I have just returned from a long weekend in Budapest, a very pretty city (even if a bit on the nippy side) with great architecture, a brilliant zoo, some very relaxing thermal baths and £2 pints of beer! The two things which blew me away the most was the food and Hungarian wine.
Our first evening we wanted to try a traditional Hungarian restaurant, it was cold outside and some warming, comfort food was needed. We went to a restaurant called Fatal, which even if the name was off-putting the food wasn't! The menu was really cool, using lots of different fonts and a lopsided design made it feel more rustic. The restaurant was really dark, wood panelled with stained glass windows.
We went traditional - I had a beef goulash with noodles (they were more like gnocchi) and Mat went for pork and cabbage, which had a ridiculous amount of raw onions. Both were stodgy but full of flavour, the portions were HUGE and neither of us could finish which is unlike us! We washed it down with a Hungarian red wine called Gere Villany Portugieser.
They also did platters to share and the size of them were amazing, lots of people took home the leftovers. Even though we were stuffed we still went for an ice cream to share.
The beef goulash looks good and I love the little frying pans :-)
ReplyDeleteThe ice cream to share looks like it may have been impossible to eat without it falling on the table?!