Cuisine of Lodz for gourmets. Places for dinner - best restaurants

Łódź will meet the travelers not only with interesting sights but also with numerous restaurants and cafes. Each gastronomic establishment treats the guests with interesting dishes and house specialities. Tourists who are passionately devoted to Italian cuisine will love the pizza restaurant Da Grasso. Pizza there is marvelous. The treat features not only perfect taste but stuns the guests with its size. The cost of the huge pizza is about 6 Euro. In addition to the favorite course the visitors can order soft drinks and Italian wines.

Devote fans of Irish beer will find a proper place to restore and enjoy the favorite drink. A cozy pub Irish Pub offers to its guests the most popular beer sorts and a good selection of snacks and specialities. The evenings in the pub are always accompanied with live music and cozy and home like atmosphere. The special attention should be given to the Soplicowo Restaurant among all other restaurants of Polish cuisine. This is exactly the place to try the most popular ethnic treats cooked after the traditional recipes. A full fledged supper will cost to a visitor about 20 Euro. The Soplicowo restaurant also offers a rich wine list.

The rich menu of the Chlopskie Jadlo restaurant also offers to the guests a wide choice of popular ethnic dishes and true gourmands will try house specialities with great pleasure. The Chlopskie Jadlo restaurant features unique decoration of the hall. It will be a perfect place for festive events. One of the most upscale restaurants of the city is the restaurant of French cuisine Revelo. The perfect quality of treats and impeccable service, good selection of haute cuisine dishes and excellent collection of French wines will meet the fancies of the most sophisticated gourmands. Antica Roma is a perfect dining place for those who want to enjoy exquisite delicacies and to partake unique chef’s specialities. Each course is a genuine meal masterpiece as the treats feature not only exquisite taste but also fine art design. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

The true lovers of sweets should certainly visit the popular café Pijalnie Czekolady E.Wedel 185. In addition to fancy cakes and other sweets the visitors are offered to order house speciality being hot chocolate. The place is always crowded. Among the restaurants of Indian cuisine one will surely love «Ganesh» Restauracja. In a spacious well decorated hall even a big party will feel comfortable there. Visitors will find rich selection of dishes on the menu offering traditional Indian dishes and chef’s specialities as well as exotic treats.

Gastronomic traditions of the city were formed under the influence of Italy, France, Russia, and other countries, which influenced Poland in different historical periods. Everyday local food is largely pretty simple and prepared from the most affordable and common products. In local restaurants, you can try rich meat soups with seasonal vegetables. One of the most original first dishes is Polish Tripe Soup "Flaki".

Bigos" is also very popular in local restaurants - this is how they call fried cabbage with sausages. You can also try borscht, which is considered one of the most popular soups in Ukraine and Russia. In local restaurants, they serve a very original version of borscht called “Barszcz biały”. It is customary to prepare it using a special type of rye flour sourdough, potatoes, and marjoram.

Small family restaurants where one can try interesting wild game dishes are especially popular with Lodz guests. Soups and pastries with mushrooms are no less popular in such restaurants. Before the main course, restaurant guests are offered original appetizers, many of which may seem rather unusual to foreign visitors. A pretty popular snack is "Śledzie w śmietanie" - pickled herring with sour cream and onions. A tasty meat snack is “Boczek ze śliwką” - prunes wrapped in bacon.

In Lodz restaurants, most meat dishes are prepared from pork, it can be baked, grilled or simply fried in a pan. Pork is also used to prepare special types of sausages (“Kiełbasa”), and White Sausage is considered a real local delicacy. The choice of fish is also pretty good in local restaurants. Here you can try original carp in jelly, dried salmon, as well as a lot of interesting dishes from trout and pike perch.

For dessert, be sure to order fruit-filled dumplings. Various types of pancakes with cottage cheese, jam or fresh fruit are among popular local desserts too. “Makowiec” is considered a traditional dessert - this is a hearty poppy seed roll. Dozens of sweet pastries with cottage cheese and fruits are served in local pastry shops and bakeries. Donuts with jams are also widespread.