Thursday, August 7, 2014

Food from Eastern Europe

When I think about food from Eastern Europe I think meat potatoes and cabbage.
This is beef goulash, with potato dumplings (two kinds) and horseradish.
Cheese is also popular in Europe - this is a cheese platter I had in Prague in the Czech Republic.

In Poland the made dumpling type dishes with vegetables or meat, they call these prorogues. They were really tasty, these below are meat with onion and herbs on top.
Below is chicken in Budapest in Hungary - the use paprika a lot in their cooking. This is a paprika chicken dish.
Vienna in Austria is known for it's cakes and coffee. Below is a special coffee with milk and whipped cream that is famous in Vienna.
This is a cake a bit like tiramisu that I had in Vienna, the choice of cakes and tarts was amazing, so many types.
Above is the famous Viennese schnitzel with boiled potato and herbs.