DINNER WITH THE VIEW😍

To celebrate our last evening in Poland, me, my mom and Thomas went to restaurant  Sienna 104 in Heron Hotel at Roznowskie lake, close to my hometown Nowy Sacz. Heron is a new five stars hotel that not only offers amazing dishes but also, during the day, when the weather is nice, beautiful view form their second, Marina restaurant. This time we went there when it was dark, so the view must wait until next time when we go for a lunch.

Being at Sienna 104, not even for a second could have we forget we’re at five stars place. Simply beautiful. Being there I felt like coming back from the long day at the mountains and going to some kind of spa or laying in warm jacuzzi…  Just perfect feeling👱 

For the good beginning tartar:

What can I say? Delicious food served by a waiter who was wearing white glove while bringing knife for my duck, possibility of watching the chef in the kitchen, glass of my favourite prosecco…  But the most important was of course food. My mom took fish, Thomas had lamb and I decided to have a duck. All I can say is: perfectly prepared. All those meals were just perfectly prepared. So delicate, with the exact amount of spices… I’m out of words cause just thinking about it makes me wanna go back!😍

Above: first photo- duck, second- lamb.

Word about our waiter... For the first time in my life I can describe a waiter as fantastic in every aspect. And no, I’m not saying this because he was handsome (but he really was!)😏

 Coconut dessert:

High quality in every possible aspect means usually also high prices. Sienna 104 is an expensive restaurant, but for sure it’s worth it especially if you're a fan of nature (probably you have already noticed that I am😃).

More about Heron hotel: CLICK HERE

HELLO ANIMALS!😃🐢🐆🐒🐟🐙🐫

During our trip to Poland we visited the zoo in Wroclaw. All I can say is: WOW! I loved it! The aquarium where fish were all around us, even above our heads, mini-Afrika with exotic birds doing whatever free birds like to do, little goats that I was able to touch (if there’s somebody who haven’t noticed goats amazingness yet, check them out on Youtube🙈🙉🙊) and much more animals, I just adored I all! 

I was so happy to be there that I didn’t even care too much about taking pictures, I just wanted to look into all those tiny (or sometimes huge) eyes of animals. 😃The most beautiful in my opinion was the fact that they all seemed to be truly happy which unfortunately doesn’t happen in many zoos… It was also nice to hear some people who works there, talking about exotic animals they were taking care of. I find the visit in Wroclaw’s zoo a great experience because I had a chance not only to see new species but also to be close to the big ones since there’s no ugly, depressing cage. Of course, it’s all very safety and big plus for that. Another plus: despite the fact that the zoo is huge, we didn’t get lost, it was always well shown where we should follow. It (and Thomas’s hunger and my cappuccino addiction😃) also led us to Laguna bar- nice place to have a good lunch with a view on penguins and seals. One of the seals was playing so happily that I couldn’t stay focused  on my meal. I remember I had good piece of chicken and polish pierogi. I found just one minus about the zoo and it would be for not many descriptions in English.

It took us around 8 hours to slowly see everything, eat lunch and sit at the bar for a coffee break. Probably, we’d stay longer but they were closing. While leaving, we found out that it’s possible to go back to the city centre with a ship. It  takes around 25 minutes from  the zoo to Ostrów Tumski  and if the weather is ok, the trip is a relaxing pleasure after long zoo day. Another, cheaper option, is taking the tram (we took nr 10 from Plac Dominikanski). The tram costs around 4 zl, ship 15zl/person. 

So zoo is the must when you're in Wroclaw 😃

TATRA MOUNTAINS😍

During our stay in Poland we decided to visit Zakopane, the city in the south of Poland which is a beautiful tourist destination. People go there in the summer to spend the whole days walking in the Tatra mountains or in the winter to ski.⛄

It’s not hard to guess why I took my boyfriend to Zakopane…😃 Food! We spent one whole day eating on one of the most famous streets in Poland- Krupówki which is full of restaurants. In most of them prices are really ok for tourists, but there are also very cheap (not bad ones tho!) and expensive ones too. We started with having fantastic breakfast- scrambled eggs served with incredible wholegrain bread and butter, tomatoes and of course cappuccino at Gazdowo Kuznia CliCK for more info That’s one of the places where prices are average but a bit higher comparing with other restaurants like this one, but ok considering nice, English speaking service and most importantly good quality of  food and atmosphere that won’t let you forget where you are. Another plus for location- close to Gubalowka (not big mountain, perfect in the summer to have lunch on the top of it).

While walking around the city, we stopped in some places to try few different kinds of beer. Lunch we had at the same place were breakfast- Gazdowo Kuznia. Again we were satisfied with food and I will definitely visit this place again (next month maybe?).

After lunch but yet before the dinner we stopped at “Staro Izba” and I didn’t want to leave that place! When I saw polish sausage in menu I knew that for next hour nothing else matters for me. Just me and the sausage that I miss while living in Italy. Then, when I finally had it with good bread and beer I thought I died and went to tiny sausage heaven. I’m soooo going there again! Plus for the service, atmosphere like at Gazdowo Kuznia and food of course. Another place where you’ll leave more money than at other similar restaurants but still average for Zakopane, not one of the most expensive ones. Visit their website HERE

Dinner we had at a place called “Pstrag gorski” where we tried fish. We were positively surprised with the quality, atmosphere, prices, service and of course great taste of our fish. Surely our stop when we go to Zakopane again! More about “Pstrag gorski”: Click here!🐟

I hope next time we’ll also spend some more time in the mountains, not just becoming fatter!😃😅

PIEROGI MADE IN ITALY

Last week me, Thomas and his friends organised a dinner. Everybody cooked (or bought) something. Ruija, a friend of Thomas from China made Chinese dish that I’m not even able to describe but what’s important- I liked it. Other friends, all Italians, prepared pasta, olives and I don’t remember what else. On our table we also had a nice piece of salami and gorgonzola. I’m not a big fan of those two tho.

I decided to prepare something all tourists want to try when they come to Poland- pierogi. In my opinion the best are with fruit but this time stuffed them with mozzarella and zucchini and other ones with too salty carrots.

My first move was cutting in tiny pieces carrots and zucchini. After that I cooked them and in the meantime I prepared the ingredients such as two glasses of flour, a bit of salt, spoon of butter, one whole egg and 0,75ml of hot water. I mixed flour with salt, butter and egg and then was slowly inputting water all the time mixing with wooden spoon. 
 For carrots I used definitely too much salt 😃😃Zucchini and mozzarella were spiced with a bit of salt and black pepper. We also added a bit of soya sauce and it really made them much, much better!😀