When travelling, do you try out local specialties? Do you eat in restaurants where the local cuisine is served? Are you bold enough to taste the things that you thought of before as uneatable?
Tasting local cuisine is surely one of experiences and privilages of travelling. It tells a lot about customs, habits and style of life of the citizens of a visited country. In Poland, for example, things made of flour are very specific and common as typical national dishes. Among them many Poles and foreign tourists value PIEROGI. You can eat them with fruits (strawberries, apples, blueberries), sweet cottage cheese, with meat, meat and cabbage, cabbage with mushrooms and other more or less sophisticated filling. But the most recognisible (traditional) way of making them, is to stuff them with cottage cheese mixed with mashed potates and fried onion - so called Russian (Rusenian or Ruthenian) style. The recipe is very easy and I recommend to try out making them at home!
And so Krakow decided to celebrate this delicious specialty by making the PIEROGI FESTIVAL. Krakow restaurants would compete to become the winner of the best pierogi! And the visitors to that event? They could of course taste all of the kinds of dumplings that were presented. The festival is organised annually on the Small Market Square (nearby the Main Market Square of Krakow - behind St Mary's church). Apart from the contest and pierogi degustation there are additional events organised - this year folk groups performed for the visitors and the children were entartained by clown and Lajkonik. The winner of the festival appeared to be a small restaurant, situated in Kazimierz district, called Any Time. You can eat there pierogi any time you come to Krakow... from the restaurants worth recommending I would still mention "Pierozki u Wincenta" that is located just couple minutes away from Any Time. The dumplings with spinach and garlic sauce is my favourite dish there.
Krakow has a lot to offer to tourists. However, pierogi are surely one of the reasons to pay a visit to this magic city. Book your hotel and taste pierogi every evening! We will be glad to hear which type is your favourite one. If you still do not feel convinced to the Pierogi Festival or to the dish itself, visit EverydayKrakow.com and find an event that is perfect for you and for your way of travelling. And, last but not leat, have a lot of fun in Krakow!
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