Svickova Na Smetane appears as a signature dish in 1 Czech Republic cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Svickova na smetane · Prague
Marinated beef sirloin in a thick root-vegetable cream sauce, served with bread dumplings, cranberry jam and a swirl of whipped cream on top. Czech home cooking at its richest.
Svickova evolved in Bohemian bourgeois kitchens through the 19th century. Marinating tough cuts in vegetable brine softened them; the cream sauce thickened from root vegetables pureed after braising. By 1900 it was the canonical Sunday lunch across Czech households, often paired with the family's Pilsner. Now it anchors the Lokal pub menu and turns up in modernised tasting-menu form at Field and La Degustation.
Where to eat in Prague:
- Lokal Dlouhaaa
- U Modre Kachnicky
- Lokal Hamburk
- Vycep