dessert
Oct 02 '09
Paris Hilton's Sweet Budapest Surprise
As our colleagues over at Pestiside.hu recently noted, American socialite, heiress, media personality, model, singer, author, fashion designer and actress Paris Hilton was in Budapest last month to preside over the opening of a downtown luxury boutique. They learned...
Nov 28 '08
Hungarians Eat Fewer Sweets than Other Europeans, But All At Once
Via fogyasztok.hu comes news of an interesting survey recently conducted by Hungary's Association of Sweets Producers, which reveals that Hungarians much less in the way of sweets than the average European. According to the study, Magyars consume four kilograms...
Nov 11 '08
Dream of World's Tallest Túrós Palacsinta Ends in Tasty Failure
An attempt to make the world's tallest túrós palacsinta tower has failed. The effort was spurred by users of the unusual community website Mr. Noproblem, who submit wishes to the site (e.g. "I want to spend a weekend in Miami")...
Oct 21 '08
They Really Weren't Joking About Taking Túró Rudi to China
No matter how often the story of the Chinese Túró Rudi rises to the top, it always smells a little bit off. But despite these suspicions, it finally looks like Hungary's number one dairy snack really will be rolling off...
Sep 25 '08
Some Blessed Ice Cream at the Basilica
With the sun having just popped its head over the clouds and the long and grim winter already on the horizon, now's a good time to pop out for a nice tasty ice cream. If that logic makes sense...
Sep 03 '08
The Early Bird Gets the Strudel at Rózi Néni Rétesei
When you think of Budapest, great street food does not immediately come to mind. More often that not, you are either stuck with the omnipresent gyros-stand, or, as of late, an American Hot Dog cart, looking like some misbegotten,...
Mar 12 '08
Hungarian Experiment in All-American Baking Gets C for Cupcake, A for Effort
Cupcakes might be all the rage in other places around the world, in Hungary, as readers craving these teacup-sized cakes smothered in frosting have discovered, they're harder to come by than fine-dining Budapest restaurants that aren't Tom-George clones. Not...
Feb 25 '08
It's "Häagen Daze and Confusion" as Luxury Ice Cream Hits the Hungarian Food Court
The week before last we said we'd be happier going out to the mall than some fancy restaurant for Valentine's Day, especially if the last course was served at Hungary's first-ever dedicated Häagen-Dazs ice cream parlor, over at the...
Feb 14 '08
If You Really Love Us, You'll Take Us to the Mall for Valentine's Day Dinner
If Valentine's Day has yet to become a universally-recognized tradition in Hungary, the concept of "Lovers' Day" has certainly become a familiar annual ritual for many Budapest restaurants. Each year, the weeks before February 14 see our email in-box flooded...
Feb 12 '08
Desperate Readers in Hunt for Local Lebanese, All-American Fluff
Compared to the dark days of a decade or more ago, Budapest today is an international culinary Disneyland, with restaurants and shops offering cuisines and specialties from every corner of the globe. But not everything! In recent days the following...
Sep 05 '07
Hungary's Biggest Dessert Treat Heads to World's Biggest Market
The slow but inexorable march of Hungary's favorite sweet snack took a giant leap forward at a Hungarian-Chinese economic forum held in Beijing on Monday, when a recently-formed Hungarian company, EU-Milk Technologies Kft. signed a co-operation contract with a Chinese...
Jul 18 '07
Budapest Animals Escape the Heat with Tasty Icy Treats; Humans Not So Much
If you're currently in Budapest, we don't need to tell you that the city is in the midst of a brutal heat wave. But here are two hőhullám (and food) related items you might not have heard. One is...
Apr 03 '07
You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream for Túró Rudi Ice Cream!
In yet another indication that God may in fact exist, the leading producer of Hungary's uniquely delicious chocolate-covered cheese curd snack is launching a brand of jégkrém. The as-yet unnamed product from the Túró Rudi brand known in Hungary as...
Dec 04 '06
Little Bites: Competition Office Cracks Hungarian Egg Mafia!
Here are a few serious food and bev stories that have been making the rounds in Hungary over the past few days: Hungary's anti-monopoly watchdog (GVH) on Friday accused the nation's leading eggmakers of operating a cartel. The GVH said...
Oct 04 '06
So Much Better to Savor Your Fánk With A Fork
It's hard to find a person who doesn't love the occasional donut (a.k.a. "doughnut"). But even diligent ignorers of health guidelines in donut-loving countries around the world sometimes find it hard to scarf down this glorious marriage of batter...
