The national dish of Bryndzové halušky – potato dumplings and sheep cheese, with optional bacon, gives a strong hint of the type of cuisine to expect in Slovakia. Meats, potatoes and stuffed dumplings form the main dishes on most traditional menus, while favoured drinks include Burčiak young wine, locally-brewed beers and – for the bravest of diners – sheep’s milk whey. Check out our list of dishes to try in Slovakia!
National Dish:
Bryndzové halušky – potato dumplings and sheep cheese (with optional bacon)
Mains:
Zabíjačka pig slaughter feast
Kapustnica sauerkraut soup
Roasted goose or duck, mutton
Tlačenka cold meat
Hurka pork meat and liver sausage with rice
Treska cold fish salad
Richman kebabs
Sides:
Pirohy stuffed dumplings
Lokše potato pancakes
Pagáč puff pastry and pork cracklings
Caraway seeds
Dessert:
Tatranky and Horalky wafers
Beverages:
Vinea grape soft drink
Tatra Mountain mineral water
Kofola cola
Hot Apple
Žinčica sheep’s milk whey
Beer:
Zlatý Bažant, Smädný Mních, Šariš
Wine:
Burčiak young wine
Spirits:
Hruškovica pear brandy
Borovička gin
Courtney Gahan is a serial expat, traveller and freelance writer who has bartered with Moroccan marketeers, seen the sun rise at Angkor Wat and elbowed her way through crowds on NYE in NYC
