Comments on: Unfortunate Menu Translations

By: Michael Dembinski

Michael Dembinski — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:15:24 +0000

My fave (Hotel Orbis, Tychy, August 1989):

Zestaw surówek

A set of rawness

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:34:53 +0000

Fran,
“banana splint”??? – wow! that’s one for the books!

Ayesha,
glad you enjoy the blog! And we’ll try to help you have an actual conversation a bit sooner than 5 years, OK?

Phil,
I hear ya! I ordered what I thought was an ice coffee, and dang, this thing came with cream, chocolate shavings, and a shot of something fruity flavored. It must have had about 5000 calories, if not more. And it simply said “kawa na zimno” on the menu.

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:26:21 +0000

During my recent holiday in Poland, i explored the wonderful world of the cappuccino. The Polish version varied from what I call a flat white, through to a magnificant concoction that included a large cone of creme on the coffee, built up to a height of 1.5 cups above the top of the cup and then sprinkled with small pieces of fruit.
Each cup was an experience in itself, but i did get the occasional true cappuccino as I drink them at home.

By: Ayesha Pursglove

Ayesha Pursglove — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:08:31 +0000

I know I dont comment much but I do read each of your blog posts – I know how good it feels to get comments so let me just tell you. I love your work. You do such a Great Job of simplifing things in such a simple way (usually lol) and you have really helped me grasp some tough concepts. I always look forward to seeing you in my inbox. Thanks and keep on rockin so I can keep on learning even at my slow turtle pace In 5 years I should be able to have an actual converstion lol. but really dont ever stop you are the only real “education” I get with polish lessons

By: Fran Turner

Fran Turner — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:03:10 +0000

dziekuje- I can see it now. Speaking of interesting items on menus, I remember one time in Bilbao,Spain, we stopped at a Woolworth’s (yes this was a few decades ago). On the menu was “banana splint”. This gave us the giggles so bad we thought they were going to throw us out.