretty good! We had fruit ones the first time we visit Poland, and they were delicious.
My favourite ones are with pickled cabbage and mushrooms, but real wood mushrooms. And I like them most fresh from the pan with caramelised onions. My grandpa made the best ones. ❤
Think I'd prefer the open sandwich with pickles, love pickles. Would love the Zurek soup. They make another dill pickle soup, lots more pickle. Groats is a general term for grains. Looks like you had barley. Looked good and the salads were a nice addition. I like barley and only have it in beef and barley soup. Might have to look into this. Hi from chilly Oregon US.
Those zapiekanka were amazing. The pickles were a great addition. We had two more types a day or two later- one with plums and fried onions. I think that was our favorite. Zurek was great! They love their soups in Poland. We actually have two soups in the next video. One warm, and a pretty unique cold soup. Yeah, we were confused about the terminology! They were super delicious, whatever they were. Definitely worth looking into. 👌
@@wherearewe-yt Great you got to try more zapiekanka varieties. Groats can be anything, which makes it confusing. Keith Floyd (not to be confused with Pink Floyd) was up in the Midlands of UK. Had a local lady make a dish of groats, onion and pork. Ends up the groats in question were millet seed. He made a joke about having to go to his local birdseed store to get them where he lived. Years before people were eating millet.
Thank you! I tried my best, but Polish pronunciation is very difficult 😆. My granddad and great-granddad were actually born an hour outside Warsaw and they had a house there, but they were German. Who knows, maybe there's some polish in me. I would like that 🙂
My favorite pierogi are definitely meat with a little cabbage to enhance texture and keep moisture in. The meat is often used to cook rosół first, so it gets enriched flavor thanks to the broth and becomes really tender. I've started drooling just thinking about it 😋
Thumbs up for getting the Meat combined with Cabbage Pierogi. I'm from Sandomierz living in Warsaw, and for me Meat with Cabbage, which should actually be sauerkraut btw., is favorite, but it seems super rare in the capital. Like people in restaurants look weird at me when I'm asking for those, the biggest pierogi chain in PL added them which changed the attitude a bit, but I recall asking about those once at a local pierogi maker's shop, and was told "too much bother, only old grandma's still make those" :P The meat to cabbage ratio though is a hit and miss, you really want the sour sauerkraut to break the monotony of the pork taste. Also big thumbs up for drinking Miloslaw, its widely available now, but actually I'm half from Miloslaw. Marcowe is just German Marzen, which in this case is more malty beer, certainly one of my favorites, but their consistency is a bit up and down. A malty beer will certainly taste a bit more up to British Ale's alley, actually an Ale is more or less like a German Altbier. And indeed sausage fried on the open flame is the best, in Poland it is common starting in elementary school up, to go on a one day school trip into some kind of forresty place just to fry sausages over a campfire while singing. I agree that we lack a sausage stands though. I go for a very long walks in the summer and when I'm on the road I'm always like "ffs, at least give me some hotdogs!", its always either restaurants or kebabs, or convenience store's same'y dogs. Anyway cheers! I love bratwurst, altbier, and any kirchen based German kuchen (a cake/pie just filled with cherries is unknown in Poland), can't mention anything Canadian, but I would certainly love to try peameal bacon if I could, especially an actual pea based one and not just modern cornmeal one.
They were so good! I think the point of this restaurant is to make groats the "star" of the meal. Of course, it's in the name of the restaurant. Haha. We'd love to try them in a stew some time as well.
that is because they fell out of fashion over time. for centuries, it was part of the polish diet, due to the lack of protein availability for peasants
In our household (southern Poland) Kasza meal (buckwheat) would be served with mushrooms and bacon and a fried egg on top. You'd break the yolk into the grins and mix for the ultimate experience
And what about "placki ziemniaczane" (potato cakes)...you were on Kazimierz so very close to place where you should taste it - ul. Augustiańska "Kuchnia u Doroty" :)
The salad with white root vegetable was either celery root salad or something that in Polish is called "rzepa" (google says it translates to "turnip"). If it was moist it was the latter, if it was a bit dry with something clearly added to make it a bit moist it was the former. Those are quite old recipes. These days you need to specifically look for those to get some. ... and now I watched the rest of the video and you said it is a celery root :)
Yes, in Polish homes, porridge is eaten, but we eat it with male sauce and pickled cucumber. And what applies to apple pie are the Poles from apple, "Golden Reneta" make apple puree out of them and stuck for the winter. This type of apple has less juice and is very compact, therefore it is ideal for puree. Types of apple pie a lot and each family has its own recipe. Polish is the main exporter of apples in Europe, which is why we have a long tradition in making apple pie. I ate sausage in Germany and Austria, but Poles roy the best sausage. And what concerns fried dumplings is to eat in Polish homes for dinner when excess not eaten from lunch. In the houses, it is usually made of 100 Russian dumplings, and it is mainly with cream or poured with fat with fried onions. Food is always made of fresh products and another Pole will not eat and are healthy. If it is too greasy and abundant, it does not bother, because Poles burn because they walk a lot around the city and in the field, therefore, despite the filling food, they keep their figure. But I have not seen that you crumbled "red borscht", which is great in taste and healthy. Here I have to explain to you about red buys. There is a soup where there are pieces of beetroot, but there is also a decoction for drinking usually serving with meat croquettes and it is great, tasty, warming and in addition very healthy and the liver and excellent and the hangover. Smacznego !
We will have to try some more apple desserts the next time we there. It was so good! We would also like to try apple pierogi! We've had a few sweet types, but never with apple.
@@wherearewe-yt I also didn't eat apple dumpling. This is a Google translator error. When I read the translation, I was surprised what it came out and some words ashamed me🤫
24:20 - that's true. Buckwheat groats (generally: groats) are most often an addition (to sauces or stews). In the past, groats were more often served as a main course.
@@wherearewe-yt It's true, some versions of pierogi are with groats, but they are not as popular as the others. What else can I recommend is Kartacze. A specialty of Lithuanian cuisine, but very popular also in northeastern Poland.
Real "Maczanka po Krakowsku" is a bun with a slice of pork roast served in bowl, covered with gravy. Few years ago they started selling pulled pork sandwiches under that name, but those are just a tourist traps and has little in common with a traditional dish.
Who doesn't like kielbasa and pierogies 😂 my boyfriend is American and he loves my Polish food. Especially gołąbki and kielbasa. BTW we do not eat barley for Christmas. Durring Christmas we have sour kraut pierogies,fish made in many ways and a bunch of other food. Barley we usually have it with with meat and sauce (polish gulasz) it's like a stew
We will have to attend a Polish Christmas dinner some day! We actually haven't spent any time in Poland during the winter, so it's on the list to check out some Polish Christmas Markets. Especially to experience the food!
The sausages were so good! We wished there were stands all over. This spot was a bit far from where we were staying. Someone told us most people just grill their own at home. Maybe that's why there aren't so many stands? 🤔
I don't think we had any potato pancakes on this trip, but do have a LOT more food coming in our other videos! There were must too many good things to try. 🤤
Nasza gryczana jest bardzo zdrowa, w domu tradycyjnie gotowana jest a właściwie prażona z boczkiem i cebulka, bardzo lubię jest sycące danie i zdrowe, mało glutenu
We loved it! It was actually one of out favorite things that we tried. We had been to Poland a few times before, but had never tried it previously. It was delicious with the bacon and prunes. It also felt very healthy!
@clarea1801 Zapiekanka are so good. We had them three times while we were in Poland. They were the best in Krakow, for sure! And that maczanka krakowska was incredible. Definitely worth trying next time. 👌
MIne fav dumplings are potato and white cheese (somtimes calles classic, or russian or ukrainian) with carmelised onion, 2nd are meat and cabbage with bacon topping
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I think it's beneficial for any country to have legal immigrants. Especially those who contribute to society and bring their delicious cuisine along with them. Polish food is delicious, but having variety in a city is always great! 👌
I love pierogi with white cabbage and mushrooms (it's not a very well known version in Poland), and ruskie :) i don't like sweet versions. In Gdansk I ate also very good with Tofu, and baked. You should visit Gdansk and eat in Mandu.
Anja has been to Gdansk before, and she loved it. I'd like to visit some time! We actually have some baked pierogi in our upcoming Wroclaw video. They're some of our favorites. Especially since we order them with mushroom sauce. So good!
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To be honest, I am not entirely sure. We took a tour from Krakow and our driver brought us all the way inside to our tour guide. I had a look at the map and I understand why you think it is confusing because nothing really looks like the main entrance. Apparently, it should be Więźniów Oświęcimia 20, 32-603 Oświęcim, though.
Finally my favourite, classic version of zapiekanka with fresh chive! Żurek should be more thick, and less transparent, more concentrate, is too much water-ish, in Warsaw, try żurek in Future & Wine Restaurant! Pierogi, the most popular one are ruskie (potato, white cheese and onion) meat, cabbage and mushrooms. From sweet, most popular are white cheese, blueberries, strawberries, plums. I prefer sour one, cooked, and always go with classics. Kasza needs to have garavy in my opinion, so you choose less tasty position, Indeed as Polish I know kasza with plums from Christmas traditions in Świetokrzyskie area, but I always dislike it, and it was Christmas torture. 🤣 Kasza with mushrooms, meat, gravy is very tasty though *(and beetroot!). Is not szarlotka, is jabłecznik, also apple pie, but different textures, I believe anywhere you go in Poland, you will get different variation of apple pie, we have great apples, is our national fruit, same berry fruits, but you are out of season, you should visit Poland again in summer! Now we have season for apples, and mushrooms, so enjoy!😉
I noticed on the photos that I saw of Żurek, that it looked a lot more thick! We will happily try it again when we come back to Poland, and see if we can find one like this..haha. We haven't had a pierogi we didn't like, but I do think the classics tend to me the best! With mushrooms, meat or cabbage. All so good! We actually quite liked the Kasza as it was. It was very simple this way, and tasted quite hearty and healthy But now we're intrigued! With gravy sounds very interesting! You're actually the second person to say that the pie was not szarlotka...haha. But we are just taking the name from the menu. On the menu, it was labeled as, "szarlotka z lodami". When I look at photos, what he has looks like a mix between the two desserts you mentioned! Whatever it was, it was amazing!
@@wherearewe-yt In High Silesia voivodeship, you will get more essential, called żur, but good żur-ek you need to search in typical Polish Restaurants with good opinions from locals, tourists are more tolerant. And if there will be options to try żur or żurek served in bread, try one! 😉
Because our ketchups are seasoned differently, foreign ketchups have a noticeable aftertaste of vinegar, which I don't like. Zapiekanka is our fast food :D
That's one of our favorites as well. We love ordering a side of mushroom sauce with our Pierogi. We actually do that in an upcoming video! And is that a Witcher display picture I see?! Haha.
@@wherearewe-yt Yea, I like Mr Sapkowski books about witcher and games love too. The netflix series is bad so I watched first season and half second. I'm looking forward for Your next video. Best regards.
Agreed! I'm a big fan of the books, and the games. The show started off (somewhat) promising, and then immediately ruined everything. I haven't finished it either. Hahaha. Thanks for watching! We still have four more coming from Poland.
Nah, żurek is one of the most suggested thing for food tourism. Its always: Zapiekanka, pierogi, placki ziemniaczane, żurek. And then some regional stuff.
I mean, to be fair, those are some of the best dishes! 😂 Next video we try a bunch of different dishes, including flaki, pyzy, bigos, krokiety and a bunch of other things.
@@wherearewe-yt needs and want's are subjective but i have to store a few of you guy's vids up to binge when i am rained off work, i like to get really really hungry and then drive myself in to an almost torturous watch, its like being waterboarded with delicious food i can't eat, yes it's a strange angle but i love it
Kiełbasa is not sausage. Kiełbasa is a Kiełbasa. You can find something like sasuage in a Polish supermarket on the lowest shelf and it will be much better than American sasuage.
How is a kielbasa not a sausage? Kielbasa is literally the Polish word for sausage, is it not? It's also made like any other sausage as well. The process of making them is the same as any other sausage. They're a sausage, for sure.
@@wherearewe-yt No. Sausage is something that in Poland can be described as "parówka" has nothing to do with Kiełbasa and its production method. It's like saying that SPAM is the same as Italian mortadella. It's important what ingredients the Kiełbasa is made of and what methods are used to prepare it. There are a lot of them.
@@wherearewe-yt That's my concern. I like watching people who like polish food but no one ever show he/she take leftovers to the hotel or whatever. Food travelers always order as much as they can and I thing... ok... "you can eat all that shit" what do you do? Will you throw it to the bin?
@bartoszjasinski I'm sure some people do that. For us, we like to try as many things as we possibly can, so we always order too much..but we have never once left food behind. We used to actually travel with our own plastic takeaway containers to pack it up ourselves. 😂
We've been told this version looked quite light in comparison to other versions. We will need to try it again! Maybe we can try the no potato version next time.
I actually said, "I've heard other people call it a Polish pizza", followed by saying, "but it is it's own thing, it's very unique". Which means I said that it is not like a pizza.
Don't listen to the kalafior. I'm Polish, and I say it's a Polish pizza xd. Or better it's a "poor man's pizza". But it doesn't matter as long as you like it. Cheers
Unfrtunetly the food with buckwheat is slowly dying in Poland !Is much more popular in Ukraine and Rusia ! In old days was popular in pore families as was cheep healthy and you not feel hungry 😀
@EA00000 That's unfortunate because it's really delicious! It was one of our favorite things that we tried. As you said, healthy and filling. We saw it at the grocery store as well. Next time we will buy some and try it! Much cheaper than in a restaurant. 😁
Pierogi with potatoes are not typical Polish Pierogi. Typical ones are with cabbage, meat and mushrooms. Or with cabbage and mushrooms. Pierogi with potatoes are Pierogi "Ruskie" and are not the most popular.
Maybe they're both the most popular, but I'd say they're pretty typical, considering you can find them in most restaurants. Many people have said they love them as well.
@@wherearewe-yt Traditional Polish Pierogi are filled with cabbage, mushrooms and possibly meat. Pierogi with potatoes (and cottage cheese) are a regional option. Yes, they are available in many places but this is not your typical Polish Pierogi. That is why it is specifically called "Ruski".
To ciasto z jabłkami tradycyjnie nazywa się "Jabłecznik" Pozdrawiam i życzę smacznego 👋 Spróbujcie zupę z kaczej krwi zwanej " Czarnina" lub "Czernina" jest naprawdę pyszna i nie smakuje jak krew ma mnóstwo dodatków jak śliwki suszone cz wiśnie z octu, ja pochodzę z regionu gdzie ta zupa jest do dzisiaj robiona przy ważnych świętach. Zupa ta pochodzi zaczunając od Torunia a kończąc na wschodzie w Działdowie wąskim pasem na północ i południe. W Warszawie można ją spotkać ale trzeba dobrze poszukać. W miejscu tradycyjnego występowania tej zupy nazywa się "Czarnina" a w innych "Czernina" polecam naprawdę warto spróbować😋
That sounds super unique! We would have loved to try that in our Warsaw video. We always try to find dishes that are a bit more "unusual" that only locals know about. That would have been PERFECT. We actually lived in South East Asia for two years, so we've had plenty of blood dishes before. Duck blood soup is pretty common in Vietnam! That sounds like a pretty delicious preparation.
Really?? So the groats inside a cabbage roll? That sounds amazing. We'd love to try that. Cabbage rolls are one of our favorite dishes. Maybe we've had it that way in the past, and just never noticed. 😅
Nieprawda, krakowskie gołąbki zawsze są z kaszą gryczaną lub jęczmienną.Krakòw ma różne typy kaszy, nadziewamy kurczaki kaszą i wàtròbkà. Trzeba znaleźć krakowską restaurację np.pl.Wolnica, a nie pod turystów.
We're absolutely in love with Polish food, so we wanted to make sure that we get the chance to try as many dishes as possible. Hence, we made two Polish food tour videos. This week we're in Krakow and next week we'll be in Warsaw trying all sorts of Polish delicacies. Let us know if we missed anything but also make sure you don't miss our next videos in Poland, because we always try new delicious things in all of our videos, so there is a lot more to come! What is your favorite Polish food? Let us know in the comments! Thanks for watching as always! 😊- Brandon & Anja
really like the polish sausages. So curious about that soup now though. I must try to find it somewhere.
It's so good! Poland has a lot of great soups, but I think that was our favorite.
You need to try Kapuśniak soup!
We love cabbage, so that sounds really good as well!
@@IgorEngelen1974 or you can make it:) Just watch recipe on yt 😉
Great video! Thanks guys. Polish food looks delicious. I'm so hungry now😂
It is! Some of the best in Europe, in our opinion. 🤤
I’ve always wanted to visit Poland I heard so many good things about the People and The Culture, and thanks to your Video I made ma mind.
You guys are the Best.
Much Love from Toronto 🇨🇦✌🏻
We love visiting Poland. Every single city we have visited has been great. It's absolutely worth checking out!
Thanks for watching. 😃
I am from outside of Toronto but my parents are from Poland Gdansk and Warsaw mostly. I have not been to Krakow yet but I can’t wait to go!
Will be nice to have you in my country!❤
Great food tour. Solidly in your niche and doing it fantastic!!!
Thanks, guys! 🍻
Ale masz piękne włosy. Zazdroszczę.❤
Thanks! Dzięki 😊
Noch ist Polen nicht verloren!!! Thank you for the special food report from my home city :) I really appreciate your kidness. Pls, have a good trip!
We love Poland, and always have a great time visiting! Especially since we're so obsessed with the food. Thanks so much for watching!
For dessert I recommend pierogi with blueberries or strawberries, it would be a better option than those with chocolate. Sweet pancakes with cottage cheese are also delicious:)
We had blueberry ones from the grocery store..haha. Not nearly as good as fresh, but they were still pretty good! We had fruit ones the first time we visit Poland, and they were delicious.
My favourite ones are with pickled cabbage and mushrooms, but real wood mushrooms. And I like them most fresh from the pan with caramelised onions. My grandpa made the best ones. ❤
That sounds so good! We'd love to try some homemade pierogi someday.
Think I'd prefer the open sandwich with pickles, love pickles. Would love the Zurek soup. They make another dill pickle soup, lots more pickle. Groats is a general term for grains. Looks like you had barley. Looked good and the salads were a nice addition. I like barley and only have it in beef and barley soup. Might have to look into this. Hi from chilly Oregon US.
Those zapiekanka were amazing. The pickles were a great addition. We had two more types a day or two later- one with plums and fried onions. I think that was our favorite.
Zurek was great! They love their soups in Poland. We actually have two soups in the next video. One warm, and a pretty unique cold soup.
Yeah, we were confused about the terminology! They were super delicious, whatever they were. Definitely worth looking into. 👌
@@wherearewe-yt Great you got to try more zapiekanka varieties. Groats can be anything, which makes it confusing. Keith Floyd (not to be confused with Pink Floyd) was up in the Midlands of UK. Had a local lady make a dish of groats, onion and pork. Ends up the groats in question were millet seed. He made a joke about having to go to his local birdseed store to get them where he lived. Years before people were eating millet.
to była kasza gryczana
Nie jęczmień. Gryka.
Great to see you here! ❤
Thank you! We were so happy to be back in Poland after so many years.
@@wherearewe-yt So nice! Waiting for the next films! 😊
My favorite type of pierogi is the one with meat only. Then go those with sauerkraut and mushroom, and the the cheese and potato ones :)
We try a baked version with mushroom and cabbage in our next video, in Wroclaw!
Anja bardzo dobrze wymawiasz polskie słowa, tak dobrze i bez obcego akcentu że myślałem że masz polskich przodków 😂
Thank you! I tried my best, but Polish pronunciation is very difficult 😆. My granddad and great-granddad were actually born an hour outside Warsaw and they had a house there, but they were German. Who knows, maybe there's some polish in me. I would like that 🙂
Great video!
Thank you! 😃
My favorite pierogi are definitely meat with a little cabbage to enhance texture and keep moisture in. The meat is often used to cook rosół first, so it gets enriched flavor thanks to the broth and becomes really tender. I've started drooling just thinking about it 😋
We can't get enough of them! I think we had 9 types of pierogi during this trip, on and off camera..hahaha. They're just so good!
Thumbs up for getting the Meat combined with Cabbage Pierogi. I'm from Sandomierz living in Warsaw, and for me Meat with Cabbage, which should actually be sauerkraut btw., is favorite, but it seems super rare in the capital. Like people in restaurants look weird at me when I'm asking for those, the biggest pierogi chain in PL added them which changed the attitude a bit, but I recall asking about those once at a local pierogi maker's shop, and was told "too much bother, only old grandma's still make those" :P The meat to cabbage ratio though is a hit and miss, you really want the sour sauerkraut to break the monotony of the pork taste. Also big thumbs up for drinking Miloslaw, its widely available now, but actually I'm half from Miloslaw. Marcowe is just German Marzen, which in this case is more malty beer, certainly one of my favorites, but their consistency is a bit up and down. A malty beer will certainly taste a bit more up to British Ale's alley, actually an Ale is more or less like a German Altbier. And indeed sausage fried on the open flame is the best, in Poland it is common starting in elementary school up, to go on a one day school trip into some kind of forresty place just to fry sausages over a campfire while singing. I agree that we lack a sausage stands though. I go for a very long walks in the summer and when I'm on the road I'm always like "ffs, at least give me some hotdogs!", its always either restaurants or kebabs, or convenience store's same'y dogs. Anyway cheers! I love bratwurst, altbier, and any kirchen based German kuchen (a cake/pie just filled with cherries is unknown in Poland), can't mention anything Canadian, but I would certainly love to try peameal bacon if I could, especially an actual pea based one and not just modern cornmeal one.
I am Polish but never ever heard about baked grouts. We eat grouts with stews etc. but this is something I never seen!
They were so good! I think the point of this restaurant is to make groats the "star" of the meal. Of course, it's in the name of the restaurant. Haha. We'd love to try them in a stew some time as well.
that is because they fell out of fashion over time. for centuries, it was part of the polish diet, due to the lack of protein availability for peasants
In our household (southern Poland) Kasza meal (buckwheat) would be served with mushrooms and bacon and a fried egg on top. You'd break the yolk into the grins and mix for the ultimate experience
That sounds incredible! We'd love to try that.
My favourite are definitely cottage cheese pierogi😀
We loved them! We were just so confused at first. Wasn't expecting them to be sweet when we ordered them. Hahaha.
And what about "placki ziemniaczane" (potato cakes)...you were on Kazimierz so very close to place where you should taste it - ul. Augustiańska "Kuchnia u Doroty" :)
We have placki two videos from now, in our Warsaw video! That place looks really good, though. 😃
The salad with white root vegetable was either celery root salad or something that in Polish is called "rzepa" (google says it translates to "turnip"). If it was moist it was the latter, if it was a bit dry with something clearly added to make it a bit moist it was the former. Those are quite old recipes. These days you need to specifically look for those to get some.
... and now I watched the rest of the video and you said it is a celery root :)
Hahaha. Yeah, it took us a few more bites to figure it out!
Yes, in Polish homes, porridge is eaten, but we eat it with male sauce and pickled cucumber. And what applies to apple pie are the Poles from apple, "Golden Reneta" make apple puree out of them and stuck for the winter. This type of apple has less juice and is very compact, therefore it is ideal for puree. Types of apple pie a lot and each family has its own recipe. Polish is the main exporter of apples in Europe, which is why we have a long tradition in making apple pie. I ate sausage in Germany and Austria, but Poles roy the best sausage. And what concerns fried dumplings is to eat in Polish homes for dinner when excess not eaten from lunch. In the houses, it is usually made of 100 Russian dumplings, and it is mainly with cream or poured with fat with fried onions. Food is always made of fresh products and another Pole will not eat and are healthy. If it is too greasy and abundant, it does not bother, because Poles burn because they walk a lot around the city and in the field, therefore, despite the filling food, they keep their figure. But I have not seen that you crumbled "red borscht", which is great in taste and healthy. Here I have to explain to you about red buys. There is a soup where there are pieces of beetroot, but there is also a decoction for drinking usually serving with meat croquettes and it is great, tasty, warming and in addition very healthy and the liver and excellent and the hangover. Smacznego !
We will have to try some more apple desserts the next time we there. It was so good! We would also like to try apple pierogi! We've had a few sweet types, but never with apple.
@@wherearewe-yt I also didn't eat apple dumpling. This is a Google translator error. When I read the translation, I was surprised what it came out and some words ashamed me🤫
24:20 - that's true. Buckwheat groats (generally: groats) are most often an addition (to sauces or stews). In the past, groats were more often served as a main course.
I've heard you can also find them in pierogi sometimes? We'd love to try that as well.
@@wherearewe-yt It's true, some versions of pierogi are with groats, but they are not as popular as the others. What else can I recommend is Kartacze. A specialty of Lithuanian cuisine, but very popular also in northeastern Poland.
Real "Maczanka po Krakowsku" is a bun with a slice of pork roast served in bowl, covered with gravy. Few years ago they started selling pulled pork sandwiches under that name, but those are just a tourist traps and has little in common with a traditional dish.
We would love to try it that way as well! Either way, it was amazing.
Who doesn't like kielbasa and pierogies 😂 my boyfriend is American and he loves my Polish food. Especially gołąbki and kielbasa. BTW we do not eat barley for Christmas. Durring Christmas we have sour kraut pierogies,fish made in many ways and a bunch of other food. Barley we usually have it with with meat and sauce (polish gulasz) it's like a stew
We will have to attend a Polish Christmas dinner some day! We actually haven't spent any time in Poland during the winter, so it's on the list to check out some Polish Christmas Markets. Especially to experience the food!
There is a sausage place not really a stand in Cracow but its in Nowa Huta
The sausages were so good! We wished there were stands all over. This spot was a bit far from where we were staying. Someone told us most people just grill their own at home. Maybe that's why there aren't so many stands? 🤔
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No Placki ziemniacane or Latkes? :( and you guys made me want to go to Poland now lol
I don't think we had any potato pancakes on this trip, but do have a LOT more food coming in our other videos! There were must too many good things to try. 🤤
@wherearewe-yt im. Going to love watching your channel get huge and expand!
Let's hope so!
Nasza gryczana jest bardzo zdrowa, w domu tradycyjnie gotowana jest a właściwie prażona z boczkiem i cebulka, bardzo lubię jest sycące danie i zdrowe, mało glutenu
We loved it! It was actually one of out favorite things that we tried. We had been to Poland a few times before, but had never tried it previously. It was delicious with the bacon and prunes. It also felt very healthy!
Very slavic dish. Even Witcher ate this in the books
I love poland
We do, too! It's always one of our favorite countries in Europe to visit.
Just got back from Krakow and we went to Judah market and had a polish pizza (can't spell it) wish I'd got that burger now, next time I will
@clarea1801 Zapiekanka are so good. We had them three times while we were in Poland. They were the best in Krakow, for sure!
And that maczanka krakowska was incredible. Definitely worth trying next time. 👌
@wherearewe-yt don't blame you, it was delicious, though I'll share one with my boyfriend next time, they are big
Mega jedzenie
It was all so good! We love Polish food.
Kocham Kraków!💚
POLSKA!🔥🇵🇱😤😳🇳🇱🗽🤠👊
MIne fav dumplings are potato and white cheese (somtimes calles classic, or russian or ukrainian) with carmelised onion, 2nd are meat and cabbage with bacon topping
Both great options!
❤ no price for any food?
We show the price of all of the foods! Haha.
Every Polish foods are diference and its aprobate rem other sates of country ofc all of the best + now its imigrants restaurants from his countres in +.Itallian guy say best Pizza eat in Warsow .. and many many ..:)One from best restaurant i look only in Korean tv program " Battle Trip nr 61?"East Europe now are slums. Poland stil stay strong in traditions safe his borders no ILLEGALS and best natural and fresh food
I think it's beneficial for any country to have legal immigrants. Especially those who contribute to society and bring their delicious cuisine along with them. Polish food is delicious, but having variety in a city is always great! 👌
pierogi z jagodami/ na słodko/- blueberry dumplings
We had some of those before when we first visit Poland. This time we had some, but only from the grocery store...haha. They were still good!
I z jabłkami...
I don't think we've ever had with apples before, but that sounds really good.
I love pierogi with white cabbage and mushrooms (it's not a very well known version in Poland), and ruskie :) i don't like sweet versions. In Gdansk I ate also very good with Tofu, and baked. You should visit Gdansk and eat in Mandu.
Anja has been to Gdansk before, and she loved it. I'd like to visit some time!
We actually have some baked pierogi in our upcoming Wroclaw video. They're some of our favorites. Especially since we order them with mushroom sauce. So good!
Hey! Thank you for the info!
Could you please share the correct address where all Auschwitz tours start?
We bought a guided tour but there are a lot of confusing info regarding the main entrance's address on the Internet and on their website and I really want to be sure. Thank you in advance! :)
To be honest, I am not entirely sure. We took a tour from Krakow and our driver brought us all the way inside to our tour guide. I had a look at the map and I understand why you think it is confusing because nothing really looks like the main entrance. Apparently, it should be Więźniów Oświęcimia 20, 32-603 Oświęcim, though.
@wherearewe-yt no worries! Thank you anyway!
Finally my favourite, classic version of zapiekanka with fresh chive! Żurek should be more thick, and less transparent, more concentrate, is too much water-ish, in Warsaw, try żurek in Future & Wine Restaurant! Pierogi, the most popular one are ruskie (potato, white cheese and onion) meat, cabbage and mushrooms. From sweet, most popular are white cheese, blueberries, strawberries, plums. I prefer sour one, cooked, and always go with classics. Kasza needs to have garavy in my opinion, so you choose less tasty position, Indeed as Polish I know kasza with plums from Christmas traditions in Świetokrzyskie area, but I always dislike it, and it was Christmas torture. 🤣 Kasza with mushrooms, meat, gravy is very tasty though *(and beetroot!). Is not szarlotka, is jabłecznik, also apple pie, but different textures, I believe anywhere you go in Poland, you will get different variation of apple pie, we have great apples, is our national fruit, same berry fruits, but you are out of season, you should visit Poland again in summer! Now we have season for apples, and mushrooms, so enjoy!😉
I noticed on the photos that I saw of Żurek, that it looked a lot more thick! We will happily try it again when we come back to Poland, and see if we can find one like this..haha.
We haven't had a pierogi we didn't like, but I do think the classics tend to me the best! With mushrooms, meat or cabbage. All so good!
We actually quite liked the Kasza as it was. It was very simple this way, and tasted quite hearty and healthy But now we're intrigued! With gravy sounds very interesting!
You're actually the second person to say that the pie was not szarlotka...haha. But we are just taking the name from the menu. On the menu, it was labeled as, "szarlotka z lodami". When I look at photos, what he has looks like a mix between the two desserts you mentioned! Whatever it was, it was amazing!
@@wherearewe-yt In High Silesia voivodeship, you will get more essential, called żur, but good żur-ek you need to search in typical Polish Restaurants with good opinions from locals, tourists are more tolerant. And if there will be options to try żur or żurek served in bread, try one! 😉
Endzior can u translate like end-zone
after party near 4 am zapiekanki are the best
kasza in german means buchweizen
The second time we had zapiekanka, it was super late at night. Perfect late night food after a bit too much vodka. 😎
Żurek is king of soups.
We tried three different soups while in Poland, and Zurek was our favorite for sure (though they were all really good).
Because our ketchups are seasoned differently, foreign ketchups have a noticeable aftertaste of vinegar, which I don't like. Zapiekanka is our fast food :D
Ooooh, gotcha!
We actually had Zapiekanka three times on this one trip to Poland..😂
We love it so much.
I like all kinds pierogi. The best for me are with cabbage and mushrooms
That's one of our favorites as well. We love ordering a side of mushroom sauce with our Pierogi. We actually do that in an upcoming video!
And is that a Witcher display picture I see?! Haha.
@@wherearewe-yt Yea, I like Mr Sapkowski books about witcher and games love too. The netflix series is bad so I watched first season and half second. I'm looking forward for Your next video. Best regards.
Agreed! I'm a big fan of the books, and the games. The show started off (somewhat) promising, and then immediately ruined everything. I haven't finished it either. Hahaha.
Thanks for watching! We still have four more coming from Poland.
If you want to taste the most Polish beer it has to be GRODZISKIE. This is a type of beer invented in Poland, commonly called Polish champagne.
Thanks for the suggestion! We will have to try it next time. I tried many beers at home during this trip, but I definitely don't remember trying this.
best kind of pierogi are my moms christmas version - just ruskie with cracklings and sauerkraut inside
That sounds delicious. 👌
Can't say we've ever had crackling in a pierogi, but now we want to try!
the white stuff in the salad with raisins is celeriac
Yeah, we said that a bit after we tried it. Couldn't put my finger on it at first! It's not something we eat often, but it was delicious.
this fried cheese is made from sheep milk and its called oscypek
It's the best. We got some from the grocery store as well, and it was equally as good!
That was sooooo many chives lol
Hahaha. It was, but honestly, it doesn't taste as strong as you'd imagine. 😆
@@wherearewe-yt well, then I'd pass because i LOVE chives lol
Nah, żurek is one of the most suggested thing for food tourism. Its always: Zapiekanka, pierogi, placki ziemniaczane, żurek. And then some regional stuff.
I mean, to be fair, those are some of the best dishes! 😂
Next video we try a bunch of different dishes, including flaki, pyzy, bigos, krokiety and a bunch of other things.
why am i always first?
I don't know, but thanks for being here so quickly! 😂
@@wherearewe-yt needs and want's are subjective but i have to store a few of you guy's vids up to binge when i am rained off work, i like to get really really hungry and then drive myself in to an almost torturous watch, its like being waterboarded with delicious food i can't eat, yes it's a strange angle but i love it
The sour cream is rather for pierogi with a sweet filling, not for the meat or sour cabbage ones.
Really?? That's interesting! We love sour cream on both the sweet AND savory ones. Polish sour cream is also just really good.
@@wherearewe-yt As long as You liked it, that's all that matters. Try pan fried pierogi. That's anothel level. Cheers
you almost said szarlotka right, "sharlohtka" not "sharlahtka"
Pierogi ruskie! Najlepsze!🔥😤😳🤠👊
Kiełbasa is not sausage. Kiełbasa is a Kiełbasa. You can find something like sasuage in a Polish supermarket on the lowest shelf and it will be much better than American sasuage.
How is a kielbasa not a sausage? Kielbasa is literally the Polish word for sausage, is it not? It's also made like any other sausage as well. The process of making them is the same as any other sausage. They're a sausage, for sure.
@@wherearewe-yt No. Sausage is something that in Poland can be described as "parówka" has nothing to do with Kiełbasa and its production method. It's like saying that SPAM is the same as Italian mortadella. It's important what ingredients the Kiełbasa is made of and what methods are used to prepare it. There are a lot of them.
@@wherearewe-ytyes it is a sausage, the other guys just tries to make it complicated for no reason.
Glad you guys liked Poland, great video btw
If something is wrapped in foil, don't think it's home cooking :)
We would love to have some Polish homecooked food some day, but it's only restaurants for now!
I hope you ate all that food. We don't like wasting food in Poland.
We don't waste food. We bring it with us when we don't finish. We had to, with all those pierogi we bought..hahaha.
@@wherearewe-yt That's my concern. I like watching people who like polish food but no one ever show he/she take leftovers to the hotel or whatever. Food travelers always order as much as they can and I thing... ok... "you can eat all that shit" what do you do? Will you throw it to the bin?
@bartoszjasinski I'm sure some people do that. For us, we like to try as many things as we possibly can, so we always order too much..but we have never once left food behind. We used to actually travel with our own plastic takeaway containers to pack it up ourselves. 😂
@@wherearewe-yt good to know
You should try flaki soup its nice to. Pierogi with buckwheat and cottage cheese is also good to try.
We have flaki in our next video, actually! Should be out by Sunday.
Ooooh, that sounds delicious!
Żurek z ziemniakami ?
Yes! Are potatoes not a common ingredient?
@@wherearewe-yt i prefer without and version with bread :)
Ja robię z ziemniakami podsmażonymi wcześniej na patelni plus dużo innych warzyw też.
We've been told this version looked quite light in comparison to other versions. We will need to try it again! Maybe we can try the no potato version next time.
That sounds amazing.
Pierogi with pork meat the best
Tourists! A zapiekanka is not a pizza! Don't compare a zapiekanka to a pizza. Please.These are two completely different dishes.
I actually said, "I've heard other people call it a Polish pizza", followed by saying, "but it is it's own thing, it's very unique". Which means I said that it is not like a pizza.
Nobody has ever called it a Polish pizza. Its always been called a sandwich.
By tourists in other videos- not locals.
Don't listen to the kalafior. I'm Polish, and I say it's a Polish pizza xd. Or better it's a "poor man's pizza". But it doesn't matter as long as you like it. Cheers
Unfrtunetly the food with buckwheat is slowly dying in Poland !Is much more popular in Ukraine and Rusia ! In old days was popular in pore families as was cheep healthy and you not feel hungry 😀
@EA00000 That's unfortunate because it's really delicious! It was one of our favorite things that we tried. As you said, healthy and filling.
We saw it at the grocery store as well. Next time we will buy some and try it! Much cheaper than in a restaurant. 😁
Pierogi with potatoes are not typical Polish Pierogi. Typical ones are with cabbage, meat and mushrooms. Or with cabbage and mushrooms. Pierogi with potatoes are Pierogi "Ruskie" and are not the most popular.
Maybe they're both the most popular, but I'd say they're pretty typical, considering you can find them in most restaurants. Many people have said they love them as well.
@@wherearewe-yt Traditional Polish Pierogi are filled with cabbage, mushrooms and possibly meat. Pierogi with potatoes (and cottage cheese) are a regional option. Yes, they are available in many places but this is not your typical Polish Pierogi. That is why it is specifically called "Ruski".
@@wherearewe-yt And they are not called dumplings but Pierogi. Exactly as we do not say sousage but Kiełbasa.
No to ketchup! Lol
It's so good!
i understand you bro i have beard longer than you :)
This whole channel is just be trying not to constantly drop things in my beard. Hahaha.
To ciasto z jabłkami tradycyjnie nazywa się "Jabłecznik" Pozdrawiam i życzę smacznego 👋 Spróbujcie zupę z kaczej krwi zwanej " Czarnina" lub "Czernina" jest naprawdę pyszna i nie smakuje jak krew ma mnóstwo dodatków jak śliwki suszone cz wiśnie z octu, ja pochodzę z regionu gdzie ta zupa jest do dzisiaj robiona przy ważnych świętach. Zupa ta pochodzi zaczunając od Torunia a kończąc na wschodzie w Działdowie wąskim pasem na północ i południe. W Warszawie można ją spotkać ale trzeba dobrze poszukać. W miejscu tradycyjnego występowania tej zupy nazywa się "Czarnina" a w innych "Czernina" polecam naprawdę warto spróbować😋
That sounds super unique! We would have loved to try that in our Warsaw video. We always try to find dishes that are a bit more "unusual" that only locals know about. That would have been PERFECT.
We actually lived in South East Asia for two years, so we've had plenty of blood dishes before. Duck blood soup is pretty common in Vietnam! That sounds like a pretty delicious preparation.
z czym czarnina? w ziemi Lubawskiej jadamy z szarymi kluskami i taka mi najbardziej smakuje
@@adamlubieniecki9074 Babcia robiła z kluchami pychota, ale teraz to chyba najbardziej z makaronem kluchy nie te. Pozdrawiam.
@@kamilkosowski8357 chopie tośty nosz jak kluchy gadasz
Dont sause❤
Zapiekanka tylko ze Skawiny od Adamusa
We will have to try that spot next time! 😃
Ruskie pierogi are the best.
Somehow we didn't have any Ruskie on this trip. I wanted to get them in our first Krakow video, but Anja picked the cottage cheese ones instead!
1,52 jeśli ser jest tandetny oznacza niedobry a Ty mówisz że jest ok.Złe tłumaczenie
They were both delicious!
the zurek looks weak....
It was delicious! But it does look lighter than others I've seen.
Ale wieśniaki nie wiedzo Cu to zapiekana... 😂😂😂
This doesn't translate well, so I don't know what this means.
Niezesrajsiepajacu
This translation is very strange..😅
Jeśli chodzi o pierogi najlepiej lubię z ziemniakami lub miesem jeśli chodzi o kaszę tak jemy lecz w gołąbkach nigdy nie podana sama na talerzu
Really?? So the groats inside a cabbage roll? That sounds amazing. We'd love to try that. Cabbage rolls are one of our favorite dishes.
Maybe we've had it that way in the past, and just never noticed. 😅
Nieprawda, krakowskie gołąbki zawsze są z kaszą gryczaną lub jęczmienną.Krakòw ma różne typy kaszy, nadziewamy kurczaki kaszą i wàtròbkà. Trzeba znaleźć krakowską restaurację np.pl.Wolnica, a nie pod turystów.
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Pierogi z kapustą i grzybami 🙂
That's a great version!