Last year, I complained that Brno had been missing a good “deli” offering simple, traditional local meals. Well, this may have changed – few days ago, a “sausage bar” U Bohouše opened at Dominikánské náměstí sq., right in the centre.

U Bohouše - the venue is named after an old popular Czech short movie about an extremly hungry St. Bernard dog

I gave it a shot yesterday and what I got was a tasty sausage with a fresh horseradish:

Spicy sausage Flamenco - to me it was rather mild than spicy

You can have some of the ten types of sausages (CZK 50-60 each), a goulash, a cabbage soup, bread with lard (!) and few other meals.

Feels like 1960s (and my cell phone camera feels like 1999)

I have not tried whether the cook/waiter speaks English, but it is quite easy to point to the sausage you want.

Seeing is salivating

Refreshing Dalešické and Poutník beers are on tap. And the radio plays Czech country. Quite a concept!

Map

Larger map

Why to buy vegetables, fruits and spices in supermarkets if you can buy it at a market? You’ll have wider choice, better prices and you’ll also support local farmers and businessmen.

Vegetable market at Zelný trh (or Zelný rynek)

We have several fruit & vegetable markets in Brno. The biggest and the most popular one has been taking place at Zelný trh sq. (“Vegetable market”) every work day since the middle ages.

There are approx 20-30 stands with almost everything that is grown in Moravia (well, I miss gooseberries), exotic fruits, flowers and seedlings.

The stallholders usually don’t speak foreign languages, but that does not matter, you can just point to the goods you want and show the desired amount with your fingers.

Spice and seasonings shop Koření u Sindibáda

The brand Koření u Sindibáda has two little shops in Brno – first one is located at the top of Pekařská st., the second one can be found in Alfa Passage between Náměstí svobody sq. and Poštovská st.

Pickled gherkins are the first thing that a stereotypical Moravian guy sees every morning, to fight with his hangover. Photo by hriskenworthy

I got upset, once again. An incoming agency CzechTourism has a nice website about cuisines of Czech and Moravian regions, but the information about southern Moravia is totally misleading. Trouts are eaten much more at south Bohemia and “lentil and millet bake” is a weird food that is eaten in Bible, but not anywhere around Brno. No food that is really enjoyed in Brno and at south Moravia is listed there. So – let’s fix it!

The true southern Moravian specials are:

• Roast goose. Fat & yummy.
• Pork knee. By the way, I have a friend in Korea who once told me that Moravian (and Czech) cuisine is quite similar to the Korean cuisine.
• Roasted pork (“Moravian sparrow”) with stewed cabbage and dumplings.
• Various dishes with savoy cabbage – like baked rabbit meat. I hate savoy cabbage. But it makes a list of ten.
• Sweet noodles with poppy seed. However, you won’t get these in a Moravian restaurant. You need to have a Moravian grandma. What a shame for Moravia!
• Pies with sweet cottage cheese and plum jam.
• Halušky, soft cooked noodles or dumplings.
• Pickled gherkins (the best hangover cure ever; you’ll get it in any store, no matter how small it is).
• Wine.
• Apricot brandy (I think that slivovitz is number 2 brandy at south Moravia).

I found some web pages with moravian recipes written in English here and there.