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Today s guest post comes from Sofia von Porat from  AsWeTravel , a travel blog sharing travel tips, videos, guides cheap hotels in france and inspiration from around the world. She also runs EuropeTravelr , a blog focused purely on European travel, and is going to tempt you today with some delicious dishes from Eastern Europe. Having traveled around this region myself last summer, I can really cheap hotels in france appreciate this one!
European cuisine is famous all over the world, and popular food like Italian pasta and pizza and French baguettes and croissants have become so common that many people have them at least once a week.
But Western Europe isn't the only part of the continent that offers good cuisine. In fact, food lovers who are looking to try something different and new should head to Eastern Europe, cheap hotels in france where the cuisine has yet to become mainstream in the rest of the world.
Poland cheap hotels in france and dumplings go hand in hand, and they're best enjoyed in a cozy dark restaurant when the rain is pouring down outside. In Warsaw there is a great little place called Pierogarnia na Bednarskiej where you can order a plate with dumplings (called pierogi) in different flavors.
Burek is a popular bread in all of the Balkans, and while people will argue where it originates cheap hotels in france from, the Bosnian burek (Börek) is a slightly different version, shaped cheap hotels in france as a spiral bun with meat inside. The vegetarian version is called Zeljanica (also known as Pita), filled with cottage cheese, potato or cheese and spinach. They're cheap, popular and really tasty, and they're a perfect snack at any time of the day.
The Czech Republic is also known for its dumplings, and for a different experience try the traditional fruit dumplings. cheap hotels in france These round-shaped dumplings are filled with fruits like peach, apricot and plum, and can be eaten both as dessert or as a main course. Sometimes sprinkled with cocoa powder and with melted butter poured cheap hotels in france on top, these extras bring out a different flavor of sweet and sour (and fat!) at the same time.
I always used to think that white beans were plain and boring that is, until I tried them in Serbia. I don't know how they do it, but they make the blandest staple taste amazing, with just the right spice and creaminess. With some freshly baked bread, it's just heavenly.
If you ever happen to be in Belgrade, visit the "?" (that's not a typo, the restaurant is actually called that) and try the bean soup for yourself. It's the oldest restaurant in town and they serve some great traditional Serbian food there.
Turkish cuisine has some of my favorite meals, and it has influenced a lot of the food you will find in neighboring Balkan countries as well: In Bosnia and Macedonia, Turkish coffee and the super-sweet Baklava are seen everywhere on the streets.
I would highly recommend trying Pide, a Turkish-style pizza in the shape of a boat. I love the egg and spinach ones. Another must-try are stuffed wine leaves, a type of Dolma (vegetable with stuffing). Often they're part of a plate with assorted dishes, like a Turkish tapas. Wash it all down with Ayran, a unique type of salty yoghurt drink perfect for hot days. Finally for dessert, order a plate of assorted Turkish delights you won't regret it!
I know what you're thinking: "Cold beet soup? That sounds disgusting!" Yeah, that was my first thought as well, but if there s one thing I've learned about Latvian food , it's that they can make seemingly yucky meals taste incredible. So don't judge before you've tried it, because this bright pink cold beet soup (with beetroot, egg, potato, dill and buttermilk) is a delicious summer meal.
I lived in Ukraine for a couple years, and Ukraine has some incredible food too. It s simple, but sooooo good. There s vareniki (pasta usually filled cheap hotels in france with potato, but there are also mushroom cheap hotels in france and cherry and other versions), borscht (which is Ukrainian in origin, not Russian), syrniki (fried cheese pancakes), holubtsi (like dolma but cooked in tomato juice instead of water), and the list goes on. Mmmm
Speaking of eastern Europe and travellers, I ve worked in the food industry cheap hotels in france as a waiter when I was younger, served a lot of foreign travellers along the way, some of them usually cheap hotels in france asked for some local cuisine (I m from Romania) and from what I ve seen not many of them were satisfied. Though the restaurant cheap hotels in france I was working in wasn t serving a lot of national based cuisines they still served the most popular one and from my perspective they were pretty good, even delicious. cheap hotels in france Still, most foreigners didn t finish their plates and some barley touch them giving me the impression that our local food was very unattractive, as far as taste goes.
I m so glad pierogi have made it to that list I love them! and actually there re lots of places in the old town of Warsaw (and I assume other big Polish cities too) that let you buy pierogi per item so you can make your own mix and that way you can try all their kinds Have you ever tried them Amanda?
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