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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having lived in Germany and spent a lot of time in Slovakia (and many other countries in Europe, besides Serbia), I have to say that I don't think any Eastern european food is "good." It's pretty basic stuff not far off what you might find in appalachia. Pieces of meat in nondescript bland sauce, boiled/fried potatoes, various soups (creamy and not). Oh, watch out for the Paprikash - this is made from a pepper that is about as spicy as a green bell pepper and gets all the Slovaks sweating and fanning their mouths because it's the most flavorful thing that exists in their country. Be sure to visit a "nice restaurant" so they can put ketchup on pasta and call it italian-style spaghetti.

Of course, plenty of restaurants in Germany are also guilty of these war crimes and all you need to know is that the best food in Germany is a turkish fast food import called the Doner, and that they built a folk tale around the development of the "currywurst" (such an impactful culinary delight) which is just a sausage with some curry powder in it that is sold at every crappy food stand. That pretty much sums up their culinary delight.

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You must be pretty bad at picking restaurants. Your Slavic food experience sounds like that of someone using an outdated Communist-era visitors guide.[/quote]

DP but this comment sounds pretty lame while the original one is actually thoughtful [/quote]

How is the comment lame? I’ve lived in multiple Eastern European countries (Kosovo, Czech Republic, Poland). If you go to decent restaurants, the food is very flavorful. There are hold outs in some areas of restaurants that haven’t seemed to have recovered from the flavorless cooking of the communist era (when cooking staples were not always plentiful).

Also, food is an important part of any culture. Reading that PP’s comments (the one you thought helpful), there is such an undercurrent of condescension. Part of enjoying other cultures is understanding how they got to where they are….what they eat is a part of that journey.

I’ve never been in a restaurant in Eastern Europe that uses ketchup for spaghetti sauce. Who orders spaghetti in Bratislava, anyway? Also if you know how to pick restaurants well (read: not tourist traps), you will find the paprikash has a delightful smokey flavor. It’s not meant to be hot in the sense that we think of it. [/quote]

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