The words hearty fare are usually framed as a selling point. Who wouldn't want hearty fare? It's hearty. It's fare. Of course, like tagging along with your wife on one of her business trips to Warsaw, it sounds better in theory...
I'm not a dainty man. I throw things at the tv when my alma mater is losing a football game. Yet I have come to the conclusion that I do not like hearty fare. In fact, on the stereotypical male/female continuum, my love of food more closely mirrors my propensity to cry at the end of a manipulative movie than my encyclopedic knowledge of James Bond...
Which brings me to my experience with Polish hearty fare. If Folk Gospoda was in Peoria, Illinois, I probably wouldn't bother to blog about it. But it was in Warsaw and it was the only real restaurant within a walk of the newly built (and first-rate) Hilton. So file this under cautionary tale...
Oscypek Highlands style
Beef Tenderloin rolled in bacon
Russian pierogi (cottage cheese and potatoes)
The butter was mixed with cracklins. The tenderloin was dripping with a heavy brown sauce-type substance. The pierogis (I'd find much better later in the trip) reminded me that I haven't had a cholesterol test in awhile. Combined with probably the worst service I've personally witnessed, this place wasn't very memorable. Sure, there was an Eric Clapton cover band. And the Oscypek (a local cheese) with cranberry and horseradish was a nice sweet/savory combo. But next time I'm in Warsaw (there won't be a next time), I'm taking a cab from the Hilton...
Rating: 4.0 / 10.0
Cost: $
Folk Gospoda
13 Walicow Street
Warsaw, Poland
(+48 22) 890 16 05
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