Vegetarian
in a milk bar

Warm milk soup, the dish milk bars were named for. Choose:

• z makaronem with noodles
• z ryżem with rice

Semolina cooked in milk. Choose a topping:

• z sokiem with fruit syrup
• z kakao with cocoa

A hard-boiled egg, often served with mayonnaise or chives. Cheap protein to go with your roll.

A bread roll, plain or with toppings:

• z masłem with butter
• z serem żółtym with cheese
• z szynką with ham
• z dżemem with jam
• z twarożkiem with white cheese (quark)

Clear, deep-red beetroot soup. Sweet and sour. Served:

• czysty clear, in a cup
• z uszkami with tiny mushroom dumplings
• z krokietem with a fried croquette

Cold, bright-pink beetroot and kefir soup. Summer only.

Dumplings with potato and white cheese, topped with fried onion. Don't leave Poland without trying them.

Dumplings with sauerkraut and mushrooms.

Sweet fruit dumplings with sour cream and sugar. In season:

• z borówkami blueberries
• z malinami raspberries
• z truskawkami strawberries

Sweet dumplings filled with white cheese, served with sour cream and sugar.

Thin pancakes with sweet white cheese, sometimes with cream.

"Lazy" sweet cheese gnocchi with butter and breadcrumbs.

Potato dumplings with fruit inside, served with butter, breadcrumbs and sugar. Depending on the season:

• ze śliwkami with a whole plum
• z truskawkami with strawberries

Fluffy apple fritters dusted with icing sugar.

Rice with stewed apples, sour cream and sugar. A sweet main Polish kids grow up on.

Crispy potato pancakes. Served:

• ze śmietaną with sour cream
• z cukrem with sugar

Breaded egg cutlet. A meat-free milk bar classic.

Fried egg with potatoes and mizeria. Simple and very Polish.

Boiled potatoes with dill and butter.

Chips (French fries). The kids' favourite, and a common swap for potatoes.

Roasted buckwheat. Nutty, great with gravy.

Plain boiled white rice, often with meatballs or goulash.

Warm grated carrot cooked with butter and a little flour. Soft and slightly sweet.

Creamed spinach, cooked down to a smooth green purée with garlic. Classic with a fried egg and potatoes.

Cucumbers in sour cream with dill.

Raw shredded salad of the day. Common ones:

• z białej kapusty white cabbage
• z czerwonej kapusty red cabbage
• z kiszonej kapusty sauerkraut

Raw grated carrot salad, often with apple and a little lemon. Fresh and slightly sweet.

A simple side salad: soft lettuce with a few slices of tomato and cucumber. Dressed:

• z oliwą i octem with oil and vinegar
• ze śmietaną with sour cream

Warm grated beetroot.

Wobbly fruit jelly-pudding, served warm or cold.

Milk pudding topped with fruit syrup (sok). Flavours:

• waniliowy vanilla
• czekoladowy chocolate

Homemade drink of stewed fruit. The default pairing.

Black tea, often with lemon and sugar.

Black coffee, often 'parzona': ground coffee brewed straight in the glass, so let the grounds settle.

Coffee with milk, served in a glass. Simple and strong.

Hot cocoa made with milk. A childhood favourite with breakfast.

Caffeine-free grain coffee with milk. Pure childhood nostalgia for Poles.

Fermented milk drinks. This is a milk bar, after all:

• kefir kefir
• maślanka buttermilk