Prague - A food heaven? Maybe...

Food is very affordable in Prague. It used to be much cheaper probably about 5 years back, but even now, it is still quite cheap. For between 5 to 8 pounds, we get to dine in a very nice restaurant, a very decent meal that probably comes with either beer or a starter, and dessert. :)
We ate like a king for that few days, but towards the end, we got a bit sick of all the meat. In general, they have a lot of meat dishes. However, the Czechs are not fat though..

Some photos of the food (although not taken like a professional, but well, something to share).

Beef Goulash, with Gnocchi (little dumplings made from potatoes, semolina, flour, or a combination of these ingredients)

Pig's trotter (one of the speciality of eastern european countries) - a really really big meal. 2 person can share! I couldn't finish it..got so sick of meat after that. I think how they cooked it is deep fry it and then put it into the oven with some spices. The dish is complimented with some pickled carrots, radish and baby cucumbers.

I like the way they make latte here, they keep the 2 layers separate when they serve it. Nice presentation I think.

The meal we had on the first night was the best actually. It is a restaurant listed in the tourist map leaflet. It was situated just at the street behind our hostel. U Kalicha is the name of the restaurant, situated in the New Town of Prague. They serve really authentic Czech food.

One of the Czech special food is this thing called the dumpling. (you will see it as the white 'mantou' like bread at the side of the meat. This dish is actually the speciality of the restaurant, it was a premiumm meal, a mixture of chicken and different cuts of pork. They seemed to have braised the pork. Was really tasty.

As mentioned before, alcohol is cheap in Prague. The minute we sat down, we were offered aperitif. The 2 shot glasses contains Czech's famous vodka, Becherovka. It contains 38% alcohol, drank neat! We just couldn't stomach it. Too much...! In fact most of the hard liquor here has very high content of alcohol. Not the beer though..I like their dark beer..very light..and malty..

Another dish at U Kalicha. A different of pork, served with dumplings, saurkrats and pickled red cabbage.

This is what they considered is a pub meal. The beef was cooked to real perfection! Was really tender, and juicy, but it wasn't rare but more to well done! Really superb!

Austria is a neighbouring country, so Viennese Coffee is quite a popular drink served there. This one was served with sour cream. Tasted a bit weird.

And ohhh...the czechs has their own local coffee as well, itis called 'Tureckza' and it costs only 10 crowns, which is equivalent to 25 pence. It is really really thick black coffee, serves with the coffee grounds. One may choose to drink it black or with sugar. But no milk. Taste almost like our local coffee back home....yummmmmmmmm.....heaven...especially if one needs a quick kick!