The Food
In Vienna it was a kasekrainer in a bun, pretty much the world's best cheese sausage, a kiachl, that's cooked to order and is like a massive, fresh donut that comes with a big dollop of red currant jam, and krapfen, a big bread roll like thing that got pumped full of plum jam that wasn't really that great but was very more-ish.
Brat gave us kapustnica , an amazingly oily, comforting and warming cabbage soup with bits of sausage and speck in it, potato pancakes, one with smoked meat and cabbage and the other with goose fat, that weren't really to our tastes, cigánska pečienka that confirmed for us that pork in a bun with mustard is just pork in a bun with mustard and some poppy seed and cherry strudel that either wasn't very good or again, wasn't up our alley. We also had another "tradelink" that didn't live up to Brno's.
Drinks
Nothing to report here apart from a decent punč and medovina in Brat.
The Other Stuff
Vienna's markets do not hold back. Just like the city they're big, sprawling, spectacular and no cost is spared. Everything is over the top but always so tastefully done.
Brat's on the other hand are small, compact and make you feel like you're at home and very, very welcome.
The Verdict
I'd probably call this one a dead heat as they're too hard to split. Vienna's are massive and never end however aren't too repetitive whereas Brat's are smaller and cosier but what they do offer is of the highest quality. They were two great markets to finish on and the perfect way to finish a little stint within our trip that Nix had looked forward to for a long, long time.
