Pod Chochołami

Let’s be honest, I only go here because of its convenient location next to where I study. For this reason I regard it more as a canteen than a café and I use it as a place to get away from the reading rooms or rather as a pit-​stop in between classes to fill my thermos with tea… which I then take away to enjoy somewhere else!
The student filter coffee can be moody– as in its flavour seems to change every day and you’re never too sure whether to get it here or run upstairs to one of the vending machines instead… Adding heaps of milk usually works wonders though.
So while the place is not all that classy and you expect the same dry chicken roulade to be waiting for you every day, the food is in fact edible on those odd days! The other day I even dare say the lunch was mouth-​wateringly good (lemon-​chicken in a curry sauce with buckwheat and green salad, yum!). The soup of the day is great _​every time_​, the pasta not bad either with lots of sauces to choose from, sandwiches vary and while I find the baguettes to be dry and less appetising the round whole wheat sandwiches with ham and cheese are quite tasty. The chocolate pancake is a nice treat, though I’m not the biggest fan of the chicken curry pancake option.
The trick is to start lining up for the lunch which starts at 12noon to get it as fresh as possible. Earlier around 10am your best best option would be the hard boiled egg salad. A double portion of this worth 6 zl will keep you full at least for a while.
Geesh, I spend way too much time in this place!