mils: so little pix i take
[09:05] mils: 300 only in total i think
[09:08] audrey: huh!
[09:08] audrey: aiyo
[09:10] mils: tsktsk
[09:14] audrey: yahlor
[09:14] audrey: what man!
[09:14] audrey: hahaha
[09:14] audrey: somemore maybe 15% will be faulty shots
[09:14] audrey: blurry and all
[09:14] audrey: so means only 225 shots u took!
[09:17] mils: yah!
[09:17] mils: is this like kiasu or what???
[09:17] mils: hahahahahahaha
[09:17] audrey: hahaha
[09:17] audrey: abit la

Due to the rainy conditions and bacon overworking my poor walking feet, I did not snap as much as I could’ve – well, try exposing your £600 camera to the rain and see how you feel. So most food pictures were taken with the good ol’ Nikon – by dinner time I was so tired I frankly CANNOT BE ARSED to carry a 1kg camera with me.

Because I’ve managed to only upload pictures from Nikon, today we shall talk about cows and pigs.

I can’t even pronounce the name, let alone memorize it, so this was where we ate dinner on the first night. Located near the Henry tower, just off the main drag of Wenceslas Square (main road of Praha’s New Town/tourist trap)

Looking through the menu, a good mixture of international/continental european cuisine with the more traditional Czech meaty food, something caught my eye immediately.

Not like as if it is much work put into it…

I had not had beef tartare since my days in Belgium – in 2000! For the uninitiated, yes, it is exactly what it looks like – raw minced beef with a raw egg and spices on the side. Although I must mention that I did not exactly realized it was going to be presented this way – the last time I had beef tartare it was already all mixed up and looked more like a tuna salad. This, you can even make out the face of the cow. Oops.

It comes with rock-hard toasts, and you mix everything up on the plate (your choice of spices) and spread it just like pate. But unlike pate, this meat is extremely fresh (you would die otherwise) and there is no lingering liver smell. It is suprisingly flavourless – the flavour is from the spices and it is not very strong indeed. All in all, it looks like meat spread. But I had to have it just this once – its been so long.

My order was funnily enough greeted by amused stares mixed in with horrified faces when other patrons in the restaurants realized what I had ordered.

Guess what did bacon have? No, not foil.

Roast smoked pork knuckle – a czech specialty (sorry for the blurred pictures,low light conditions)

Bacon wouldn’t let me take a proper nice picture of his pork knuckle as he was hungry.

It was the best pork I’ve had in ages. Gently smoked, it was then roasted on spit bone-on when ordered. Measuring more than 1.1kg (it even said so on the menu!) it was an absolutely gobsmacking yummy way of making pork more delicious than ever. And really, it WAS a meal for two, but I just have to have raw meat,stupidly enough. This dish came with bits of cucumber and tomato, with horseradish & mustard. And strangely enough, a slice of kiwi.Oh, and two quarters of a sweet gherkin. All very german.

I was unable to finish my beef tartare as I kept picking the meat off bacon’s pig. But I was happy to announce that I am still well and happy after eating raw meat with raw egg – halfway through I began to doubt my sanity of eating raw meat on holiday in this age of foot and mouth disease.

But seeing the word ‘Marlenka’ on the dessert menu just changed my mind. Before leaving for Prague, I found this excellent blog on restaurants,foods, and all things edible in and around Prague.

What is essentially a layer cake made with honey;it is served with a dollop of cream and a drizzle of chocolate sauce. The top is sprinkled with what I can only ascertain as chopped nuts. Blissfully heavenly – ableit a little dry.

All that’s left..

All in all, a great meal to start the trip, admist all the rain and thunder. The total bill (with two beers) came up to be 489CK = £12 for two. Bloody bargin.

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