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Side Dishes
The most common Czech side dishes are:
– boiled potatoes (vařené brambory)
– roasted potatoes (opékané brambory)
– mashed potatoes (bramborová kaše)
– French fries (bramborové hranolky)
– rice (rýže)
– bread dumplings (houskové knedlíky) or potato dumplings
(bramborové knedlíky) with sauce (omáčka)
– bread or potato dumplings with sauerkraut (zelí)
– potato salad (bramborový salát)
Desserts
Desserts (moučníky) come in many varieties and tend to be heavy and fatty
because butter (máslo) and whipped cream (šlehačka) are often used.
Some popular desserts are:
– crepes (palačinky) filled with jam (džem)
or strawberries (jahody) and whipped cream
– honey cake called Medovník
– blueberry dumplings (borůvkové knedlíky)
– apple strudel (jablečný závin)
– ice cream sundae (zmrzlinový pohár)
Beverages
As far as drinks (nápoje) go, a Czech meal is often accompanied by the national
beverage, beer (pivo). If you’re not in the mood for beer, you can have mineral
water (minerálka), orange juice (pomerančový džus), apple juice (jablečný džus), or a
soda (specify its name, i.e. Coke, Sprite, because soda in Czech means “soda water”).
Czechs also like to drink tea (čaj) with sugar (cukr) and lemon (citrón), and coffee
(káva) with or without milk (mléko) or cream (smetana).
Specials
If you wish to try something special, do not skip
the soup of cows´ stomachs (dršťková), potato
pancakes (bramboráky), fried cheese in breading
(smažený sýr), molded cheese combined with
tons of onion and pepper and chili in oil (nakládaný
hermelín) or just simple toasted bread
with a lot of garlic (topinka).
Nakládaný hermelín
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notes
Traditional Beer Snack called “Utopenec”