Krakow specialty
Oscypek - it's handmade smoked cheese made from sheep's milk.
Genuine sheep cheese are made in the Tatra Mountains.
Watch out for counterfeit - doing it with milk mixtures.
Best buy Oscypki in Zakopane, or on folk fairs.
The original Oscypek is smooth and shiny from fat. Fresh when cut should be flexible and have a yellowish color.
Note: Oscypek is made only to the period from May to September, and sold to the end of October. Should weigh from 60 to 80 grams and measure 17 to 23 inches. Skin may not be very dark.
Traditional kabanos [sausages]
Krakowski Kredens - highest quality products, mainly made in a traditional manner. Smoked on open, alder and beech wood fires. Unique in their category, prepared from the best kinds of meat.
Their colour and taste is due to a natural smoking process - no dyes. Highest quality ingredients guarantee an exceptional flavour.
Company store: Galeria Krakowska,
Krakow - Pawia 5 street
Wawel sweet
Do not forget to buy sweet gifts home.
Wawel is a well known label branded sweets.
Wanted in the world are such sweet treats as:
> Kasztanki
> Tiki-Taki
> Michałki
Wawel has company store in the royal castle and the main square in Krakow.
Everyone may compose the set of its most favorite sweets in the store. The sweets may be packed in small stylish boxes.
Wawel specialty is also chocolate dessert