As our readers will know by now, there are literally hundreds of good places for the Krakow stag to fortify his body. I’ve droned on endlessly about the Polish, Italian, French and other culinary delights available here, but there is one true theme in stag fortification that is totally universal: Chicken ‘n’ chips!

The Hooters restaurant justifies its central position in our great city for a variety of reasons. And these are:

• Brilliantly cooked and succulent cuts of chicken and other meats with good sauces
• Lashings of non-greasy chips
• Flat screen TV’s for sports events
• The best looking waitresses in the world

Let’s examine those ingredients for a good Krakow stag meal one by one:

• You’ve all eaten fried chicken with chips but this restaurant actually turns it out as a healthy meal and is as different from your average MacDonald’s as chalk is from cheese. You eat a lot of tucker but never leave with the feeling that you’d rather have gone home for a fry up or a sausage sandwich.
• These chips are really very good. Well peeled, elegantly trimmed into appealing shapes, then deep fried in fresh oil, the potato chip becomes a delicacy that Jamie Oliver would recommend. I think I’m taking the rip at this point !!
• Television might appeal when you are eating, especially when there is the prospect of some great international sport to watch. It also saves the Krakow stag party organizer from having to watch his mates gently slide under the table. This is a great venue for lads who need to top up on beer and other calories while keeping up with vital sports news!
• The waitresses? No bull crap here! Any of these girls could successfully replace the ladies we fantasize over in Playboy and they are polite, educated and very pleasant. To be stunningly beautiful in the UK is a rarity. Here in Poland it’s commonplace, so a good looking girl in Krakow has to have a genuine personality in order to succeed in her life. These girls have it all and are unconscious of that fact, so they really add something special to the nice food they serve.

As usual, in this great party city, the beers are the best and the cheapest in Europe. The hospitality is great and the stag party in Krakow is well recommended to visit this restaurant. Great value!

Phil

Party Krakow

Last weekend we made a great discovery whilst celebrating my Polish wife’s birthday with a couple of medically orientated friends who recently offered me encouragement after I accidentally decapitated a bell pepper with my teeth.

The four of us descended on a Kazimierz brasserie and were pleasantly surprised by one of their main courses. It consisted of one large plate, amply covered by stuffed salmon, mussels, grilled sardines, crevettes, crayfish, butterfish fillets, grilled octopus, squid, prawns etc. It was designed for 2 people but managed to fill all of us to a comfortable level.

We whooshed this down with a few bottles of well-chilled vinho verde, the greenish young wine made from grapes harvested on the Portuguese banks of the river Duero. The whole thing was an al fresco delight and temperatures between May and September would normally be very warm during a visit by a Krakow stag group! The service was also fantastic and our empty glasses were refilled almost before they hit the table.

We started with grilled prawns and deep fried whitebait. The main dish was accompanied by boiled baby potatoes and rice and a salad, then followed by an assortment of chocolate desserts plus crème brulee. This was an amazing night out which cost about 20 GBP per person. My recommendation is absolutely clear: do try this restaurant!

My guess is that the whole main course might be enlarged for 4 people and then there would definitely be no room for starters. Maybe a baguette and some aioli. Nothing more is needed.

The menu also provides an extensive list of meat, poultry and vegetarian dishes which all deserve individual praise.

Its address is: La Brasserie, Ul. Gasowa 4, Krakow and it’s close to Ul. Starowislna and Pl Wolnica (5 minutes walk)

Her indoors and I occasionally get away from office matters and go out to eat. Over the coming months, I’m planning to share with our Krakow stag groups the knowledge that I’ve gained during 9 years here. These are the “secrets” that truly make life in this city wonderful and the advice can take our stag members away from the beaten track and into the lesser known areas.

I also love cooking and will, form time to time, be posting foolproof recipes with which to calm down wives and girlfriends when you have sinned!

Limonova, as its name suggests (Spanish: lime tree), is a Mexican joint with a difference. Here you can forget the rather plastic Taco Mexicano chain idea and come to grips with an honest attempt at spicy Latin cooking. Limonova is tastefully appointed and serves a very good variety of superb dishes in genuine Mexican style, both indoors and al fresco in the very pretty walled garden. The level of chili is decided by the diner when he orders.

Look at what we ate tonight. Our 2 friends opted for sweet corn soup whist Katy and I took in the tomato job. Both soups were fantastic but if you want to try something really unusual on your stag party in Krakow, please try the corn. It’s yellow, sweet and smooth and a real rarity.

Never one for half measures, I elected for the super spicy version, whist the other, wiser diners took the medium. Things were going

really well until I bit into a bell pepper towards the end of the course. This engendered a coughing fit and oral agony – it was comforting that two of our group were experienced GPs and there assurances as to my probable survival were very welcome!

For the next course, we divided into 2 factions – them and us. They took an aptly named “volcano” which is a pot of well-seasoned meat in a good sauce shared between them. We opted for lightly spiced grilled butterfish on a bed of rice. All with salads and attractively presented side dishes.

Desserts took the form of lime sorbet, crème brulee and chocolate mousse with chilli. The whole lot was washed down with too many bottles of chilled chardonnay.

The price? I don’t know since I didn’t pay, but I’d guess around 15 GBP per person. So there we are, gentlemen, an ideal place to dine for a stag party in Krakow. Please remember, however, that the place closes at 11pm and this is a rarity which need not worry our intrepid Krakow stag party gourmet.

The restaurant is to be found in Kazimierz on Bozega Ciale street.

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