It’s great that the city is full of breakfast places, but many of them don’t open till 9 or 10 am. Everybody is already at work or school by then, and you could have a thousand reasons why you can’t plant yourself down for a bite. This is one of the most important things Sonkapult (Ham Counter) has going for it. It opens at 8 am, so you can easily pop in for breakfast on your way to work.
But later is okay too. They have ham on tap till late afternoon and some days till midnight.
The atmosphere is really great. The place is full of old stuff, with an antique ham slicer and an Italian scooter set up as a plant in the window. You got to love a place like this. The best time to come is Thursday evening, when you can get all the regular sandwiches as well as ham tapas and all kinds of other things for the same money. The place is packed, and people are even eating ham out on the street. The whole neighborhood has a Mediterranean feel at these times.
But even on slower days there’s no need to worry, because they always have a wide selection to choose from.
They have good, carefully selected ingredients. The sandwiches are baked and served on a sheet of drawing paper. It matches the atmosphere:
The final result is exquisite. The baguette, which is good, tends to dominate the flavor of the North Italian ham, which I felt was also a bit overwhelmed by the olives and dried tomatoes. But taken altogether, it’s superb as it is.
The Sonkapult is particularly good for breakfast and before or between drinks in the city center.
Sonkapult
Budapest, Rumbach Sebestyén utca 7
Mon–Wed: 08:00–18:00
Thurs–Fri: 08:00–24:00
Sat: 10:00–24:00
Tel: 06-30-713-1958
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