I haven’t had much experience sampling Hungarian food outside of Hungary, and the ones that I have had haven’t been memorable. I spend enough time in Hungary anyway so that when I leave the country I want to eat anything but Hungarian food. But Al’s Corner Restaurant, which I wrote about on Chew.hu, seems to [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Eating Hungarian Style’
October 12, 2007
Quinces in the Market
I picked up this lovely piece of quince “cheese” a few days ago from market. Read what I wrote about it on Chew.hu.
Besides eating it with cheese and roasted meat, I’d love some suggestions for other ways to eat it!
September 24, 2007
Pumpkin Seed Oil and Pumpkin Seed Bread
This was a hot summer in Budapest and when we didn’t feel like cooking, our standard meal was a big tomato salad drenched in this deliciously nutty tasting pumpkin seed oil. The oil has a strong, distinctive taste which is probably acquired. I actually didn’t like it the first time I tried it several years [...]
September 14, 2007
Only in Hungary: Túró Rudi Ice Cream
It’s starting to feel less and less like summer here it Budapest, and a few days have even been downright cold. This weather may manage to bring an end to one of my guiltiest recent habits–my daily fixes of túró rudi ice cream bars (or, more accurately, “Pöttyös Jégkrém”). The túró rudi, in case you’re [...]
September 11, 2007
Plum Dumplings (Szilvás Gombóc)
As I’ve already mentioned, plum dumplings are one of my favorite Hungarian foods. I’ve also already said that plums are now flooding the markets, at least they will be for a bit longer—and I’ll be taking full advantage of them until they’re gone. Hungarians are passionate about these dumplings, and it’s easy to see why [...]
September 5, 2007
Pasta, Cheese, Peppers, and Tomatoes (túrós csusza with lecsó)
One of my all-time favorite Hungarian dishes is túrós csusza. And it’s even better when it’s served with lecsó. Túrós csusza is essentially pasta with curd cheese (either cow’s or sheep’s milk)* and lecsó is pepper and tomato stew seasoned with paprika. It only requires simple ingredients, and I could eat it night after night [...]
September 1, 2007
Plum Jam (Szilva Lekvár)
Until last summer when I discovered how easy it is to make jam in my own kitchen, I coveted the jars of homemade apricot jam that my mother-in-law provided us with. I worried about the gap between when our jar ran out and when we’d get a new one. Then I watched how she made [...]
August 26, 2007
The Country Life
This is the second summer in a row that we’ve left Budapest and headed to the Hungarian countryside for some falusi turizmus (or “rural tourism”) and we’re already planning our next trip. It was a fantastic week of total isolation spent in a tanya (peasant farm house) on the prairie, not far from Kecskemet. Though [...]
