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You don’t come to Czech to eat. There are many things to experience here, but unfortunately food is not one of them. Now, if you still insist, here are the top seven typical Czech foods.

1. Dumpling / Svícková s knedlík: Look and taste like heavy white bread, served with beef steak, cream vegetable sauce and a little bit of cranberry flavor on top. Dumplings are prepared in many flavor, either flour or potato.

2. Fruit Dumpling / Ovocný s knedlíky: These round-shaped dumplings are filled with a variety of fruits: peach, apricot, or plump and served as a dessert or even main course. Some Czech sprinkle cacao and pour butter over the dumplings. This meal is very economical and common during the summer as there are plenty of fruits in the garden.

3. Beef Goulash: The Hungarians claimed they invented this beef-stew with tender beef simmered in a thick soup. But who cares? Czech eat i a lot and so will you.

4. Fried cheese with tartar sauce / Smazený sýr: Deep-fried cheese coated in flour, egg and breadcrumbs, served with side salad or red cabbage and fried potatoes. According to Prague.tv, the best Smažený sýr restaurant is Restaurace Doba - Nám. Míru, Prague 2; Tel: 222 322 022.

5. Soup / Polévky: Usually served at lunch time or after the people are wasted. This typical soup is made of beef and vegetable.

6. Fried Potatoes / Bramboráky: This simple but yummy snack is a national Belorussian dish. It made it way to Poland, and the Polish called it “their” food. Somehow this heavenly fried potato meal traveled westward to the Czech Republic, and guess what it became Czech food. Shredded potatoes are mixed with flour and eggs and fried on a pan with little or no oil.

7. Sausage: You can spot these fast-food sausage (hot dog) stands every where in Prague. They are cheap and come quick to the rescue when your hunger suddenly strikes.