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Taste of Prague Podcast Ep 9: Brewsta, aka Czech Please
To quote David Letterman, my next guest needs no introduction. That is, if you’ve been living in Prague for the past decade or so and have had a keen interest in food. The one, the only, Czech Please, aka Brewsta, aka the Masked Food Critic. Okay, I made that last one up - got carried away a bit here.
Anyway, Brewsta started his Prague-centric English-writted food blog back in 2007, as the first… ehhh… Prague-centric English-writted food blog back then. There literally was nothing else - either the horribly metaphoric (and secretly distorted by hidden friendships and behind-the-back deals) Czech restaurant reviews in the mainstream media, or Brewsta. We followed him religiously, and if I am ever diagnosed with diabetes, I will blame all the chocolate fondants I ate because of Brewsta in between, let’s say 2009 and 2012. Amazingly, the blog is still live, and I think this is the only reason why blogspot as a platform should never be unplugged from the interwebs.
What has ready made Brewsta famous around Prague have been his Prague burger rankings, a tradition of 13 years now. Ranking anywhere between the city’s best 20 to 30 burgers, Brewsta is putting his body on the line so that you don’t have to. And people listen. I am always amazed how even Czechs who normally do not follow English-speaking food-related outlets can list the top five burgers out of Brewsta’s list every single year.
Another thing that you should know about Brewsta is his strong desire to stay anonymous through his entire blogging career and a strong separation of his private life from his blogging life. So we avoid questions that might in any way reveal his real identity.
Which was a bummer for us - we wanted to conduct the interview in a burger joint, seeing Brewsta do what he does best: eat and rate a burger. But he does not want to draw attention to himself and let people in the food industry know what he looks like. Luckily, the good people at Mr. HotDog made a special delivery to the door of our Taste of Prague apartment where we held the interview, so you will hear Brewsta munching away at their delicious beef sliders and listen to his burger ranking process.
We also discuss his 2020 Prague burger rankings that came out on the day of the interview, his experience as an expat living in Prague for 20+ years, the sustainability and the environmental footprint of the beef industry, and whether he will ever rate vegetarian or vegan burgers. Listen away, Brewsta is a great guy to meet and interview.
Taste of Prague Podcast Ep 9: Brewsta, aka Czech Please, Prague Burger Enthusiast and Food Blogger
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