Cuisine of Vysoke Tatry for gourmets. Places for dinner - best restaurants

Do not miss the opportunity to join the national Slovak cuisine if you arrived in Vysoké Tatry. There are no products and dishes exotic for a European here. So you can not worry about the reaction of the body to local dishes. The local cooking traditions came mainly from neighboring Slavic nations and from chefs from Hungary and Austria to a slightly lesser extent. There are many dairy and meat products on the menu of town restaurants. However, if you want, you can go to a pizzeria like Pizzeria La Montanara or Marcello, as well as eat burgers in Restart Burger-Poprad.

It is worth considering that most of the dishes in the local cuisine are hearty and very fatty. For example, bravčová masť a oškvarky, one of the most traditional and old dishes in Vysoké Tatry, is lard. Onion, garlic, grated apple, milk and a lot of spices are added when it is melted. Lard with bacon is really tasty. However, this dish is not dietary. It is worth tasting oštiepok. This is smoked sheep cheese, which is very tasty. It has a characteristic pattern on the sides of an elliptical or fusiform form. This type of cheese is used in the preparation of Vyprážaný syr.

Spišska pochut’ka will appeal to those who like complex dishes. It is a stew of chicken with the addition of mushrooms. It is served with great potato pancakes. They are also cooked with a lot of fat. There are many side dishes in traditional Slovak cuisine. However, knedľa occupies a special place. These small and rather peculiar buns of potatoes or ordinary dough are rarely used outside Slovakia. Traditionally, they are steamed or boiled in water. The dish is cut into and poured the sauce over before serving. The option of knedľa with stuffing is also possible. It is considered a separate dish. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

Potato salad is the most popular in the town in winter. Fresh vegetable salad is very popular in summer. However, there are also more interesting salad options. Šalát z naklíčenej šošovice s jablkami is made from lentils and apples. Jarný šalát includes radishes and lettuce leaves. It is dressed with sour cream or less often with oil. Strukovinový šalát s kvasenoi kapustoi is a winter dish. It is made from beans and sauerkraut. Be sure to order cesnaková polievka. This is a light mashed soup with cheese, garlic, and boiled egg. It is served not in the usual deep plate, but in a loaf of bread. The hearty gulášová polievka is also served in bread. This dish is similar to goulash.

Demikát of potatoes with cream, garlic, and cheese is also interesting. Kapustnica soup is very tasty. It is cooked from cabbage with the addition of smoked meats. This ingredient is also included in the pea soup Grahova polievka and in many versions of the bean soup Fazul’ova polievka. If you want something light, you can order Rezancová polievka. It's chicken noodle soup. If you want to get a large portion, then order something from meat dishes. They are perfectly cooked in Vysoké Tatry. These dishes are served in portions, which will be enough for two or three people.

Pečené údené bravčové koleno is exactly what you need to start getting acquainted with meat dishes of Vysoké Tatry. It's pork knuckle. It boiled first, and then stuffed with garlic and marinated in mustard, honey, and lemon juice. After that, the dish is baked. A potato pancake stuffed with chicken and mushrooms Janosikova kapsa is also tasty. You should taste the local version of the schnitzel Rezeň. It can be stuffed with cheese, mushrooms or eggs. You can order Bryndzové halušky as a side dish to meat. These are hot boiled small pieces of potato dough. They are mixed with cheese. Opekane zemiaky is an ordinary baked potato. Lokše is thin potato tortillas. Langoše is garlic doughnuts. They are used as an alternative to bread.

You can taste the eggplant casserole or the local Holubky dish. An interesting fact is that the filling for the dish is made without rice. It is worth tasting grated cabbage, fried in oil with boiled pasta with the addition of fried bacon. The dish is called Kapustové fliačky.

You can order Parené buchty as a dessert. These are steamed buns stuffed with berries or cottage cheese. It is also worth tasting Skalický trdelník. These are sweets of dough with sugar, cinnamon, and nuts. Sweet donuts and bagels with poppy seeds or nuts are also interesting. The nut roll and poppy seed cake are delicious. The local version of strudel is also interesting. It is no less delicious than the Austrian version of strudel. Sulance is crumpets with fillings. Palacinke is pancakes with berries, cottage cheese or honey. Layered cake with poppy seeds and nuts Štedrák served on Christmas day. Funky is traditional for Easter. You can wash it all down with coffee, cocoa or tea. You can order herbal tea or regular black or green tea. Beer, wine, and Tatratea - a liqueur infused with herbs, deserve attention from alcoholic beverages.