contributors: bob cohen
Apr 25 '07
Budapest's Long Non-Burek Nightmare Ends on Király Utca
Burek, the greasy, filling Balkan mad scientist's improvement on meat pies, has had a sketchy history in Budapest. In years past it was available at summer bars, particularly those featuring Yugo-refugee chefs fleeing the most recent Balkan war. One...
Nov 02 '06
Exploring Budapest's Four Tigers Food Market (V): Rong Rong is Right Right
Living in Hungary one can easily forgets that there are things known as "green vegetables." While most of our expatriated food needs have been either satiated or squelched over the course of time, our craving for good and diverse...
Oct 30 '06
Exploring Budapest's Four Tigers Food Market (IV): The Büfé of the Gods
While Budapest doesn't really have a distinct Chinatown with a great selection of fresh Asian ingredients, a bit of poking about reveals the secret places where Chinese "home style" and prepared food is available. First on our list is...
Oct 27 '06
Exploring Budapest's Four Tigers Food Market (III): Saying "Yes" to Pho
Even though Budapest's Four Tigers Chinese Market is best known as a place to get your kínai fix, there are other great tastes of the East to be had, including pho, the delicate soup found wherever Vietnamese are serving....
Oct 26 '06
Exploring Budapest's Four Tigers Food Market (II): The Dumpling Lady
As the weather gets cold, nothing warms the folks at the Four Tigers Chinese Market like shiu-jiao, or boiled dumplings. Boiled dumplings are the comfort food of North China, and a specialty of Beijing in particular. Most of the...
Oct 25 '06
Exploring Budapest's Four Tigers Food Market (I): Introduction
The old adage goes that if you want good Chinese food, look for the places where Chinese people eat. While kínai büfék seem to crowd every Budapest district, you never see Chinese folks eating in them. That's because they...
Oct 04 '06
What We Were Eating While You Were Wasting Your Weekend Voting
Seemingly overlooked during the tense election weekend, the Festival of Hungarian Gastronomy quietly took place in Budapest's City Park last Saturday and Sunday, attracting a sparse crowd of hungry Magyars to sample good, straightforward Hungarian food. Little publicity preceded...
