Best of Budapest

[The original Hungarian article was posted on July 30, 2014] I was shoveling frozen French fries and a fairly tasteless chunk of breaded meat into my face in the third best restaurant in Frankfurt when I began to have serious doubts about Tripadvisor’s top list. The idea behind the top list is…

The good news is that a new store, Őshonos, recently opened on Radnóti utca where you can pig out on all manner of succulent delights – specially seasoned sausages, bacons, cheeses and nostalgic saveloys and frankfurters. Őshonos was created by Sándor Kerekes, the Hungarian Grey cattle…

There are places that are definitely missing in Budapest, but you don’t realize it until they aren’t missing anymore. Deep within the recesses of my mind I’ve always thought that Budapest could really use a bright, well-designed cultural entertainment center with a Mediterranean atmosphere –…

I won’t waste time describing the place. It’s pretty much the way it always has been, and the quality is just as sensational. There are very few restaurants in the neighborhood that can be taken seriously. Laci, however, is one of the country’s finest restaurants. It’s fantastic. They offer…

Zazzi has always been a special place, but a lot of the pleasure was ruined by the hour-long trip to get there. And when you feel like eating some kind of sweet treat, it’s not like you want to wait an hour for it. If your carbohydrate overdose is more than ten minutes away, you’ll pull a…