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.
I recently tried a place specializing in fries that was right around the corner from my Airbnb. It was quite good, but nothing about it knocked my socks off.
Frit Flagey, on the other hand, knocked my socks clean off. My feet? Totally bare. My socks? I don’t know, I can’t find them. I think they exploded.
There’s some debate about whether French fries were invented in France or Belgium, but the consensus seems to be that it was probably the latter.
I couldn’t resist. After my amazing (and amazingly cheap) first meal at Edessaïkó, I had to come back one more time.
This time, I tried the pork chop in tomato sauce, and was able to try a variety of sides — pasta, rice, fried potato slices, and roast potatoes.
Thessaloniki’s love for flaky pies is actually pretty impressive. It probably helps that it’s a great, quick breakfast that you can eat on the go. Seeing people munching on a slice of pie in a paper bag is an extremely common sight in the morning.
What’s better than delicious food? Delicious food that’s also cheap. Somehow, a meal just tastes better when it’s a great deal.
If you went to Greece and you didn’t have souvlaki, were you even there? I think we all know that the answer to that question is no.
So yes, of course I had souvlaki. I’m not a crazy person.