sandwiches
Nov 26 '07
Budget Budapest: Be Happy at Fruccola, or Else
My favorite thing about Fruccola, which opened a few months back on Arany János in District V, is the orange juice squeezer. It is worth going just to watch it in action, robotically juicing orange after orange and spitting...
Nov 15 '07
Czech Crocodile Thrashes Slovak Leopard in Foreign Sandwich Face-Off
There was a time in Budapest when sandwich options were easy, and very home-grown: There were the open-faced canopies served at few select büfés, or the meleg szendvics (which appetizingly translates as "warm sandwich"), an increasingly endangered species usually...
Nov 08 '07
A Juicy Family Affair Opens in District VIII
A few years back, Michael Chapman (above) decided to open a café in Budapest. Everyone told him it would take a while - a long while. And indeed, it has taken a lifetime. Luckily for Chapman - he is...
Mar 07 '07
Desk Test: Petit Balkan Street Meat Holds Own Against Huge Gyros Hústál
Delivery 1: Ambrózia Gyros tál birkából (Ambrózia mutton gyro plate, Ft 990); Pieskovica (Pljeskavica, Ft 790); Görög saláta pirítóssal (Greek salad with toast, Ft 590) From: Ambrózia Étterem, via Netpincér.hu Delivery 2: Gyros tál csípősen (Spicy gyros platter, Ft...
Mar 02 '07
Diaspora Food News (I): Australians, Americans Shock With "Hungarian" Parmesan Rolls, Olive Oil Gulyás
In addition to keeping an eye on what's cooking here in Hungary, we try to occasionally check in and see what the millions of "hyphenated" Hungarians living abroad are doing to keep the homeland's culinary traditions going. And it's...
Jan 17 '07
Culinaris Sandwiches as Great as Expected
The Culinaris branch in Perc utca opened almost exactly a year ago. It might seem a little silly to celebrate the birthday of a gourmet food store, but we are dealing with a special case here. The history of Budapest...
Dec 13 '06
Desk Test: Sandwiches Delivered From The Four Corners Of Europe
When it comes to ordering food, it usually comes down to a choice of pizza, pizza or pizza, although there sure are some real genre-bending offerings out there. So when we heard that the cold sarnies at Il Treno were...
Oct 24 '06
It May Not Be Genuine Philly, But It Will Damn Sure Do
In the world of American cuisine, few things are more beloved, and heatedly fought over, than the Philadelphia cheesesteak, also known as the Philly cheesesteak, or simply the steak and cheese sandwich. While containing only beef, cheese, bread, (usually)...
Sep 25 '06
District VII Café Pulls Bohemian Rabbits Out of Hat
Naming your new café after a cult kids TV show is always a good idea, given how much time even non-hipsters spend reminiscing about the idiot boxes of their youth. "Bob and Bobek" (above, with big floppy ears; we're...
Sep 18 '06
Czech "Robo-Sandwich" Wars Spread to Hungary
Around the world, and especially in Hungary, foodies love to make fun of the culinary traditions of the Czechs. But if the Bohemians preside over a kitchen that historically has been one of Europe's most bland and uninspiring (and...
Sep 14 '06
The Many Mysteries of Budapest Lite's Filet Mignon Sandwich
Our ongoing curiosity about the world of Hungarian beef was piqued again following a flying visit to high-class sandwich emporium Budapest Lite's Andrássy út outlet, where we happened upon the above-pictured "filet mignon" sandwich. Filet mignon? Could it really...
