My family is Czech, and we lived in a Czech suburb just outside of Chicago growing up. My parents adopted my sister from Korea when she was a baby; she learned how to cook Czech food from my grandma, and loves it. One day she was walking into her apartment with bags of groceries, when her landlord, who was Czech, offered to help. She saw all the Czech food in the grocery bags and was like, "what the heck? You're Asian! Do you cook this?" - my sister explained things, and they had a great laugh together - and she gave my sister some of her family's recipes.
I am from Chicago. Did you grow up in Cicero or Berwyn. I have not been in those areas in a long time. Does Pilsen have any remaining Czech restaurants?
I am from a Czech descent; my family came to America in the late 1800s. They were from a small village named Bozjov, about an hour south of Prague. I make the goulash. A lot of garlic, paprika and onions. Our biggest Czech meal handed down since my family got here is roast pork, sauerkraut, and potato dumplings. I do the dumplings every Thanksgiving and sometimes Christmas. My grandparents had fish sort of like the traditional carp, however striped bass is very common here, so they replaced it with that. My grandfather used to have fish boats, so it was easy to get. Now, it costs a fortune, so we don't do it as much. My grandmother used to make kolaches. I miss those days, but I have it in my Czech cookbook so it's coming up soon, lol....
Very respectable that you are making traditional czech dishes as vepřo knedlo zelo (pork, kraut and dumpings) as its is called here and is still one of the most favourite dishes here, if you want to learn an another belowed dishes in our culture then look up for Svíčková s houskovými knedlíky (tenderloin/vegetable sauce with dumplings (not the potato ones but ones that are made from old pastry)) or řízek s bramborovým salátem (chicken steak with potato salad) bramborový salát is also typically served on christmas with carp. Also traditional christmas carp in Czechia is raysed in a way so it tastes best around christmas time so I do imagine that in other countries it can be hard to get a good one.
I`m sure grandma`s "Koláče" smelled so delicious through the whole appartment on the baking tray while cooling off, right ? 😄 As a kid when I wanted to pick one from the baking tray my grandma always hushed me away with theese words: "počkej, počkej, bez práce žádne koláče" (wait, wait, no work, no pastry) 😳😆 Ooops.. 😳So I had to help her first with little things in the kitchen to got one or two when they cooled off. She also made buns (buchty) and sweet dumplings with different fruit fillings. 😋Popular filling für pastry, buns and sweet dumplings is also poppy-seed ( makové koláče, makové buchty, makové knedliky) If you add some pickled red cherries to it, it tastes fantastic. 😋😋😍 Try it. 😋
Just popped up in my feed right after coming back to the hotel with a hearty goulash and Staropramen dark filling my appetite. We’ll most definitely try the other dishes. 👍 Updated: We loved Prague. One of our favorite cities ever. The people, the food, the beer… all fantastic. We were there during the Easter market and had so much great food. World class city.
Hi Valery! I was just there in Prague 2 weeks ago and had great food at U Schnellu right off the St Nicholas church square in Mala Strana. Great service and historical place (1787). They had wild boar goulash on the special menu, and also had the beef goulash, both excellent. Recommended stop heading to and from the castle. Also, did the Strahov Monastery brewery and restaurant as you recommended, great place, do not miss! Thanks!
Perfect! Great descriptions, price, texture, locations with local flare. Enjoyed the bloopers :) I live in a mountain forest, You guys are always elegant!
I liked very much the fried Cheese, with chips. Also the cooked beef, and I loved the simple dishes, with potatoe dumplings, delicious sauce, and cabbage. Only , instead of beer, hope I could have a cup of tea, or coffee, so it gives me concentration, if going to tour the town. God bless 💙 🙏
Hello how are you doing. I’m Fred from USA 🇺🇸. Wishing all your worries to fly away with the wind this New Year and fill your life only with happiness, good health and joy forever! Happy new year.🎆🎊
It's dirty they'll even make pay for the dirt, to enter a restaurant, etc it's modern city within a medieval era somehow got away with it over overpriced everything
Your best video ever! I could feel my heart slug and toes curl when you ate that block of fried cheese. Great looking leather jacket in the last eatery, you look marvelous!
My grandmother was from Prague, but I've never had any of these dishes. I feel so sad to not know this part of my culinary heritage. They migrated to America where they bought a cotton farm in a small town in Texas and pretty much made what the Earth provided for them. Her cuisine was mainly Southern U.S. cooking with a little Czech influence due to the spices and such, very country style fair. Atleast that's what I remember. One thing she always had on the table was cucumbers in vinegar. Not sure if that's Czech but it was a staple at her house. She also made the excellent chicken and dumplings, but her dumplings look nothing like the ones featured here. I'm going to start running through some recipes to introduce my family to this part of my heritage.
Yes, homemade pickled cucumbers and also pickled mushrooms in vinegar are common and popular among the Czechs and Slovaks. As a kid I remember grandma`s big shelf full of glasses stuffed with pickled cucumbers, onions, mushrooms and all kind of fruit. 😉
This one is among my favorite RPG videos!!! When I was in Prague, about 10 years ago, dinner at a nice restaurant was about half to 60% of what you would pay in a US restaurant. I also thought that the food was fantastic. Thank you again for my weekly trip to Prague.
Valeria is Russian ...,put it in perspective ..She did not make just one video denouncing Putins atroctities and the dead innocent Ukrainians killed by his army ........Prague is full of mothers with lkids ,Ukrainian refugees ....of course ,she is been living here for a long time,but still ,she should say something....
@@jerryczech953 What RPG's program and don't program is entirely up to them. I see the news all day and am aware of atrocities without the RPG's rehashing it. I would prefer to escape for 15 min on a Thursday afternoon and see beautiful Prague and it's beautiful people and great food. There are other channels where you can follow Ukrainian refugees and up to the minute news from Ukraine. If you watch all of the RPG videos from the beginning, you will not get the impression that Valerie or any of the other RPG's are Pro-Russian. In fact they have pointed out several times that many of the problems in Prague are a result of being part of the communist block.
Among the restaurants showed in this video, I would recommend the restaurant called "Mincovna", which is located right on the Old Town Square! It's really reasonably priced and the food is delicious.
@@Brick_dont_hit_back Check out the youtube channel HONEST GUIDE. They are two Czech guys making videos (mostly) about Prague and they really are the absolute best! They will show you exactly where to eat, where to find the real Czech food that tastes really good and is fairly priced, they will show you all the scams and tourist traps to avoid, .... They really are the best of the best when it comes to tourist information about Prague. They have a huge fan base, they've already published a book and have a very hands-on approach when it comes to keeping Prague a pleasant city both for the locals and the tourists.
My great grandmother ran to America with my grandfather (when he was 3), in 1902. We’ve known she was from Prague but we lost the usual historical culture nuances that could have been passed down. I’ve thought of going to Prague to ponder. Your video is great to get me in touch!!!
I am a carnivore. I love meat and more meat. These restaurants are right up my alley and I can’t wait to try all the traditional dishes. Beef, pork, veal, lamb, duck, elk, and most anything from the sea. Variety is the spice of life. Wonderful videos, I am really enjoying all of your videos because I’m brand new here.👍
I lived in Vienna for my University, and would go to Prague for the Art-Glass, the Food (dumplings & Gravy), the great Beer (Pils), and the "Black Theater" (Magic Lantern shows). Milan Sladek was my favorite black-light Mime-Actor. He was very famous in the 1980s & 1990s.
I love your attitude, an spunky spirit , how you eat those meals an appear to stay thin 🍺🍗😛 my great Grandparents an my Grandmother all spoke Czech we have the National Czech Museum in our Town in Iowa, USA , my father an daughter have been to Prague , I plan to visit , God bless 🍺
Check out the youtube channel HONEST GUIDE. They are two Czech guys making videos (mostly) about Prague and they really are the absolute best! They will show you exactly where to eat, where to find the real Czech food that tastes really good and is fairly priced, they will show you all the scams and tourist traps to avoid, .... They really are the best of the best when it comes to tourist information about Prague. They have a huge fan base, they've already published a book and have a very hands-on approach when it comes to keeping Prague a pleasant city both for the locals and the tourists.
OMG thank you for this video! Been quite disappointed in all the other food we’ve had that were traditional Czech food - but your recommendation of U Pinkasu was awesome! Had some unfortunate tourist trap food near the old town, which was not a very good goulash. But the goulash at U Pinkasu was so hearty and tasty
Thank you so much for this video. We followed your recommendations and have had a lovely time in Prague! We were able to get into U Glaubicu and it was fantastic!
I subscribed you channel because so much local information rather than touristic commercial places you shared. I like how you presented it, your natural talking like a good friend and very funny too. Keep it up! I will find those yummy food this October. Grazie!
I recall having chicken goulash with dumplings and potato pancakes along with a bucket of beer to wash it all down at a bar near the train station in Prague. Some of the best food I have ever eaten in the month I spent in Europe. Honestly Prague was my favorite place to visit.
I really enjoyed everything about this video. Great food, lighthearted humour, charming and pretty host. I really liked the joke about the Czech lion (he drinks some beer and eats some bread). 🙂
I just had a look at Rudolfina's menu. The "Dech mrtvé milenky( syrečky v bramboráku s feferonkou)" translates into English as "The breath of a dead mistress (cheese in a potato pancake with hot pepper)" LOL.
Sooooo fantastic to see you do a food vlog now. Well done. Still love the iconic "Byyyeeeeeeee" at the end and really enjoyed the bloopers. Great video!
Valerie, Love the videos! Thank you for being a great guide! My great grandfather was from Czechoslovakia, many on my mother's side are from there as well. Hoping to make it for a much needed trip! If you're ever in Los Angeles, I'll show you around! Cheers! 🎸🎶🎉
Prague is worth a visit just for the food as well as the beer! LOVE that Czech goulash and Svíčková! Most restaurants only give you 150 grams, though. I want 200, maybe even 250! Thanks very much for the restaurant suggestions. If I make it back someday, I'll visit them all. Here are some of my favorites: Mincovna on the Old Town square, Lokal - Dlouha street, and near the Lesser Town Bridge Tower, Restaurant and Hotel U Medvídků, Na Perštýně 7, and U Červeného Páva (At The Red Peacock). Take the Železná street off Old Town Square, and turn left on Kamzíkova. The street will narrow, but keep going. It’s on the right.
My wife needed a medical procedure. She asked if I wanted to go to Brno (with side trips to Prague and Vienna) or Athens. I surprised her by immediatley picking Brno and she asked why. I said I can easily find authentic Greek food in NYC. Finding authentic Czech food takes more effort and may not be nearby. My stomache decides my travel itinery. LOL BTW, my cholesteral count was up after I got back. 😏
So nice to see a young woman with an appetite! Here they push the good stuff around the plates like the food was poison. You guys have really tasty dishes and nowadays I have to walk a mile or two to find them. And the menu in chech language only.
As a Czech person, I can confirm that we make bramborák at home very often. It's one of our staples. I'm 38 and I've been loving bramborák my whole life. Nothing better than a steaming hot bramborák right from the pan with a glass of cold milk. I will never get tired of eating bramborák..... Btw, you can make it at home yourself. Peel some raw potatoes, grate them (it will be a great exercise for your muscles), add enough salt, remove excessive liquid that the grated potatoes will give off, add one raw egg, a little bit of flour, some pepper, dried majoram, two or three cloves of pressed garlic.... and that's pretty much it. They you just fry it in a larger pan. The difficult part is really just to grate the potatoes (about 5 large potatoes). The rest is quite easy.... Personally, I sometime also like to add grated zuccini and/or onion.... You can also add a bit of turmeric for nice golden colour. Try it, it's really not that difficult.... Bon appetit!
Check out the youtube channel HONEST GUIDE. They are two Czech guys making videos (mostly) about Prague and they really are the absolute best! They will show you exactly where to eat, where to find the real Czech food that tastes really good and is fairly priced, they will show you all the scams and tourist traps to avoid, .... They really are the best of the best when it comes to tourist information about Prague. They have a huge fan base, they've already published a book and have a very hands-on approach when it comes to keeping Prague a pleasant city both for the locals and the tourists.
Czech Goulash almost the same as the traditional Hungarian "Pörkölt", what is often called "Goulash" in English. Goulash soup is a very different meal.
No surprise for me, but I am a Czech... Good observed and described, mostly... But I must add one detail: the jam on svíčková is made from cranberries. Not from other fruit.
Thank you for the video. Cannot wait to visit your country this winter! The food looks absolutely delicious. Btw- I have been to Hungary, and their goulash is like a stew as well. They also have soup goulash, but they have the stew goulash too. Perhaps it depends on the region? Thanks again for the lovely video and recommendations 🙏👏
btw svíčková i part of cow "tenderloin" so there from is the name of meal and i've never see bramborák with cheese and kendlík isn't bread but dumpling
some of it are definitely no (knedliczki !) but dumplings on both plates and the duck, goulash dishes and beer with a solid head look very inviting all at reasonable prices - thanks
Well guy’s definitely coming out to see you in September for a week👍. So I will be looking into booking one of your tours and trying your cuisine, beer, etc definitely going to the Absinthe bar etc.
The Language is Slavic, and difficult, and makes both understanding and communication difficult. From time to time, pleasant surprise to meet young people who have learned English, many of whom glad to have the opportunity to practise it.
Then go for it! Czech Republic is safe, unlike most countries in Western Europe, it's still inhabited by mostly European people, it's old architecture wasn't destroyed by bombings during the WWII (like it's the case with most large cities in Germany) so you have several smaller cities in Czech Republic that have absolutely s.t.u.n.n.i.n.g old architecture (Prague, Kutná Hora, Ceský Krumlov, Litomysl, Olomouc...... and a small hidden gem called Roznov pod Radhostem where you will find a fairy-tale like open air museum of folk architecture that is the largest and oldest in Central Europe (visit in late spring, summer or early autumn). Most of Czech cities are fairly small, so you will be able to just walk around and not spend any money for taxis, ubers etc. The public transportation in Czech R. is really good, so you'll be able to reach any of these cities from Prague with no problem and for a very affordable price.... And in every Czech city you will find at least a couple of traditional Czech restaurants where you can enjoy a good Svicková or Vepro, Knedlo, Zelo for about 8 dollar (plus - minus 2 dollars).... Long story short: If you want to see the true Europe, be safe, enjoy very good food and to do all that for a very reasonable price, Czech Republic is just perfect.
well... as a all-life local I have some points to make: Bramborak is usually served plain or as a side dish or with smoked meat and sauerkraut (this option is called Cmunda po kaplicku and it is a Czech traditional). Bramborak served as it is shown on this video is a tourist trap or they just dont know what they are doing (same as "traditional Czech trdelnik, which is both not tradicitonal and not Czech). Getting back to opinions: anything served with "cabbage" in this video was actually served with "Sauerkraut". Strahov Beer Brewery is a tourist trap from my point of view! I am sorry to say that but it is. I have been there several times and there are almost no local people ever and the prices are... sky high. There are so many traditional Prague beer breweries much better than Strahov... most to point out is Brevnov as an example. Just dont go Strahov. Considering the "Traditional Pilsner Restaurant", it is too bad this video focused only to "old parts" of Prague formally, despite there are some places just behind the City Wall to enjoy and might be even cheaper and better, one example being Na Hradcanske restaurant which is actually just a jump away from Prague Castle (from the other side unfortunatelly - maybe) and during lunch times they have awesome meals as cheap as under 150 CZK
Enjoyed the video, made me rather wishful to be back in Prague - our family have not been to see my in-laws since before the covid epidemic. I would add a couple of things about the video: 1. Meat cooked from the deer is called venison. 2. Not sure what heavy cream is (maybe an Americanism?) but it looks like double cream (as opposed to single cream, soured cream, whipping cream, crème fraîche etc).
One culinary inaccuracy: Svíčková does not come from the name of the sauce. Svíčková is Czech word for tenderlion. For those who don't know, this is a part of beef (or pork but in good Svíčková you have beef) whitch grows on cows back. It's very small (in comparation with other parts of cow) and as it's English name sugest it's the most tender kind of beef you can get. And yes, slice of it is the piece of meet in this dish.
You see this is confusing for us. According to the research we've done, the origins of "svíčková" is not necessarily clear. Some people claim the name comes from the specific meat (like you are saying), some people claim it has something to do with candles, and some special celebration food or whatnot. Apparently the meat used in Svíčková is not actually Svíčková, but some cheaper meat nowadays. We found online that the sauce it's just sometimes called Svíčková omáčka. We are not culinary experts though 😂. We tried...
@@RealPragueGuides Well since this particular sauce is used only in Svíčková I can not imagine giving it any other name. This with the market value of beef today (even more in past) and giving the fact that tenderlion is the best kind of it. I find more believable the dish (and than the sauce) was named afther the tenderlion but that is just my opinion. In general I would say this coversation is like an argument about what was first a chicken or an egg. :D
Tenderloin, or fillet as we call it in Scotland, is the most tender cut of beef. It costs between £40-50 per kg (1200-1500 CzK) . I don't know how much it costs in Czechia but when you can buy svíčková in some Prague restaurants for around 150CzK I doubt very much that it is fillet, more probably rump or a similar cheaper cut. I've has some wonderful svíčková (Cafe Imperial) and truly awful (U Vejvodu).
@@paisleybuddie5096 So in ordinary restaurants they use so-called fake beef tenderloin which is defacto beef shoulder (1kg = about 400kč/£13). In luxury restaurants they will probably use real beef tenderloin (1kg = about 900kč/£30). For people it is like this; if the sauce is cooked as a normal meal or as e.g. a Sunday lunch or for a normal family visit the shoulder is more likely to be used, whereas if it is for some important event such as a birthday or Easter lunch, real tenderloin is more likely to be used.
I mistook this video and thought this was an @HONEST GUIDE video , I really enjoyed your video and I would consider coming to your Czech country for a holiday to try the fried cheese it made my mouth water , also I don't mean to be rude or disrespectful but how come you have an accent and Janek from @HONEST GUIDE sounds American
My family is Czech, and we lived in a Czech suburb just outside of Chicago growing up. My parents adopted my sister from Korea when she was a baby; she learned how to cook Czech food from my grandma, and loves it. One day she was walking into her apartment with bags of groceries, when her landlord, who was Czech, offered to help. She saw all the Czech food in the grocery bags and was like, "what the heck? You're Asian! Do you cook this?" - my sister explained things, and they had a great laugh together - and she gave my sister some of her family's recipes.
I am from Chicago. Did you grow up in Cicero or Berwyn. I have not been in those areas in a long time. Does Pilsen have any remaining Czech restaurants?
A lesson for the Landlord, and for all of us: Do not judge a book by its cover. Sumjarnah?
Wow beautiful how culturally mixed we are!!
And the mayor of Chicago in the early thirties was Anton Josef Cermak (Czech emigrant ancestry) 😉
Chech suburb? What's it called?
I want to go to there
I love Czech food because it's so healthy and light.
but it's actually vice versa 😀
Yummy the fried cheese lol American obesity lol
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Light and healthy?? Well its cooked properly but no really healthy But sooo yummy Don't worry about anything else ....Enjoy the dishes
Born and raised in Liberec, CZ. Left in ‘83. Wish I was living in Prague. I miss the food and beer.
Beer yes but not food. Its awful fatty food.
I am from a Czech descent; my family came to America in the late 1800s. They were from a small village named Bozjov, about an hour south of Prague. I make the goulash. A lot of garlic, paprika and onions. Our biggest Czech meal handed down since my family got here is roast pork, sauerkraut, and potato dumplings. I do the dumplings every Thanksgiving and sometimes Christmas. My grandparents had fish sort of like the traditional carp, however striped bass is very common here, so they replaced it with that. My grandfather used to have fish boats, so it was easy to get. Now, it costs a fortune, so we don't do it as much. My grandmother used to make kolaches. I miss those days, but I have it in my Czech cookbook so it's coming up soon, lol....
Very respectable that you are making traditional czech dishes as vepřo knedlo zelo (pork, kraut and dumpings) as its is called here and is still one of the most favourite dishes here, if you want to learn an another belowed dishes in our culture then look up for Svíčková s houskovými knedlíky (tenderloin/vegetable sauce with dumplings (not the potato ones but ones that are made from old pastry)) or řízek s bramborovým salátem (chicken steak with potato salad) bramborový salát is also typically served on christmas with carp. Also traditional christmas carp in Czechia is raysed in a way so it tastes best around christmas time so I do imagine that in other countries it can be hard to get a good one.
I`m sure grandma`s "Koláče" smelled so delicious through the whole appartment on the baking tray while cooling off, right ? 😄 As a kid when I wanted to pick one from the baking tray
my grandma always hushed me away with theese words: "počkej, počkej, bez práce žádne koláče" (wait, wait, no work, no pastry) 😳😆 Ooops.. 😳So I had to help her first with
little things in the kitchen to got one or two when they cooled off. She also made buns (buchty) and sweet dumplings with different fruit fillings. 😋Popular filling für pastry, buns and
sweet dumplings is also poppy-seed ( makové koláče, makové buchty, makové knedliky) If you add some pickled red cherries to it, it tastes fantastic. 😋😋😍 Try it. 😋
@@mikr2d2 You just made me hungry, I'm going to see what we have here, lol. Greetings from Cambridge Md.
We lived for a while in Burleson County, TX: my daughter-in-law was of Czech descent. Kolaches were a big surprise and a big 'hit' for us.
My first meal in Czech from my wife was stuffed knedliks in Olomouc. I was caught and I never looked back 🥰✌️
Love the humour and the guides you the best .. visiting prague in two weeks time cant wait to devour the delicious foood😍😍
I got my daughter a Czech cookbook after she came home from studying in Prague. The first recipe we tried was that fried cheese. That is delicious!
thats beautiful
the most american first meal :D
I dream of going to some parts of Europe Czech Republic is on my list I will definitely try these one day when I grow up
Η Πράγα είναι ένα διαμάντι - αληθινο παραμύθι ❤
Just popped up in my feed right after coming back to the hotel with a hearty goulash and Staropramen dark filling my appetite. We’ll most definitely try the other dishes. 👍
Updated: We loved Prague. One of our favorite cities ever. The people, the food, the beer… all fantastic. We were there during the Easter market and had so much great food. World class city.
The duck looks amazing. That would be my first choice. Thanks for such a delicious video!
Hi Valery! I was just there in Prague 2 weeks ago and had great food at U Schnellu right off the St Nicholas church square in Mala Strana. Great service and historical place (1787). They had wild boar goulash on the special menu, and also had the beef goulash, both excellent. Recommended stop heading to and from the castle. Also, did the Strahov Monastery brewery and restaurant as you recommended, great place, do not miss! Thanks!
Ooh, I love these dishes. I'm getting hungry seeing them. Luckily will be in Prague in May to try them again.
It all looks incredibly delicious. Great video!!! Now I’m hungry. 😊👍
Perfect! Great descriptions, price, texture, locations with local flare. Enjoyed the bloopers :) I live in a mountain forest, You guys are always elegant!
I liked very much the fried Cheese, with chips. Also the cooked beef, and I loved the simple dishes, with potatoe dumplings, delicious sauce, and cabbage.
Only , instead of beer, hope I could have a cup of tea, or coffee, so it gives me concentration, if going to tour the town.
God bless 💙 🙏
Hello how are you doing. I’m Fred from USA 🇺🇸. Wishing all your worries to fly away with the wind this New Year and fill your life only with happiness, good health and joy forever! Happy new year.🎆🎊
It's dirty they'll even make pay for the dirt, to enter a restaurant, etc it's modern city within a medieval era somehow got away with it over overpriced everything
Fantastic food, very rich and filling. Wish we had more Czech food here in the UK. Thank you for this great video.
Your best video ever! I could feel my heart slug and toes curl when you ate that block of fried cheese. Great looking leather jacket in the last eatery, you look marvelous!
My grandmother was from Prague, but I've never had any of these dishes. I feel so sad to not know this part of my culinary heritage. They migrated to America where they bought a cotton farm in a small town in Texas and pretty much made what the Earth provided for them. Her cuisine was mainly Southern U.S. cooking with a little Czech influence due to the spices and such, very country style fair. Atleast that's what I remember. One thing she always had on the table was cucumbers in vinegar. Not sure if that's Czech but it was a staple at her house. She also made the excellent chicken and dumplings, but her dumplings look nothing like the ones featured here. I'm going to start running through some recipes to introduce my family to this part of my heritage.
Cotton farm and employees?)
My Grandfather was 91.6 percent Mesoamerican and 8.4 Czech!!!! So now on his anniversary, we will try in his Name!!!
To never forget, and further learn
@@lolaojeda1206 you right bb
Yes, homemade pickled cucumbers and also pickled mushrooms in vinegar are common and popular among the Czechs and Slovaks. As a kid I remember grandma`s big shelf full of
glasses stuffed with pickled cucumbers, onions, mushrooms and all kind of fruit. 😉
This one is among my favorite RPG videos!!! When I was in Prague, about 10 years ago, dinner at a nice restaurant was about half to 60% of what you would pay in a US restaurant. I also thought that the food was fantastic. Thank you again for my weekly trip to Prague.
Valeria is Russian ...,put it in perspective ..She did not make just one video denouncing Putins atroctities and the dead innocent Ukrainians killed by his army ........Prague is full of mothers with lkids ,Ukrainian refugees ....of course ,she is been living here for a long time,but still ,she should say something....
@@jerryczech953 What RPG's program and don't program is entirely up to them. I see the news all day and am aware of atrocities without the RPG's rehashing it. I would prefer to escape for 15 min on a Thursday afternoon and see beautiful Prague and it's beautiful people and great food. There are other channels where you can follow Ukrainian refugees and up to the minute news from Ukraine. If you watch all of the RPG videos from the beginning, you will not get the impression that Valerie or any of the other RPG's are Pro-Russian. In fact they have pointed out several times that many of the problems in Prague are a result of being part of the communist block.
This video has helped me a lot when I was in Prague, Czech food is simply amazing!
Can you tel where to stay In Prague tonavoid this "turist trap restaurants" me and my wife going for 10th anniversary
Among the restaurants showed in this video, I would recommend the restaurant called "Mincovna", which is located right on the Old Town Square! It's really reasonably priced and the food is delicious.
@@Brick_dont_hit_back Check out the youtube channel HONEST GUIDE. They are two Czech guys making videos (mostly) about Prague and they really are the absolute best! They will show you exactly where to eat, where to find the real Czech food that tastes really good and is fairly priced, they will show you all the scams and tourist traps to avoid, .... They really are the best of the best when it comes to tourist information about Prague. They have a huge fan base, they've already published a book and have a very hands-on approach when it comes to keeping Prague a pleasant city both for the locals and the tourists.
My great grandmother ran to America with my grandfather (when he was 3), in 1902. We’ve known she was from Prague but we lost the usual historical culture nuances that could have been passed down. I’ve thought of going to Prague to ponder. Your video is great to get me in touch!!!
I am a carnivore. I love meat and more meat. These restaurants are right up my alley and I can’t wait to try all the traditional dishes. Beef, pork, veal, lamb, duck, elk, and most anything from the sea. Variety is the spice of life. Wonderful videos, I am really enjoying all of your videos because I’m brand new here.👍
I lived in Vienna for my University, and would go to Prague for the Art-Glass, the Food (dumplings & Gravy), the great Beer (Pils), and the "Black Theater" (Magic Lantern shows). Milan Sladek was my favorite black-light Mime-Actor. He was very famous in the 1980s & 1990s.
Great video. Many memories. Smažený sýr (fried cheese) always used to served with tartare sauce not mayonnaise. Has that changed?
You can be sure of one thing - Smažený sýr will always be served with tartar sauce.
I love your attitude, an spunky spirit , how you eat those meals an appear to stay thin 🍺🍗😛 my great Grandparents an my Grandmother all spoke Czech we have the National Czech Museum in our Town in Iowa, USA , my father an daughter have been to Prague , I plan to visit , God bless 🍺
Check out the youtube channel HONEST GUIDE. They are two Czech guys making videos (mostly) about Prague and they really are the absolute best! They will show you exactly where to eat, where to find the real Czech food that tastes really good and is fairly priced, they will show you all the scams and tourist traps to avoid, .... They really are the best of the best when it comes to tourist information about Prague. They have a huge fan base, they've already published a book and have a very hands-on approach when it comes to keeping Prague a pleasant city both for the locals and the tourists.
I wish I had an Eastern European grandma that made me these cabbage dishes. Great video.
Česká republika se nachází ve střední Evropě!!!
@@alesio1971 Spravne, nedej nas. 🤣 To je ostuda, jaci ignoranti jsou nekteri lide.
Middle europe cz 🇨🇿🙏
NEVER refer to the Czech Republic as Eastern Europe; it is Central Europe. Big faux pas!
4:28. She said, "...roasted duck," and I sat up and paid attention. What a gorgeous dish!
OMG thank you for this video! Been quite disappointed in all the other food we’ve had that were traditional Czech food - but your recommendation of U Pinkasu was awesome! Had some unfortunate tourist trap food near the old town, which was not a very good goulash. But the goulash at U Pinkasu was so hearty and tasty
I went to one of these restaurants today and I will go to that one in New Town this week! wow that looks good !
Thank you for the video! I'll definitely one or two of the restaurants you've recommended when I'll visit soon
Thank you so much for this video.
We followed your recommendations and have had a lovely time in Prague!
We were able to get into U Glaubicu and it was fantastic!
I subscribed you channel because so much local information rather than touristic commercial places you shared. I like how you presented it, your natural talking like a good friend and very funny too. Keep it up! I will find those yummy food this October. Grazie!
Awesome! I love this video. Thanks guys. I’ll watch this video again next time I visit Prague.
Great video, very interesting. You presented it very well, good flow.
Great video ! I am so excited to visit Prague this summer and is a dream come true .
I recall having chicken goulash with dumplings and potato pancakes along with a bucket of beer to wash it all down at a bar near the train station in Prague. Some of the best food I have ever eaten in the month I spent in Europe. Honestly Prague was my favorite place to visit.
Believe me, goulash is never ever made from the chicken meat.
I really enjoyed everything about this video. Great food, lighthearted humour, charming and pretty host. I really liked the joke about the Czech lion (he drinks some beer and eats some bread). 🙂
my american friends loved Smažák! (and any czech beer, of course!)😀
Thank you so much for your videos and advice on these great Czech dishes. They all look yummy❤😊👏🏾🙏🏾
I just had a look at Rudolfina's menu. The "Dech mrtvé milenky( syrečky v bramboráku s feferonkou)" translates into English as "The breath of a dead mistress (cheese in a potato pancake with hot pepper)" LOL.
Dech mrtve milenki 😂😂😂
You forgot to add "an extremely smelly" before cheese. :-)
Studied in Prague for two years. Almost everyday enjoyed very much pecena kachna at the university campus. Especially sliced dumplings with sauces :D
Sooooo fantastic to see you do a food vlog now. Well done. Still love the iconic "Byyyeeeeeeee" at the end and really enjoyed the bloopers. Great video!
Just to look at your dishes I get hungry.Thank you for presenting these Czech dishes.However ,I like the good Hungarian goulash.
Thank-you for keeping it real. You can be my culinary guide anytime!!
Looks delicious…Will try this soon….The beef crumbling under the knife was the highlight
Valerie, Love the videos! Thank you for being a great guide! My great grandfather was from Czechoslovakia, many on my mother's side are from there as well. Hoping to make it for a much needed trip! If you're ever in Los Angeles, I'll show you around! Cheers! 🎸🎶🎉
Prague is worth a visit just for the food as well as the beer! LOVE that Czech goulash and Svíčková! Most restaurants only give you 150 grams, though. I want 200, maybe even 250! Thanks very much for the restaurant suggestions. If I make it back someday, I'll visit them all. Here are some of my favorites: Mincovna on the Old Town square, Lokal - Dlouha street, and near the Lesser Town Bridge Tower, Restaurant and Hotel U Medvídků, Na Perštýně 7, and U Červeného Páva (At The Red Peacock). Take the Železná street off Old Town Square, and turn left on Kamzíkova. The street will narrow, but keep going. It’s on the right.
My wife needed a medical procedure. She asked if I wanted to go to Brno (with side trips to Prague and Vienna) or Athens. I surprised her by immediatley picking Brno and she asked why. I said I can easily find authentic Greek food in NYC. Finding authentic Czech food takes more effort and may not be nearby. My stomache decides my travel itinery. LOL
BTW, my cholesteral count was up after I got back. 😏
Looks deelish. Looking forward to my visit this summer
Can’t wait to visit Prague!
So nice to see a young woman with an appetite! Here they push the good stuff around the plates like the food was poison. You guys have really tasty dishes and nowadays I have to walk a mile or two to find them. And the menu in chech language only.
Skvělý výběr jídel. Jedno každé je typické, místní české, chutné a můžete si je dát v kterémkoli městě v Česku - nejen v Praze. Palec nahoru. 🙂
Valery, can't get better than this ...
Your videos are great! And funny! We will be in Prague in July. Thanks for the tips!
I want to try that bramborák so bad!!!
As a Czech person, I can confirm that we make bramborák at home very often. It's one of our staples. I'm 38 and I've been loving bramborák my whole life. Nothing better than a steaming hot bramborák right from the pan with a glass of cold milk. I will never get tired of eating bramborák..... Btw, you can make it at home yourself. Peel some raw potatoes, grate them (it will be a great exercise for your muscles), add enough salt, remove excessive liquid that the grated potatoes will give off, add one raw egg, a little bit of flour, some pepper, dried majoram, two or three cloves of pressed garlic.... and that's pretty much it. They you just fry it in a larger pan. The difficult part is really just to grate the potatoes (about 5 large potatoes). The rest is quite easy.... Personally, I sometime also like to add grated zuccini and/or onion.... You can also add a bit of turmeric for nice golden colour. Try it, it's really not that difficult.... Bon appetit!
Man I love this city! Need to head back it’s been too long!
Check out the youtube channel HONEST GUIDE. They are two Czech guys making videos (mostly) about Prague and they really are the absolute best! They will show you exactly where to eat, where to find the real Czech food that tastes really good and is fairly priced, they will show you all the scams and tourist traps to avoid, .... They really are the best of the best when it comes to tourist information about Prague. They have a huge fan base, they've already published a book and have a very hands-on approach when it comes to keeping Prague a pleasant city both for the locals and the tourists.
Still mystified as to where you put all the food Valery😉The first and last dishes would be my choice.
Czech Goulash almost the same as the traditional Hungarian "Pörkölt", what is often called "Goulash" in English. Goulash soup is a very different meal.
but we have our specia herb :) marjoram
No surprise for me, but I am a Czech... Good observed and described, mostly... But I must add one detail: the jam on svíčková is made from cranberries. Not from other fruit.
Praha je druhe nejkrásnější hlavní🎉 město v Evropě (po Římu).🎉
Love your accent valerie,we are coming to prague at chrissy from Sydney, we have a famous bridge too.
I loved my great-grandmother’s knedlicky. So yummy soaking up all of that gravy.
Loving the biweekly video uploads Valerie 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
Thank you for the video. Cannot wait to visit your country this winter! The food looks absolutely delicious. Btw- I have been to Hungary, and their goulash is like a stew as well. They also have soup goulash, but they have the stew goulash too. Perhaps it depends on the region? Thanks again for the lovely video and recommendations 🙏👏
What all of Europe calls Goulash (not only Czech) is called Pörkölt in Hungary. What we call Goulash soup is what Hungarians call Goulash.
THANKS FOR SHARING VERY INFORMATIVE LOOKS DELICIOUS😋👍🏿
btw svíčková i part of cow "tenderloin" so there from is the name of meal and i've never see bramborák with cheese and kendlík isn't bread but dumpling
LOVED this. Thanks so much. Had to subscribe..
WIll check these places out on my next trip
Great recommendations. Thank you
some of it are definitely no (knedliczki !) but dumplings on both plates and the duck, goulash dishes and beer with a solid head look very inviting all at reasonable prices - thanks
looks really delicious! new friend Philippines
Well guy’s definitely coming out to see you in September for a week👍. So I will be looking into booking one of your tours and trying your cuisine, beer, etc definitely going to the Absinthe bar etc.
Amazing! Looking forward to meet you!
I want to visit the Czech Republic so bad! My ancestry is Czech so I would love to finally try some food from there
The Language is Slavic, and difficult, and makes both understanding and communication difficult. From time to time, pleasant surprise to meet young people who have learned English, many of whom glad to have the opportunity to practise it.
Then go for it! Czech Republic is safe, unlike most countries in Western Europe, it's still inhabited by mostly European people, it's old architecture wasn't destroyed by bombings during the WWII (like it's the case with most large cities in Germany) so you have several smaller cities in Czech Republic that have absolutely s.t.u.n.n.i.n.g old architecture (Prague, Kutná Hora, Ceský Krumlov, Litomysl, Olomouc...... and a small hidden gem called Roznov pod Radhostem where you will find a fairy-tale like open air museum of folk architecture that is the largest and oldest in Central Europe (visit in late spring, summer or early autumn). Most of Czech cities are fairly small, so you will be able to just walk around and not spend any money for taxis, ubers etc. The public transportation in Czech R. is really good, so you'll be able to reach any of these cities from Prague with no problem and for a very affordable price.... And in every Czech city you will find at least a couple of traditional Czech restaurants where you can enjoy a good Svicková or Vepro, Knedlo, Zelo for about 8 dollar (plus - minus 2 dollars).... Long story short: If you want to see the true Europe, be safe, enjoy very good food and to do all that for a very reasonable price, Czech Republic is just perfect.
Αξίζει να το κάνεις , η Πράγα είναι μοναδική !
I went to try the meat-filled potato dumplings today and was told they're not available in summer. I was devastated!
Did you get something else? I'm sure that wasn't the only delicious dish that they were potentially serving there..
well... as a all-life local I have some points to make: Bramborak is usually served plain or as a side dish or with smoked meat and sauerkraut (this option is called Cmunda po kaplicku and it is a Czech traditional). Bramborak served as it is shown on this video is a tourist trap or they just dont know what they are doing (same as "traditional Czech trdelnik, which is both not tradicitonal and not Czech). Getting back to opinions: anything served with "cabbage" in this video was actually served with "Sauerkraut". Strahov Beer Brewery is a tourist trap from my point of view! I am sorry to say that but it is. I have been there several times and there are almost no local people ever and the prices are... sky high. There are so many traditional Prague beer breweries much better than Strahov... most to point out is Brevnov as an example. Just dont go Strahov. Considering the "Traditional Pilsner Restaurant", it is too bad this video focused only to "old parts" of Prague formally, despite there are some places just behind the City Wall to enjoy and might be even cheaper and better, one example being Na Hradcanske restaurant which is actually just a jump away from Prague Castle (from the other side unfortunatelly - maybe) and during lunch times they have awesome meals as cheap as under 150 CZK
I look forward to visiting!
Went to U Pinkasu. Had a great time. Thanks for the recommendation :-)
Thanks for this, I love it! If you're up for it sometime, I wouldn't mind hearing about the bougie places. Any Michelin stars in Prague?
you are great !!! plzensky prazdroj 😃😃
Outstanding video. Can you recommend a good steak house in Prague? I'm a steak lover and I'll be in Prague in January.
I love the food in there. I am food lover I enjoy a lot my experience there
Honest guide great channel
Enjoyed the video, made me rather wishful to be back in Prague - our family have not been to see my in-laws since before the covid epidemic. I would add a couple of things about the video: 1. Meat cooked from the deer is called venison. 2. Not sure what heavy cream is (maybe an Americanism?) but it looks like double cream (as opposed to single cream, soured cream, whipping cream, crème fraîche etc).
Thank you very much. I'm in Prague now and i'm listening to your guide, can you suggest me where to listen live music? I like folk and popular music
I love Czech food!
Can you make a video about that buffet restaurant? That sounds good!
There are already several on YT, it's called Havelska Koruna.
@@paisleybuddie5096 thanks, I'll check it out.
1:24 This one is so freaking delicious
Czech cuisine is one of my favorites- and I am verrrrry very very picky - especially when it comes to meat!
Καλύτερη κουζίνα είναι Λιβανεζικη
Thank You for your videos!
Different type of food over there you must have tasty most famous ones. I’ll try to find the bests when I’ll travel over there.
Loved this, glad to see your not all vegan😉. Will definitely try some of these dishes when I visit😋😋😋
Hey, it's the Czech Republic!
trying the dish at 7:15 right now! I'm at the restaurant 😎👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks for the video !!🎉
the food looks great goes well with lots of beer than a BJ and a nap in Prague
One culinary inaccuracy: Svíčková does not come from the name of the sauce. Svíčková is Czech word for tenderlion. For those who don't know, this is a part of beef (or pork but in good Svíčková you have beef) whitch grows on cows back. It's very small (in comparation with other parts of cow) and as it's English name sugest it's the most tender kind of beef you can get. And yes, slice of it is the piece of meet in this dish.
You see this is confusing for us. According to the research we've done, the origins of "svíčková" is not necessarily clear. Some people claim the name comes from the specific meat (like you are saying), some people claim it has something to do with candles, and some special celebration food or whatnot. Apparently the meat used in Svíčková is not actually Svíčková, but some cheaper meat nowadays. We found online that the sauce it's just sometimes called Svíčková omáčka.
We are not culinary experts though 😂. We tried...
@@RealPragueGuides Well since this particular sauce is used only in Svíčková I can not imagine giving it any other name. This with the market value of beef today (even more in past) and giving the fact that tenderlion is the best kind of it. I find more believable the dish (and than the sauce) was named afther the tenderlion but that is just my opinion.
In general I would say this coversation is like an argument about what was first a chicken or an egg. :D
Tenderloin, or fillet as we call it in Scotland, is the most tender cut of beef. It costs between £40-50 per kg (1200-1500 CzK) . I don't know how much it costs in Czechia but when you can buy svíčková in some Prague restaurants for around 150CzK I doubt very much that it is fillet, more probably rump or a similar cheaper cut. I've has some wonderful svíčková (Cafe Imperial) and truly awful (U Vejvodu).
@@paisleybuddie5096 So in ordinary restaurants they use so-called fake beef tenderloin which is defacto beef shoulder (1kg = about 400kč/£13). In luxury restaurants they will probably use real beef tenderloin (1kg = about 900kč/£30). For people it is like this; if the sauce is cooked as a normal meal or as e.g. a Sunday lunch or for a normal family visit the shoulder is more likely to be used, whereas if it is for some important event such as a birthday or Easter lunch, real tenderloin is more likely to be used.
@@Geker3 Valeria is Russian ,so its not natural for her ..,of course is named by the meat .....svickova was alwasy part of the pig ,best meat .
I mistook this video and thought this was an @HONEST GUIDE video , I really enjoyed your video and I would consider coming to your Czech country for a holiday to try the fried cheese it made my mouth water , also I don't mean to be rude or disrespectful but how come you have an accent and Janek from @HONEST GUIDE sounds American
Gulyas is the soup in hungary, Gulas in czech is Pörkelt in Hungary ;-)
Gulášovka or Gulášová polévka/soup is hungarian Gulyas here. ;)
Brilliant
Im in Prague right now!
LETS HANGOUT! :D
Goulash stew AND soup are hungarian :) But Czech gulás is a bit different, no peppers.
Great show.
Sorry, you look like a Czech actress, Casting X :D