27/02/2007
 
part 1 - in a big city.

This is simple if you just look for MCDONALDS, KFC, PIZZA HUT. If you need a bit more challange than that - search for RESTAURACJA - restaurant,  BAR - bar, sometimes with MLECZNY (BAR MLECZNY) - that does not mean they serve only milk in there, this is a cheap bar with very often a very good quality of food for unbelievable prices.
JADLODAJNIA is another name for BAR MLECZNY, maybe with a bit of a difference in price.

 Apart from that you will find all kinds of:
DANIA NA WYNOS - take away,
PIZZERIA where you can find pizza of course,
DANIA DOMOWE - homemade dishes (most of the times they are really home made and delicious).

The list could go for on and on and on. So just a little bit more, because I am sure by now you will be able to at least identify where to enter to get something to eat.
KUCHNIA POLSKA - Polish cuisine
FRANCUSKA - French
CHINSKA - Chinese
WLOSKA - Italian
ZYDOWSKA - Jewish
ROSYJSKA - Russian
MIEDZYNARODOWA - international, which can really mean anything, from hamburgers with chips to pierogi, from pancakes to pizza, hit or miss...

There are also places like KEBAB, GYROS, SHARMA, GRILL, ROZNO - the first three are internationally known names for more Southern dishes,
GRILL and ROZNO are similar to barbeque, grilled chicken, sausages, pork, sometimes beef. Be careful and try not to be too tempted in the middle of hot summer...

Vocabulary to remember:
well, as for the names of cuisines, see above;
RESTAURACJA
BAR MLECZNY
DANIA NA WYNOS
DANIA DOMOWE
PIZZERIA
PIEROGI - probably the best Polish dish? plain flour dough with different kinds of stuffing, mushroom and sauerkraft being the top favourite
HAMBURGER - hamburger
FRYTKI - chips
NALESNIKI - pancakes
KIELBASKI Z ROZNA - grilled sausages
KURCZAK Z ROZNA - grilled chicken
WIEPRZOWINA - pork
WOLOWINA - beef

Smacznego!
Justyna

see also:
Polish vocabulary games online and more