I can only think about the Mediterranean region since Sunday. For this problem I have chosen the cheapest from several adequate options of solution. I went to the Sonkaarcok (Hamfaces) located at the Egyetem tér and I have ordered a big wooden platter full of Spanish ham.
So many friends of mine suggested me to visit this place which was opened at the same place where the former confectionery named Lila Körte was. Though I think the owners are the same because the bill was issued at the end by the Lila Körte Kft.
But don’t look so far
Good location and the good concept are the great advantages of Sonkaarcok. Lighter, simple dishes are offered for the guests during the day and cheap menu at noon. In the evening, the place becomes a bar kitchen with bands and parties. So a kind of Mediterranean thingy, which is pretty good in the middle of the winter, but I think we will only see its real profile from the beginning of summer.
Until then we can try the food. The daily menu wasn’t especially exciting, though what I could realize by watching the tables nearby was that the portions are big and the dishes looked good. I rather wanted to try something ham-like so after a short chat with the lady behind the counter she convinced me that I need a Catalan ham plate.
After a few minutes this arrived to my table:
On one hand those, who are usually do the shopping at the Culinaris or know the Picanter on Rákóczi út (behind that there was the same Papas, who is playing guitar on a jamon Serrano on the home page of Sonkaarcok, but I cannot follow these relations between the owners), or simply have been to Spain before, won’t get a shock because already have seen something like this before.
Even an experienced ham eater feels happy seeing the whole composition of the wooden plate with the professionally thinly sliced hams. The quality of the ingredients is good and varied enough to taste always something different with every bite. The ham was good and I could’ve eaten loads of chorizo which is my favourite greasy salami (you can see it in the picture).
Now I regret not having asked the name of it.
I could have imagined more than one kind of cheese on my plate. Black olives were also the simpler industrial ones, wasn’t particularly good. I liked the bakery goods and the lemonade was simply sensational.
Altogether it wasn’t cheap. The total amount was 3000 HUF (10€), but the price of the daily menu is way cheaper. But it could be fun to have a ham plate like this for two at night, drinking wine besides it and listening to music. It is like being in Madrid and I would rather be here than sitting in a fast food restaurant or having a hot sandwich at an unworthy place.
Sonkaarcok
Budapest, Kecskeméti utca 2.
003617946137
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