We decided to have dinner at this restaurant that turns out to be in the cellar of an architect society’s building that also includes shop and museum. The entrance was an impressive gateway into a courtyard with a sign indicating their 3 Euro Lunch set menu. The interior of this pretty old building was slick and modern, quite a surprised.
This is the first of our many nights’ dining at a cellar or dungeon space. I guess this is common in Prague? The menu seems to be majority of ‘meat stew’ type with fruity sauce, and you can get sides such as Czech ‘dumplings’ to go with.
Zlaty Bazant. Really really nice, I prefer the dark beer (so flavorful and sweet)!
Czech Old fashioned svickova Beef Slices with Cream Sauce & Dumplings (290) Very heavy dish ordered by my friend. The ‘dumpling’ are more like ‘steam bun’ to me, they go perfectly well with the heavy meaty dish (the beer as well). There’s a slice of lemon underneath that little cream cheese. A bit peasant food feeling, my anemic friend devoured this in great satisfaction.
Beef Strips with Apple and Cream (170 Czh). Joan’s order. Surprisingly good! The beef strips are marinated thoroughly with flavors and cooked very tenderly. The sauce is very tasty though a bit salty (wash down with beer). It’s an absolute delight for someone who was starving for some juicy meat. Though I wished I got some side dumplings for palette balance.
Young lamb Steaks baked with bilberries, wild rose relish, rosemary & wild forest spices (290) The lamb is perfectly cook: very tender and not musky at all. The sauce is flowery and flavorful, very nice.
Young Lamb Steaks baked with Juniper Berries and delicious relish of Fig Raisins, Brandy, Honey Prunes (290) This is my order, the lamb is juicy and tender. The sauce is very sweet and yummy. The juniper berries gave a strong spicy+acidic kick to make the dish more surprising.
Traditonal Czech Sweet cheese with Fruit Dumpling dessert. The sweet cheese are like very thick yogurt and fruits are more like fruit jam/preserve, but the light sweetness+sourness is very lovely.
We enjoyed this meal very much, especially because they’re so simple yet tasty. I also appreciated those little vegetable ‘decor’ on the side (instead of steak-in-the-middle I was expecting). A pretty good start.
Klub Architektu
Betlémské nám. 5a, Prague 1
Tags: Alcohol, Czech, Lamb
