19. PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
FOR BEER AND AFFORDABLE CUISINE
On a walking tour with Eating Prague Tours (eatingprague tours.com) take in the sights via local delicacies, starting with a gingerbread house at Perníčkův Sen ( pernickuvsen.cz) and ending at the 100-year-old Café Louvre (cafelouvre.cz). In between there’s the Choco Café (choco-cafe.cz), with 50 flavours of hot chocolate and traditional sauerkraut soup with foraged chanterelles at beautifully gothic Zvonice (restaurantzvonice. cz). A highlight is the Dlouhá gourmet arcade where you can buy meat from Czech farmers at Naše Maso (nasemaso.ambi.cz) which they’ll cook and serve for you on homemade bread. Across the arcade is Sisters Bistro (chlebicky-praha.cz), serving open-face sandwiches (chlebicky). Near the Old Town square, U Supa brewery ( pivovarusupa.cz) is the oldest brewery with its own restaurant in town – the hoppy confit goose with roasted spaetzle dumplings is a treat. Don’t leave without trying a trdelník, sweet dough baked on a spit, turned over an open flame and rolled in cinnamon sugar – the Good Food Coffee House ( goodfoodchimney.com) near the Old Town Square serves them in a variety of different flavours.
Laura Jenkins