LIVE FORUMS / ARCHIVES / 2009
PolishForums - ARCHIVE Witamy in PolishForums Archive :
Archives / 2009 / Food, Drink / posts: 15

When did kebab and Vietnamese "bar" come to town?



LiveWarsawThreads: 1
Posts: 3
Joined: Feb 23, 09 		  Feb 23, 09, 18:51 /  #
Has anyone been here long enough to recall when kebab and Vietnamese food became mainstream fastfood in Poland?
MrBubblesThreads: 13
Posts: 768
Joined: Nov 13, 07 		  Feb 23, 09, 18:57 /  #
I've been here a little over 10 years and I've never known a time without them. What did they have before? Milk bars I suppose....
HarryThreads: 62
Posts: 8,508
Joined: May 2, 07 [Suspended]		   Feb 23, 09, 18:57 /  #
Vietnamese food was already well established when I arrived in Warsaw in 1996. Kebab shops are newer, they first started appearing from about 2001 onwards.
WroclawThreads: 77
Posts: 7,404
Joined: Apr 1, 06 [Moderator]  Pictures: 3 		  Feb 23, 09, 20:03 /  #
Ready's have been in Poland for some time. Their menu is based on a kebab style.

Vietnamese food has been available in Wroclaw for a long time. It's not fast food though.

Kebab restaurants/takeaways seem to be quite recent. In the last ten years.

There is also the Polish version of a burger/hotdog in pita bread, topped with salad
ElsshaThreads: 1
Posts: 152
Joined: Jan 26, 09 		Edited by: Elssha   Feb 23, 09, 21:19 /  #
I remember there was one (at least) kebob place in old town lublin open at least a year before the whole mad cow scare came around... not sure what year that was, but almost positive thats's pre-2000.
by Vietnamese are we talking phó, sandwiches, full plates or all of the above?
LiveWarsawThreads: 1
Posts: 3
Joined: Feb 23, 09 		  Feb 23, 09, 21:36 /  #
Elssha:
Vietnamese are we talking phó, sandwiches, full plates or all of the above

All of the above.
But I would like know where to get a good bowl of pho.
Cardno85Threads: 33
Posts: 858
Joined: Jul 11, 08  Gold Member MEMBER 		  Feb 23, 09, 22:08 /  #
LiveWarsaw:
But I would like know where to get a good bowl of pho.

Viet Nam my friend. I have tried vietnamese places in the UK, Poland, Germany, Slovakia, even Singapore...and it never came close.
SeanusThreads: 22
Posts: 30,158
Joined: Dec 25, 07 		  Feb 23, 09, 22:36 /  #
Vietnamese food is superb. I had some in Aberdeen, Scotland. Also in a classy place called Asian Kitchen in Hiroshima. There is a place here called A-Dong, rather unfortunate (a bit like Fuk Mi in Seoul), but I have to go and try it out. There is a place on the market square called Kim Lan, they dish up some quality Vietnamese fare. Pricey as hell but the options aren't exactly too crash hot.
King SobieskiThreads: 7
Posts: 1,106
Joined: Jan 22, 07 		  Feb 23, 09, 22:52 /  #
Cardno85:
Viet Nam my friend. I have tried vietnamese places in the UK, Poland, Germany, Slovakia, even Singapore...and it never came close.

or if you're are ever in melbourne, australia try springvale and footscray. some of it is australianised but most are still original pho...giblets, ouffal and all.
ElsshaThreads: 1
Posts: 152
Joined: Jan 26, 09 		  Feb 24, 09, 02:15 /  #
Cardno85:
Viet Nam my friend. I have tried vietnamese places in the UK, Poland, Germany, Slovakia, even Singapore...and it never came close.

IDK about that... I've had some good pho in Little Saigon (think chinatown, but vietnamese) in LA. Hella good pho
LiveWarsawThreads: 1
Posts: 3
Joined: Feb 23, 09 		  Feb 24, 09, 06:19 /  #
Seanus:
There is a place here called A-Dong, rather unfortunate (a bit like Fuk Mi in Seoul), but I have to go and try it out. There is a place on the market square called Kim Lan, they dish up some quality Vietnamese fare

Seanus, which market square is that?
And this A-Dong place, is it the one with huge ads along the North-South motorways (closer to the south)?
SeanusThreads: 22
Posts: 30,158
Joined: Dec 25, 07 		  Feb 24, 09, 08:20 /  #
The market square of Gliwice. I don't think A-Dong has huge ads but maybe I am wrong. I've never seen them anyway.
HarryThreads: 62
Posts: 8,508
Joined: May 2, 07 [Suspended]		   Feb 24, 09, 14:51 /  #
Elssha:
I remember there was one (at least) kebob place in old town lublin open at least a year before the whole mad cow scare came around... not sure what year that was, but almost positive thats's pre-2000.

There were two places which served kebabs in Warsaw when I arrived in 1996, but I wouldn't describe either of them as 'kebab houses'. I remember back in 2000 the late night eating scene was either those horrific pseudo-pizza things or waiting for McDonalds at the central station to open or the food bus on Emilii Plater outside the Palace of Culture.
ElsshaThreads: 1
Posts: 152
Joined: Jan 26, 09 		  Feb 25, 09, 10:37 /  #
Harry:
but I wouldn't describe either of them as 'kebab houses'

the i went to was literally a window in a wall they sold it out of. might have been a door with the bottom half closed, i forget. not a sitdown place, at any rate.
Polonius3Threads: 1,005
Posts: 4,833
Joined: Apr 11, 08 		  Feb 25, 09, 15:02 /  #
My imjpression is that it more or less coincided with the collapse of commie rule. I don't recall seeing any Viet or kebab places before then.
Go UPtop of page


Similar discussions:

Similar to: When did kebab and Vietnamese "bar" come to town?
Kebab Meat = Baranina?
Opening Kebab shop or Malaysian restaurant in Poland?
How much it cost to open new small kebab shop in poznan, total investment
Missing town - Zamosc
Looking for a town called Wolagrsbowfowska
My town - Opole, Poland
Getting from Wroclaw Airport into Town
city/town name: Suskone -- has anyone heard of this?
Sofitel Wroclaw Old Town Hotel
Genealogy - Locate Polish Town

SOME ASH WEDNESDAY AND LENTEN FAVOURITE POLISH DISHES  Poland Food..looking for Polish dumpling recipe sounds like "Maybiddle"

Random: Moving to Poland/Finished High School in USA/How I Get Into PL College
Archives / 2009 / Food, Drink /posts: 15


This forum is archived (read-only).
Category:
© 2005-2010 PolishForums.com | PolishForums LIVE | Archives | Random | Statistics