Polish Food & What to Eat in Poland

Heading to Krakow or Warsaw and not sure what to eat when you are in Poland? Well here are some of our favorite Polish foods that we recommend travelers to eat when they go to Poland. Polish eats that everyone can love, from Zurek soup, to Pierogi Dumplings, to the amazing donuts, and desserts.
Filmed in Warsaw, Poland
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[ramsoncole]

Stay strong Poland! Much love from the USA!

[BowlerTheHatGuy]

Polish food is the ultimate comfort food. Well cooked, mix of flavors, savory.

[trikster]

Your 'origin story' of zapiekanka is surprisingly close to truth. They were born in the 70. when comunist regim cooled down a little bit and allowed some small buissnesses to be. Sinse there was close to nothing on the shelfs, people would mash together baguettes, mushroom and onions or whataever was available at the time. Nowadays you can buy them with more fancy stuff - rucola, shrimps, goat cheese, yada yada, but classic is a classic.
Also PIEROGI!

[tosht]

Favorites during my visit -- Pierogi; Bigos - stew; Golabki - cabbage rolls; Pasztet - pâté; Rosól - chicken soup; Florentynki - florentine cookie; Kołaczki - rolled cookie with fillings; *_Vodka_* 😀👍

[Horusaem]

6 minutes into the video... omg I am Polish why I am listening to this :D

[ElGatoTriste]

I’m in love with Poland, I really have to go there!

[KrisiaVaca]

Great timing! We are in Krakow right now. And I must say it is beautiful in winter as it is in the summer. So hello from Krakow.

[annniethamer]

Traveling to Poland in a few months found your videos very helpful! Thank you ❤️

[TheJoanstark]

The best dish in Poland is silesian beef roulade with potato dumplings (they are without any filling) and red cabbage <3 Love it! :)

[leanne]

I absolutely love your videos. Thank you… they’re so helpful. Heading to Krakow in 6 days. ☺️

[berlineczka]

I would also say: Poland is a very vegetarian-friendly place! Sure, LOTS of dishes are meat-based. But there is also a huge variety of vegetarian, or even vegan food (Catholic heritage, lots of fasting back in the days). You can get a lot of fish as well (especially local freshwater fish like trout, zander, or carp. Wels is great too, although it's not freshwater).

Also many traditional dishes get a modern make-over in many places (things like pierogi made with spelt or wholegrain flour, or with spinach and feta, or pumpkin puree, even guacamole), or an interesting fusion with some other cuisine(s).

For the taste of water: it often depends on the quality of the pipes of your building, and on the city/town your're in. It's always safe to drink, it's only a matter of taste. I personally am not very fond of Warsaw water, I usually add a slice of lemon to it.

For typically Polish food I would also recommmend "kotlet de volaille" - a chicken breast roll, classically stuffed with butter, but sometimes comes with cheese and mushrooms too.
Sweets and candy t find in stores: Delicje (a soft bisquit with fruit jelly and chocolate icing) and Ptasie Mleczko (milk souffle in chocolate cover).
I would also try Polish soft cheese: twaróg (or twarożek). It's a classic for breakfast. You can cut it in slices and eat on a bread with some kosher salt and butter, or make a paste with some sour creme or yoghurt, spring onions/chives and radishes.
And sałatka jarzynowa, or veggie salat. Every house make it, and it tastes a bit different in every house. It's a salad made of cooked potatoes, eggs, cooked carrots, pickles, canned grean peas, and some others, depending on preference (celery, parsley root, onions, corn, apples), with mayo. Can be eaten solo or as a side dish.
And there is also mizeria, a side dish made of fresh cucumbers, sour cream (or yoghurt), and lots of dill. Great for schnitzel or chicken.
In the summer I would definately try chłodnik litewski, a gazpacho-style cold soup made of beetroots and sour milk/buttermilk/yoghurt (yes, it's colour it hot pink, but it's not readioactive!).

There, I named seven dishes, non of them with cabbage :D

[timmmahhhh]

2:11 sounds like it might be a poppy seed roll. My Italian relatives from the Youngstown area have those shipped every holiday. Here in the Chicago area my go to Polish place is Czerwone Jabluszko or Red Apple Buffet where they have have most of these. Hoping to try them in Warszawa when we can travel again.

[PLBizon]

A great review as always. Thank you for stating pierogi instead of pierogis. In my view Poland indeed has one of the best soups. My favorite alcoholic drink in miód pitny - mead. Poland has a long tradition with this drink. My favorite treat is sękacz but I believe you can only get it in the eastern part of Poland.

[cosmosisfx]

Polish food is the best! and i am not even Polish lol...but i really enjoyed the traditional polish good when i ate at Restaurants in Warsaw and Poznan. Everything was always fresh and delicious and good quality food.

[thesherlockhound]

My family has a lot of Polish heritage and every year we make pierogi's, over 100 as a tradition, we are gonna make them Saturday.

[edlawn]

Check out a Milk Bar if you have a chance, it's definitely a different experience.

[SuiGenerisAbbie]

Actually the pronunciation is THE EASY PART of learning Polish .... Yeah, the words only look hard to say, but once you sound them out, and learn the various sound combos and such the rest of it will come easily.

[piotrzwirowski]

You forgot the pork knuckle!
(With hunter’s stew and potatoes of course)
And I don’t think you mentioned the Oscypek sheep’s milk smoked cheese. It is sold almost everywhere, grilled and with a side of cranberry jam it’s delicious

[dms]

In june I have about 4 and a half day in Poland. I'm staying in Krakow. Two days are fully planned (Energylandia) and one half planned (Legendia). I think the rest of the time will be spent eating.

[jacekel]

This is a real advertisement for Polish food. You're a great guy