We went to Prague, and it was pretty amazing. It's hard to know quite where to start in detailing the trip, and I certainly don't want to bore you with a massive vacation photo dump style post. So, I'll start with one of my favorite things- the food!
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| Pork knee with hubby's hand for scale. Yea, that's a LOT of meat. |
Prague is a meat, potatoes, and beer kind of place. Now while I usually prefer more green on my plates, I decided to look at the week as a wonderful way to try new things that I've always wanted to or just never thought I would.
One of the first meals I had there was roasted duck with pickled cabbage and mashed potatoes. I'd never before had duck, and it was quite splendid.
One night, we decided to go to La Degustation, one of Prague's two 2012 Michelin star restaurants. We wouldn't usually do this, and actually never have before. But, since we've become such foodees as of late, and since we vowed to try as many new things as possible, we decided to splurge.
The restaurant offers your choice of two tasting menues, the 11 course or the 7 course with wine pairings.
Between many of the courses, you receive amuse bouches, tiny bites of something amazing.
This was one of my favorite courses- a farm egg with oh, who could remember the details of each dish??? It was crazy good. And the wine pairing was fantastic. It was art in your mouth. That's all I can say.
As the days played on, we ate less extravagantly, but the quality of food was fantastic everywhere we went. From street food, to pub food, to our own hotel's restaurant, chefs commonly used local and fresh to the day caught ingredients making for exquisite meals.
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| Prague ham- common appetizer plate. |
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| Brewery- fermenting pot of grossness. |
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| They even got Italian right. Fresh pasta, oh so good. |
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| Roasted pork with mushrooms and potato puree. |
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| One of my favorites- Venison ragu with potato dumplings. |
With a belly full of potato dumplings and beer each day, who has room for anything but contentment?
18 comments:
Oh my goodness -- lucky you! How wonderful to go somewhere exotic and new to you. The food looks amazing.
How fun! Travelling is amazing, particularly when you really get into the local foods, wines and brews. Prague must have been beautiful...it is certainly on my list of places to visit!
Wow, that looks amazing. Food is always our favorite part of traveling, it's the best way to get to know a culture. It looks like you guys had a fantastic time.
Those photos were fun to see! It's wonderful you were able to enjoy the local tastes of Prague!
WOW! What a fantastic adventure you had! I was wondering where you were.
What was with the business posts here while you were gone???? That had me wondering if you quit blogging.
Wow that is awesome!! Looks like you had a great time, I would love feasting on huge course meals :)
Wow...what a trip! How fun!
And the food looks amazing! I like how they turn each piece into a little work of art. The pasta looks so good!
I'll bet you walked off all the calories by walking and sightseeing! I'm so glad you had this opportunity...and how nice that you are included in some of these photos!
the food looks so good! Did you take the photos? They're great. What a wonderful, and surprising, trip! {:-D
Wow, how amazing! Your food looked fantastic and what a great way to experience a new country. I look forward to more photos of your trip!
Valerie
Everyday Inspired
This is my kind of post-- I often take pix of and talk about my food, heh. It sounds like a wonderful trip! The venison ragu with potato dumplings... mmmmm.... :)
Yummmm. What a great way to experience a different country and culture!
It all looks amazing! I am hungry now! I have heard that Prague is a beautiful city. How lucky you were to be able to go and experience a different culture.
WOW! looks like an amazing trip! I haven't yet been to Prague, but it's on my list! Your post is making me want to push it to the top of the list :)
Everything looks so delicious! One great thing about visiting other countries, or US states for that matter, is the different foods you can sample!!
That looks delish! I'm now following you on GFC :)
xo
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That's an incredible trip! What took you there?
All of this food looks amazing, and I'm so glad you liked the duck! I recommend trying duck pizza if you can find it. Sounds weird, but it's delicious.
You guys went to Prague?! Wow :) A couple of months earlier (when I was at my Mom's) we could have met!! My Mom lives just just across the border and it's only a two hour train ride to Praque. Ahhh, maybe next time ;-)
Anyway, glad you are all better again and enjoying the local tastes. The city my Mom lives is very similar to Prague and there is a dish just like the one in the second photo!
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