{"id":1191,"date":"2016-04-08T18:19:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T18:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/?p=1191"},"modified":"2016-08-21T01:57:17","modified_gmt":"2016-08-21T01:57:17","slug":"prague-day-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/?p=1191","title":{"rendered":"Prague, Day 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bright and early, I passed by the Lennon wall on a morning stroll down to the river.<\/p>\n

\""Don't<\/a>
“Don’t talk about it, do it.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Visited the Museum\u00a0Kampa by the water with the giant alien crawling bronze babies. If you come up with a better description, have at it. \u00a0Went inside<\/span>\u00a0and felt that sense of disconnection and ennui I all too often experience in the presence of contemporary art. Great bathroom though.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"baby\"<\/a>
baby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ubered over to the town at 1:30 to meet Robin for lunch at the restaurant Field<\/a>, (motto;\u00a0Free Range Dining<\/em>). Hatchets, rakes and scythes accent the spare d\u00e9cor. We have high hopes because of their newly awarded Michelin star. We decided to go for broke and did the tasting menu. What tipped me over the edge was the fact that they offer the option of pairing the courses with specially crafted non-alcoholic drinks. Oh wow!<\/p>\n

And the entertainment began. Everything was indescribably delicious, and the presentation was half the fun. The service struck the right note of being both serious about the food and relaxed.\u00a0The snails were served on something that looked like the country home of elves and fairies.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
fairy and elf territory for snails, pumpkin, marrow, dried apples<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"fava\"<\/a>
Woundwort, goat cheese, bread leaven, spruce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They poured smoke into one dish.<\/p>\n

\"Fallow<\/a>
Fallow deer, black garlic, chokeberry, ginger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The fish was an abstract composition\u00a0that put to shame what hung on the walls of Museum\u00a0Kampa.<\/p>\n

\"fish<\/a>
Pike perch, mackerel, kale, kohlrabi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The cheese course came in a picnic basket that was put together like a Chinese puzzle, which we unpacked; cups, plates, fresh cheeses in a wooden box, and clasp-lidded glass jars.<\/p>\n

\"Picnic\"<\/a>
Picnic of Cheese from Krasoles\u00ed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Super\u00a0delicious; crisp circles of meringue over a soft, sweetened curds\u00a0atop dollops of plum and graham cracker crumbs.<\/p>\n

\"Sweet,<\/a>
Sweet, light, subtle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tasting menu with the non-alcoholic drinks pairing;<\/strong><\/p>\n

Snails, pumpkin, marrow, dried apples –\u00a0Drink: Apple, red pepper, pumpkin<\/em><\/p>\n

Woundwort, goat cheese, bread leaven, spruce –\u00a0Drink: Celery, elderflower, bay leaf<\/em><\/p>\n

Pike perch, mackerel, kale, kohlrabi –\u00a0Drink: Plum, cranberry, dill<\/em><\/p>\n

Fallow deer, black garlic, chokeberry, ginger –\u00a0Drink: Red cabbage, cranberry, rosemary<\/em><\/p>\n

Beef brisket, veal, potatoes, onion –\u00a0Drink: Potato, cherry, thyme<\/em><\/p>\n

Cheese from Krasoles\u00ed –\u00a0Drink: Plum, Earl grey, juniper<\/em><\/p>\n

Curd, plum jam, plum brandy, spruce – Drink: something unlisted but it came in two egg shell halves in a bed of growing\u00a0chives.<\/em><\/p>\n

Intense chocolate truffle, almond nougat ball –\u00a0Drink: kickass espresso.<\/em><\/p>\n

Replete, entertained, and satisfied\u00a0we departed, astonished that it was now past 4pm. In charity with all the world, we impulsively stopped in the Alchemist Museum. This was unfortunate choice. Dim\u00a0room, crammed with props so fake\u00a0even poor\u00a0lighting couldn\u2019t disguise them. In a word, cheesy. The one thing worth seeing was a bookcase that pivoted, opening a secret door to an underground stone and brick passage that led to two rooms that sadly had still more inept props and a horrendously lame soundtrack (loud bubbling and clanking sounds). Don\u2019t get me started on the cringe-worthy paintings\u00a0of the Rabbi with his golem and Tycho Brahe. \u00a0Robin and I made sotto voce cynical comments, so we wouldn\u2019t spoil the experience of the only other customer, a gullible\u00a0young woman who very badly wanted it all to be real. \u00a0\u201cHere is a beaker with real gold distilled from flowers! We have the original recipe for eternal youth, elixir for sale in the gift shop!\u201d Oh please. Go home and watch Death Becomes Her<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0I wanted to suggest.\u00a0 It\u2019s more realistic.<\/p>\n

\"This<\/a>
This looks way better here than it did there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Make a slight detour to the Bakeshop (don\u2019t judge) en route to\u00a0the art supply store. I\u00a0found a Czech-made sketchbook with toned paper, just the right size, while Robin did an audio tour of the old town. Walked back via a bridge not the Charles, listening to the Mala Strana audio tour. Followed signs to a little fabric shop at the back of a courtyard, and bought a dusty rose-colored silk scarf because, color.<\/p>\n

\"Silks\"<\/a>
Silks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Back in my\u00a0room at the delightful Golden Well, I struggled a little with iPhoto, which seems to be my daily penance. No idea why some images download and others do not. I keep trying various methods to semi -effective avail. I keep swearing I won\u2019t blow another evening trying to make that dog hunt, and then I fall back into the abyss. It will all be worthwhile later, when I have this record to remind me of my adventure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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