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Talking PointNo dumplings please, we’re Czech – local cuisine throws off shackles of drab past
The Czech capital Prague has just become the first city in the former
eastern bloc to receive a coveted Michelin star. The world-renowned guide
to fine dining singled out the city's Allegro restaurant - located inside
the Four Seasons Hotel - for dishes such as "yellow-fin tuna
caramelised with ginger on panzanella tartar with sesame seeds, red onion
and orange and sour tomato sorbet". It's a far cry from goulash and
dumplings. But as Rob Cameron finds out in Talking Point, the standard of
Czech cuisine is very much on the up. More
One on OnePavel Maurer: the Czech Republic’s gourmet crusader
Our guest for One on One this week is Pavel Maurer, who is arguably the
Czech Republic’s best known and most influential gourmet. Besides
establishing the highly successful Prague Food Festival, which every year
gives people a chance to sample the fare of the Czech capital’s best
restaurants for rock-bottom prices, Pavel Maurer is also the man behind the
highly respected Grand Restaurant guide.
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Current AffairsPrague Food Festival highlights the city's fast-improving cuisine
This Friday sees the launch of the first-ever Prague Food Festival, an
event that aims to celebrate the increasingly multicultural nature and
rapidly improving standard of the cuisine that is now available in the
Czech capital.
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