Mike did you get married? You're wearing a really nice wedding band in the first video you uploaded today. Best wishes for many years of love and happiness.
Love Polish people! One of my good friends is Polish and his parents make the best food, also very hospitable. As a Hungarian, we have a lot in common. Much love to my Polish brothers and sisters
@@profdrrameshkumarbiswas1337 You expect a Catholic country to embrace homosexuality? Let's compare their tolerance to that of Saudi Arabia, Iran and Pakistan shall we?
@@cak4539 Exactly, I am polish and lesbian too. Nobody is chasing us on the streets or put us into a prison. Being homosexual is not a problem in Poland. And younger people have no problems with that. We can’t be married, but there is nothing more than that. We live normal.
@@tomhoedt6467 Saying that Poland is in Eastern Europe neither geographically nor culturally makes sense. Geographically, Poland is even slightly more to the west (I recommend checking where exactly the center of Europe is), while culturally we are a mixture of both worlds, west and east, so it makes the most sense to say that Poland is located in Central Europe, not East or West
@@retrix9169 It's Eastern, Poland was created more then millenium ago and by 99% of it's history it was located on what was consideterd, the East of Europe. Due to that, they by the most part were influenced by local region (East again), with some expections (German settlers in Northern Poland). This, with combination of the fact that Poles are slavs themself (people of Eastern European origins) means that they are Eastern. Due to that, most of the culture and mindset is Eastern European by nature, and only now we can see it's westernization. But sure, make less then 2 minutes of reaserch via Google maps and call it a quit.
As a Pole I just wanted to say, thank you thank you thank you for including polish quisine ❤️ I watch a ton of food vlogers and content creators on youtube and no one ever made a video on polish food. Thank you so much for including us and making such an amazing video 🥹
The way you describe all the food in detail and your reactions makes your eating videos very relaxing to watch. I'm also quite surprised how much you've actually eaten, because Polish food is quite heavy and man you can eat a lot!
@@rheinhartsilvento2576, I have a favorite Mediterranean restaurant that specializes in middle eastern dishes. My neighbor who comes from Iraq doesn't like to eat there. Surprised, I asked why? She said it was because she made the dishes better. And it's probably the same with this Polish restaurant. People used to the Polish cuisine of their grandmothers and mothers do not like to eat there. Foreigners like it. I also know Poles who like it (these are usually those who can't cook themselves).
@@metalgearsolidsnake6978 I remember that I liked smoked salmon there (so not really polish). I have to go back one day and check if something changed. Might be great now. The last time I was there was approximately 13 years ago.
Chicago has the largest Polish community in the Nation so I have enjoyed their ethnic culture and food. When Polish couples have a wedding its a great enjoyment experience with food and dancing. Attended many weddings and was always fun.
@@xPower4Goodx Not really. Same as Detroit, I guess, there used to be a neighborhood that was heavily, heavily Polish but not as much anymore. Polish people are just...everywhere now!
I am from Poland and can confirm this is the type of food my mum would cook. Pierogi, barszcz (borscht) with dumplings, lots of different meats, golabki (meat stuffed cabbage). Polish cuisine is delicious and I am happy you also liked it!!! I would happily go to this place and stuff my face 😃
I'm Polish from Chicago and I'm so happy that you went to this buffet. I've been there many times. There's also another Polish Buffet on Irving Park and Narragansett called Jolly Inn. Polish food is delicious.
Polish food is underrated. I am fortunate to be 100% and grew up in the Chicago area. My whole childhood was eating this amazing food. Every person that we introduced our food to, loves it. It is criminal that we don't have Polish food chain restaurants in this Country.
Polish food like this remind everyone in Poland about mother's cuisine, when you took bite off stuffed cabbage (gołąbki) i felt this taste in my mouth, also pierogi is the most underated dumplings in the world, meet and sauerkraut, mushrooms, potatoe with cottage cheese. And if you can't taste polish fermented foods, go for it.
I was kind of surprised to see some german dishes, as well as some dishes, where variants also exist in germany. that stuffed cabbage reminded me so much of the german kohlrouladen, maybe just with a tomatoe sauce? probably also different spices to the cumin used for kohlrouladen. its a shame that there arent really any polish restaurants where i am, even though its in eastern germany. i guess if there is not a decent amount of polish immigrants or near the border, then the need for explicitly polish restaurants will fall.
@@ImperatorTom we had one in Finland in Tampere but they went out of business even though the food was good. It just didn’t make much money because of being foreign but that is Finlands’ main problem… not liking different than Indian food, sushi or pizza… the cabbage is I think actually borrowed from German origin because we make it in tomato sauce and we were under German occupation so many things actually got incorporated into Polish cuisines :)
@@manieczkaa not sure about the tomato thing being german. naturally it could be, but the german stuffed cabbage rolls are not made with tomato sauce (although when i wanted to look for an recipe it said to use tomato paste, which is not a thing in my family at least and if it was enough to turn the sauce red, then it is also not used in restaurants, since the sauce there is also brown)
As a Person who lives in Poland and was Born here, it is really refreshing seeing other people enjoying our food and being amazed by it. I Hope that every person that will read this will have a great day! Greetings from Poland ;p
After watching several videos by the mighty Mikey; I think I know why he is so successful in doing this: 1. Personable delivery as of he is sharing his findings to you like a real trusted friend would, straight no chase, very relatable. 2. The additions of his life, his family and genuine feelings on many things in his videos are precious; a rarity nowadays anywhere, especially on line. 3. His enthusiasm for eating is a delight to watch! He seems to have found his calling and he obviously is enjoying his “job”. Good on him! We should all be so fortunate to follow our blessings in such a delicious fashion!
@Summer Winter I agree completely. I have binged these videos the last few days. They're very simple but Mike gets it just right and they're always entertaining.
I grew up down the street from this establishment. Literally was a staple in my childhood. I have probably eaten here at least 100 times. Cozy restaurant with quality polish food.
What a dream! It almost looked like you could get through the week on one or two visits to that place. The very idea of having potato pancakes and pierogi and (dozens of other meaty things) in one meal PLUS beautiful desserts. I hope they have good coffee in there... This would be a good Last Meal, I thought. I want to go to Chicago just for this!
Yes, this reminds me of my paternal grandmother's cooking! She was born in Poland but grew up in the United States and she taught my Vietnamese mother to make golabki, pierogi and the best chicken soup in the world. When I took a trip to Poland I loved the food everywhere I went.
I've been to Poland a few times and I loved it so much I brought back a Pole as a souvenir. Haha I immigrated my Polish husband here from Katowice. The people are amazing! Poles are so kind and helpful that I wanted to just hug all the ones that helped me navigate the language barrier to figure out a few things. The night life, the food, the culture, the architecture, just everything about Poland is amazing. Thinking about moving to Poland after a few years once I finish my education here in the USA and have a bit more work experience under my belt.
* Gołąbki...and we only use minced pigeon breast mixed with rice rolled in cabbage leaves. The heads and feet we use to make gell-o. Delicious with spiritus vinegar and rye bread.
As a person from a Polish family, I must insist you stir a spoonful of sour cream into the borscht! That said, this place is now on my list to visit! Looks fantastic!
I was spoiled with perogies, kishka, and kielbasa on one side of the family and first-generation Italian food on the other. The Polish food in this great video was very nostalgic.
yup, same here...lol..Polish on both sides..now I cook all that stuff for my own family and grandkids...and my husband is Latino...he prefers Polish cooking..
I am from a very Polish family and this is all stuff I can remember my grandma, and now my mom, cooking. I definitely need to visit this buffet, all the food looks amazing
I am so happy that finally someone talks about Polish food, which in my opinion, is one of the best in Europe :D It would be great Mikey if you come to Poland to show the amazing food we have here. Żurek, Bigos, Pierogi, many amazing soups we have like Pickle Cucumber soup, Kapuśniak, Chłodnik (a cold, pink borscht which came from Lithuania but is very popular here), and even more extreme ones like Flaki (a tripe soup that everyone loves in Poland) or even Czernina (a blood sweet soup popular in regions like Greater Poland or Kuyavia, the best place where i ate Czernina was in Hyćka Restaurant in Poznań). Many amazing places like blue van (Kiełbaski z niebieskiej nyski) in Kraków that parks everyday in one of the parking lots near Hala Targowa and serves Grilled Kiełbasa for almost 30 years. Regional foods like oscypek cheese or potato pancakes "po zbójnicku" with delicious goulash and cheese in Tatra region. It would be amazing if you show Milk Bar culture, a cheap restaurant that was very popular in the communist times and now making a comeback that serves traditional polish dinner. Polish streetfood is also very intersitng with Kiełbasa and Zapiekanka being served in many places. And of course many amazing desserts like Pączki, Makowiec, Sernik, Racuchy. I think it would an amazing series and I think you would have a lot of fun here :D
Oh my goodness!! My Polish heritage is screaming "I'm so hungry for the food of my people"..... I miss my mother & grandmother's polish cooking. Especially the pierogies-😍😍
No kielbasa?? And xtremly hot horseradish sauce, I love that. My polish grandmother was a very baker, Jewish apple cake, German chocolate cake, pineapple tarts, coconut nut cake, the best.
Unfortunately my grandmother didn't make much except some God-awful Chicken noodle soup. My mom made a few things like stuffed cabbage rolls and we had tons of blood sausage and kielbasa.
Thank you Mikey! I have followed you for years, living vicariously through you, especially all your Asian adventures. I’m an Australian of Polish decent who loves all food Japanese and Korean…but I have waited patiently for you to film some Polish content, and you didn’t disappoint. Blessings for the future and if you ever come down to Melbourne, let’s go feast on some yum cha…or pierogi! 🤗💖
I'm from Chicago and I've been to that Polish buffet numerous times. I recognized the place before he even got to the front. The food there is so good and the wait staff is really nice.
I remember the first time I saw the pork hocks when I moved to Germany. It was in a cafe attached to our local hypermarket! Couldn't believe my eyes. It was soooo good!
Polish people are the best!! I grew up in Massachusetts and whenever I met Polish Americans they were always the nicest. Plus hard working and under rated food.
My late husband & I used to eat here often when we lived in Chicago! I am now in Florida & I miss it. I am Ukrainian & a lot of these foods are what I really enjoy.
OMG! My husband is Polish and we both like Polish food here in the Detroit Metro area, so we watched you video and I cannot stop drooling!! We are definitely going take a weekend trip to Chicago to sample the Red Apple Buffet. Then you followed it up with Dim Sum (I'm pretending I didn't see the pizza!) and I haven't had good Dim Sum in over 20 years!! Probably longer! So thank you, thank you, thank you for this video!! Oh yeah, almost forgot--you need aprons in your merch! When you have too many t-shirts, hoodies, cups, etc. you can always use an apron!
Great food variety in one video! I've loved Polish food since visiting Poland. My uncle ordered pierogies eight times in seven days there! I've been to Giordano's several times. When we asked the two attendants in the Amtrak lounge in Union Station where to go for deep dish, one strongly recommended Lou Malnati's, while the other insisted on Giordano's. Hope to get back to Chicago to try Minghin as well. Thanks.
We have been there and we enjoyed Polish food very much. It was just as the food at my mom and grandma’s. The owner, Ania, of this restaurant was attentive and welcoming☺️
Growing up in the States, I got Polish food mostly around the holidays. Now I live in Poland full-time and can eat Polish every day. The culinary tradition here is great. I have also been to the Red Apple (Czerowne Jabuszko) several times. What a great place!
Respect, you have eaten in an hour more than I eat in a week :) As a Pole I must admit the food looks as in Poland: Pierogi, Gołąbki, kapusta, golonka, all looks delicious :)
Hey Mikey! Long time fan, but first time commenting 😉 Great to see you eating my national Polish cuisine - everything looks delicious! If you ever decide to go to Poland, I’d be happy to show you the sights and the food 😁
Mikey at the pizza place: "My only regret-" Me: awe, he wishes Christine were there to try it too? :D Mikey: "-is that I ran out of hot oil, cuz that would be perfect on this!" Me: Oh
I'm genuinely shocked the parking lot didn't tow the guy parking illegally? I mean theres no way I would have waited for two hours, that driver was a total jerkwad. That pizza looked incredible 😭
Having been a victim to someone double parking in front of us recently, it’s one of the most frustrating things. Takes a special kind of jerk to knowingly inconvenience someone else that way. Fortunately we didn’t have to wait 2 hours to get out
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 01:56 🍲 *The Polish buffet in Chicago serves delicious borscht soup, a must-try with its unique flavor.* 03:50 🍖 *The buffet offers a variety of Polish dishes, including pig trotter, fried chicken, stuffed beef rolls, and sauerkraut, providing a unique and authentic dining experience.* 07:00 🥟 *The pierogies at the buffet are a standout and deserve their own plate due to their exceptional taste and quality.* 09:54 🍰 *The dessert selection at the buffet is impressive, with delicious options like cheesecake, mousse, apple strudel, and more.* 12:55 🍕 *The deep-dish pizza in Chicago is known for its thin, buttery, and flaky crust, making it a unique and delightful experience for pizza lovers.* Made with HARPA AI
Ok, I have never heard of a Polish buffet! What a GEM!! I do love the Chicago style pizza every once in a blue moon. It's like pie and pizza and a casserole had a three way food baby. YUM
Thanks for this video. I'm so happy to know that The Red Apple is still around. What memories! I used to go there back in the 1980s. It was super cheap and sooooo good!! You could easily eat enough for three days in one meal. So yes, pacing is essential. I haven't lived in Chicago for a long time but I'm definitely going back during my next visit.
My Gram who raised me was the BEST cook, she was Polish.....OMG the FOOD she made...... THANKS FOR EVERYTHING GRAM, I love you and MISS you more than you know. She will be gone 38 years this X-Mas eve. XOX
Don’t know why the previous one was taken down, but luckily I already watched it. Those fortunate enough had the privilege of getting two videos today. 👌
Someone upload a different video with this description. It was initially confusing with Mike talking about chicken sandwiches with a video promising a Polish buffet
@@barbj672000 I think it's because in the earlier version when they were eating outside at the chicken restaurant (Raising Cane's), it was clearly visible that Mike was wearing a wedding band. Maybe he just isn't ready to let us all know even though everyone would be happy for him.
I was definitely surprised by the food when I went to Poland. I didn't have a single bad meal there and I tried a bunch of different things. This video makes me want to go back so bad...unless you know a decent place to get Polish food in Taiwan?
I have discovered a very good and affordable Polish restaurant here in SE Michigan, but this place is definitely going on my list if I'm ever in Chicago. My grandfather made cabbage rolls and called them pigeons or gwumpky and I hope he smiles when he looks down and sees me going to town on one of them .
Glad to see you enjoying Polish food. Me and my girlfriend we'd love to show you even more delicious polish dishes. Hope to see you in Poland. Best greetings :)
Mike I am so happy for you… and it is amazing having Christine in the videos… she seems so chill. Seriously, I have been watching you for years and I have never seen u so happy. It’s amazing to see.
Here because my husband is polish American. He and my kids know the polish foods and the birthday song in polish (thanks to my in laws, they’re 2 and 5). Just learned I’m half Italian and half Jewish (my dad was adopted so I didn’t know nor grew up with it) so I’m trying to learn for my kids 🥰
its so cool that you're in Chicago! this is the first series that I'll be able to check out some of the restraunts you visited, and ive been watching for years now.
That's awesome you liked Polish cuisine. I'm from Poland and it's great to see other people like our food. But I need to say this. It's Pierogi not pierogies. Word pierogi is already a plural form ;)
First time ever I see egg inside the Beetroot red soup - Barszcz Czerwony. Usually we have there a couple of small dumplings filled with meat or cabbage instead an egg. My mother puts there slices of beatroots also which is incredibly increasing a health. We put an egg into Żurek - White soup with sausage and egg and It's delicious as well. Best for hangover :D
In my home, it is quite usual to serve barszcz with both large chunks of betroots, hard boiled egg inside and some cream in the soup, with potato puree covered with onion on the side plate.
First, Mikey makes me want to go visit Texas and now he added Chicago to my want to go to list! I'll wait for the day to come for the safe travel and until then, I'll watch Mikey go there and show me the places to go~ Thanks and safe travel as always!
@Waiting on Carmine I think the South and East sides of Chicago are bad, while the other parts are actually pretty nice. You seem like the type to also label NYC as a warzone but as someone that lives here, I can tell you that it's grossly exaggerated. You have good and bad areas in every city.
it makes my heart so happy that you enjoyed these polish dishes!! there are a few other great polish restaurants in the Chicagoland area, one really good one is Polish Paczki Cafe! They are known for their a m a z i n g paczki, plus they have a variety of entrees and sides that are pretty delicious. sending love xx
I eat there every time I visit Chicago -- with my Polish/Ukrainian background -- this restaurant is pure Heaven! Unbelievably flavorful, variety is astonishing -- I have the exact same reaction to all those dishes -- and they are all there each time I've been there. Thanks for this PERFECT review and description and video!
My father's family, which is Polish, always made a sweet mustard sauce to go with any type of pork. The best way to describe it is that it kind of tastes like McDonald's hot mustard sauce. Another memory of mine is opening my Grandmother's refrigerator and seeing nothing but pork in it. Hams, roasts, bacon, and sausages literally hanging from a rack inside. It looked like the glass case in a butcher shop.
where is Giordano's...never heard of it...usually head out to Polish Deli for all my favorite kielbasas and been to Pierogi Village..but ma taught me to cook our traditional foods so I do make pierogis, golompki and beet barsch also the kielbasa white barsch and of coarse kapusta....our traditional food is great...lol..but can also put on the weight...
My collage roomate was Polish. The buffet was like going to her Grandma on Saturday night. She was an amazing cook. I don't know I think her Grandma may have made more food.😀
One thing the polish and Italians have in common is their food hospitality is off the charts. If you only eat one full plate of food, it's considered rude. You eat until all the food on the table is gone. And then you eat some more.
The way you reacted to this was the same way I reacted when I visited the Russian food restaurant here in Orlando. There's just no way to explain the experience of eating an international dish you don't see every day. Mike thank you for your content and videos, thanks for being a seemingly amazing individual and hope for your continued success. You really helped me get through 2020 with your videos, so much so that I even opened the channel Latin Chopsticks to follow my dream and share with everyone the amazing places to eat in Orlando FL, the most magical place on earth. Currently doing some vids in Dubai but will get back to Orlando soon. Thank you for all you do. I hope my channel keeps growing so one day we can sit and have a meal together. 😄
Years ago, I attended a Catholic High School in the Polish neighborhood in Chicago. Lunch was an experience. Many Polish grandmothers would volunteer to work and cook in the kitchen. We never had a bad hot meal. It was nowhere near the average H S cafeteria food. Hams, Pork, chicken, turkey, roast beef, cabbage rolls were on the menu. My favorite was the breaded pork tenderloin, the size of a salad plate, mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetable, pie or cake, dinner roll and pint of milk. WoW.
Oh I love watching your channel , it made me so happy that you finally showed polish food. Anytime you're in ft.lauderdale I would gladly make you polish food . Do you have any plans on going to Poland 🇵🇱?
Everything looked awesome! I'm half Polish, and I didn't know there is a Polish buffet in Chicago! The pizza looked awesome. The same pizza restaurant is right in my neighborhood.
It does make me want to visit my Polish in-laws! You seriously need to try the pierogi pan fried; they are usually done in oil and butter and if you're lucky with cubes of bacon and onions. We make dessert pierogi, with fresh blueberries.
I love Polish food hahaha! Just like I love a lot of things Polish or eastern European. ;) When I was in NY I hang out at Polish places all the time, and I usually surprise a lot of ppl by being the only non Polish (and almost definitely the only Asian) to be at Polish parties, concerts, etc. Sadly not only are Polish buffets rare, Polish restaurants, bars, clubs, and other establishments are really rare at least across America. Even in NY there has been only a handful of real Polish places, and they’re even harder to find outside NY. I don’t really see that many, if any at all, in even Philly or DC, let alone in Baltimore where I currently live… And speaking of NY, the owner/chef that once runs multiple (he claims 8, while I can confirm at least 5) really famous Polish establishments across Brooklyn & Queens (and even NJ) is now bankrupt and most of those establishments no longer exists even. Which makes the scene of Polish places in NY even grimmer in a way… I really hope that there will be more Polish restaurants opening up and more ppl will get to know & enjoy Polish food, drinks and maybe other Polish stuff like Polish music (such as disco polo, they’re LIT!). BTW, it seems that you have a great appetite! I know Polish serving sizes are no jokes!
Sorry for the video mix up! Here is the actual video :) enjoy!
Thank you, Mikey! Loved the other video too! 💖💖
Mike did you get married? You're wearing a really nice wedding band in the first video you uploaded today. Best wishes for many years of love and happiness.
But I was in the middle of the other video! I need to know how you liked raising kaines!
@@lifesadream4420 Maybe they are wearing promise rings👍
All of your videos are bomb so it’s fine🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
As a Greek, and I hope my Polish friends read this, you have some stellar stuff and I loved every single trip in Poland.
Me too. As a Greek, Polish food is soooooo good.
@@reneehenderson4818 That's great praise from someone whose people created the deliciousness that is pastitsio. :)
Polskie pierogi są przepyszne a zwłaszcza te z mięsem
Smacznego my friends
Thx! I visited Crete in Greece once - amazing place and food! Greetings from Tricity in Poland 😁
Love Polish people! One of my good friends is Polish and his parents make the best food, also very hospitable. As a Hungarian, we have a lot in common. Much love to my Polish brothers and sisters
I love Polish and Hungarian flavors. Some of the best food in the world.
Polish and Hungarian: Yeah, the most racist antisemitic and disgusting homophobes
@@profdrrameshkumarbiswas1337 You expect a Catholic country to embrace homosexuality? Let's compare their tolerance to that of Saudi Arabia, Iran and Pakistan shall we?
Hi, Hungarian brother!!! Greetings from polish sister! All the best for you and your amazing country!!!
@@cak4539 Exactly, I am polish and lesbian too. Nobody is chasing us on the streets or put us into a prison. Being homosexual is not a problem in Poland. And younger people have no problems with that. We can’t be married, but there is nothing more than that. We live normal.
Polish food, and Eastern European food in general, is so underrated, and it's the perfect hearty winter food.
Poland is in Central Europe, not Eastern! xD
But on the upside it’s not Americanized like Italian, Chinese, and even Mexican food also yea Poland is Eastern Europe I know I’m from there
@@tomhoedt6467 Saying that Poland is in Eastern Europe neither geographically nor culturally makes sense. Geographically, Poland is even slightly more to the west (I recommend checking where exactly the center of Europe is), while culturally we are a mixture of both worlds, west and east, so it makes the most sense to say that Poland is located in Central Europe, not East or West
@@retrix9169 oh don’t get all triggered now. And culturally it’s Eastern Europe
@@retrix9169 It's Eastern, Poland was created more then millenium ago and by 99% of it's history it was located on what was consideterd, the East of Europe. Due to that, they by the most part were influenced by local region (East again), with some expections (German settlers in Northern Poland). This, with combination of the fact that Poles are slavs themself (people of Eastern European origins) means that they are Eastern. Due to that, most of the culture and mindset is Eastern European by nature, and only now we can see it's westernization. But sure, make less then 2 minutes of reaserch via Google maps and call it a quit.
As a Pole I just wanted to say, thank you thank you thank you for including polish quisine ❤️ I watch a ton of food vlogers and content creators on youtube and no one ever made a video on polish food. Thank you so much for including us and making such an amazing video 🥹
You got that right! Polish food is extremely underrated, but it’s going to come up very soon!
The way you describe all the food in detail and your reactions makes your eating videos very relaxing to watch. I'm also quite surprised how much you've actually eaten, because Polish food is quite heavy and man you can eat a lot!
Robił materiał pewnie przez tydzień, bo nie wierzę że tyle zeżarł....
@@Li-brus 😂
Watching this from Poland and the food looks so much like what my grandma cooks day to day, I'm amazed! Glad you liked it!
chicago has the highest polish population outside warsaw! come visit!!
@Daniel Piotrowicz i am indeed very lucky ❤️
@@Alex-zi1nb I really want to!
On Chicago's northwest side..Irving Park street and Narragansett street.
@@mariocisneros911 this isnt on irving and narranganset. Its on milwuakee and devon by superdawg
As Polish person from actual Poland, I must say the dishes in the Red Apple buffet truly look amazing.
That's real grandma's cooking right there😊
It's actually far from grandma's cooking. Been there a few times, tried it, nothing special.
@@avagosiewski2018 Oh😪 that's sad to read....
It sure looked authentic and appetizing.
Well, too bad😐
Spideraman no way home< @ oh yes borsch is good, but the rest is not really polish food(minus cakes)?
@@rheinhartsilvento2576,
I have a favorite Mediterranean restaurant that specializes in middle eastern dishes. My neighbor who comes from Iraq doesn't like to eat there. Surprised, I asked why? She said it was because she made the dishes better. And it's probably the same with this Polish restaurant. People used to the Polish cuisine of their grandmothers and mothers do not like to eat there. Foreigners like it. I also know Poles who like it (these are usually those who can't cook themselves).
@@metalgearsolidsnake6978 I remember that I liked smoked salmon there (so not really polish). I have to go back one day and check if something changed. Might be great now. The last time I was there was approximately 13 years ago.
Chicago has the largest Polish community in the Nation so I have enjoyed their ethnic culture and food. When Polish couples have a wedding its a great enjoyment experience with food and dancing. Attended many weddings and was always fun.
Do y’all have a Pole town too? We got one here in Detroit but it’s apparently smaller than it was 20-30 years ago
@@xPower4Goodx Not really. Same as Detroit, I guess, there used to be a neighborhood that was heavily, heavily Polish but not as much anymore. Polish people are just...everywhere now!
@@xPower4Goodx Hamtramck?
@@KingDennisJensen yessir
@@xPower4Goodx Ah nice, one of my good friend's cousin owns a place called Srodek's there and also in Sterling Heights. Very good food!
I am from Poland and can confirm this is the type of food my mum would cook. Pierogi, barszcz (borscht) with dumplings, lots of different meats, golabki (meat stuffed cabbage). Polish cuisine is delicious and I am happy you also liked it!!! I would happily go to this place and stuff my face 😃
I'm Polish from Chicago and I'm so happy that you went to this buffet. I've been there many times. There's also another Polish Buffet on Irving Park and Narragansett called Jolly Inn. Polish food is delicious.
it's so nice seeing someone be so positive about my country's food. it's not very glamorous, but it is worthy of attention
The food looks amazing! I went to a Polish all you can eat restaurant about 20 years ago in Chicago it was a small place but the food was phenomenal.
Polish food is underrated. I am fortunate to be 100% and grew up in the Chicago area. My whole childhood was eating this amazing food. Every person that we introduced our food to, loves it. It is criminal that we don't have Polish food chain restaurants in this Country.
Polish food like this remind everyone in Poland about mother's cuisine, when you took bite off stuffed cabbage (gołąbki) i felt this taste in my mouth, also pierogi is the most underated dumplings in the world, meet and sauerkraut, mushrooms, potatoe with cottage cheese. And if you can't taste polish fermented foods, go for it.
The buffet looks appetizing 🤤
Roladki!!! Tesknie za babcinymi :) jedzenie wyglada bardzo bardzo tradycyjnie!
I was kind of surprised to see some german dishes, as well as some dishes, where variants also exist in germany. that stuffed cabbage reminded me so much of the german kohlrouladen, maybe just with a tomatoe sauce? probably also different spices to the cumin used for kohlrouladen.
its a shame that there arent really any polish restaurants where i am, even though its in eastern germany. i guess if there is not a decent amount of polish immigrants or near the border, then the need for explicitly polish restaurants will fall.
@@ImperatorTom we had one in Finland in Tampere but they went out of business even though the food was good. It just didn’t make much money because of being foreign but that is Finlands’ main problem… not liking different than Indian food, sushi or pizza… the cabbage is I think actually borrowed from German origin because we make it in tomato sauce and we were under German occupation so many things actually got incorporated into Polish cuisines :)
@@manieczkaa not sure about the tomato thing being german. naturally it could be, but the german stuffed cabbage rolls are not made with tomato sauce (although when i wanted to look for an recipe it said to use tomato paste, which is not a thing in my family at least and if it was enough to turn the sauce red, then it is also not used in restaurants, since the sauce there is also brown)
As a Person who lives in Poland and was Born here, it is really refreshing seeing other people enjoying our food and being amazed by it. I Hope that every person that will read this will have a great day! Greetings from Poland ;p
After watching several videos by the mighty Mikey; I think I know why he is so successful in doing this:
1. Personable delivery as of he is sharing his findings to you like a real trusted friend would, straight no chase, very relatable.
2. The additions of his life, his family and genuine feelings on many things in his videos are precious; a rarity nowadays anywhere, especially on line.
3. His enthusiasm for eating is a delight to watch! He seems to have found his calling and he obviously is enjoying his “job”. Good on him!
We should all be so fortunate to follow our blessings in such a delicious fashion!
He's awesome!
@Summer Winter I agree completely. I have binged these videos the last few days. They're very simple but Mike gets it just right and they're always entertaining.
I grew up down the street from this establishment. Literally was a staple in my childhood. I have probably eaten here at least 100 times. Cozy restaurant with quality polish food.
What a dream! It almost looked like you could get through the week on one or two visits to that place. The very idea of having potato pancakes and pierogi and (dozens of other meaty things) in one meal PLUS beautiful desserts. I hope they have good coffee in there... This would be a good Last Meal, I thought. I want to go to Chicago just for this!
Currently justifying myself looking at flights from DIA just for this.
This makes me miss my grandmother even more. She was a master of Polish cooking.
Yes, this reminds me of my paternal grandmother's cooking! She was born in Poland but grew up in the United States and she taught my Vietnamese mother to make golabki, pierogi and the best chicken soup in the world. When I took a trip to Poland I loved the food everywhere I went.
I've been to Poland a few times and I loved it so much I brought back a Pole as a souvenir. Haha I immigrated my Polish husband here from Katowice. The people are amazing! Poles are so kind and helpful that I wanted to just hug all the ones that helped me navigate the language barrier to figure out a few things. The night life, the food, the culture, the architecture, just everything about Poland is amazing. Thinking about moving to Poland after a few years once I finish my education here in the USA and have a bit more work experience under my belt.
My grandma made stuffed cabbage every year for Christmas Eve dinner. They are called Golabki, Man I miss them.
So did my grandma and she called them the same thing 😊…Because of this video my mom is going to make them for Christmas .
Ye gołąb = pigeon we hunt them, preparing then Rolling into cabbage
@@erraticpattern7011 The hardest part is making feathers eatable.
@@erraticpattern7011 I think how many people think that is true 😚🤗☺️💜🇵🇱
* Gołąbki...and we only use minced pigeon breast mixed with rice rolled in cabbage leaves. The heads and feet we use to make gell-o. Delicious with spiritus vinegar and rye bread.
The Polish buffet looked absolutely amazing.
As a person from a Polish family, I must insist you stir a spoonful of sour cream into the borscht! That said, this place is now on my list to visit! Looks fantastic!
Never tried that. Sour cream on pierogi is amazing too ^^
@@DaisyKmua Oh yes! Potato and farmer's cheese with sour cream is my favorite, that or pierogi with foraged mushrooms!
@@NoiseComplaintSA lol I'm drooling now
The kopytka and crepes made me miss my mother! (Naleshniki ...)
Only way to eat borscht is with sour cream!
I was spoiled with perogies, kishka, and kielbasa on one side of the family and first-generation Italian food on the other. The Polish food in this great video was very nostalgic.
yup, same here...lol..Polish on both sides..now I cook all that stuff for my own family and grandkids...and my husband is Latino...he prefers Polish cooking..
"Pierogi deserve their own plate."
Man of culture...
I am from a very Polish family and this is all stuff I can remember my grandma, and now my mom, cooking.
I definitely need to visit this buffet, all the food looks amazing
I’m Polish and from Chicago, and I literally grew up on Red Apple. We would go all the time with my Babcia. Thanks for the nostalgia
I swear those plates look bigger than the average buffet plates , good sign
god damn it patterrz why am I seeing you on every food video ever now
@@yambofied8263 maybe he enjoys food videos like you?? You have to be everywhere too to notice him 😅🙃😂
Gotta say this comment caught me off guard 🤣 haven’t watched your videos in years instant nostalgia.
It's so people make less trips to the buffet allowing more customers to be serviced per hour
I thought those plates looked a bit bigger then normal 😅
I love the fact that you showcase food from all sorts of different cultures. Thank you for sharing this!
I don't speak Polish, but I appreciate this as a viewer from Buffalo, another predominantly-Polish city... *DZIEN DOBRY!*
Siema!
Dzień dobry 👍🇵🇱🇵🇱
Dzień dobry 😃
Dobry
dzien dobry to you superpat88
Had a lot of wild bore in Poland! Love it, and love traveling Poland. Craków, Warszawa, Gdansk. Amazing places!
Now is not Poland any more just Polin
Wild boar!
I am so happy that finally someone talks about Polish food, which in my opinion, is one of the best in Europe :D It would be great Mikey if you come to Poland to show the amazing food we have here.
Żurek, Bigos, Pierogi, many amazing soups we have like Pickle Cucumber soup, Kapuśniak, Chłodnik (a cold, pink borscht which came from Lithuania but is very popular here), and even more extreme ones like Flaki (a tripe soup that everyone loves in Poland) or even Czernina (a blood sweet soup popular in regions like Greater Poland or Kuyavia, the best place where i ate Czernina was in Hyćka Restaurant in Poznań). Many amazing places like blue van (Kiełbaski z niebieskiej nyski) in Kraków that parks everyday in one of the parking lots near Hala Targowa and serves Grilled Kiełbasa for almost 30 years. Regional foods like oscypek cheese or potato pancakes "po zbójnicku" with delicious goulash and cheese in Tatra region. It would be amazing if you show Milk Bar culture, a cheap restaurant that was very popular in the communist times and now making a comeback that serves traditional polish dinner. Polish streetfood is also very intersitng with Kiełbasa and Zapiekanka being served in many places. And of course many amazing desserts like Pączki, Makowiec, Sernik, Racuchy. I think it would an amazing series and I think you would have a lot of fun here :D
Oh my goodness!! My Polish heritage is screaming "I'm so hungry for the food of my people"..... I miss my mother & grandmother's polish cooking. Especially the pierogies-😍😍
I was drooling watching this!! I'm Ukrainian - but basically a lot of the same foods. :)
@@gloriastone3211 i know! It has me drooling also! 🤣🤣
U gotta learn so u can keep our culture alive 🇵🇱🥰
No kielbasa?? And xtremly hot horseradish sauce, I love that. My polish grandmother was a very baker, Jewish apple cake, German chocolate cake, pineapple tarts, coconut nut cake, the best.
Unfortunately my grandmother didn't make much except some God-awful Chicken noodle soup. My mom made a few things like stuffed cabbage rolls and we had tons of blood sausage and kielbasa.
Thank you Mikey! I have followed you for years, living vicariously through you, especially all your Asian adventures. I’m an Australian of Polish decent who loves all food Japanese and Korean…but I have waited patiently for you to film some Polish content, and you didn’t disappoint. Blessings for the future and if you ever come down to Melbourne, let’s go feast on some yum cha…or pierogi! 🤗💖
Love seeing you enjoying polish food :D Greetings from Poland!
I'm from Chicago and I've been to that Polish buffet numerous times. I recognized the place before he even got to the front. The food there is so good and the wait staff is really nice.
This stuff looks amazing makes me wanna travel the world and explore the experience
What's stopping you?
@@BridgesDontFly probably rona and finance
@@BridgesDontFly parents,rona,moneyyy
I am from Germany and this polish food looks really authentic! Some of this dishes are common in Germany too! 💯❤️
The port trotters/knuckles in Germany are soooo good.
You guys have rolladen too don't you?
@@nadinehoogenboezem4798 yes we have but it's prepared a little different without tomato sauce or rice inside! 🙂
Oooh!! Cool. Lol I hope your curious about South African food. European food is ymmy
I remember the first time I saw the pork hocks when I moved to Germany. It was in a cafe attached to our local hypermarket! Couldn't believe my eyes. It was soooo good!
Makes me miss my great aunt and grandma's cooking. Being Polish and Korean makes for some fun meals!
Polish people are the best!! I grew up in Massachusetts and whenever I met Polish Americans they were always the nicest. Plus hard working and under rated food.
I'm Polish and this makes me so happy. People really dismiss our food but it's pretty amazing. My mom makes the best pierogies EVER.
If everyone ate like Mike in a buffet, the restaurant would go broke.
If everyone eats like Mikey, food shortages would be a universal problem lol
He, fortunately for them, at least advertises for them as he cleans them out. Lol
May cost 100$ for such a buffet
@@haitanghuang4930 Nah, Polish food is usually cheap
@@sinon7088 not according to their website.
Na Zdrowie! Enjoy your food from Polska! ❤️
My late husband & I used to eat here often when we lived in Chicago! I am now in Florida & I miss it. I am Ukrainian & a lot of these foods are what I really enjoy.
OMG! My husband is Polish and we both like Polish food here in the Detroit Metro area, so we watched you video and I cannot stop drooling!! We are definitely going take a weekend trip to Chicago to sample the Red Apple Buffet. Then you followed it up with Dim Sum (I'm pretending I didn't see the pizza!) and I haven't had good Dim Sum in over 20 years!! Probably longer! So thank you, thank you, thank you for this video!!
Oh yeah, almost forgot--you need aprons in your merch! When you have too many t-shirts, hoodies, cups, etc. you can always use an apron!
Great food variety in one video! I've loved Polish food since visiting Poland. My uncle ordered pierogies eight times in seven days there! I've been to Giordano's several times. When we asked the two attendants in the Amtrak lounge in Union Station where to go for deep dish, one strongly recommended Lou Malnati's, while the other insisted on Giordano's. Hope to get back to Chicago to try Minghin as well. Thanks.
I love seeing all the Chicago content makes me miss my hometown even more
I still live here and it’s giving me food longing… 😂
We have been there and we enjoyed Polish food very much. It was just as the food at my mom and grandma’s.
The owner, Ania, of this restaurant was attentive and welcoming☺️
The fact that we get free food reviews on TH-cam by Strictly Dumpling is truly a gift. 👍
Growing up in the States, I got Polish food mostly around the holidays. Now I
live in Poland full-time and can eat Polish every day. The culinary tradition here is great. I have also been to the Red Apple (Czerowne Jabuszko) several times. What a great place!
*Czerwone Jabłuszko :)
Respect, you have eaten in an hour more than I eat in a week :) As a Pole I must admit the food looks as in Poland: Pierogi, Gołąbki, kapusta, golonka, all looks delicious :)
Right! And the cheesecake and apple pie😃
I think being a food reviewer could be quite challenging.
Hey Mikey! Long time fan, but first time commenting 😉 Great to see you eating my national Polish cuisine - everything looks delicious!
If you ever decide to go to Poland, I’d be happy to show you the sights and the food 😁
Mikey at the pizza place: "My only regret-"
Me: awe, he wishes Christine were there to try it too? :D
Mikey: "-is that I ran out of hot oil, cuz that would be perfect on this!"
Me: Oh
I mean, she is sitting right across from him so...
@@nathanmalca1246 he was saying this at the pizza place after he dropped her off at an appointment
His regret was he didnt bring his hot oil
I'm sure she got some of it. Honestly, Giordano's is kinda better when it's at room temperature.
Not everything has to be about women you know
I'm genuinely shocked the parking lot didn't tow the guy parking illegally? I mean theres no way I would have waited for two hours, that driver was a total jerkwad. That pizza looked incredible 😭
That person could have made someone miss a flight or meeting. Definitely should have been towed.
Having been a victim to someone double parking in front of us recently, it’s one of the most frustrating things. Takes a special kind of jerk to knowingly inconvenience someone else that way. Fortunately we didn’t have to wait 2 hours to get out
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
01:56 🍲 *The Polish buffet in Chicago serves delicious borscht soup, a must-try with its unique flavor.*
03:50 🍖 *The buffet offers a variety of Polish dishes, including pig trotter, fried chicken, stuffed beef rolls, and sauerkraut, providing a unique and authentic dining experience.*
07:00 🥟 *The pierogies at the buffet are a standout and deserve their own plate due to their exceptional taste and quality.*
09:54 🍰 *The dessert selection at the buffet is impressive, with delicious options like cheesecake, mousse, apple strudel, and more.*
12:55 🍕 *The deep-dish pizza in Chicago is known for its thin, buttery, and flaky crust, making it a unique and delightful experience for pizza lovers.*
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As a polish citizen, this makes me miss Poland even more :(
This Buffet is awesome!!! I love Polish cuisine
Ok, I have never heard of a Polish buffet! What a GEM!! I do love the Chicago style pizza every once in a blue moon. It's like pie and pizza and a casserole had a three way food baby. YUM
Polish food. The food of my people!
The gnocchi are called kopytka. And they're the best!
This buffet took me back to my childhood.
Thanks for this video.
I'm so happy to know that The Red Apple is still around. What memories!
I used to go there back in the 1980s.
It was super cheap and sooooo good!!
You could easily eat enough for three days in one meal. So yes, pacing is essential.
I haven't lived in Chicago for a long time but I'm definitely going back during my next visit.
My Gram who raised me was the BEST cook, she was Polish.....OMG the FOOD she made......
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING GRAM, I love you and MISS you more than you know. She will be gone 38 years this X-Mas eve. XOX
Can we all appreciate the fact that this guy never disappointed us with his content 🤗
Right. He eat so much which I can't that's why I appreciate it
Don’t know why the previous one was taken down, but luckily I already watched it. Those fortunate enough had the privilege of getting two videos today. 👌
LOL I thought Christine showed up for 2 seconds in the video, that's why that one was taken down. Maybe it's not?!
thought I saw Christina (masked) towards the end.... maybe that's it?
Someone upload a different video with this description. It was initially confusing with Mike talking about chicken sandwiches with a video promising a Polish buffet
@@barbj672000 I think it's because in the earlier version when they were eating outside at the chicken restaurant (Raising Cane's), it was clearly visible that Mike was wearing a wedding band. Maybe he just isn't ready to let us all know even though everyone would be happy for him.
Why does he hide her. It's weird
I was definitely surprised by the food when I went to Poland. I didn't have a single bad meal there and I tried a bunch of different things. This video makes me want to go back so bad...unless you know a decent place to get Polish food in Taiwan?
I have discovered a very good and affordable Polish restaurant here in SE Michigan, but this place is definitely going on my list if I'm ever in Chicago. My grandfather made cabbage rolls and called them pigeons or gwumpky and I hope he smiles when he looks down and sees me going to town on one of them .
Im polish and have always watched your videos. This put a smile on my face
Glad to see you enjoying Polish food. Me and my girlfriend we'd love to show you even more delicious polish dishes. Hope to see you in Poland. Best greetings :)
So glad he finally went to giordanos, its the goat
Confirmed our suspisions, its the goat.
It's the best out of the chain deep dish places, but it's still a chain.
chain food garbage
Hey its you
agreed as a born and raised southside Chicago girl Giordanos just hits differently
Mike I am so happy for you… and it is amazing having Christine in the videos… she seems so chill. Seriously, I have been watching you for years and I have never seen u so happy. It’s amazing to see.
Here because my husband is polish American. He and my kids know the polish foods and the birthday song in polish (thanks to my in laws, they’re 2 and 5). Just learned I’m half Italian and half Jewish (my dad was adopted so I didn’t know nor grew up with it) so I’m trying to learn for my kids 🥰
When I’m watching this video I’m so proud to be polish and so many people enjoy our food! 😊
its so cool that you're in Chicago! this is the first series that I'll be able to check out some of the restraunts you visited, and ive been watching for years now.
Great video. We love Polish food. That buffet looks super cool... a reason to visit Chicago.
Ok, I thought I didn't see any Polish food on the previous video. 🙂 looks so good!
Yeah I was confused for a few minutes 😆
same lol
That's awesome you liked Polish cuisine. I'm from Poland and it's great to see other people like our food. But I need to say this. It's Pierogi not pierogies. Word pierogi is already a plural form ;)
First time ever I see egg inside the Beetroot red soup - Barszcz Czerwony. Usually we have there a couple of small dumplings filled with meat or cabbage instead an egg. My mother puts there slices of beatroots also which is incredibly increasing a health. We put an egg into Żurek - White soup with sausage and egg and It's delicious as well. Best for hangover :D
In my home, it is quite usual to serve barszcz with both large chunks of betroots, hard boiled egg inside and some cream in the soup, with potato puree covered with onion on the side plate.
First, Mikey makes me want to go visit Texas and now he added Chicago to my want to go to list! I'll wait for the day to come for the safe travel and until then, I'll watch Mikey go there and show me the places to go~ Thanks and safe travel as always!
chicago should be on your "want to go" list at any time, purely because of how great their food is.
@Waiting on Carmine Do you live here? Chicago is not as bad as people make it out to be.
@Waiting on Carmine oh put a sock on it
@Waiting on Carmine I think the South and East sides of Chicago are bad, while the other parts are actually pretty nice. You seem like the type to also label NYC as a warzone but as someone that lives here, I can tell you that it's grossly exaggerated. You have good and bad areas in every city.
Lived in the chicago area for 22 years. It's beautiful, food is amazing, people are great, you'll love it.
it makes my heart so happy that you enjoyed these polish dishes!! there are a few other great polish restaurants in the Chicagoland area, one really good one is Polish Paczki Cafe! They are known for their a m a z i n g paczki, plus they have a variety of entrees and sides that are pretty delicious. sending love xx
I always go to 'Jolly Inn' AYCE buffet. Another winner.
So glad you liked Polish cuisine ☺️
I eat there every time I visit Chicago -- with my Polish/Ukrainian background -- this restaurant is pure Heaven! Unbelievably flavorful, variety is astonishing -- I have the exact same reaction to all those dishes -- and they are all there each time I've been there. Thanks for this PERFECT review and description and video!
My father's family, which is Polish, always made a sweet mustard sauce to go with any type of pork. The best way to describe it is that it kind of tastes like McDonald's hot mustard sauce. Another memory of mine is opening my Grandmother's refrigerator and seeing nothing but pork in it. Hams, roasts, bacon, and sausages literally hanging from a rack inside. It looked like the glass case in a butcher shop.
Mikey, you are singing the songs of my people! LOVE Polish food! Thank you for a wonderful video! 💜
Being Polish, I loooved this video 😋 and we have Giordano's in Las Vegas 😍 so that was a bonus👍 Actually, the whole upload made my day 🌞
where is Giordano's...never heard of it...usually head out to Polish Deli for all my favorite kielbasas and been to Pierogi Village..but ma taught me to cook our traditional foods so I do make pierogis, golompki and beet barsch also the kielbasa white barsch and of coarse kapusta....our traditional food is great...lol..but can also put on the weight...
@@nycat1485 We have a couple in Las Vegas, one being on the Strip 😋
My collage roomate was Polish. The buffet was like going to her Grandma on Saturday night. She was an amazing cook. I don't know I think her Grandma may have made more food.😀
One thing the polish and Italians have in common is their food hospitality is off the charts. If you only eat one full plate of food, it's considered rude. You eat until all the food on the table is gone. And then you eat some more.
The puckering made me chuckle. Love it 😊
I just love how much this man is enjoying the buffet!! 👍
The polish buffet is probably on my top 3 buffets to try!!!!
I can’t stop watching this. The food looks so darn good. The brisket looks heavenly.
We have several polish buffets in the “greater” Chicagoland area.
The way you reacted to this was the same way I reacted when I visited the Russian food restaurant here in Orlando. There's just no way to explain the experience of eating an international dish you don't see every day. Mike thank you for your content and videos, thanks for being a seemingly amazing individual and hope for your continued success. You really helped me get through 2020 with your videos, so much so that I even opened the channel Latin Chopsticks to follow my dream and share with everyone the amazing places to eat in Orlando FL, the most magical place on earth. Currently doing some vids in Dubai but will get back to Orlando soon. Thank you for all you do. I hope my channel keeps growing so one day we can sit and have a meal together. 😄
Years ago, I attended a Catholic High School in the Polish neighborhood in Chicago. Lunch was an experience. Many Polish grandmothers would volunteer to work and cook in the kitchen. We never had a bad hot meal. It was nowhere near the average H S cafeteria food. Hams, Pork, chicken, turkey, roast beef, cabbage rolls were on the menu. My favorite was the breaded pork tenderloin, the size of a salad plate, mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetable, pie or cake, dinner roll and pint of milk. WoW.
Oh I love watching your channel , it made me so happy that you finally showed polish food. Anytime you're in ft.lauderdale I would gladly make you polish food . Do you have any plans on going to Poland 🇵🇱?
My family is Polish and this video screamed nostalgia for me
Omg I'm so happy you're having polish food!!!
What did you get ingredients-wise?
That polish buffet had me salivating!
Loved this video so much, because the variety you showed was exceptional!
Everything looked awesome! I'm half Polish, and I didn't know there is a Polish buffet in Chicago! The pizza looked awesome. The same pizza restaurant is right in my neighborhood.
The Jackie Chan of eating 😋😂I feel stuffed watching him
OMGosh, YES!
It does make me want to visit my Polish in-laws! You seriously need to try the pierogi pan fried; they are usually done in oil and butter and if you're lucky with cubes of bacon and onions. We make dessert pierogi, with fresh blueberries.
That's the way my mother used to make them, but she would fry them in the bacon grease.
I'm Polish decent. Thank you for reviewing Polish food. So delicious.
I love Polish food hahaha! Just like I love a lot of things Polish or eastern European. ;) When I was in NY I hang out at Polish places all the time, and I usually surprise a lot of ppl by being the only non Polish (and almost definitely the only Asian) to be at Polish parties, concerts, etc. Sadly not only are Polish buffets rare, Polish restaurants, bars, clubs, and other establishments are really rare at least across America. Even in NY there has been only a handful of real Polish places, and they’re even harder to find outside NY. I don’t really see that many, if any at all, in even Philly or DC, let alone in Baltimore where I currently live… And speaking of NY, the owner/chef that once runs multiple (he claims 8, while I can confirm at least 5) really famous Polish establishments across Brooklyn & Queens (and even NJ) is now bankrupt and most of those establishments no longer exists even. Which makes the scene of Polish places in NY even grimmer in a way… I really hope that there will be more Polish restaurants opening up and more ppl will get to know & enjoy Polish food, drinks and maybe other Polish stuff like Polish music (such as disco polo, they’re LIT!).
BTW, it seems that you have a great appetite! I know Polish serving sizes are no jokes!