HAWELKA located on the market... and other Krakow, Poland Restaurant Reviews

HAWELKA located on the market square is a well known traditional restaurant with typical polish cuisine and folk music. you have to try their mushroom soup served in a bread bowl! CHIMERA on wislna street offers cracow's best salad bar and is frequented by students mostly. u will find a place called SZUFLADA a bit further down the street - it's famous for its extravagant furniture which is - as i see it - typical for the polish proneness to overdo things just a bit ;-)
people make a fuss about JAMA MICHALIKA in florianska street - it's definitely a must-see but a bit too gloomy for my taste.
ARIEL in the jewish part of cracow called Kazimierz is another place worth going - they offer excellent food and have jewish folk bands almost every night.
to taste real polish life, however, be sure to go to one of the numerous milk bars (BAR MLECZNY) and try mizeria (cucumber salad) and pierogi ruskie (dumplings stuffed with white cheese) - ENJOY! ;-)
*yummy-yummy*

Favorite Dish: ok, i told you it takes more than just a few days to get to know poland. so apart from PIEROGI ( you can also have them stuffed with mushrooms, kraut, meat or even raspberries or blueberries), MIZERIA and various soups you HAVE to try BARSZCZ (*barshtsh* = beet root broth), BIGOS (*beegus* = the polish 'national stew'), ZUREK (*shoorek* = a delicious sour soup based on flour - if your lucky you will even find a boiled egg on the bottom of your bowl!) and nalesniki (*naghleshniki* = pancakes in endless variations).
for a snack at home or anywhere ser bialy (*sair beeowy) and obwarzanki (*obwoshanki* - pretzels you get everywhere in the streets) are perfect *mouth watering* ;-)

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