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Picture choosen by: MissMing Fang Xie Hungarian cuisine There are over 1,000 restaurants, offering traditional and international cuisine in Hungary. The Hungarian restaurants were growing very fast in the past ten years, the flavours have been growing: French, Chinese, Russian, Italian, Serbian, Indian, American, Greek, British, Czech, Danish, even vegetarian or kosher eateries have been opened. You will not have any difficulty in finding a place to eat which fits your budget.
Somebody said that the simplest way to learn a nation is through its cuisine. This city has a number of flavours. Actually what is Hungarian cuisine like? Many think that Hungarians eat heavy, fatty dishes, a key ingredient of which is the throat-burning hot red paprika. Maybe you will fell disappointed if you are one of the many. Lard has long been replaced with vegetable oils, and red paprika is only used to enhance the flavour of the dishes.

The first thing that people recall about Hungarian cuisine is goulash, which is, contrary to popular belief, not a stew but an artistically prepared thick soup. Sour creamis often used to soften flavour.
You must try fish soup, chicken paprika, good home-made pörkölt (stew) and the excellent fresh-water fishes: grilled pike-perch, trout with almond. Also compulsory is goose liver. Whether fried or grilled, cold or hot, it is simply unforgettable.

Only the larger restaurants have their menus printed in foreign languages. To help you select your dish, some useful ‘restaurant' words are included in our glossary. Desserts would deserve a separate chapter. The most delicious ones are strudels, Gundel pancakes, somlói dumplings and gesztenyepüré (cooked chestnuts mashed, topped with whipped cream). Specialities include salty and sweet pastas, of which túrós csusza (pasta with curd and sour cream) is warmly recommended.

Drinks
Pálinka: This alcoholic drink is distilled from fruit grown in the orchards situated on the Great Hungarian Plain. It is a spirit native to Hungary and comes in a variety of flavours including apricot (barack) and cherry (cseresznye).

Beer: Beer goes well with many traditional Hungarian dishes and so many Hungarians chose to drink is with their lunch.
The 3 main Hungarian breweries are: Arany Ászok, Kõbányai, and Dreher.

Wine: The choice of good wine is available in Hungary has increased dramarically over the past few years. Most popular styles include: dry white Chardonnay and Reisling, medium-dry Zöldszilváni, Harslevelû and Szürkebarát, medium-sweet Tramini and the aromatic Muskotály.
Among red wine, the dry Kékfrankos, Burgundi, Oportó, Cabernet and Pinot Noir are popular. From the medium-dry Merlot is one of the best ones. Eger is well known for its wine and the robust red Egri Leányka and the dry red Egri Bikavér will show you why. There is a special type of wine called Tokaji, which is a dessert wine. Its bouquet and flavour come from mould that grows only in the fork of the Bodrog and Tisza rivers and the volcanic soil in which the vines grow. There is sweet, dry, full-bodied and rich. Try Tokaji Aszú!
Hungarians enjoy drinking refreshing spritzers. This is basically a proportion of wine with a bproportion of soda water.
Unicum: For over 150 years, a blend of 40 Hungarian herbs has been used to create Unicum.

Tips:
There are places that you mustn't miss: the Százéves Restaurant, the world-famous Matthias Cellar and the luxurious Gundel Restaurant. To see the "other face" of Hungarian cuisine, you must go to small restaurants where tables are covered with gingham tablecloths. One thing is certain: the excellent dishes of Pest and Buda are worth trying in an attempt to explore the city which can boast with the highest number of Oscar-winning cooks.
The best Budapest restaurant guide Take a seat is available in bookshops in Hungarian, German and English languages, also you can check out our own list of restaurantshere. Or check ourRestaurants by style.
One of the most important, the New York Café opened in 1894, was considered the world's most beautiful and largest café. Cinema owners, advertising agents, actors and journalists stayed from early morning to noon, a posh audience spent the evening here, and finally gamblers, female acrobats and musicians turned up during the small hours. It was certainly a varied clientele but not without interest. The bustling café life began to wither after 1945: the miracle has faded by today. Still, when you enter the New York, you might imagine what it was like back in the glorious days. Other Hungary Travel Guides Getting There Shopping Key Facts Getting Around Food and Drink Climate Things To See Money Festival

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