Camel Balls, Extra Sour And Liquid Filled
It’s Halloween, somebody rings at your door, you open and see a bunch of kids shouting: “Trick or treat!” So what do you give them? Tricks? Treats? Or both?
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Man Hides Overnight in Restaurant, Devours 6 Geese and 3 Ducks
A 48-year-old man hid in a Prague restaurant, only to devour an incredible amount of food, according to news reporting: six baked geese, weighing about five kilograms each, three ducks, a four liter jar...
(Almost) Free Drinks From a Shaman and a Dreamer
A new crowdfunding project seeks to open a café where you pay by time spent at the place, rather than for what you consume. “Africa Café” is a particularly ambitious project in a land...
Pizzeria Siesta: Yes, We Are Open All Noon
“Siesta” is a funny name for a restaurant that is open during lunch time and the whole afternoon – let alone using a Spanish word for a pizzeria.
Care For a “Pig Slaughter Goulash”?
It seems to be a by-product of the “large pig-killing ceremony”, just like the blood soup “prdelačka”. (The meaning of “prdel” is explained here.) source (5 Dec 2014)
The Traditional “Candle Sauce Dinner”
The consumer electronics store Alza sells a bag that you may not be able to fully appreciate if you don’t understand some words of Czech. So here we go: “Svíčková” is one of the...
Random Observations: Christmas Superstition and Freedom as in Beer
Christmas is moving closer, and like in most parts of Europe it’s indeed “Christmas”, not “the Season” or other names that are considered politically correct in other places. While observing this Pagan-turned-Christian event, the...
The Parsley Affair
The soup bar Dobrá Polévka (‘Good Soup’) has gained dubious fame after they have published four photos of their dishes on their Facebook page1 that visitors have ridiculed as being over-decorated with parsley. The...
The Notorious ‘Pigeon Squadron’
When I was still working as a journalist I have had several encounters with the infamous Pigeon Squadron. Journalists and organizers of press conferences in Prague alike fear the raids of this informal group...
Drowned Men with Onion and Bread
If you work in a morgue, you may have experienced drowned people as something that doesn’t look quite yummy. Thanks to Czech black humor, however, the same name is applied to a dish: a...
