Dinner at Piastowska
After a month of a Polish friend nagging, me and several friends finally decided to go eat Polish food at Café Piastowska at Tegnergatan 5 in Stockholm.
The place was small but cozy and well decorated, it gave a feeling of traveling back in time, being in a medieval European tavern. The atmosphere was nice, it was dark, candles were lit and music was playing. But, I had never tried Polish food before, and was highly skeptical to it.
We arrived at 6:15 PM and were all hungry. Keeping in mind a saying that Italian and French food looks good but tastes bad, Polish food looks bad but tastes good, things were bound to get interesting.
For starters, soup was served. It contained some root vegetables and spring onion, and had a milky and smooth texture to it. Along with the soup, bread was served. I used the soup as dip for the bread, and it wasn’t bad. 
For main dish, I ordered today’s special; Bigos. Apparently, it is a very popular meal in Poland. Something along the lines of a national dish. Basically, it is stewed cabbage with meats of different kinds. The Bigos was served with pancake-esque fried potato shreds on top and below, and with some salad on the side. Fried coriander was on top and used for decoration. All in all, it was tasty, but somewhat salty. It was a big meal with generous servings.
My meal cost around 230 SEK (roughly 30 USD) with a drink and tips, we went easy with the tips as we had to wait around 40 minutes for our main dishes. In summary, my first encounter with the Polish cuisine was a good experience. I regret not bringing a proper camera, sorry for the crappy phone pictures.
