Englishman trying a TRADITIONAL POLISH MEAL!

[@RobReacts1]

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[@arturnienartowicz7213]

What I like about this dude - though evidently an enthusiast of Poland - he doesn't "omg it's amazing" loves everything. And though it hurts my national pride that someone may not like bigos, it's refreshing to see a vlogger say so. Respect, Rob!

[@RobReacts1]

That's very true. When something does amaze me, you will know and equally when there is something I don't like, I will also let you know ☺️

[@agatastaniak7459]

Żurek z jajkiem recently landed on an official list of healthiest soups across the globe. So this is a good nutritional choice.

[@Rhakio]

Not healthiest but best

[@utahdan231]

Home made żurek from scratch. Starter also made at home is very healthy.

[@Deyanire]

@@utahdan231 I prefear white borscht over żurek - it's a little bit less sour IMO ;)

[@Haqqss]

zurek zdrowy XDD ludzie malo wiedza na temat odzywiania. Polecam film what the health

[@utahdan231]

@@Deyanire I like both , it depends what flour I have home.

[@Nouharel]

I have no expierience to hear non Poles speaking Polish. It is so funny. Thanks

[@Bartek20]

It's funny to see you struggle to say some Polish words. You're at least trying. Some tourists are like "you have to understand (insert language)".

[@RobReacts1]

Yep I love to try! I had a lesson on pronunciation of letters the day before I came out. I don't want to be a typical ignorant englishman

[@Mario-xr3jo]

@@RobReacts1 "I don't want to be a typical ignorant Englishman". I just love this sentence!!! You're definitely the most reactive and outspoken English guy of all I have ever met. And I have lived in the UK for nearly 19 years now.

[@RobReacts1]

@@Mario-xr3jo A couple of points to your remark. Firstly, I have done my best to learn how to speak Polish and make an effort and secondly, I am speaking to the camera and therefore have to be over the top and become a performer.

[@Mario-xr3jo]

@@RobReacts1 And I do appreciate all that! On top of that, I really like watching your channel (discovered it just a couple of hours ago)! And looking forward to more. 🙂

[@annaanitastefanowicz177]

I watched this with subtitles on and I love the fact that the phrase "smells like bigos" in the subtitles appeared as "smells like big ass" 😂

[@Michał_Markowski]

2:30 It smells like sauerkraut bigos, because "żurek" is made of sourdough from flour, i.e. "pickled flour" let's say xd

[@vanillablossom]

It's lacto-fermented flour, pickling requires / involves vinegar, lacto-fermentation doesn't, just salt and optionally some spices (bay leaf, black pepper, horseradish etc., depending on what are you lacto-fermenting). There are three types of fermentation: lacto-fermentation (sauerkraut, sauergurken, kvass, sourdough...), acetic fermentation (two step process, includes alcoholic part; apple cider vinegar, red / white wine vinegar, rice vinegar, coconut vinegar...) and alcoholic (when oxidized or stored not properly, your alcohol can turn into vinegar btw). And then when you use vinegar to preserve other foods, it's pickling. Sorry for the fermentation novel. 😅

[@lukaszheliasz]

Widząc jak wypiłeś tego shota, jestem pewien, że musisz mieć jakieś polskie korzenie 😂

[@RobReacts1]

Haha no point of sipping it

[@seboho6938]

Angole to alkoholicy I nie jesteśmy w stanie w pijaństwie I'm dorównać,bo chleją po chamsku,byle tylko sponiewierało.

[@piotrmadalinski8618]

You must try the 'barszcz czerwony' (red borscht) soup - there are a lot of variants, but I would reccomend the 'z uszkami' one (clear and spicy with the 'ear-shaped' dumplings). Another must have is the "zupa grzybowa" (wild mushroom soup). Btw. It was a solid 8/10 for your Polish pronounciation. Not bad... not bad at all.

[@RobReacts1]

Thanks mate! I'm trying my best. Problem is I keep doubting myself when speaking.

[@noist30]

@@RobReacts1 I'll send you a couple of videos to review, just relax :) you seem tense to get things right. I love that you're trying! laugh it off as you Brits do :D yeah the salad is outstanding in Polish dishes, lots of spices, fresh ... you have to buy salads in England, everything in Poland is pickled by babcias. could do with flying back to Poland myself, and showing you a proper way, lots of advice here is well ... Polish, and I have that multicultural background. Find your taste, would be my first suggestion. and you're right, an egg in zur is disgusting, but Poles do love an egg!

[@FoxyFreeGaming]

@@RobReacts1 I'm polish and I do have the same problem when I speak english. Do not doubt Yourself when You speak polsih even if they smile or laugh, either way they love Your effort. :)

[@WKogut]

the thing is, Hungarian Potato Pancake is something created during the communist times and some Poles going to Hungary were asking for it, even though it actually had nothing to do with Hungary, but the restaurant owners in this country complied and started offering it lol Also, come on, Żur is not 6/10

[@RobReacts1]

Haha if you moan about my rating system, I will lower it to a 3/10 🤣😉

[@DrunkHobbit]

​@@RobReacts1 I've dinned in Kuźnia quite often before lockdowns and while they had really nice potato pancakes their soups were mediocre at best, so if żurek tastes like pea soup to You then they didn't got any better :)

[@laszlofekete9245]

The meat is created in Hungarian gulyás style, so I would argue that it has nothing to do with Hungary. We also eat potato cakes, however we don’t eat the 2 together usually. So the recipe is definitely more Polish, but it also has a lot to do with Hungary. BR

[@Zduneqq]

​@@laszlofekete9245moim skromnym zdaniem, jednak Makłowicz to większy autorytet niż Ty kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZbNfpqXqrpgjac

[@paweplaczek2191]

If you can find real silesian to make you actual Zur you might up it a notch. Restaurants dont serve Zur because its much more expensive dish. Base is made from smoked bones and generous amount of sour rye. Then you add lots of wedzonka. Susage is optional but welcome.

[@janwojtyna3392]

My man is killing me 😂... I am glad you finally found something you can enjoy. Surówka is a must on the Polish table. The variety of this addition tobthe meal will surprise you.

[@RobReacts1]

Haha

[@krisrudecki9477]

Polish quisine is like any other and Poles also love different things, like my wife wouldn't touch żurek, she would have bigos but not a big fan. There are a lot of "marmite" dishes in Poland, like say black pudding in the UK (kaszanka in Polish). You need to find your taste ... it doesn't help that some dishes are amazing when done really well and can be horrible in poor restaurants ... some dishes are easier to do well, "safe options" if you will. I would make an effort to suss out places that specialise in certain dishes.

[@kikixchannel]

Then there's the fact that dishes like bigos can be made properly in a lot of different ways, because despite it being done from fresh ingredients nowadays, Rob's idea of bigos being made from leftovers isn't far from truth. It was, indeed, 'invented' (if you could call a dish an invention) in a time when people had to cook from what they had access to, wasting as little as possible. It IS a dish that you can throw a lot of things into just cause they're something you currently have on hand. But yeah. The fact that food is so dependent on personal preferences is why I don't think that putting grades on it is entirely fair to begin with. One can grade the technical aspects of them (their presentation, freshness of ingredients, dietary benefits etc.), but not really the taste itself. That's something that should only be described as it is too opinion-based.

[@ple8379]

I love żurek, however I wouldn't touch bigos XD

[@marekjureczko9551]

I hope you read this, holy truth, there are a lot of recipes in Poland that you either love or hate, at the same time the quality of ingredients and execution really makes a difference. do not cut corners when learning new dishes, at least until you know how a given dish is supposed to taste.

[@ple8379]

@@marekjureczko9551 I think that's probably truth for every kitchen out there. You probably can find a Mexican who doesn't like spicy somewhere out there, and a Pole who avoids rosół (me for example). You don't have to like each polish dish if you're Polish. I think the execution and the quality of ingredients could probably be also true for most meals you make, doesn't really mater if it happens to be a Polish dish. You'd probably have a better steak using a better quality meat and spices than the cheaper stuff :V.

[@sayu1289]

Please try silesian traditional food like rolada and kluski śląskie they are the best

[@KundaiMashingaidze]

Love the Polish Cuisine, 4 years here and I still am delighted to have it❤️

[@aimfuldrifter]

"Kuźnia" means a place where the blacksmith used to work, usually putting horseshoes on their hooves. Placek po węgiersku haven't originated on Poland but it's stayed here and it popular. It literally translates to "potato pancake made in a Hungarian style".

[@sirrus6666]

watching you struggling with my language is one of the funniest things ive seen :D have a great time in poland

[@RobReacts1]

Haha you wouldnt get many Brits coming over and trying

[@nonexegimonumentum8583]

You have to try „kotlet schabowy” and „gołąbki” :) Na zdrowie! 😊

[@weedingadmiral9431]

Komentarz idealnie pasuje do twojego avatara.

[@VoidCosmonaut]

@@weedingadmiral9431 do ciebie pasuje "ćpun"

[@weedingadmiral9431]

@@VoidCosmonaut Dlaczego tak piszesz?

[@nonexegimonumentum8583]

@@weedingadmiral9431 twój avatar za to idealanie pasuje, gdybyś go umieścił pod moim! :)

[@polacheck8896]

try the zrazy man!!! must try it no every restaurant got it

[@poziomkax5985]

If zrazy zawijane ( I know you will not like it) Its like beef olive but stuffed with sour pickled cucumber. Poles can not understand tha Brits are not hot on pickles a part from pickle onion or gherkin with Fish and chips and a malt vinegar on the chips.

[@polacheck8896]

@@poziomkax5985 hes like gherkins and picles

[@dorotabarbowska2184]

Polish cuisine is sour-salty,: bigos, żurek, sourkraut, soured cucumbers, soured milk, soured beetroots, beetroot soup, sourkraut soup, pierogi with sourkraut, soured cucumber soup -all Polish traditional food. I write "soured" instead of "pickled" on purpose, because we do not use vinigar, the sour taste comes from natural fermentation in brine with garlic, dill and horse-raddish

[@vanillablossom]

Yup, it's lacto-fermentation, not pickling. I appreciate your comment a lot, many people don't see the difference and translate these as pickled, what would be Polish "konserwowe/y" (like cucumbers, paprika etc.).

[@dorotabarbowska2184]

@@vanillablossom is there a proper way to say it in English though? Dictionaries and on- line translators suggest "pickled" , which is a term I consciously avoid and replace with self-invented term "soured" And how about translating another Polish specialty : "ogórek małosolny" - somethng you can eat only in summer, just now!. It's... semi-soured gherkin (??), slightly fermented cucumber (??) or what?

[@vanillablossom]

@@dorotabarbowska2184 afaik lacto-fermented, but it sounds probably too scientific to average person. There are three types of fermentation: lacto-fermentation (sauerkraut, sauergurken, kvass, sourdough, kombucha, kimchi... also yoghurt, kefir, zsiadłe mleko etc.), acetic fermentation (two step process, includes alcoholic part; apple cider vinegar, red / white wine vinegar, rice vinegar, coconut vinegar...) and alcoholic (when oxidized or stored not properly, the alcohol can turn into vinegar btw). And then when one uses vinegar to preserve other foods, it's of course pickling. For małosolne I'd say quick / short sauergurken. Btw there's whole subreddit for all things fermented (it's r/fermentation, I think? I lurk there every now and then for some inspiration, so I'm not sure if it's the correct link 😅) and they usually say quick or short for quick ferments that are done within few days, and the point of małosolne it's they are half raw (at least that's what I hate about them - and that you cannot taste the salt yet). If you'd like to read more about fermentation around the world, I really recommend the book by Sandor Katz, it's translated into Polish, too. It's great compendium, from there I learned about many new things like unique Indian way of fermenting (without adding water, called dry fermentation, they make achaar this way, that is vegetables mixed with spices and oil and put into a jar and in sunny place, according to him, according to modern yt videos with recipes they cook the vegetables with spices and add some vinegar, too, so it appears to be rather pickling).

[@dorotabarbowska2184]

@@vanillablossom Wow, this is an answer👋👋 Thank you 😄

[@robertmroziewicz2605]

So glad you tried and liked Hungarian pancake and had a feeling you would like it that's why i suggested it on your bigos video.

[@RobReacts1]

Yea it was really nice

[@prk2543]

It's an "Hungarian style pancake". And it's typically Polish dish - it's not known in Hungarian cusine 😅

[@adamlubieniecki9074]

@@prk2543 like greek fish XD

[@Sliwowsky]

Żurek is great for hangover, when you catch a cold, when you're sad...and egg & susage are essential part of it.

[@gregsobotka2730]

Sour rye soup. I've heard of it but never had it, sounds good though. And that sounds like Hungarian beef goulash with potato pancake. Poland has a long history with Hungary so it makes sense that the foods have blended and been adopted over the centuries. My parents are are Hungarian and Polish respectively and the foods from both countries are amazing and they compliment each other well. You should try white borscht if you're still there, just make sure to mix in some mashed potatoes

[@marcin4612]

Zamawianie dań po Polsku super szacunek

[@RobReacts1]

I try to immerse myself

[@piotrskaba4903]

holding the fork in his right hand and the knife in his right hand... he's just a savage, no more, no less...

[@RobReacts1]

Haha winner of funniest comment of the day! 🤣

[@bea6719]

it is true that the same dish can taste differently and it depends not only on the cook's qualifications but also on the region and the cook's preferences and taste. Żurek can be eaten without eggs if you don't like it and if you cook it yourself, bigos can be seasoned to suit your taste, My children don't like mushrooms and I don't add it to bigos. I recommend gołąbki -stuffed cabbage in tomato sauce, minced meat with rice is wrapped in cabbage leaves but it's not sour

[@prefadom]

Try bigos made of young cabbage. It is a combination of sweet and sour tastes. Spring and early summer dish. I did one day, three days, five days i seven days bigos chalenges. Trust me bigos is like curry. Everyone can find that one combination that fits for them. Have a great time in Poland Rob! :)

[@novy1198]

"who the hell like the salad" every polish person my friend glad you liked the food

[@RobReacts1]

The salad was actually amazing haha

[@TomaszB]

You should find "żurek in bread" (special bread acting as a "pot" with liquid poured into) :D Potato pie (placki ziemniaczane) are best with goulash AND mashrooms (not oridinary champignons but ex chanterelle mushroom) :D

[@Radogost1981]

I'd give 'Zurek' a 7 or 8, I like that fermented flour flavour and I love sour stuff - but then again I'm Polish after all. Kind regards.

[@olegt-pb3vq]

Traditional Polish food is great. Great video 👍

[@agatastaniak7459]

Kużnia= "the workshop of a blacksmith"/ the furnance ;-) Placek po węgiersku= potato pancakes in Hungarian style ( in Polish it means "spicy" or 'with red bell peppers and hot peppers", sometimes both ;-) )

[@Sandro_de_Vega]

"Forge" is word that you seek.

[@weedingadmiral9431]

Ciekawe, że na Węgrzech nigdy nie słyszano o plackach po węgiersku, to całkowicie polski wynalazek.

[@bartekgarbaczewski420]

@@weedingadmiral9431 "Po węgiersku" brzmi lepiej, niż "na ostro" :)

[@weedingadmiral9431]

@zygix02 Śledź po japońsku, pierogi ruskie i pewnie jeszcze kilka innych potraw.

[@weedingadmiral9431]

@zygix02 owszem, ale wielu ludzi kojarzy ją z Rosją zamiast z kresami.

[@marcinfilarski9880]

Real Polish language. If you were dressed up as a Lajkonik I would think you were born in one of the chambers in the Wawel Castle

[@LukaszGladki1]

Always funny to see Brits trying proper food 😂

[@Krokmaniak]

Fact that he struggled with three saddens me. He was so proud to learn "raz dwa trzy" from the song

[@RobReacts1]

Haha I thought I was wrong hence why I hesitated...but I wasn't corrected 🤣

[@bartomiejguszek8883]

Żurek z jajkiem is a a traditional soup served for Easter breakfast in Poland.

[@paweplaczek2191]

Yeah sour rye soup. There is also a thicker version made with smoked bones, susages and dried wild mushrom. It is traditionaly served with mashed potatoes. I like it more than typical restaurant version with egg.

[@Stefatabor]

At my house, my wife makes a Hungarian pancake with mushroom sauce, chanterelles with beef. I ate a few days ago. No salad but with a cold drink made of young beets, i.e. botwina.

[@muzz852]

Kuznia, probably means a form of the word 'tasty' as the Russian is vkustno. Actually means 'a very hot oven in which metals are melted etc; a furnace', I stand corrected. I still wonder if they have similar roots.

[@wsad001]

The places name is Kuźnia which in polish means smiths workshop

[@Axis-Libris]

Funny thing, that there are lot of dishes in Polish kitchen, which have names "not from Poland": barszcz ukraiński, ryba po grecku, placek po węgiersku, pierogi ruskie... 😂

[@przemyslawszarek5172]

If am right, surówka is a sald with nothing cooked in it and salatka is a salad but with some cooked nutritions😊

[@Axis-Libris]

0:37 I've thought you said "plastic" and I wondered what they have such food? xDD and then you said "po węgiersku" and I was like AHAAA!😂

[@aadam-kz5my]

Hahaha LOL! I sounded like that ordering in english 27 years ago!

[@lipsztyk01]

Hey Rob, did You tried schabowy? Its basically pork loin chop, and if its served with potatoes and mizeria (cucumber with cream) its as polish as you can get

[@otojakuba]

It's cool to see you exploring my hometown!

[@gregwochlik9233]

I'm proud of you for trying to say the dishes in Polish. Personally I never tried żurek z jajkiem [zhoo-rek z yay-kyem]. I know it is a rye soup, it was probably sour, with pieces of meat. The Placek po węgiersku [pla-tsek po ven-gyer-sku] (Potato rosti in hungarian-style) I also can't have due to the beef goulash. Basically, due to medical issues I can't have red meat.

[@vanillablossom]

Idk if you would be open to it, but you could try / prepare meatless version of these dishes, it's totally possible and yummy (at least when prepared right). It probably wouldn't be the same, but I don't think it should be labeled as not authentic Polish cuisine (if that's your concern). I was born to vegetarian parents and enjoyed goulash stew with soy cubes (when seasoned, they are tasty) and / or kidney beans, bigos, gołąbki and many other Polish dishes (btw in Hungary goulash is a soup, not stew). Tbh I never liked żurek (btw as you probably know there's huge debate about żurek vs. barszcz biały, btw it's eaten either with boiled egg and / or white kiełbasa as toppings or without any toppings, the version with toppings usually for Easter and without for the fasting time 40 days leading up to Easter - if you are religious), despite liking other Polish sour foods (sauergurken, sauerkraut, sourdough bread) and from other cuisines (like Korean kimchi). If you are interested in recipes for meatless Polish dishes, feel free to hit me up.

[@RolandoTF]

It was great to see the guy trying to speak in polish

[@RobReacts1]

I'm further down the line with my polish lessons now 😁

[@sytrostormlord3275]

Placek po węgiersku (Hungarian style Cake) is one of Polish traditional dishes. One I like to cook by myself- as its easy to make it at least eatable. Basicaly you got potato cake with goulash. You can eat small potato cakes as a separate dish or addition to meat. You can also have goulash as a separate dish. One note: there're different versions of goulash depending from meat used: beef, pork, turkey. Beef one you ordered it's probably most tasty, but it takes longest to make at home- beef takes most time to become soft and delicious. Potato cakes with goulash is one of few traditional polish dishes inspired by... Hungarian kitchen.... other one, you could try is - Leczo- dish made mosty of slowly boiled pepper(red, green, yellow) and tomatos- it will vary a lot depending where you order it, as there're a lot of variations ( similiar to bigos), but all versions have one thing in common- it should be spicy hot(if your head wont start getting wet after few bites- it's not good)- either due to using hungarian spicy peppers or just artificially making it hot with black pepper.

[@w0y7a5]

Żurek is the best for hangover 🤪

[@telawiw329]

7 years I did not eat my polish food, I miss it. Nothing comparable in Liverpool exists. Not polish but Silesian to be precise.

[@BlackFox-ps5jb]

Try the "kotlet schabowy" with maszed potatoes and boiled cabbag next time please. Believe me! That is really tasty.

[@twkolejofil]

You gave an excellent example for Polish spelling sz=sh 😋

[@BlackFox-ps5jb]

@@twkolejofil Sorry, my mistake... ^^'

[@krris4pl]

Żurek is not for everybody that's why i think 6 is still high grade, about bigos it is like "if you dont like bigos, you havent tried mine" but i get it, about placek węgierski... well this is for me 10/10 , but as we all know, everybody have thier own taste buds

[@scyth6225]

Charlie back in London watching nervously 😝😁😉hearing polish women's voices🤫 in the background. Rob you're grounded,Charlie owns your passport from now on☝️

[@RobReacts1]

Haha however, we don't live in London 😉

[@Grace080808]

The best potato pancakes they have in Toronto, CA, in "Polonez" Restaurant.

[@siwy4don]

I've never had placek po węgiersku, but I really like żurek:) With an egg and a white sausage of course :)

[@lothariobazaroff3333]

Apparently that bigos wasn't too good if you rate it so low. My aunt used to make her version with prunes and wild mushrooms. It wasn't sour at all, unlike "kapuśniak" soup.

[@wojciechz2031]

Hej, man, żurek is the best soup on the globe :D. But you should try it with the bread! Often it is given in a deep plate made of bread even :D. Btw. Your pronunciation is getting really better! Keep training! Powodzenia! :)

[@davidjohnpaul333]

The lady next to you trying not to laugh 😅

[@RobReacts1]

haha she was laughing because of how hard i have been trying to speak polish

[@Mario-xr3jo]

"Z" with a dot above it ("ż") is always pronounced like "zh" like in "leisure", "pleasure", "treasure", "measure", etc. So not "zurek", but "żurek".

[@jaroslawwaszak1377]

At the nearest occasion try: czernina and golonka - u will love these dishes

[@Sthriga1]

Potato pancake with goulash is my favorite! Go on, keep exploring Polish food, we havee something for everyone. I`d recommend tatar with vodka shot, golonka and beer (but WITHOUT sauerkraut) and gołąbki (stuffed cabbage rolls, but not souerkraut cabbage).

[@adamzygmanski5787]

Żurek z jajkiem is quite nice, but placek po węgiersku is one of my favourite dishes. Although I don't know if its actually polish food (the name means hungarian pie). There's one thing I can recomend you to try: Grzybki w occie 😁😁😁😁. Some twenty years ago I saw an Englishman trying it and it was the funniest view ever. But finally he loved it.

[@Sandro_de_Vega]

Żurek should be very sour. And the egg is a balance because the cooked yolk has a very neutral taste, and its texture spreads on the taste buds like a paste, removing the excess sournes of the soup.

[@Diveyl]

That depends on the region, flour used for zakwas and metod of serving it. Żurek in hollowed bread (glaced on the inside with white from eggs and baked in oven for a moment) will taste differently from one frome the deep plate. Mot to metion ingredients put in it. Adding egg alone is different from adding fried bits of onion and sausage, or serving fried egg and sausage on the slice of bread with it. Mashed potatoes or potatoes cut into cubes also has a different feel to it. And how much and when you add majeranek (marjoram) to it. Or how diluted it is. Everything can change the taste of żurek. You just need to find one that suits your taste.

[@Sandro_de_Vega]

@@Diveyl I get your point but... Żurek is litteraly translate into "sour soup". And wiki page about also say that one of this soup characteristic is sournes. So not sour żurek is kinda like "in my region we eat cheesburger without cheese". Another proof. Some specialist opinion: "The basic difference is that sour rye soup is always prepared with rye sourdough, and white borscht with wheat sourdough. Thanks to this, white borscht is a bit more delicate, because sourdough for sour soup must be strongly and aromatically seasoned." So if your sour soup isn't sour, it's white borscht. About bread. No one in their home would make it in bread. But they still make "żurek". And its tates almost the same like correctly prepared żurek in bread in restaurants.

[@Diveyl]

@@Sandro_de_Vega You know that you actually can buy a hollowed bread that is made specially for the intention of filling it with żurek? So you can make home żurek in bread. You do not have to bake your own bread specially for it. And there are few types of flour within one kind of flour... And the processing of flour can be a bit different... And żurek is żurek while white borscht is what it is, I know. I do not add śmietana to żurek, but to white borscht I do. Not to mention that white borscht is made differently from żurek...

[@franciszekkapuscinski]

For me most Polish dish is "Kotlet schabowy z ziemniakami i surówką" which is pork steak with potatoes and salad. Tho as a kid I preferred chicken steak make as pork steak. Second one would be pierogi ruskie - Russian pierogi Third would be either gołąbki or placek po zbójnicku (cabbage rolls or beef in gravy with potato pie)

[@vanillablossom]

Afaik Ruthenian pierogi is the proper English name, the adjective is from Ruś (ruskie), not Rosja (rosyjskie).

[@utahdan231]

Schabowy is a pork chop , not a steak.

[@madrianzorroonio85]

You need try best żurek version - żurek served in bread. I recomended try this when by ending trip, for memories

[@piotrprzerwa3317]

Kuźnia is my favorite restaurant in our city, but I go there for czech dishes like knedliki :)

[@utahdan231]

Three shots of raspberry vodka was in clear Polish!😅😅😅Loved it.

[@RobReacts1]

haha

[@SuperPandas2]

Next time try flaki that will be for you something yummi

[@aleksandracicha5521]

one comment more, Rob, the bigos taste different in any home, some people mix the fresh cabage with sauer, some don't, other put ingredients like dried plum, or tomatos pulp.. so many types of bigos. Maybe one day you'll find the one you like 😁

[@Deyanire]

I'll give you that - I'm a fake Polish girl because I hate sauerkraut too :D I'll recommend you to try pierogi and gołąbki ;) My Spanish fam loved it. Also, they liked very much kotlet schabowy (chopped pork meat) with young potatoes and mizeria salad (made of cucumber, onion, sour cream or yoghurt, salt and pepper).

[@RobReacts1]

You my friend talk a lot of sense! 🤣

[@gbsailing9436]

Good one Rob. There's a 'Self Serve' sign on the window...how does that work if you don't speak polish?

[@RobReacts1]

Yea I noticed that, but didn't see any form of self service 🤣

[@dominik36127]

In this place self service is only if you are sitting outside. Inside they have lovely staff. In this case if you prefer to sit outside you need to get in to order at the register but they will later bring the food outside to your table. Almost all restaurants in Poland have English menus and waiters in Poland in most cases speak English. Rob was actually making things a lot more difficult by insisting on speaking Polish :D

[@RobReacts1]

@@dominik36127 well I do have a habit of making people's lives difficult 🤣

[@gbsailing9436]

@@dominik36127 LOL. Yes Rob has a propensity for doing that. (Just kidding Rob). So he could have just picked # 34 off theme huh? The stroganoff looking meal looked good. Pea soup not so much, even if it's not pea soup. Next time I'm over that way I'll pop in for a bite. Thanks for the reply! GB.

[@dominik36127]

@@gbsailing9436 It is NOT pea soup. Not even close. I had an urge to strangle him when he said that :D The soup is flavored with fermented rye flour paste (called zakwas). Very similar to how Japanese miso soup is made. It is very traditional and considered by some experts to be the only truly unique dish in Polish cuisine. For sure in Slavic cuisines. You can check Wikipedia article: "West Slavic fermented cereal soups" to learn more :)

[@JB1978]

Both dishes are delicious! How dare you! :P Ps. I like Kuźnia very much - remind me my student days... :)

[@RobReacts1]

haha I did like the goulash!

[@robertpanek5944]

Is that Wrocław? That's my hometown.

[@RobReacts1]

It is!

[@robertpanek5944]

@@RobReacts1 I hope you're having fun!

[@bendak00]

2:34 rofl, when he said it's smell like bigos, live automatic english captions translated it to: it's smell like big ass xD

[@RobReacts1]

I have been told this. Left it in for people to have a laugh 😅

[@huberttorzewski]

I never really loved traditional Polish food honestly (I'm a Polish guy) but I like it when it's made really well (homemade or the best restaurants you can find). But I still like an Italian cuisine way more haha

[@legoego19]

Also u have to try gołąbki its also good. Fun fact gołąbki u can translate to peagon's. (Dont worry its not made out of peagons)

[@RobReacts1]

I tried that in my Kraków video!

[@legoego19]

@@RobReacts1 ooo I gotta watch it then

[@OmateYayami]

"Is that three... Yea, Dwa" xD Reminds me of your reaction to english lesson by this abstarct comedy group =D. Your "kuźnia" was really good, it means "forge". BTW "żurek" has z with dot, so it's spelled like "j" in journal - french style, or in the name Jaques. Cheers, great spirit!

[@RobReacts1]

I'm sure I was saying two and not three like I intended but my companions did not correct me. Obviously three is Trzy

[@nikivable]

I love both dishes. I wanted to recommend kwaśnica soup, but can't, you don't like sour kraut 😂 I wonder what dishes would Charlie like? 😊

[@RobReacts1]

Haha yea I will stay away from sourkraut. Charlie doesn't mind sourkraut so much

[@RyszardW-m3w]

I knew that in the UK people drive on the wrong side of the road. What I didn't know is that you hold your cultery the oppisute way: fork in the right hand, knife in left :D

[@RobReacts1]

We drive on the correct side. But in terms of how we hold our knives and forks, some of us are 'cack handed' like me. Normally its the other way around.

[@jfk9805]

Now it is time for Polish fast food :) You should try 'zapiekanka' ;)

[@RobReacts1]

You can see that here kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHO7dnyjl8RlpMk

[@rafanowacki2260]

Kuźnia - Forge - Smacznego - Enjoy your meal 🍽🍽🥣🥣🍺🍺👍👍

[@rafalkaminski6389]

Practice makes a master.

[@bartezpl2195]

when u say bigos the automatic subtitles write big ass XD

[@RobReacts1]

haha yea Ive seen that and thought it was too amusing to change

[@waldemargil6781]

You beam in Black Smith office you know horseshoe knife a different stuff

[@whitewitch32]

Żołnierska Grochówka you need to try it.

[@colonellKurtz]

Love your struggle with pronunciation :)

[@lupoxxx2511]

Your Polish is getting better bro

[@RobReacts1]

Cheers, I was trying all weekend. I had a Polish lesson the day before I flew out as well

[@lupoxxx2511]

@@RobReacts1 btw you look like a Pole, I would say you have Polish roots:)

[@izabela5097]

Kluski śląskie, rolada i czerwona kapusta i śliwowica ;-) Kiełbasa w tym żurku była?

[@rafalkaminski6389]

Musi do Katowic pojechać 😅

[@darragh5250]

I never though you'd like żurek. It's hard not to like placek po węgiersku it's kind of dish like tomato soup or pizza.

[@RobReacts1]

I did have to downgrade bigos, and I wouldn't chose żurek, however it was a lot nicer than bigos 🤣

[@darragh5250]

​@@RobReacts1 Don't worry, even I as Pole give bigos something betwen 3-8\10, it strongly depends who was the cook. I think also bigos is too crude to be representative national dish. As i said it depends who cooked the bigos, some ppl add plums, apple or tomato others nothing at all, some make bigos only from 'sweet' cabbage, like my grandma for example. You can also add some wine, beer or vodka into it 😉I would highly recommend red dry wine and smoked plums. 😁👌

[@utahdan231]

@@darragh5250England and USA don’t like sauerkraut in general , so dishes are not appreciated on the table. It’s German and Eastern Europe.

[@tomaszpaczynski9911]

Polecam schabowego, albo roladę śląska na następny odcinek :)

[@ThePaczusia]

I think that you would like more of Polish food if you stayed in Poland longer. I needed around a year in UK to actually appreciate your food. After 13 years in UK I'm back in Poland and I miss cottage pie and chips with vinegar 😂

[@jarekso11]

Rob if you will visit Polish mountains, especially Zakopane. Make a video before, I will contact you under this video. i want to invite you to one particular restaurant (family business) to try some of the best polish food and regional unique dishes. ^^

[@Tongue_Twister]

"Kuźnia" means "the forge".

[@JacekTomczyk-x5k]

Bardzo fajnie że włączyliście automatyczne tłumaczenie 👍👍, ale zobacz co wam wyszło na 2:34 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 . Autentycznie popłakałem się że śmiechu 😂

[@RobReacts1]

Maybe the smells like big ass is spot on haha

[@poziomkax5985]

Read the debate ( below) between Poles about żurek but they miss the historical point. This soup was eaten during Lent fasting, mainly by poor Polish peasants. After 40 days they will have a ceremony -breaking the pottery cointainer with remains of żur ! No more fasting. Many for Easter got sausage and boiled egg and improved the dish with rich flavours. This soup is eaten for for breakfast on Easter Sunday. Its like in Uk Hot Cross buns were baked for Good Friday only, now we have them here all year round.

[@RobReacts1]

I bloody love a hot cross bun haha

[@czarekp3552]

You need to try "Fruit soup with pasta".... That will twist your melon properly

[@vanillablossom]

Oh, god, I hated it as kid and never tried as adult. This and pasta / noodles with fresh strawberries. But there are many people who enjoy these dishes, so what do I know. 😂

[@Groems]

You should still try out other soups like "Szczawiowa" (quite forgotten and usually comes with egg) and "Flaki" or "Flaczki" (very controvesial Polish soup.)

[@RobReacts1]

Those suggestions will have to be for the next Poland trip

[@Diveyl]

@@RobReacts1 Flaki are livestock intestines. A bit related to Haggis i think? Can be very smelly. Not everyone are good at making those, not even good restaurants. My father like them but I tried it two times in my life and I'm completely fine with that number.

[@poziomkax5985]

Careful ( my husband is British and hates the dishes) szczawiowa is a sorell soup- green and sour Flaki is tripe - part of the cows, calfs stomach or poltury giblets. In Yorkshire tripe is eaten roasted or brawn - galareta - loved by Poles. I love all 3 but would not touch marmate, bovril or lamb with a mint sauce.🤮

[@Groems]

@@poziomkax5985 That only shows huge difference between Brits and Scots. Scots loves ours "Flaczki" and I believe Irish people loves them as well.

[@marcinklimas2670]

Placek po węgiersku taki średnio węgierski jest, bo będzie w całej c. k. Monarchii, barszcz ukraiński w sumie też mało ma z Ukrainą wspólnego, bardziej z kresami, czy dawną Rusią wszelaką, śledzia po japińsku nie ma w Japonii, tak samo ryby po grecku nie zjesz w Grecji i tak dalej...

[@Northerner-NotADoctor]

a śledź po żydowsku i sałatka po żydowsku maja niby lepszą sytuację?

[@marcinklimas2670]

@@Northerner-NotADoctor Spoko. Jeszcze coś by się wymyśliło. Fasolka po bretońsku?

[@Miksuss]

Fasolka po bretońsku to danie z Ameryki, zaadaptowane przez Anglików. Natomiast w wielu krajach istnieje lokalna wersja. W Polsce np. dodaje się kiełbasę.

[@Northerner-NotADoctor]

@@Miksuss Jaką kiełbasę? Krakauer Wurst (która nie ma nic wspólnego z kiełbasą krakowską)?

[@Miksuss]

​@@Northerner-NotADoctor Normalną kiełbasę. Nigdy nie jadłeś fasolki po bretońsku w Polsce? Zobacz sobie przepisy.

[@moanamoonlight698]

Good job

[@Darren-cs4jl]

Currently sat do you mean sitting past tense current tense

[@RobReacts1]

The grammar police have entered the building 🤣