Czech Food

Czechs have been able to purchase foods on the internet for five years. Over one-quarter of people have already tried this option, and every tenth person regularly uses this service. Currently, there are several specialized e-shops for foods, with the four biggest players on the market being iTesco.cz, Rohlik.cz, Kosik.cz …

The average amount Czechs paid for lunch this June was 108.20 CZK. Compared with 2007, the average sum for a lunch menu increased 20 CZK. In most of the county capitals, the employees cannot buy lunch for less than 100 CZK. The most expensive is a lunch in Prague, where …

Rumours like this have been popular among people for quite some time, and the inhabitants of the border areas often prefer to go shopping in Austria or Germany. If the same product from a multinational company is bought in Czech and abroad, it has a different composition, even when the …

Czech menus can be problematic. Even if you have a reasonable knowledge of culinary terms in Czech, you’ll almost definitely require the assistance of the waiter. And the waiter will usually recommend the most expensive meals and those that you are likely to know. Therefore, the chance of you being …

As with every single country in the world, the Czech Republic has a large range of traditional food, all of which should be sampled by every tourist to give them a real feel for the country. Food from this part of the world is usually hearty and filling, unlike the …

Traditional meals in the Czech Republic are wholesome and designed to feed people up well after a tough day’s work of manual labour.  They are quite high in fat content and usually very substantial  which is perfect during the winter months. Recently, there has been a trend of eating lighter …

Overall, perhaps the greatest venue to really sample proper Czech food is to get an invitation to dine in someone’s house.  Nonetheless, this is still not straight forward, as many people these days often just cook simple, more cosmopolitan recipes. Czech food made the traditional way is usually kept for …

It is possible to find almost everything you could possibly want in the supermarkets of Prague, ranging from Japanese to Indian food, and from Arabic through to local produce. You’ll also be able to find the most popular European products, such as Heinz beans, Italian cured ham and Spanish chorizo …

Czech people are emotionally connected to their meadows and forests. Local people vanish from Prague’s streets during weekends in the summer months, when they leave for the cottages they own in the country-side. Lengthy forest walks amongst the trees, with frequent breaks for picking wild blueberries, mushrooms and strawberries are …

Cheese platters are quite common, and are composed of slices of eidam, hermelín (camembert) or niva (blue) cheese with a chunk of butter, a dash of paprika, and perhaps a pickle and a basket of rolls or bread.  Also meat platters are popular – slices of ham or various salamis …