I wasn’t planning on eating a trdelník — also known an a chimney cake, or a chimney cone — here in Prague. They’re available back home, plus it’s pretty clear that they’re more of a tourist thing than anything else. You’ll have a hard time finding them outside of tourist hotspots.
So far, the food I’ve tried in Prague has been extremely okay. Completely inoffensive — tasty, even — but nothing that’s going to get my heart rate up.
Despite being right in the middle of an exceptionally touristy area (it’s maybe a five minute walk from Prague Castle), U Kocoura not only has some decent food, but it’s relatively cheap, too.
After having a decent but fairly underwhelming sausage at Václavsky Gril, I had unfinished business. Surely I could find a great quality sausage in Prague.
Occasionally, you’ll hear about a dish that you immediately need to try. I recently learned that pickled cheese is a thing that exists in Czech pubs, and of course, my interest was piqued.
Okay fine, it was more than piqued. Pickled cheese?? I needed to try it immediately.
Apparently the area around Wenceslas Square — one of the main city squares in Prague — used to be crammed with street vendors selling Czech sausages. But the neighbouring restaurants were unhappy about the stands cutting into their profits, and the city elected to remove most of them.
You can’t go wrong with fried cheese. There’s something about the gooey/crispy contrast that’s always going to be satisfying.