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@Mike-zx1kx
Ай бұрын
I asked Google: "How many official, national bank backed, currencies are there in the world? Answer: 180!
@claudiakarl7888
Ай бұрын
@@Mike-zx1kxThere were more before the EU installed the Euro (€).
@Mike-zx1kx
Ай бұрын
@@claudiakarl7888 Yes, off course. Just as 5 U.S. territories and 11 foreign nations use the U.S. dollar as their official currency. Several nations adopted the Dollar in this millennium thus also reducing the amount of nations. Not all nations in EU have adopted the Euro though and no nations outside EU have or are allowed to adopt the Euro. Denmark btw. are only EU nation that have a judicial binding, for EU, opt out of the Euro, they maintain Danish Kroner, that are a strong currency, while it´s neighbour Sweden have committed to do it at some point but currently use technical protections to prevent it. I am aware that Sweden are considering it´s option to join a lot these years as their currency have become rather weak. In the Nordic region only Finland have adopted the Euro.
@deadzio
Ай бұрын
You complain about portion sizes....well....look at your neighbors? How many obese people living in your street? Or home?
@4390hoover
Ай бұрын
Americans always think that there should be enough on the plate to leave enough to take away ,nope you are out to enjoy a meal , portions in Europe are exactly that
@dworkina.9015
Ай бұрын
Soup is traditionally part of lunch, including the lunch menu that you start with. So you no longer have an empty stomach when you take a second portion. The soup is considered "half" of the meal.
@HeroInTheSun
Ай бұрын
He’s obviously African. It’s the same down there.
@McGhinch
Ай бұрын
@@dworkina.9015 And often lunch menus also include a dessert. It may be different in the several places, but my experience shows it more often than not.
@jacquelinevanderkooij4301
Ай бұрын
@@dworkina.9015 F...
@infin8ee
Ай бұрын
Those portions looked huge to me!
@solpat1977
Ай бұрын
Let’s just face it… some Americans need to stay in America. The world outside of the US is too confusing for their simple minds. Try reading more about the rest of the world, before venturing out of your insular cocoons.
@rebel4466
Ай бұрын
It's more difficult than that. The US are very US centric in everything. If you don't want to learn about other places, you may not need to during the whole time you're in school. Every other place has at least some neighboring countries and/or a "big brother" you learn the language of. For example Russian in a lot of former Soviet countries. You grow up with a completely different mindset. Someone who never bothered to learn on their own might hear about "Europe" and want to see it at some point. Of course they're surprised to see different ways of handling things. They don't have to be stupid, they're just not educated on the subject
@sadiedol4413
Ай бұрын
@rebel4466 Americans have access to the internet and therefore education. Your comment would have credit in 1980, but its 2024 and just willful ignorance at this point. Edit: also, the comment about neighboring countries is ridiculously ignorant. Do you think the US is an information dead zone on a remote island? With billions of tourists a year, you can very clearly see the influence of other cultures IMPROVING certain areas of the US.
@katelyn3997
Ай бұрын
@@rebel4466 USA also has neighbouring countries, unlike many other countries eg Australia, NZ, Japan, Phillipines, Indonesia etc, that have no other country bordering them. So that is not a valid reason for many Americans being so USA centric. I think it’s more a cultural thing.
@sandratcunha
Ай бұрын
One idiot American told me - a Portuguese citizen - that in Europe people on wheelchairs are forced to stay secluded at their homes and when they venture outside, they are frowned upon and spat on. When I told her that was an utter lie she asked me how I would possibly know if I was from Portugal. I just blocked the idiot... not worthy my time and my geography knowledge.
@MissRed92837
Ай бұрын
Americans are not interested what is happening outside of the USA. They just don’t care.
@McGhinch
Ай бұрын
Restaurants in many (most?) European countries have _lunch time menus_ with a name that the informed guest will grasp instantly, especially since they usually have a time frame printed on it. It is intended for the working population, the choices are quickly prepared or already cooked to be served. The portions are smaller because most people have had breakfast, a second breakfast at work, and they are not as hungry -- plus they have to work after the meal. Another reason is that people don't have indefinite time available for their lunch break.
@wensdyy6466
29 күн бұрын
in my company we order lunch menu for 155czk and it is enough for me and my mum )we work together)+every tiem there is more than half still uáneaten that we take home for my father so it really depends on the restaurant.
@xSoulhunterDKx
24 күн бұрын
@@wensdyy6466 It always depends on the restaurant or fast food store for sure. Same in germany.
@TheTeccala
19 күн бұрын
To complement your comment : sometimes this lunch time menu is not even written anywhere in the restaurant, it is proposed by the waiter when he gives you the paper menus. This "verbal" menu also means it changes everyday (90%+ of the time) but they have a set number they can sell, and be out of order. Coming from a family who owned a restaurant, the chef was always a proud to tell us waiters "only X portions of [item] left". Selling out our lunch menu every day was cool, even if the customer who arrived late couldn't order it anymore.
@Araturion
Ай бұрын
We have lunch menu with cheaper prices in Sweden. It's probably the same in most countries in Europe. Cheaper food so workers can afford to eat lunch.
@jauhoprinsessa
28 күн бұрын
Usually simple and quick homemade for a decent price. Workers rarely have time to wait for the really good stuff.
@jfrancobelge
22 күн бұрын
I've indeed this this all over Europe. Not a surprise for us European travelers.
@samiraperi467
22 күн бұрын
Also it's more efficient to make a lot of the same food.
@inwe1205
Ай бұрын
I almost spit out my breakfast at the beginning! Hahahaha, "He thought he was scammed but he was... just stupid." hilarious!!
@rehurekj
Ай бұрын
Potato dumplings with that sauce may be not tasting bad but the reason theyre not used isnt the taste but their structure. Theyre simply not porous enough to absorb the sauce, to soak it up, thats job for bread dumplings. so its like telling Italian the kind of pasta you use doesnt matter cos it will still taste good. Italians will know most kinds of pasta, just like dumplings, dont have any strong distinctive taste, but its the shape and how they hold the sauce which makes pasta pasta and decides what kind is used with what sauce.
@darkflex91
Ай бұрын
This! If you want it, eat it but just recognise it isnt traditional that way.
@rebel4466
Ай бұрын
Just explain it with pasta. You eat spaghetti with certain sauces and have lasagna pasta in a lasagna. Not a big difference by ingredients, but by combination and use
@dominikakratochvil860
Ай бұрын
I just left similar comment, then I found yours 😂😅
@josephturner7569
Ай бұрын
In France it is the same. Plat du jour/A la carte.
@melchiorvonsternberg844
Ай бұрын
German here. It's total normal here, as well. I traveled a lot of coutries, all over Europe, includin' durin the cold war 2 countries behind the iron curtain. It was the same, as today. So it is common in all over Europe...
@demonic_myst4503
Ай бұрын
Yea its same in uk aswell its just a big europian thing
@KirillTheBeast
Ай бұрын
Spaniard here; literally all of Europe does this. It just makes sense from a business persperctive. Cheap daily menu meals keep the locals coming because they're mostly locally traditional cuisine that the staff has learned to nail in a consistent and efficient way. Yes, margins are tighter, but you're aiming for consistent volume. This is just a practice that works well for a bunch of restaurant's business model. The fact that a bunch of yankees haven't ever heard of such a thing probably stems from yankee restaurants/diners not doing this. I'm not even going to go into the vast amount of differences in the sector's culture between the USA and european countries (like tipping), but you get the gist.
@siriokds
Ай бұрын
In Italy it is "Menu del giorno".
@a4kata40
Ай бұрын
In Bulgaria we also have daily menu for workers.
@musicandbooklover-p2o
Ай бұрын
European here, for me the portion size is still too large, I ask them for a child size portion - stating I'm happy to pay the full price but the normal portion size would just be wasted food.
@dees3179
Ай бұрын
Just before he said it I was busy thinking I’d never be able to eat that portion. I’m defo never going to America, I’d explode.
@angstbringer2992
Ай бұрын
I tried asking for a child portion in Strasbourg, once, and was denied because I wasn't a child. I was in middle school 😢
@kaleidoscopingme
Ай бұрын
@@dees3179 yeah the portionsweise are insane especially the drinks. It's not a cup it's a bucket. The fast food is realy tasty the first few days but then you get the most intense acid heart burn and your stomach is verry not happy. If you know a american who can actualy Cook tho they have delicious recepies and blackend filapia is realy great 😌
@RoksolanaVasilishina
28 күн бұрын
You can always ask for a "doggy bag" and take leftovers with you in USA. Americans do it all the time.
@FineHupeline
25 күн бұрын
Dito! Most times I can take food home. 😂
@jacks9624
Ай бұрын
Having a daily many with lower prices is quite common, at least it is so in the countries I visited thus far: Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, and all of the Balkan states. So... yeah.
@GdzieJestNemo
Ай бұрын
in Poland as well. It's usually also a big green flag that place has decent food and it's frequently visited by locals.
@user-sz7ur8xq5f
Ай бұрын
Also in Austria
@claudiakarl7888
Ай бұрын
In Germany too.
@user-yw8bb1zw2m
Ай бұрын
And Australia, New Zealand, and …..
@arturobianco848
Ай бұрын
I've even seen it in the states so this guy must have been a real idiote.
@misssuri2628
Ай бұрын
it's the same in Portugal, local restaurants always have the "daily dishes", that are just some specific 2/3 dishes that on that specific day, at lunch time, are cheaper and served faster.
@Maria..Carina-y6x
Ай бұрын
This used to be a common issue that i encountered with not only, but mostly foreign customers, in Romania, when i was a waitress. They didn't checked the title of the menu, or what is the difference between the menus, and got all upset. There's a significant difference between "a la carte", the (in our case) bistro menu, and menu of the day. The "a la carte" is more sophisticated so to speak, sometimes it takes longer to prepare it, has more expensive ingredients, sauces, etc. and the food will be prepared exclusively by the chef. The bistro menus, were more basic recepies that any of the regular cooks could prepare, obviously a little cheaper! and menu of the day is the cheapest, some very good, but simple recepies, 2 courses at a special price, usually prefered by workers, at lunch break.
@PotsdamSenior
Ай бұрын
Don't visit restaurants which have fotos of their meals plastered on the windows! This way you weed out the majority of the crappier ones.
@arnodobler1096
Ай бұрын
true
@krissyg7026
Ай бұрын
We were told that in Tenerife. The chap we rented from told us to go to the cafes/restaurants in the side street, with the plastic chairs and tables outside, that way we wouldn’t get ripped off 😂
@arturobianco848
Ай бұрын
@@krissyg7026 Yup go where the locales go they ussualy look a bit chabbier but if there is plenty of locales it can't be that bad.
@cmlemmus494
Ай бұрын
The problem with this advice is it depends on the area and the restaurant type. A lot of places that focus on lunched for workers will put photos in the windows, especially in multicultural areas. While these aren't the best restaurants, they aren't bad. Here in west coast Canada it's very common for "ethnic" restaurants -- Asian, middle eastern, even Mexican -- to have food photos in windows. It's a busy downtown area and food photos are free advertising.
@borekminer
Ай бұрын
or just look at the reviews
@ingeborgsvensson4896
Ай бұрын
In the Netherlands dagmenu (daily menu) or a la carte and of course the latter is most expensive. The same all over Europe. I think this guy had never been to a real restaurant before, only fast food chains, and had no clue about real food.
@GuyWets-zy5yt
Ай бұрын
I ve been 7 times in USA. People talk Abt restaurants but it means only fastfood
@ingeborgsvensson4896
Ай бұрын
@@GuyWets-zy5yt Been to NYC a few times and there are some great small restaurants on Amsterdam Avenue but mostly tourists seem to go there. Also had my best BLT sandwich ever in one of those small mom and pop stores. Shame most Americans will settle for cheap and low quality Burger King or McDonalds.
@dominikakratochvil860
Ай бұрын
Czech here: the biggest diference between potato dumplings and bread dumplings is the structure. Potato dumplings are more chewier and sauce get only on top not inside, so first you taste only sauce and then only dumplings. Bread dumplings are drier, so they soak the sauce in, and with each bite you taste sauce. That’s why bread (and karlovarské, which are similar) dumplings are for sauce, and potato dumplings are for solids (sauerkraut, blanched garlic spinach, etc) with baked meat 😉
@davidcook7887
Ай бұрын
I’m English and worked for American companies for 20 yrs. The quality and prices in Europe are always better for the equivelent in the US. Also the standard of geographic knowledge!!
@a4kata40
Ай бұрын
And history knowledge and and and 😂😂.
@crazyknitter22
Ай бұрын
Same in Switzerland. You get a daily and an a la carte menu. You can often get both because the daily might just be a few simple quickly made dishes.
@arturobianco848
Ай бұрын
Also they can buy and prepare in bulk well not all of it but a lot of it so they can afford to make the price lower and still get their profit margin. Its also ussualy seizonale.
@svenpedersen9140
Ай бұрын
I live in Luxembourg and of course we have the daily menu at lunch time for workers (usually easy to cook and because there is not lot of a choice because the chef buys a big amount of the same ingredients for just that purpose). The same for France, Germany, Belgium etc etc. The "à la carte" menu of course is much more expensive (higher quality ingredients etc). You can usually eat "à la carte" at lunch time to but can not eat the cheap daily lunch meal on the evenings. This is how restaurants work !
@musicandbooklover-p2o
Ай бұрын
Same here in Ireland
@Sofasurfa
Ай бұрын
Pretty much the same everywhere it’s the same here in the UK.
@caroldelaney4700
Ай бұрын
Travel broadens the mind.especially for Americans
@Eldiran1
Ай бұрын
True. With an open mind, seeing and speaking with a lot of foreigner could do something similar, but i must say that travel is stronger and quicker in that broading. But hey, that also why people like traveling, i think. To life an adventure, to discover how thing could be the same and also so different from home. The one who just wanna go to that instagram place and took the classic photo and doesn't want to explore a bit miss the point imo.
@frankferrero5827
Ай бұрын
Not really. All i see are Americans and Canadians in Spain going to McDonalds or KFC,they refuse to try any local food. I would even go as far as saying they leave the foreign country of destination more stupid than when they arrived...they will leave with a ton of misconceptions.
@amorphousalienblob
Ай бұрын
Or it will make them go insane because they don't understand how things work outside their own country.
@jgibbs651
Ай бұрын
Wrong. Travel broadens the mind UNLESS you're American, in which case they're beyond hope or help.
@frankferrero5827
Ай бұрын
@@jgibbs651 Ding Ding!! We have a winner.
@lindsaymckeown513
Ай бұрын
Common practice also in the UK to have different menus for lunch and for dinner priced accordingly, as well as 'quick' and 'complicated' dish menus priced differently. I believe this also happens in th USA, maybe predominantly in high quality (maybe sometimes pretentious!) restaurants.
@libbysevicke-jones3160
Ай бұрын
The first time l traveled to American, the family l stayed with (working holiday) invited me to join them for various family celebrations. During my time there we went to some local resturants for dinner. I will say l was very disapointed at the quality of the food. I have been to Amercia a few times over the years and some are like feeding troughs. Pay a standard door charge and eat as much as one can shovel down ones throat. Maybe this tourist was expecting this type of service overseas.
@GuyWets-zy5yt
Ай бұрын
It was the same in 70ies 80 is 90ies...
@pizdocivka
Ай бұрын
Euro currency is very new in historic pespective. Before year 1999 every country in Europe had its own currency.
@M_SC
25 күн бұрын
You must be Gen x, or older. That’s the entire adult lifetime of many travellers now.
@Kayta-Linda
21 күн бұрын
I really miss Lats :c
@CoffeeShan
20 күн бұрын
@@M_SC The Gen X, Z and whatever is predominantly a US/western concept. We don't really categorize people by that. You need to remember the difference in culture and political situation. France was still playing with the guillotine when the Star Wars was hitting the theatres. The Czech Crowns have been around since 1993, they replaced the Czechoslovak Crowns that have been the official currency since 1918, but the first mentions are from as early as 1892. Same with Slovakia and Slovak Crowns after our division in 1993, Slovakia changed to Euro in 2009. The Czechs kept their Crowns, which good on them.
@MarkFingal
Ай бұрын
same in spain "menu del dia" es cheaper than "a la carta"...and probably in all countrys with "menu of the day" (a spanish concept created in 1965 an exported to all europe)
@LuDa-lf1xd
Ай бұрын
Según tengo entendido fueron los franceses los que lo empezaron allá por el siglo XIX, pero Franco lo hizo obligatorio en su época.
@afiiik1
Ай бұрын
Because it just makes sense - good job Spain 👍😊
@jhamps4806
Ай бұрын
I loved Prague, beautiful city so full of history. The food was amazing and the people were lovely…
@Superfluous.
27 күн бұрын
It's not just common in Czech. I'm pretty it's common everywhere that has a working force nearby and doesn't sit entirely on a tourist area and relies entirely on tourism to survive. Daily menus are meals cooked in bulk, or pre-cooked in the morning. Think of it like McDonalds, but with actual meals. À la carte menus are meals cooked when you ask for them. Think of it like a... gourmet dish, figuratively speaking, where everything needs to be done from scratch when you ask for it, or most of it anyways. So, in hindsight, you will find daily menus near large office buildings, warehouses, etc, where there's a bunch of workers around, à la carte menus in restaurants catered to tourists and both if they sit in an area where they can accomodate both.
@sabinereimer7809
Ай бұрын
The "Lunch" dishes in Europe are a bit smaller and a lot cheaper then from the menu... but perfect size if you want to explore a city and maybe go to a local bakery later on because the smell of fresh bread or cake lead you there...😂❤
@sonjabenesch3228
Ай бұрын
Daily menu is also offered in Austria. Called as Tagesmenü or Mittagsmenü. Even Chinese restaurants do this here in Vienna and allover Austria as well.
@GuyWets-zy5yt
Ай бұрын
Yes asian restaurants adopted same system in Belgium
@nco1970
Ай бұрын
Yes, the daily menu or the dish of the day is usually less expensive than "à la carte" or permanent 'menus". And dishes ordered "à la carte" will be more expensive than if they are bundled in a menu.
@EleaRevils
Ай бұрын
The daily menu is an occurrence in the whole of EU. I have never visited another EU country that did not have dailys. Well... unless it is a star/multi star restaurant. They have auggestions. That being said, most have suggestion, dailys and a la carte.
@tezzcan1
Ай бұрын
Same in England, I was a Chef in several restaurants and lunch menu and a la carte are totally different.
@GuyWets-zy5yt
Ай бұрын
Americans don t know that. It s not in US culture
@tezzcan1
Ай бұрын
@@GuyWets-zy5yt definitely a European thing I think.
@c99kfm
Ай бұрын
In Sweden, we call the "daily" the "lunch buffet", and it's generally placed in large heated containers from which you serve yourself whatever portion(s) you want. I generally take a little of most things, then if something was really good, I come back for more of that. It's rare to find a "daily" costing more than 150 Swedish Kronor or a dinner costing less than 200.
@borekminer
Ай бұрын
thats expensive by czech standards
@nydydn
Ай бұрын
We call this kind of buffet, Swedish buffet.
@Ali_Phe
Ай бұрын
@@nydydn Or we call this serve type "Raut" too
@M_SC
25 күн бұрын
Americans would understand that. There’s a clear difference between a buffet and prepared meals
@SilverionX
Ай бұрын
Some of the best experiences I've had was on first my trip as an adult by myself to England to meet friends. For the journey there and back home I was traveling by myself switching transportation many times but there were always people there to help me get to my next point. In fact, my faith in humanity was restored because of those strangers who aided me, often going out of their way to help. An older couple led me through one of Londons humongous airports, the guy who gave me change for one of the restrooms in London because I didn't have any coins yet, the woman who shared her meal with me on the train and many more. Maybe I got lucky, but I'd like to think with a humble attitude most people will actually help you out. Obviously stay safe and all that.
@arturo95658
Ай бұрын
menu del dia 10 o 12 euros....a la carta-- hasta el infinito y mas alla -- eso en españa
@amorphousalienblob
Ай бұрын
Yes, it's like that in Italy and Greece as well. Maybe not in the very touristic areas but those are traps to take as much money as possible but hey... Cheers from the Netherlands
@DoritoBot9000
Ай бұрын
🤣🤣😂
@dan_kay
Ай бұрын
What is wrong with different prices for tourists and locals? Firstly, we put up with mass tourism during the high season, which has a considerable impact on our lives, and secondly, we locals are the ones who keep the restaurants and bars open long after the tourists have left, because Lisbon isn't half as beautiful in February. Besides that, locals should pay what their local salaries allow them to pay.
@tsrgoinc
Ай бұрын
We were in Prague for the Europa Conference League Final last year, admittedly a lot of the price were raised to take advantage of the situation but thats actually part of the deal for hosting the final but the prices applied to everyone, even the locals! It was still bloody cheaper compared to the UK and the US. I also don’t know why yanks get in a tizzy that Czechia is in Europe but doesn’t use the Euro, lots of countries don’t, the UK for example, even before we left the union we never used it. I think there is 8 or 9 in the union that don’t!
@CoffeeShan
20 күн бұрын
I'd assume it's the same practice everywhere. As soon as some major event takes place, vendors will be milking it for what it's worth. Same with tourist locations. If you compare the prices in e.g. mountain areas, big cities, smaller towns, the prices will be noticeably different. In a currency like the Crowns it will be very visible.
@izzyroberts5518
Ай бұрын
Fun Fact: The UK while IN the EU - still used the Pound, we opted OUT of adopting it.
@saifis
Ай бұрын
This is very common in Japan too, there is a daily menu that is much cheaper and faster made than the main menus, I guessed its that so they can get rid of ingredients that will be going bad so they make dishes to get rid of them quickly.
@DoritoBot9000
Ай бұрын
I have the sneaky suspicion it’s something that exists almost everywhere else… except in the US and Canada 🤣
@saifis
Ай бұрын
@DoritoBot9000 I remember seeing daily specials menus on kitchen nightmare, don't they exist in the US too?
@peterc4082
Ай бұрын
The European portion sizes look small because these are usually fancy restaurants. The normal eateries and fast food places have larger portion sizes. If you go to Poland, next door to Czechia (where this video is shot), you'll find many 'bars' which have traditional food for locals and you can easily get large plates of soup and main course. But the expensive restaurants have small portions.
@SomeRandomBod
Ай бұрын
My policy is always get out of the centre of town & listen for local accents. Plus don’t eat gelato that’s brightly coloured(that’s a Rome/Italian tip). It’s worked well so far.
@sternenbringer
25 күн бұрын
Portion sizes in Europe are generally smaller than in the US, but they're often made with higher-quality ingredients. Despite the smaller portions, you still feel full and satisfied afterward. It's a great reminder that size doesn't always equate to fullness. I had some American friends visit and were quite surprised to discover this.
@Ava-wm6cv
Ай бұрын
This is all normal European practice. Al a carte is usually evening menu where people are going to sit down for several courses and possibly wine. Every restaurant or bar has a daily specials menu, people are just having a small lunch and maybe a dessert. Though those portions look like evening portions.
@colingregory7464
Ай бұрын
The Daily Menu and Special Menu is a thing in Britain too ! Not that I frequent that kind of restaurant much !
@JobHuntingAbroad
Ай бұрын
Those portions looked really big to me😂😂 I would struggle to finish that
@79BlackRose
Ай бұрын
06:33 "The I-RONNIE of the situation". What? Who is I-RONNIE? Lmao. 😂🤣😂
@Oomph6006
25 күн бұрын
Americans also think they are in America..
@rosec6680
Ай бұрын
His name is Basil? Explains it. The food looks amazing for such a low price. Americans are such cheap travellers these days. Literally everything confuses them. They also have a heavy persecution complex, maybe from living in such an awful society.
@wivenhoeessex
29 күн бұрын
Across Europe you will normally find the specials menu or a daily menu these are cheaper than that the A la Carte menu. Its perfeclty normal.
@damightyshabba439
24 күн бұрын
Admittedly this WAS 30 years ago, but multiple restaurants I went to in Greece had three price tiers - local, tourist (including Brits) and German. Damn the Greeks hate Germans! (And if you know any history at all you know why....) Although disproven in this case, I have seen first hand bars and restaurants charging different prices depending on your origin. My ex GF was Greek and we went to a local shop to buy a coffee cup. The girl on the till shouted to her Mother "How much for a cup?" In Greek. Mother replied "Who are they?". "Brits, I think". "Five Euros".... Then My GX explained in perfect Greek that she had understood the entire chat and where to put the cup. We got the cup for free, and a weeping mother begging us not to tell anyone at the hotel. So yes, prices do change depending who you are, and where you are. Probably less these days with "insta-net" but I'm sure it still happens.
@vasilikikitsikoudi3963
12 күн бұрын
In Greek taverns, we have της ώρας, which are the dishes on the standard menu, mainly grilled meat, and μαγειρευτά, which are homey meals which take longer to prepare, so they are hot and ready for whoever wants to see them and choose them. In some cases, the tavern might have found a special kind of meat, so it won't be on the standard menu, but the waiter will inform you about it. And there is also a chance that the waiter will announce that something on the menu is unavailable, either because they couldn't find it in the market or because it's out of season. It is true that in small taverns where the waiters recite the menu for you, they might charge you more for the food if you are a tourists compared to the table next to you where locals sit. Or they might give you lower quality of food, because you're not a local so you don't know the authentic taste of a dish. This is why we all know to avoid eating near tourist attractions and to seek quieter areas to enjoy a good meal. With that being said, they aren't going to do it so blatantly, because they want you to come back. So, maybe, instead of assuming you have been tricked, people should simply ASK FOR AN EXPLANATION! However, in this case, it seems to me that the fact that this person instantly felt scammed implies that they felt the locals were after their money, trying to trick them. If that's true, maybe they shouldn't have spent all that money, time and energy to visit a place where they thought the locals poor criminals out to rob tourists.
@TheVanillebluete
19 күн бұрын
This is also pretty common in a lot of countries..I really enjoy selecting things from the weekly menu (I am in Austria) because they tend to be also different and seasonal a lot of times ..i love these
@larrynicholson5913
Ай бұрын
There is almost always an unofficial "tourist tax" in that items in popular tourist areas are more expensive than elsewhere. This applies to people from the same country as well as foreigners. However, you don't have to go far from the tourist trap to get reasonable prices. The main exception where I've experienced a difference is in Thailand. Entrance to many tourist places costs more for foreigners. In some cases, it is free for Thais, but foreigners have to pay. This may seem, or even be, unfair, but it is very clearly stated and obvious, not hidden.
@MrJerichoPumpkin
13 күн бұрын
in Italy the "lunch only" menu is literally called "work lunch", usually is similar to a fast food menu: two small main dishes (primo and secondo), some side dish (usually a small salad, baked potatoes or roasted veggies), a drink (water, soda, wine or beer) and a espresso. Usually for the price of a secondo.
@rickybuhl3176
Ай бұрын
With you on the potatoes and gravy lol 'how can it be bad??' Regular portion sizes for regular sized people.. Y'all need the super size over there too maintain that American physique. About time to change the dress sizes again and knock the real number down by another couple. So far the US size 0 is about a size 4 to 6 in the UK, the UK 10 is a US 6 - give it a few years and USA will have "updated" their sizing and a 'Size 10' is gonna be about 300lbs of woman.. Smaller number makes her feel better though lol much easier than regular portion sizes or remotely healthy eating habits. When it's fake food mate, you need more to feel full, that's well established. Our portions are smaller because they're actually food, not fodder.
@richardaubrecht2822
Ай бұрын
It's mainly about the texture of the dumpling. Potato dumpling just doesn't soak the sauce properly. It's a waste of sauce.
@IniPatini
Ай бұрын
the eiro got introduced in 2001/2002, every country had out own currency before that. I loved the italian Lira, 10.000 lira was 10 guilders. i felt rich when i visited italy back then
@martinconnelly1473
Ай бұрын
I went to Sardinia about 1980 and at the time you got about 2500 lira for one British pound.
@SaraBlu
Ай бұрын
Too me it was the greatest thing as a kid going to a bordering country from Germany and learning how to calculate with exchange rates and sudden „wealth“. Loved all the different currencies.
@andrewmcewan8081
Ай бұрын
this happens all over europe in resturants that do a la carte meals in the evening
@gumzster
Күн бұрын
"I know there are Asia money" Christ...
@marisavl1
29 күн бұрын
Excuse me , United States of America, not America . America it’s a continent no one country and certainly this tourist are too bad education as cultural like modals .
@Lnclt-tc3ln
Ай бұрын
Daily menu is also common in other countries all over europe, like here in Germany. It's also sometimes referred as "lunch menu" (german: Mittagsmenü) for obvious reasons. And the dumpling thing is also understandable as a german... we have similar ones after all.
@annepoitrineau5650
17 күн бұрын
That 15% service charge at Svejk's Kavarna is clearly aimed at Americans who are used to this sort of tipping. in The Czech Republic, waiters/waitresses get a salary, so that's just managerial greed, and I bet the staff does not get the money.
@CoffeeShan
20 күн бұрын
Common in majority of European countries. You've got the regular menu card, valid all the day, every day, for meals to be prepared as ordered. Then they tend to have a daily menu, these are usually prepared in bulk, at the beginning of the day. It's to have food ready quickly for the lunch break. Once the last portion of that particular meal is gone, it is taken off the menu, pick something else from the list. More countries kept their currency, Britain, Czech, Hungary and probably many more. Singular currency is convenient when traveling, the exchange costs may not be. 🙂
@bogdanmihai7106
Ай бұрын
I traveled in 5o countries in Europe, Asia and Africa.... The most entitled tourists I've seen are by far Americans. Sometimes they don't know anything about the places they travel and the geographic locations just that is famous on social media 😂.... When traveling I always read about local customs so I don't act like a monkey. Respect the places and people there. Is the portion too small? Order a second. We don't eat like there is no tomorrow, like Americans. We enjoy our food and the food is a reason to bond and enjoy company of others.
@GdzieJestNemo
Ай бұрын
you can definitely find places that use different prices or locals and tourist (both restaurants and museums). Usually it's in lower earning countries. In some places you might see one price and when paying they will make up different one on the spot.
@wulfgold
Ай бұрын
Prague is lovely - I've not been to that specific restaurant + certainly not in Prague recently. Absolutely great service literally everywhere I went, LOVELY food, lovely people,, lovely beer... I'll just add that the a la carte'/lunch menu isn't just common in Prague, it's common across everywhere in Europe I've visited and it's been a while since I've visited the US, but that kind of menu wouldn't surprise me there either, especially in restaurants in a business district. The first couple of meals from that place look excellent and now I'm hungry. If a restrauant's got laminated pictures in the window... and isn't VERY cheap/quick, it's probably not a great place. 14 Euro meal? I'll eat that happily, looks great.
@martinconnelly1473
Ай бұрын
I am off to Prague in a few weeks because my son and daughter in law live just outside the city limits. They lived in Prague when they first met and so I have been many times and had plenty of meals without ever thinking I was being scammed. If you go into a restaurant and say hello you will get an English menu, say dobrý den and you will be given a Czech menu. Even restaurants outside of Prague often have the menu in English. I have often had Carlsbad dumplings as can be seen at 07:56 and believe me when I say that 4 pieces like that makes a filling meal. Better have a beer to wash it down.
@ruud9761
19 күн бұрын
The problem I find with this whole thing is that the tourist first took to twitter to tweet their displeasure. While common sense would be to ask staff for clarification, at least before making a rant on twitter.
@hilarykirkby4771
14 күн бұрын
WHY should anybody expect in a foreign country to find a menu written in English!!! Why not also in German, French, Italian, Russian, Chinese etc. If you can't cope with being abroad, stay at home!
@gabsie7224
26 күн бұрын
I think it is understandable that a bloc that has been adding new members every now and then for years still has different currencies. Each country in the Eu maintains its identity and can opt whether or not to join the currency union according to how strong their currency is. I think it's only smart. The Eu is a union of different countries, cultures, traditions, ideas and currencies too. That's the beauty of it. Being together makes us stronger (not all is good, obviously) but it does not makes us all the same.
@DaweSlayer
Ай бұрын
This case is at least understandable that he can't believe it and is angry. Some things are really messed up, but people like it that way (I'm just an alien surprised by people). Greetings from Czechia.
@MatchaShortcake
18 күн бұрын
So the daily menu and a la carte mechanics is also a thing where I live, Mexico (so just south of their border), and be it eateries or restaurants usually you can just ask for the "meal menu" or "daily menu" and it's usually cheaper than ordering from the normal menu, heck they even come as assorted combos that include a soup of some sorts+main dish+drink (some might even include a side dish and dessert)!
@mattigbg1
Ай бұрын
There are 25 different currencies in Europe including the Euro.
@francoo.m.
Ай бұрын
Prague is for me the most beautiful town in Europe and i loved their food so much!
@dfuher968
12 күн бұрын
The problem is, when tourists A. havent done any research b4 going, and B. they have nothing to compare with. Since I was a little girl, we always tried to find, where the locals eat. Much better. Ive stuck with that in adulthood. Like, u go down the German autobahn, never ever EVER eat at the stops along the autobahn, theyre overrpriced and awful. Take any exit, and u will find a small hamlet with a gasthaus with a few minutes, which is varying in quality but ALWAYS way better and cheaper than the cafeteria crap at the autobahn stops. And as a rule of thumb, the closer to tourist attraction it is, the greater the chance thats its a tourist trap. A dead giveaway is also, when they advertise with "typical Czech food" like that restaurant in the video" or an Italian pizzeria offering "genuine Italian pizza" and so on. When they advertise like that, usually in English - its a tourist trap. Get away from all the other tourists, follow the locals, sometimes u only needs to go a few streets away, and u find a much better and usually cheaper place to eat. If they only speak the local language there, 99% u hit the jackpot. Ive done that for decades. Occasionally Ive been disappointed, but mostly its been a huge success. And even if ur not really familiar with the local cuisine, u can really taste the difference between the food at those tourist traps, and what u can find going a bit out of ur way. And the tourist traps have almost always disappointed me, if I could find no other place, food at best adequate, prices high, and usually filled with very loud tourists making it hard to enjoy even a mediocre meal.
@randomguy8107
7 күн бұрын
To be honest, as a European I also thought Czechia was using the Euro. Don’t know when that implanted into my memory
@andybrown4284
Ай бұрын
It was unfair of him singling out mr beast for having awful chocolate, all stateside efforts are incredibly sub par
@Commandelicious
23 күн бұрын
Honest Guide is an amazing channel.
@annepoitrineau5650
17 күн бұрын
Solo travel is COOOOOOOOOL :) Been solotravelling since I was 19. I do have a partner, and we travel together, and I have a kid, but solo travelling is just so cool, so still doing it a bit, age 68.
@bremCZ
Ай бұрын
15:10 Bro underestimates what Americans do with food. Nobody else would do that 😅
@kasiakarewicz1210
14 күн бұрын
BTW if you will ever be in Europe, do not change currency, pay by Visa or Maestro, these cards are acceptable everywhere, and it will be the smartest way.
@rayjermyn4541
25 күн бұрын
American food portions are far bigger than Europe, and I've noticed Americans traveling can have unreasonable expectations. The A LA Carte versus daily menu is common
@heatherheaney4060
Ай бұрын
as for currency there is a lot of different currencies in Asia
@MyGrace2You
Ай бұрын
If you’re going to Prague, stay at the Pod Vezi and go to Pork’s just down the street. You won’t be sorry.
@Nat_BLSK
Ай бұрын
This Svejk place is also as well in Poland and the food is absolutely disgusting. Yet it's always full of tourists. What I have been served as Wienerschitzel had nothing to do with what it's supposed to be.
@grabtharshammer
Ай бұрын
Hey nothing wrong with UK Chips and UK Custard - I tried it for a bet and it is beautiful
@notyourordinarygran
Ай бұрын
Look at the obesity rate in the USA....we do human-sized portions.
@eddiem12eddiem12
15 күн бұрын
I lived in Brno for a time and I lived off the daily menus. They never had an English menu as there are less tourist but I got to understand them after a while. Brno is a great city Btw, worth a visit.
@zemacnica
10 күн бұрын
In my teens and 20ties, I usually eat 2-3 "europian" portions, but as a fully grown adult, it is more than enough one portion. Or you have a place for dessert :)
@annaniskanen2557
27 күн бұрын
There are situations where prices are different for tourists and locals. And I am not talking about scams. For example, some tourist attractions have this kind of pricing difference, especially in some poorer countries. Like, for example, some church or temple or nature site would cost XX four tourist but only pennies for locals. These prices are, of course, usually properly showcases and marked so that you easily and immediately see the difference when you are buying tickets. I have heard tourists complaining that this is a scam but I would disagree. Price difference is very clear so it is tourist's choice whether to pay or not. Locals are usually so poor that they would not have money to pay a lot + sites do still need maintenance, which is then mostly covered by tourists who do have financial means to pay. They have, after all, traveled all the way to this country. So to me this is just fine and example that there are situations where you can have different prices and it isn't a scam.
@S.erwinsdottir
Ай бұрын
Also Denmark has his own currency, same for Sweden and Norway also if they are in EU. Also here in Switzerland we have a different currency and we are not in the EU. Same in other EU Country... yeah. It's a mess. 😂
@helenehuydecooper3534
Ай бұрын
Norway is also NOT a EU country (Just in case someone gets confused)
@a4kata40
Ай бұрын
In Bulgaria we have LEV. Its a mess yup 😂
@melissakennedy5897
Ай бұрын
I wish you wouldn’t identify him as an American in such a negative way because it’s not fair to the rest of America gets enough we don’t have to claim all our idiots. We have some people who aren’t.
@Tionois
Ай бұрын
Considering most of commenters from Europe are familiar with the concept of daily menus, nationality in this case is important for context (i.e. tourist comes from another continent and is not aware of a common practice which is understandable)
@Lorre982
Ай бұрын
Daily menu are common across Europe
@Kyk_cz
Ай бұрын
Svickova with potato dumplings is the same sin like bread with soya sauce...
@Phobos_Nyx
Ай бұрын
Bread with soy sauce? WTF? Never heard of this combo🤮
@kam7r882
Ай бұрын
for 7$ it's like 6,30€ that's really cheap lol if i go to Prague ( i wanted to go since some time now , i'm french ) i'll go try this place
@arturobianco848
Ай бұрын
I did really liked that he actually liked the wrong stuff. O and Solo travelling is great do it all the time and you can do what you want. For food just look at where the locales go its usually cheaper and better. If you can't find anything you just go for it and hope its ok. Most of the hotels in europe that heve a resataurant give you decent but not great food (there are always exceptions to both sides). Just do some research about what you wanna see and what you wanna do just don't plann every minute give youreself plenty of room just to enjoy yourself. And listen to locales the more trustworthy kind preferable. I was in the middle of nowhere in washington near the idaho border just spending the night there the receptionist said where you going was on me way back to portland and she suggested to take a dffernt route and do some memoriale. It took me an hour or 2 longer but i had a good day and it was must better then just doing the interstate.
@donTune87
6 күн бұрын
Switzerland also has daily menus with cheaper lunch dishes
@KrautGrater
Ай бұрын
Exactly the same thing you'll find here in Germany. Lunch menues are a lot cheaper because 1) the menue offers fewer meals and is therefore more cost-efficient, 2) the portions often are a bit smaller and 3) the restaurant very often "subsidize" their lunch meals and use them as an "advertisement" to get new clients for their more expensive evening business
@melancolielupine2023
25 күн бұрын
As a french native I'm so NOT shocked by the Czech restaurant's menu. Here too we have "à la carte" and daily menus, one is cheaper than the other bc you don't choose the ingredients. Voilà. Btw, I would love to have francs instead of euros, this country is SMART to have kept its sovereign currency. Euros is a giant scam
@aureliaalessio
25 күн бұрын
As a Czech, I hope euro happens for us asap. Having our own currency poses a serious disadvantage to everyone but the richest mafia oligarchs who have friends in the national bank.
@melancolielupine2023
25 күн бұрын
@@aureliaalessio Oh, really? All I know is that here in France, it totally messed up our economy lol. Inflation would have happened anyways, I guess... But it's a real issue that euro devaluated the price of everything, at least here. I think that it's always the same scheme: very rich and powerful people taking advantage of the everyday people, and trust me we have some sorts of oligarchs here too! They aren't really called like this, but to me it's the same. Very rich and powerful ones, who took the power for decades. I wouldn't dare to compare ex-USSR to western occident tho, but you get the point
@melancolielupine2023
25 күн бұрын
@@aureliaalessio oh really? All I know is that it really messed up our economy, here. Like, it devaluated so much things, really I'm aware that inflation would have happened anyway but.. Oof
@nimocash3535
6 күн бұрын
14:12 this is a perfect proportion. this plate is enought for me with some bread (french) or rice, and with a dessert like a fruit or a yogurt.
@barneyhall2753
Ай бұрын
You can only be ripped off if you are unhappy with the price before ordering and you have no other choice but to pay it. I've lived in various countries around SE Asia over the last 15 years and on occasions have had a tourist query how much they paid for something. I just ask them, "Are you happy with the price?" If they say, yes, I reply, "What's the problem?" If they say, no, I ask, "Why didn't you walk away?" Very rarely do you have to buy something and the last thing any shop owner wants is for you to walk out without buying something as they know they will almost certainly never see you again. It can be amazing how quickly the price will reduce. In saying all this, the most important element is that all this should be done in very good humour, avoid any displays of anger.
@FlyingFox86
25 күн бұрын
Cheaper lunch menus are extremely common here in Belgium too. Is that not something that exists in the US?
@aureliaalessio
25 күн бұрын
It is important to remember that Europe is a continent of multiple countries and that some are more friendly with each other by being in European Union, but each of them is still a sovereign country, most commonly with different language, currency, government system and culture. Euro is a privilege, not a standard. (Though as a Czech, I really would love to have euro as soon as possible for multiple reasons.) Euro for us is as if USA, Canada and Mexico became better friends and decided to have the same currency together - different countries, different languages, different systems.
@angstbringer2992
Ай бұрын
I've been to Prague twice and I hope to visit again in the future because it's such a beautiful city. I live in Italy, plenty of beautiful places here as well but Prague just hits differently. I've always found lovely people, great food and nice prices. Not to mention there's no need to get all fussy about the currency since you can use your card everywhere and it's more convenient to do so than to go to an exchange. But also how do people even go to another country and have no idea of the currency they use, if it's so important to them? It just means they didn't bother to know the basic minimum about the place they're visiting. And tbf that ignorance and carelessness explains how such a stupid situation even started. I also work in a very touristy place and I hate when people assume important thing without bothering to ask, even when you explicitly told them to feel free to do so. Like assuming they can pay in dollars and getting upset because no, ma'am we do not accept dollars we're not at the airport, you can pay by card if you want to though. Also no, sir, we cannot "match the price" you so online. On a platform that is not even our brand's. Also the price online is dollars here is euro 😭
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