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 Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 5:05 am Post subject: FOOD & DINING IN HUNGARY / HUNGARY DINING GUIDE |
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FOOD & DINING IN HUNGARY
GENERAL
There was a time not long ago when all Budapest had to offer its hoards of hungry tourists and locals were hundreds of traditional restaurants offering slabs of fatty breaded and fried pork, surly service and not a vegetable in sight. How times have changed!
Since 1990 and the new political system, restaurants, clubs, bars and cafés have begun appearing in the hundreds. Now, you can find more dishes than you can shake a chip at, involving every ingredient from whatever country that takes your fancy, from the high luxury of Gundel to the simple student handout, from Mongolian barbecued meat to Middle Eastern falafel chickpea balls and salad. You can eat anything and everything here from fast food (McDonalds, Burger King, Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken) to long leisurely lunches for business or pleasure on the leafy terraces of Remiz or Feszek.
Table service is common, although there are many inexpensive self-service restaurants. A typical menu offers two or three courses at inexpensive rates. Fine dairy and pastry shops (cukrászda) offer light meals. Eszpresszó coffee bars and drink bars offer refreshments.
Hungarians love their cakes and Gerbeaud and Auguszt make some of the most mouth-watering pastries, desserts and torte. One thing to try is the Langos—a Hungarian delicacy. This deep-fried frisbee-sized doughnut is served with sour cream, grated cheese and a splash of garlic water dribbled from a jam jar using a twig and feather device. Such delights are more difficult to find these days, replaced by the all-pervasive burger, but you can still try one in vegetable or flea markets and these are an essential start to bargain hunting on a bitter winter's morning—preferably accompanied by a shot of powerful pear palinka (brandy).
National specialties
• Halászlé (fish soups).
• Goulash gulyás soup (Western goulash is called pörkölt or tokány).
• Stuffed vegetables.
• Sweet cakes.
• Gundel palacsinta (pancake).
• Goose liver.
• Paprikás csirke (paprika chicken).
• Kolbasz (spicy sausage).
• Samlói galuska (a sponge, chocolate, rum and cream dessert).
National drinks
• Tokaji (strong dessert wine).
• Bull’s Blood (strong red wine).
• Pálinka or barack (apricot brandy).
Tipping: 10 to 15 per cent is expected for nearly all services in restaurants, bars and clubs.
PLACES TO DINE IN BUDAPEST
Fausto's
VII. Dohány ut. 5,
Budapest
Tel: (+36 1) 269-6806
Fax: (+36 1) 269-6806
Website: www.fausto.hu
Gundel
XIV. Állatkerti út. 2,
Budapest
Tel: (+36 1) 468-4040
Fax: (+36 1) 363-1917
Email: info@gundel.hu
Website: www.gundel.hu
Horgásztanya
I. Fő ut. 27,
Budapest
Tel: (+36 1) 212-3780
Fax: (+36 1) 225-8350
Kárpátia
V. Ferenciek tere 7-8,
Budapest
Tel: (+36 1) 317-3596
Fax: (+36 1) 318-0591
Email: restaurant@karpatia.hu
Website: www.karpatia.hu
Képíró
V. Képíró u. 3,
Budapest
Tel: (+36 1) 266-0430/ 25
Fax: (+36 1) 266-0425
Email: kepiro@hotmail.com
Website: www.kepirorestaurant.hu
La Fontaine
V. Mérleg ut, 10,
Budapest
Tel: (+36 1) 317-3715
Fax: (+36 1) 318-8562
Website: www.lafontaine.hu
Lou Lou
V. Vigyázó Ferenc ut. 4,
Budapest
Tel: (+36 1) 472-0595
Fax: (+36 1) 472-0595
Website: www.loulou.hu
Maharaja
III. Bécsi út 89-91,
Budapest
Tel: (+36 1) 250-7544/ 388-6863
Fax: (+36 1) 388-6863
Email: maharaja@maharaja.hu
Website: www.maharaja.hu
Óceán Bár and Grill
V. Petőfi tér 3,
Budapest
Tel: (+36 1) 266-1826
Website: www.oceanbargrill.com
Okay Italia
XIII. Szent István krt. 20,
Budapest
Tel: (+36 1) 349-2991/ 332-6960
Email: okayitalia@okayitalia.hu
Website: www.okayitalia.hu |
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