Is there native cuisine that is typical for Western Ukraine/Galicia, but not for the rest of Ukraine?
I am traveling to Lviv soon and would like to taste some local dishes. Specifically, I'd be interested in trying cuisine that is typical for Western Ukraine, rather than the country as a whole. Since that part was under Polish control for several centuries I'd assume they have some local traditions. One example would be 'plyatski', which is a fried potato pancake.
What are some Galician dishes I can find in local restaurants?
Best Answer
There are plenty of them, but you'll hardly find much information unless you know Ukrainian:) Particularly, you can try following dishes:
- Banosh
- Gurka
- Pstrug (trout baked on grill)
- Rosivnytsa
- Kulish
P.S. I made an accent on Hutsul cuisine, which is widely common to the South of Lviv (it is Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi and Zakarpattia Oblast) and which has strong Hungarian influence (almost all these dishes have analogs in Hungary).
P.P.S. If one knows more (particularly about Galician dishes) one should feel free to improve my answer. However, Galician area includes Ivano-Frankivsk too, and one can hardly distinguish whether the dish is Galician or not. I assume both of them (Galician and Hutsul) have much in common.
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Pliatsky is just another name for Deruny, which are pretty wide-spread in many regions of Ukraine such as Chernivtsi, Zhytomyr or Kyiv. Not that much in Luhansk, but definitely not limited to the western regions of Ukraine. Pliatsky may actually also be another name for a generic cake. Same for Varenyky, one of the top Ukrainian dishes, may be occasionally called Pyrohy (??????) in Lviv.
Couple of dishes I may think about. These are not connected to Poland:
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