Cafe Baobab

Cafe Baobab is situated in one of the nicest areas in Warsaw – Saska Kępa, at Francuska Street. Among many cafes and restaurants that you can find there this Senegal restaurant is quite modest or even a bit shabby. There is a small room at the back with four tables and in the front a tiny bar preceded by two coffee tables. 

Menu is short but definitely interesting. We have tried the Yassa ginar – grilled chicken in onion-mustard sauce served with olives and paprika and accompanied by rice. Taste is quite original and a bit surprising but in a pleasant way. I have tasted also the Mafe yap – beef in a peanut sauce and it was absolutely delicious. Fish-filled dumplings served fried were very good as well. I still need to taste some fish and salads and definitely will do that on my next visit to Saska Kępa. 

 

They have also hilarious teas – fruit and mint and a cake of the day was really good as afternoon snack. And if you need coffe that kicks you out of your shoes this Senegal one is definitely better than 10 energy drinks in a row. 

Staff is friendly they speak Polish, French and English. Menu is available in English. 

Monika

Café Baobab

Francuska 31, Warszawa  
tel. +48 22 617 40 57 () ‎

Przekąski –Zakąski Bistro a la Fourchette

Bistro is remarkable, original and has a special quality all of its own. The place is small but the bar is massive. They have two prices: 4 zl for beverages and 8 zl for food. Those are just simple appetizers heavily rooted in Polish history, best known as tasters to accompany vodka drinking. When it comes to drinks: vodka, beer, red wine, white wine, coffee – just one brand and kind. It is a perfect place for a drink between a dinner and heading for a club. It is great when late in the night you need just the last shot and a titbit. It is charming on the early afternoon when you can observe Krakowskie Przedmieście while sipping coffee. It welcomes you in the morning after a tough night with cold beer and hot sausages. It warms you up with wine after the sightseeing. Open 24/7. People come and go. None of them spend long time there but everyone adds something to the place’s unique ambiance. 

I encourage you to watch a bit of the documentary “From Poland with Love” where you can see more explanations from the owner himself. 

From Poland with Love Episode 2 

Na zdrowie! 

Monika

Przekąski-Zakąski  Bistro a la Fourchette
Krakowskie Przedmieście – corner with Ossolińskich Street, just across The Bristol Hotel
open 24/7

Mały Belgrad

ul. Belgradzka 4 lok. 9U
Metro Natolin
18 - 26zł for a main dish
Serbian / Bulgarian
http://malybelgrad.pl/index.htm

My husband and I LOVE Mały Belgrad.  First of all, for us it's conveniently close to home and second of all, the food is consistently delicious.  We've eaten here at least once a month since they opened (in 2008??) and have never had a bad meal.  One major con is that the restaurant is quite small and often full.  There are 8 tables, most of them 2 tops that can be pushed together for bigger groups, but be sure to ask a polish speaking friend to make a reservation for you!  Another trip up for foreigners is that they don't have an english menu - but there are pictures and some names are common enough to recognize (musaka, cukinia, etc.) besides the fact that I'll give you the scoop on all their best food right now, just be sure to grab a paper and pen . . .

Starting at the beginning -

SOUP

• Zupa z Soczewicy -- Lentil soup -- this is how my husband and I fell in love with this restaurant, it is the most delicious lentil soup I've ever tasted
• Gęsta Zupa z Kurczaka -- Chicken Soup -- just like grandma used to make it!
• Zupa z klopsikami -- this actually IS the chef's grandmother's soup and really worth a try :)

APPETIZERS

• Smażona Cukinia -- our favorite appetizer.  Butter fried zucchini (courgette) topped with garlic sauce
• Naleśniki po Jugosłowiańsku -- Spinach crepes, battered and deep fried, covered in the same delicious garlic sauce.  I order this often as a full meal

DINNERS

• Kurczak "Montenegro" -- My absolute favorite dish.  Chicken in a creamy mushroom sauce with potatoes or rice and coleslaw.  I don't even like mushrooms, but I love this. 
• Saszłyk "Hajducki" -- Pork, wrapped in bacon cooked on a skewer on the grill. YUM. 

SALADS
As a general rule, Warsaw isn't the best place for getting great salads (I'll keep you posted as to where the best are) but the salad I'm about to list my husband dies for every summer.  It's his favorite meal then, not exactly healthy but...

• Sałata Leskovaczka - bed of greens topped with liver, wrapped in bacon and grilled.  Served with toast.

This should get you started.  Hope you enjoy!!!

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Have another favorite dish?  We'd love to hear from you :)