It would seem that the delicacies of the Witcher's universe are available only in roadside taverns or town premises. Nothing could be further from the truth! Culinary arts also appeared in the rivian caverns and pits, where their inhabitants develop their recipes.

The first time we can hear about elf and onion soup during dialogue between Geralt and Troll in the game Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings.

Geralt: What's in the pot?

Troll: Soup - elf and onion. Gooood. Want try?

Geralt: I don't really care for onions.

Troll: Stupid witsha. Elf good taste with onions...Tomato like.



The topic of this soup also appeared in the form of a Gwent card in the new Witcher game called Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales. It was brought to gamers attention twice: the card is given to Queen Meve after the conversation with the well-known troll called Shupe. And all this in thanks to the advice regarding a certain undertaking. Once again, the topic of the famous soup is raised during the Troll Gourmand battle - in addition to a surprise in the form of an unusual “culinary-themed” Gwent round where you have to play the ingredient card that matches the scent of each unit, we also learn which troll was the creator of the dish and how to acquire the necessary ingredients for it.

In one of Rivia’s many caverns dwells a blind troll known to locals as Sniff-Sniff. He is often seen along roadsides where he greets weary travelers and warmly invites them to his cave for soup. On occassion, utterly drained from hunger, some actually accept the offer and follow the troll to his home. They soon realize, however, that they’;; not enjoy a single slurp of his soup, but rather become a key ingredient in it.

You have to ask the trolls which had the opportunity to test our attempt to recreate the Sniff-Sniff recipe about whether we catch the quintessence of the soup flavor. We believe that our interpretation of the recipe appealed to them, otherwise he would not let us out of his caverns. By the way, for the matter of honor, we wanted to make a faithful reproduction of the image from the beautiful art of soup on the Gwent card made by Alicja Kapustka! We only ran out one elf finger ... (ear was added in post-production, so don't worry about any casualties...)