cuisines: vietnamese

Feb 03 '10

Why Are Budapest's Only Vietnamese Restaurants Halfway to Hoi An?

While I've never met an Asian cuisine I didn't like, I've long had an extremely soft spot for Vietnamese. Indeed, just the other night I cooked up a big pot of cà ri gà, or chicken curry with sweet...

Dec 21 '06

Desk Test: Same Same Chinese Food, But Different

The Delivery: Pho Bo Vietnamese beef & noodle soup (Ft 840); Phad Thai fried prawn rice noodles (Ft 1,440); Brownie (Ft 380). From: Tuk-Tuk, via Netpincér.hu The Lowdown: While the delivery options available to Budapest couch potatoes and office...

Nov 30 '06

Ambushing the Flying Vietnamese Dragon of District IX

In just about an hour, a group of Budapest's most enthusiastic gourmands will descend on a non-descript storefront restaurant near Nagyvárad tér in Budapest's District IX for a much-anticipated culinary event. Unfortunately, we couldn't make it to the dinner...

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 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...