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Testing the New System 24 Jan 2012 | 05:53 am
Test test test. Oh boy this is muuuuuuuuch nicer than that icky Movable Type stuff.
Christmas Comes Early for British Food Fans in Budapest 10 Dec 2011 | 01:42 am
We’re breaking our pre-holiday break (don’t ask) to let you know that the now-annual “Great British Christmas Market” is now running at the Big Market Hall (Központi Vásárcsarnok) in Pest. Organized b...
To Do This Weekend: Tastes and Wines Versus Handicraft Flavors 18 Nov 2011 | 11:15 pm
If you like Hungarian food and wine and food and wine events, you may be facing a major dilemma this weekend, because two major fairs are taking place simultaneously on opposite sides of Budapest. On...
Ázsia Bt. Is Back, and Bigger Than Ever 18 Nov 2011 | 07:37 am
More than one otherwise knowledgeable local foodie has asked me what happened to the venerable international food store widely known as the “Ázsiabolt” (“Asia store”), which a few months back suddenly...
MOM Park Gets Vapiano While Mammut Gets Pizza-In-a-Cone Déjà Vu All Over Again 18 Nov 2011 | 05:16 am
We’re back, and with a bundle of new things to chew over. Or in this case, both new and slightly warmed-over. First, while we haven’t yet been there in person to check it out, we just confirmed via p...
Did Gault Millau Do Any Research Before Reserving Its First Hungarian Guidebook Editor? 28 Oct 2011 | 05:18 am
Apologies for probably boring you with insider tittle-tattle about restaurant criticism when we’re so behind with actual restaurant reviews, but last week’s news about the launch of the first Gault Mi...
Enjoy a Plate of Gypsy Cabbage at Hungary’s First Roma Restaurant 28 Oct 2011 | 03:57 am
In some restaurant news you probably won’t use but might very well find interesting, Hungary’s first Roma restaurant opened last week out in Békés. We waited a bit to see if a website, picture or just...
Special Meals (III): Online Charity Auction Allows Diners to Eat Well and Do Good 21 Oct 2011 | 04:15 am
Nearly 40 of Hungary’s best restaurants – including Chateau Visz, Costes (pictured above), Kistücsök, Onyx and Nobu Budapest – are auctioning off dinners for two to help the charity organization Saint...
Special Meals (II): Restaurant Days on TableFree.hu 21 Oct 2011 | 01:31 am
While we’re on the topic of special event dining, recently-launched reservation website TableFree.hu is running a “Restaurant Days” promotion from October 31 until November 6. Several dozen Budapest r...
Special Meals (I): Everything You Wanted to Know About Bistronomy But Were Afraid to Ask 21 Oct 2011 | 12:53 am
Next Friday, October 28, Hungarian gourmand group Lucullus BT will hold one of its celebrated dinner events at the somewhat recently-opened U26 restaurant located on Budapest’s Eiffel tér. The event i...
