My Checklist of Top Polish Foods I will always bring back from Poland:
I have been in Lyon for some time now. I love it more and more each day indeed. I appreciate to be in the Capital of the Gastronomy and I do enjoy the Lyonnais Cuisine a lot. But as I am Pole…by heart and stomach… I do miss my Polish dishes a lot, the comfort food which my parents were preparing for me, the best cakes my Mum baked and the best Polish Sunday meals my Dad was cooking and some Polish specialities that can be found only in the Polish shops and markets. So when I am getting a bit sentimental I will crave for some Polish food indeed. Then when I am in Lyon I am a bit stucked really. There is no shops I can go to by my Polish food. Well, there is a small & tiny section of Polish food in the Auchan and Carrefour but this is rubbish! The food taste terrible and there is no choice what so ever. I was luckier when I used to live in London. There was much easier. There are so many Polish shops with its specialities that I felt like walking in my hometown. The supermarkets are well equipped with the sections of Polish foods and what surprised me a lot there, it was that there have already been deals 2 for 1 or 50% off Polish cookies for example. I mean how well known the Polish food is! But I am not sad! I love Lyon and I would not exchange it for London at all! And I am well-organized so when I come back home I make sure to bring back the certain my favourites! So I do have My Checklist of Top Polish Foods I will always bring back from Poland:
Maka Ziemniaczana: it is very popular in Poland and it is necessary for many traditional Polish meals so if I want to prepare my dumplings or bake certain cakes I need to bring it here to Lyon indeed!
Krówki – Polish fudge, soft milk toffee candies with chewy filling. The taste of my childhood. They can be sickly sweet but sometimes you do need the sugar!
Ptasie mleczko – chocolate-covered candy filled with soft marshmallow, the kind of milk soufflé. It’s very typical sweet for Poland and the best one comes from the traditional Polish chocolatier Wedel!
Kisiel – sweet fruit jelly in different favours. Its to be eaten on its own but I usually use this in my baking. I will get few sachets of raspberries, strawberries, lemon and peach ones.
Budyń – vanilla, sweet cream chocolate, fruity creamy pudding which serves as a dessert on its own but it is usually used for baking. I will also bring few sachets of different favours as they are light and easy to transport and yet so useful when baking!
Prince Polo or Princessa – these are the wafers combined with chocolate filling and coated with chocolate. They are my favourite Polish chocolate bars!
Michalki – the best quality Polish chocolate pralines with nuts pieces. Another taste of my childhood, my favourite one!
Polish Vodka and Polish Beer…well this you can find in the international sections of foreign supermarkets but they are pretty expensive on there and the choice is limited.
Gosh, it seems that my luggage is filled with the food only. I shall not mention this to the customs as I don’t know what are the limits of all those foods..I guess they will tell you …you can take as much as you can eat…uff it seems like a lot but well it will be eaten & used finally for sure.
But you…have you have you ever seen any of those products abroad? Have you tried them out? Polish food is also a good one to explore if you have a chance…Smacznego!
Although everything looks very good, Kielbasa is in my top #1 of my *to try* list heheh!!!!!!
The smoked ham is my favourite. It really is the best. The smell is lovely, it is very tender and the flavour is just great.