A local is trying what tourists eat - ends up being disgusted

0:00 Testing trdelník
0:51 The classic (no filling)
2:29 Trdelník with ice-cream
3:48 The Best in Prague?
5:13 Trdelník all-inclusive "DRAGON"
6:28 Trdelník with a sausage
8:12 Czech Word

Thank you for your support!
Janek Rubeš & Honza Mikulka, Prague based journalists
#HonestGuide

[aralka]

As a person from Prague: The only acceptable way of eating a trdelnik is getting a plain one (chocolate spread inside is okay) when it's fresh and hot at the Christmas markets. That's the only time I could get it as a child, anyway. I believe it is supposed to be eaten hot/warm, so putting ICE cream inside is the stupidest thing ever. You ruin both of those things. And the portion sizes are ridiculously big.

[alpakami]

Seeing the trdelník in the trash feels bad, like man if i paid 7 euros for that i gonna eat every single bite and lick the chocolate off the paper

[Atitkos]

I feel bad for you. The real Hungarian kűrtőskalács, which that thing tries to copy, is actually very good.

[sunny_muffins]

The food wasting made me mad. I also saw countless half eaten trdelniks in the trash cans.
I also must say that Prague was a very clean city despite all the tourists there. Bravo Prague City cleaning team! 👏

[Chris-rfxk]

I'm in Prague right now and thanks to you I avoided this thing and also warned my friends to not buy it. Instead we went to Kolacherie for some delicious kolachs(?). Thank you for all the amazing tips!

[apierror]

I'm always conflicted with your tradelink videos, because as a Hungarian, love it! Not the plain ones, but you can put chocoa, cinamon, grounded nuts, coconut and whatever on it and it's €2 here, for that price it's a nice pastry, thought I can never eat it in one go. We put them in plastic wraps so you don't have to throw them away if you can't finish it. Thought we also have the tourist trap shops that resemble the ones in Prague, and they do sell it for the same high price with factory made gelatto.

[greatunizuka]

My wife insisted for this "edible" for the sake of experience. For 4 euro you can eat a gelato brioche in Italia and it's more delicious than this crap

[Carolina]

Janku, I am Czech, a Prague local. I enjoy the Trdlo. I remember buying it for the first time at Pec pod Snezkou for 20Kč ages ago (literally over 20 years ago before any of these tourist ones popped up in Prague). How about you recommend where to actually get a good Trdlo? Because there must be some places. Instead of feeding and focusing on the negative, with condescending tone to just get McDonalds or a normal gelato ;) I'm sure the tourists would also be interested in such information.
Would be appreciated.

[esef]

We have it sold in Germany, on Christmas markets. It is called Baumstriezel and is positioned as a Hungarian food. It isn't extremely popular, but you will usually find some on the big market. They never put something inside - just sprinkle some sugar/cinnamon/vanilla over it. Believe it or not, it isn't bad. I like it. When it is freshly made - it tastes good.

[nadi]

I've been in Prague several times now. Always refuse to buy a Trdelnik. But I did buy Icecream every time by creme de la creme (PURE HEAVEN !!!)

[wernerlindorfer]

I dont care what they say, trdelnik with cinnamon can be really delicious.

[kickstar]

I just checked with my Czech wife (born and raised in Prague 2) and she confirmed. Trdelnik is total BS.

[Aqnde]

Last time I visited Prague was in -05 or -06. There was no bread roll in sight and the traditional prague ham was not yet invented apparently. I did have something similar to the last roll from a kiosk at Wenceslas square. It cost 10 czk, had a suspicious sausage in it with occasional bone shrapnel and was called a french dog(ketchup included). I ate it more than once.

[dariusionescu]

As Romanians, we love this kind thing called *trdelnik* in Czech even though is not traditional to us. It's a Hungarian pastry and we don't eat it with ice cream. I think is disgusting anyway.
A kurtoskalacs as it's called in Hungarian is extremely popular in Romania more than in Hungary no matter the region you are (even in the capital city where there are no Hungarians, and maybe at the seaside).
The average price for one went up from 2-3€ to almost 5€.
And the sausage wrapped in that pastry thing is also popular in my country and it's dirt cheap (like 60-70 eurocents)
I understand what you mean and I appreciate your content by showing us what to avoid while visiting the Czech Republic.

[vladimiradoshev]

haha such a nice episode. there were times I even bought a trdelnik when coming to Prague. Now I arrived for my probably 30th time here and I feel almost like a local with the Local Guide. Thanks man.

[VitorBarbosa]

The trdelník is a tourist trap to feed the bees 😆

[PlaysWithSquirrels]

The amount of sharing food with random strangers blows my mind as an America. Someone rando on the street says, “here, try my ice cream.” That’s a hard pass!

[sajisama]

As a Hungarian, I have a few chimney cake principles.
1. If its more than 2 euros, its a scam
2. It has to be eaten hot
3. So why would you put Icecream into it? It's just a very expensive cone

Ah yes, Trdelník - the traditional food of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia and possibly many many more countries. Funny how all of our town sqares are filled with these. To be fair though, I think as far as concentration of scammy Trdelník places go, Prague takes the...cake. EDIT: As for the "mass" i believe it's just heavy cream with some vanilla flavor. Cheaper to make and store than actual ice cream or gelato. The sausage one is basically a sausage in puff pastry - you can find the same thing in any bakery (at least in most Balkan countries) for like a single euro.

[pedrostormrage]

5:23 "There's nothing traditional about this, but you'll love it"
5:48 "But I still don't understand why they put it in the stupid trdelník, just sell the gelato, man"

I think it's not about being traditional or modern, but being different/eye-catching (which is exactly the kinda thing tourists look for when they travel: different experiences). There's also the whole spectacle of showing the trdelník being made, which only adds to the appeal. If you wanna "fight the system", maybe you'd need to open an ice cream parlor that has an eye-catching gimmick, like Cold Stone Creamery (which prepares custom ice cream orders on a frozen granite stone). I feel the ultimate irony would be making just an ice cream cone that's shaped like a trdelník (so you're still getting the visual appeal), but make it actually good (complementing the flavor of the ice cream, so it's something people would actually want to eat).