Warsaw, Poland | June 1

Today is our meeting with our Polish clients….or potential clients actually. This is a pitch. But our meeting isn’t until 3pm, so we have time to see a little more of the city. Back to olde town we go.



Storybook land. That’s what it looks like.



Bob looked for gifts, and Klaudia and I wandered around, me taking pictures mostly.



Mostly, this area is full of tourists, so it’s not exactly like we’re seeing the real Poland. Whatever. You can’t get a true feel for a culture or a place by spending 48 hours in it. You get the guide book version.



One Polish client told us that “traditional Polish” restaurants were for tourists. Polish people wanted to eat Italian, sushi, continental, etc…, just like everyone else. If you wanted to eat traditional Polish food, you had your grandmother cook it.



We had our presentation, which went well, and met back at the hotel, where it turned out, our clients were staying as well. Long story. One client was from Krakow, and the other, Budapest. We decided to eat at the hotel that night since our client recommended it highly. As he put it, if you want to go out and see the city, that’s fine, but if you want the best kitchen, eat here. The restaurant’s executive chef is the famous Jean-Georges Vongerichten. He was half a dozen restaurants in New York alone, in addition to Singapore, Vegas and London.



It was phenomenal. And cheap. With two bottles of wine, the bill was less than $400. That’s very good.