My 2013 trip to Poland was intense and emotional. I never expected to fall so in love with the country. Thinking about it now I get little heart flutters– it was that special. Over a two week period I met family that we had never even known existed, and accepted their kindness and love as if we had grown up together. I was also able to share this very special time with my mother, something neither of us will ever forget.
I always planned to write about our trip in detail, but a year and a half later I’ve barely started. I still have so much to tell, but I guess I’m afraid it won’t come out the right way– afraid it won’t do justice to the amazing people and places we discovered.
Inspired by the latest article about Poland on Buzzfeed, I’ve compiled my own list– 27 reasons you should never eat in Poland. It’s a start to sharing some of the magic with the world!
1. Some people say Polish food is too heavy and filled with potatoes.
Polish mashed potatoes with dill.
2. Potatoes sneak in everywhere– like in these terrible pierogi stuffed with potatoes and chives (the horror!)
Delicious potato and chive pierogi
3. Others have it out for the breakfasts– how could you eat all of that in the morning?
A typical Polish breakfast spread
Creamy deviled eggs with caviar for breakfast? Sure!
4. And the fresh squeezed juice in the Polish cafés has too much pulp!
Freshly squeezed orange and grapefruit juice
5. Vegetables are covered in buttery breadcrumbs, what an atrocity…
Baked cauliflower
6. And there’s simply too much pork
Exhibit A
Exhibit B
Exhibit C
7. And far too much cabbage
Polish coleslaw
Polish cabbage salad
8. And sometimes the two combine!
Polish golabki
Pork + Cabbage = Love
9. And the worst thing of all? Everyone knows how to cook! And they cook everything from scratch!
Homemade soup
10. Cream puffs
Homemade Polish cream puffs
11. Cheesecake
Homemade Polish cheesecake
12. Chicken soup
Polish chicken soup
13. Even crepes damn it!
Polish nalesniki
So really, do yourself a favor, stay clear of Poland as a culinary destination (you’ve been warned!).
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Tom
You do nothing about polish food. Maybe you tryd all of the dishes in 1 star restaurant. Your post is absolutely ridicalous. Hater
Lauren Aloise
It’s a tongue-in-cheek post that is basically raving about Polish cuisine if you read it.
Frank
As a German I’d consider polish cuisine not so far from that of my own home country – but a polish specialty that I absolutely appreciate is Bigosz (even though they don’t make a fuss over it, it’s delicious, especially when reheated the next day)..
Barszcz, Pierogi and Blini are great stuff but also common across most of Eastern Europe.
Leo
As someone who’s part Polish I love the cuisine in Poland. I think these judgements are very harsh and extremely opinionative – opinion is fine but to tell everyone to dodge polish cuisine entirely is a great mistake in my eyes. This post isn’t suitable for public eyes and i hope you realise culture is a touchy subject.
Lauren Aloise
Did you read the post? The title is ironic — the post is about how incredible Polish food is.
gab
Polish food is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The best food everrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Martyna
You should add ‘bigos’ to this list! As if there wasn’t enough cabbage and pork in the selection 😉 I also recommend ‘schabowy’ which is a pork patty in crumbs usually served with potatoes and salad. Rice with ‘potrawka’ is my fave, too (http://czterylewerecewkuchni.blogspot.com/2016/05/potrawka-z-kurczaka-z-ryzem-groszkiem-i.html) I live abroad and my husband’s cooking skills are everything! I don’t think we could survive without our beloved Polish dishes!
Jane
Polish people definitely know how to cook 🙂 I always try to discover new bars and restaurants with yummy food 🙂 My favorite Warsaw’s spots is a bar in the centre called Bubbles. They specialize in champagnes but also serve some delicious food – Polish too. Everything there is so delicious!
Lauren Aloise
I can’t wait to visit Warsaw one day!
Lilly
Haha, great article! I love Polish food, everything is soo delicious:) Everytime I visit Poland I go to different Polish restaurants to eat their local food. Last time I have discovered a great restaurant in Warsaw – it is called the Akademia Restaurant. They serve Polish food but in modern version. Their food is high quality, always fresh and very tasty. Can’t wait to go there again.
Lauren Aloise
Ohhh I would love to go to Warsaw soon! I will definitely look this restaurant up!
Jakub
For the first moment I was shocked..
Cool you like our food. Next time try to find ‘bigos’ but you must try in few different places… it is somthink complitly different than all and it is delicious..
Regards from Gdańsk
Lauren Aloise
Haha– yes, sarcasm!!
AnnaRoblox&more
Ok have your ever tried polish food no! So dont judge it like that because i am polish and polish food is the 1st favourite food in the world so start thinking and not being stupid and my fav polish food is rosul
Lauren Aloise
Anna, the post is sarcastic :). It is basically saying that Polish food is amazing. Did you read the post?
Dorota
Anna, I don’t think you understood the sarcastic undertone of this very flattering and obviously positive blog article… I laughed and nodded… till the end 🙂
Dorota from Warsaw, now in Atlanta
Dorota
I love this post! Come2Cracow one more time I will take you for a trip off the beaten paths 🙂
Dorota
Hello from Poland, Cracow!
Glad to know you liked our cuisine! Or rather disliked? 😉
There’s much more to know about it anyway! My spanish boyfriend absolutely loves to eat polish food.
Kisses
Lauren Aloise
So yummy and I can’t wait to go back and try more!
Melanie Murrish
I should definitely never go to Poland-thanks for the heads up! 😉 My husband used to work with a lot of Polish people and they are also hearty drinkers!
Lauren Aloise
Ohhhh yes they are! My family proceeded to take shots of vodka throughout one of our meals! I couldn’t keep up!
Melanie Murrish
I swear to God, I used to be known for my acoholic intake-we went to a Christmas party, they drank me under he table!
Adrian
Pierogi, great! You found them. But you did not have them with f.ex. meat or with cabbage an forest mushrooms. Or forest sweetiests blueberries. There were nothing about soups like polish borsch or white borsch. Pork? Yes, a lot of. And fishes ? No fishes ? Directly from moutain rivers trout? or polish salmon?
Lauren Aloise
Mmm all you are saying sounds great! We did eat a lot of soups too (there’s a mushroom one pictured and a beetroot (borsch) that I didn’t fit in!) We did also have pierogi with meat and also with mushrooms and blueberries and sour cream (my favorite!). Unfortunately we didn’t eat much fish while there– next time!
Ashley
I’ve never thought of Poland as somewhere that had good cuisine, but that was silly of me because all of that looks so delicious! Especially all of that potato goodness.
Lauren Aloise
So yummy– a lot of comfort food made with love!
Trevor Huxham
These pictures look DELICIOUS and look like they really do the dishes justice. I’d love to try those deviled eggs with caviar…such an interesting combination!
Lauren Aloise
It was all SO DELICIOUS!!!! And restaurants were very inexpensive!
Magda
I would say to me, the most delicious polish food ever is pashztet! omg! never had something as great. After that, pierogi w/ bacon 😉
Lauren Aloise
Ohhhh I will add it to my list for next trip!!
maadziak
Yes! Pierogi! This is definitely my favourite food!You should try kopytka (based on potatoes – of course! 🙂