Budapest eat and drink
Eat and drink, Hungary
 18 Nov '23
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Budapest, Hungary is one of the best places for gastronomic adventures. The city is full of traditional and modern restaurants, where you can taste the delicious and varied dishes of Hungarian cuisine. But what is worth eating and drinking in Budapest? What foods, traditions and restaurants characterize Hungarian gastronomy? In this blog post, we present the most important information to make it easier for you to choose from the dining options in Budapest.

Hungarian cuisine is based on meat, vegetables, spices and dairy products. The most common meats are pork, beef, lamb, chicken and duck. Peppers, cabbage, potatoes, onions and tomatoes stand out among the vegetables. The best known of the spices is red pepper, which adds color and flavor to food. Among dairy products, cottage cheese, sour cream and cheese play an important role. Hungarian cuisine offers a variety of soups, vegetables, stuffed dishes and desserts.

If you are in Budapest, be sure to try these 8 traditional Hungarian dishes:

Gulyás

Gulyás
Gulyás

This is perhaps the best-known Hungarian dish, which is a thick soup made of beef, vegetables and red pepper. Goulash soup was originally a shepherd’s dish cooked in a cauldron. Today it can be found in almost every restaurant.

Roast

Ragout
Ragout
This is a ragout-like dish, usually made from pork, beef or lamb, stewed with onions, peppers and tomatoes. The stew is often served with dumplings (nokedli), tarhonya or potatoes.

Pepper Chicken

This is a creamy chicken dish flavored with sour cream and red pepper. Paprika chicken is usually eaten with dumplings or rice.

Stuffed cabba

This is one of the most popular stuffed dishes, consisting of minced meat and rice filling wrapped in sour cabbage leaves. The stuffed cabbage is cooked juicy and served with sour cream.

Lecsó

This is a vegetable stew made from peppers, tomatoes and onions. Lecsó can be seasoned with sausage or eggs. Lecsó can be eaten with bread or rice.
– Fish soup: This is a fish soup made from carp or other freshwater fish. The fish soup is flavored with strong red pepper and served with pasta or bread.

Kürtőskalács

This is a sweet cake that is rolled out of thin strips of dough onto a cylindrical shape, then baked in the oven or

 

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