Comments on: Malesice – Prague’s Little Hanoi

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:02:01 +0000

Ahoj Svitkovy, thanks so much for your comment. Meeting people with intersecting and common experiences is one facet of our travels (and blogging about them) that we really find enjoyable.

We’re glad that you found the information on the Vietnamese markets in Sapa and Malesice useful. We always enjoyed going there. And if you haven’t gathered from our site already, we’re sort of “under the skin” travelers who don’t just get off the beaten path. Our goal is find the redeemable but surprising places where virtually no one seems to go.

No where is this more relevant than Prague. We still contend that the most beautiful and authentic places happen to be the residential districts outside of the city center – places where you’ll hear more Czech being spoken than English. The suggestions/neighborhoods you list are all right on.

Thanks for the well wishes…please share our site with others who might find it interesting. Cau!

By: Jana Chu Svitek

Jana Chu Svitek — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:48:56 +0000

Audrey and Dan,
Treasure of a find to come aross your website…My husband, Ondrej, and I just came back from travels to his home country last night, and having not been back for 3 years, we certainly noticed the huge increase in # of Vietnamese manning ovoce-zelenina stores and vecerky…As I am Asian-American (Cinanka) and as our fave cuisine in the world is Vietnamese, we were wondering where on Earth in Praha we would be able to find Pho and try our hand at their food (I’m from CA..no more needs to be said in the way of Vietnamese encounters there).

Thanks for educating us about this area of Praha, as well as the Sapa area too! You both are brilliant for being able to forge your way and live for years in Prague. We love staying there very much, and try our darndest to stay away from tourists and touristy activities (I think hiking over Vitkov to Karlin from Zizkov, all of Petriny area, and getting lost in Stresovice and Bohnice on purpose definitely count!).

Best wishes for your joint venture in starting uncorneredmarket!
Well wishes from Portland, OR
Sviteks

By: Cathy

Cathy — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 11:17:13 +0000

A and D,
Yes, it’s true. But we are inspired to try the other pho places at Malesice — and someone told us to look also for an authentic and good CHINESE place, which is entered through the kitchen, take a plate, point at what you want and pay 70 crowns (about $3.50).
Good luck in the search for vegetables.
Cathy

By: Audrey

Audrey — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:18:51 +0000

Cathy,
Say it isn’t so!! Where will we go for pho next time we’re in Prague?! Maybe the Sapa Vietnamese market in Prague 4…

We are very much in meat land right now in Uzbekistan. We started dreaming of a big bowl of pho with fresh herbs when we read your comment….

Let us know if you find a new pho place!
Audrey

By: Cathy

Cathy — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:44:19 +0000

Dear Audrey and Dan and anyone looking for pho in Prague,

This week on a coolish evening we decided to venture to Malesice for pho.

The fabulous pho place is gone!

The owners were there, in the empty shell of their shop, and we asked “what’s up?” — too tired, too much work, not reopening.

We ate in another place which was good but heavy on cinska sul (MSG) and no fresh basil, sprouts or saw tooth greens.

I hope you’re well in spite of this sad news. I’m in recovery.

Ciao for now,
Cathy