Restaurant “Der Elefant”

Der Elefant, at the junction of Marszalkowska and Elektoralna very close to Plac Bankowy, has been around for a long time, according to the note on the menu since 1990. In the history of Warsaw restaurants, anything that’s been serving food in the same place for that long is part of a very exclusive club. …

The best sushi in Warsaw

No more sitting on the fence. I’m just going to come straight out and award the prize. If you want the best sushi in Warsaw you go to Sakana. They have three in Warsaw of which we can personally vouch for two – Moliera and Burakowska – the other is way down south in Kabaty. …

Kitchen knives

The more cooking I do the more fussy I get about kitchen equipment and Christmas brought home to me the need for good knives. We’ve had plenty over the years but I’ve never really been happy with any of them. The most recent acquisition was made in Rome a couple of years back when we …

Mars bars at Auchan

I confess I usually pay little attention to prices in supermarkets, or better to say I pay attention to the price of what I’m buying but don’t do much comparing of that with other similar products. I do have this romantic notion that if I’m buying a larger quantity pack then it will be cheaper, …

The mysterious case of the wooden mushrooms

There are many attractions to living in Poland and one of them is the menu translations! It is always with a sense of excitement that I open a menu wondering what surprises I might find inside or even if I will find the holy grail of a perfectly translated menu from front to back. It’s …

Barszcz czerwony, Borshch, Borscht

The soup that most people associate with this part of the world is barszcz, or borshch if you want a screwed-up English spelling. The assumption is that this is always a red, beetroot, soup and comes from Russia. Of course, we know that there are in fact two main types, red & white and that …

Battle of Butcher’s Slab

WARNING – this article is not suitable for vegetarians, vegans, vulcans and sith. Ever wondered about the differences between Polish and English meat? Well here’s my opinion for what it’s worth. Sausages – have to be at the very heart of the battle. I asked some colleagues just now “What’s the difference between kiełbasa and …