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Krakow
Apr 13, 2011 9:17:38 GMT
Post by Silly Yak on Apr 13, 2011 9:17:38 GMT
Krakow report Posted by Vee Durham on 13/4/2011, 7:35:13 These are the places I ate at in Krakow. Ancora Restaurant just off Main Square www.ancora-restaurant.com/_en/ The Chubby Cooks visited this place a few months ago and this is their report. thechubbycook.com/2010/11/a-culinary-tour-through-europe-destination-krakow/ Wine started at around £25 a bottle. The second night we ate at Klimaty Poludnia, next to our hotel. The chef cooked a special meal so that it was gf and recommended their flourless chocolate cake for dessert. We had lunch there before flying home again on Friday. www.klimatypoludnia.pl/winiarnia/onas_pl.html On Wed and Thurs night we ate at Pod Baranem, just along from our hotel and would recommend this place. It has a gf menu, fresh gf bread served before the meal, and a good choice of food and wine. Personally, I wouldn't choose their ravioli again as I found it too thick for my liking but it was filled with ground beef and tasted ok. Similarly, I prefer pancakes to be crepe rather than thick so had creme brulee the second night. Their fillet steak was superb. www.podbaranem.com/english.html We stayed at Hotel Monopol on Gertrudy and found it to be very central. Breakfast was buffet style and had a large range of cold meat, cheeses, salads but no gf cereals or breads. Lunch time was more difficult but I had taken crackers, muffins and bought bananas to get me by. Vee
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dawn
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Krakow
Oct 8, 2011 9:50:20 GMT
Post by dawn on Oct 8, 2011 9:50:20 GMT
Krakow - Qubus Hotel GLUTEN Posted by Dawn on 8/10/2011, 10:29:57 82.41.202.x I was recently in Krakow (Poland) for a conference. Stayed at the Qubus Hotel www.qubushotel.com/hotele.php?lang=2&id_h=1 The hotel had been warned by the conference organisers in advance that I needed GF food. They obviously didn't really know what this meant. Breakfast - buffet. I took crackers and had some cheese, yoghurt, fruit. Lunch - the other delegates had a huge buffet. When I insisted that I needed to know what I could eat I was brought a plate of boiled vegetables. By day 2 I was fed up with this and asked if I could have some cheese, meat, fish, potatoes, rice.... I was brought a completely plain, unseasoned, cold omelette. When I asked if there was something I could eat with it (cheese, ham etc) I was told the chef would prepare something else. I was brought some grilled chicken, some green beans (so overcooked they were pale yellow) and some plain risotto. I double checked that the risotto was definitely ok and was assured that it was. After eating a few mouthfuls the chef rushed out and said that it was the 'wrong type' of risotto and contained gluten. Needless to say I was ill. Strangely, when I checked out, the manager (who had not made an appearance prior to this) told me that my medical condition did not exist in Poland and that the hotel could not be expected to know how to cater for it. He also said that they had checked with a specialist on 'stomach disease' who had said that such a small amount of gluten would have no effect on me and that the hotel was in no way at fault. My symptoms were apparently not connected to the gluten which I had eaten. After some debate he agreed that he would look into training the staff, but I didn't get the impression that this was actually going to happen, so if eating at Qubus I would urge caution. This poor experience was totally unlike the rest of the meals I had in Krakow which were excellent - see next post.
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dawn
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Krakow
Oct 8, 2011 9:51:22 GMT
Post by dawn on Oct 8, 2011 9:51:22 GMT
Krakow - September 2011 Posted by Dawn on 8/10/2011, 10:48:24 82.41.202.x Main Square www.mainsquare.pl/english/ Highly recommended, I ate here twice. The staff spoke excellent English and with the Polish translation card were able to explain what I could eat. They were happy to substitute items on the menu for me. Very attractive restaurant with a lovely courtyard, just off Rynek Glowny, the impressive main square. Kawiarnia Europejska www.europejska.pl/ Again, on the main square. More touristy, the staff were slightly less willing to help. Had a good meal. One very odd thing - normally customers are given a plate of cheesey biscuits to have with their drink. Even though I explained that I couldn't eat them, I was told that they had to sit on the table as they were 'part of the meal'. Ratuszowa, Rynek Glowny, behind the tower in the square Italian style restaurant - had excellent duck. Staff checked with the chef what I could eat. Miod Malina www.miodmalina.pl/ Simply fabulous - slightly more pricey, but only £25 for main course and dessert and a couple of glasses of wine. Staff were very attentive and the food was excellent. Ice cream - found a fabulous place which checked which ice creams were GF (most places just looked at me like I was mad when I gave them my translation card) - I don't have the name, but it was a bright yellow shop with two windows, just on the left on Grodzka off Rynek Glowny. Ice cream made on the premises so they know exactly what is going in to them. Staff happy to wash the scoop. All the previous places were central, in the Old Town (Stare Miasto). In Podgorze, across the river (near to the Qubus Hotel) I had lunch at Cava www.cafecava.pl/ - staff were great, able to choose what I wanted. Full marks. Generally speaking Krakow was good for GF. In a couple of restaurants when I asked it was clear that the staff were not interested/ clueless so I took that as my cue to leave. Fortunately in teh tourist spots good English was spoken, as my Polish was extremely limited! Not sure what would be available in supermarkets...
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