Our Culinary Czech List

The food in Prague was mostly familiar to us. This isn't surprising as we've basically encircled our last mainland country. We found a few Bavarian similarities in sauerkraut and pork knuckle. We also found similarities with its Slavic neighbors in goulash and

They also seem to strongly prefer Camembert and Halloumi. At least we saw them on menus a lot.

One thing we were surprised to see on the menu everywhere in Prague is Steak Tatar. It was an app, a breakfast side dish, a main course. It's their signature adopted dish. As far as I could find only, Steak Tatar is either of American, or German (Frankfurt) origin. So it was a surprise to find it as a national dish.

What Prague is actually known for is beer! I would say most of their beers are basic lagers. Not bad, but not standing out either. However, some beers are only €2-3, so that is a huge plus. Our favorite though was "Czech Dark Beer." In particular, Emily usually hates darker beers, but actually found some she liked around Prague.

One "bizarre" thing, at least to us, is that beer can be ordered 3 ways. They are hladinka (normal), šnyt (half foam), or mlíko (like 98% foam). Almost every restaurant that served beer, had a diagram up with these 3 options. We did not try it as a cup of beer foam did not sound appealing.Read more