I guess you can say I’ve been on hiatus. It’s
been one and a half month since I posted anything in this blog. I’ve been
totally uninspired despite the fact that I’ve actually done and seen a few
things that should have inspired me to post.
My dad visited me in the end of April for four
days and I think if he had spent a few more days in Warsaw I would have been
able to write a book about the bakeries in Warsaw. My dad loves cake and I love
cake and we ate a lot of it in just four days. I think if you like cake Poland
can be quite the challenge as they all look so good and there are a lot of
cake!
Personally my favourite chocolate cake (Gorzka Czekolada) is from in Cukiernia
Truskawka on Wołoska 70. I fell in love when I took the first bite. So if you
have nothing to do and you like chocolate cake go and try it out.
Gorzka Czekolada!
Other things me and my dad did apart from
eating cakes was eating other kinds of food. We both like food a lot. So we tried
some traditional Polish food. We tried żurek (a sour rye soup), which I must
say didn’t really look that welcoming. And having a hardboiled egg floating
around in my soup put me off a bit, I mean just the thought of it puts me off.
HOWEVER, I did like the soup and I did like the floating egg in it and I will
try it again. It was weird but it was good.
We also tried Bigos, which is a meat and cabbage
stew. To me it seemed quite simple, however I am not sure I should yell that
out loud since apparently it takes around two to four days to make it. I
imagine this is a dish every grandmother is proud of making and that every
Polish family has the best bigos recipe. I picture two friends talking. One
says: “My grandmother makes the best bigos,”
and the other one goes: “No my
grandmother makes the best bigos”. I liked the bigos I had but I think I would
like to try someone’s grandmother’s recipe.
Apart from that I’ve had pierogi as well,
simple but alright. I’ve tried Gołąbki, which is one thing that I actually liked
a lot. Also I’ve noticed that they eat a lot of potato pancakes (placek po
zbojnicku), which I had never had before, but here in Poland I’ve tried it with
goulash and it was good.
But my conclusion is that Polish food is not
that creative and it can be quite boring as well. But I guess sometimes fancy
can be too much as well. I recommend people who visit Poland to try some
though. And I think if you can find a small local place it’s probably gonna
taste even better, because sometimes big restaurants or tourist places cooks
traditional food with a twist of non-traditional.
This was a lot about food.
What else have I done apart from eating?
I’ve been to Łazienki Królewskie, which is a
park and I actually love it a lot. It’s full of people and quite at the same
time. There are so many path to choose from, pretty buildings and water in the
park. On a sunny day it is just pretty awesome. Actually a few Sundays ago I
went there to listen to a guy play Frederic Chopin music. I think it’s an
arrangement that is gonna take place for a while every Sunday. It was not my
kind of music and the guy could have played the same number over and over again
and I wouldn’t even notice. But it was nice to be doing something and I had a
good time.
Łazienki Królewskie
Last Friday I went to The View, which turned
out to be a pretty long night; as I didn’t return home before 0830 in the
morning. But what a party. It was on the roof on one of Warsaw tallest
buildings.
The View
I also had a night out at Pub Zielona Gęś near
Metro Pole Mokotówski, which was rather eventful as I ended up singing karaoke
for the first time in my life. I'm not quite sure if I am actually welcome
there anymore after that night. Honestly I was too drunk to read the text on
the screen and apparently I haven't memorised the lyrics to Summer of 69.
In July my best friend is coming to visit me
for a week and we will meet in Poznan and stay there a few days before going to
Warsaw. I am looking forward to that. I guess that is it for this time.
I enjoy Poland more and more for each day that
passes and I can’t imagine going back anytime soon.
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