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Swisskaese

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I am going to Budapest on business for two weeks. Any suggestions for restaurants that serve fish or vegetarian dishes?

I know, I know.....but I keep Kosher and I heard that the Kosher restaurant in the Jewish quarter is not very good.

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You should check Seder Olam for kosher places in Budapest. My search came up with 4 places - 2 of which I've been to.

Stay away from Hannah -- it's awful. I ate there in '97 and still cringe. Same trip we ate at the King's Hotel which was significantly better. Although it's all relative. :laugh:

"Some people see a sheet of seaweed and want to be wrapped in it. I want to see it around a piece of fish."-- William Grimes

"People are bastard-coated bastards, with bastard filling." - Dr. Cox on Scrubs

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You should check Seder Olam for kosher places in Budapest.  My search came up with 4 places - 2 of which I've been to.

Stay away from Hannah -- it's awful.  I ate there in '97 and still cringe.  Same trip we ate at the King's Hotel which was significantly better.  Although it's all relative. :laugh:

I spoke to a few of my colleagues about it and they said to eat strudel the whole time I am there. I told them that I will look like the Michelin Tire woman in my wedding dress in April if I do that. I guess I will have to eat at the King Hotel or wing it when I get there. :laugh:

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There are indeed fish dishes, but non-Jewish Hungarian food uses a lot of lard.

You might try some uborkasalata (cucumber salad), though. Man do I love that stuff!

And yes, definitely retes (strudel). Meggyes retes (sour cherry strudel) is my favorite (makos retes = poppy strudel was my next-favorite). I used to go to a bakery in the Jewish Quarter, and it could very well have been kosher, for all I knew.

Michael aka "Pan"

 

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There actually is a kosher bakery. I believe it's down the block from Hannah, but don't quote me on that.

"Some people see a sheet of seaweed and want to be wrapped in it. I want to see it around a piece of fish."-- William Grimes

"People are bastard-coated bastards, with bastard filling." - Dr. Cox on Scrubs

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There are indeed fish dishes, but non-Jewish Hungarian food uses a lot of lard.

Thanks for telling me that. I am marrying a half-Hungarian but he hasn't been there since 1968. I was there in 1995, but only ate at the King Hotel and Hannah and was not impressed with either one.

I am going to bring some food with me. What a shame!

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If you are staying in downtown Pest you can get kosher food at the Rothschild "Koser" market on Dob utca. Actually, all the Rothschild's supermarkets have a kosher section. A block away is Frohlich's kosher cukraszda (pastry shop.) Kosher salamis (ask for the goose "liba kolbasz", also beef - "marha) are on sale at the kosher butcher shop on dob utca next to the Orthodox shul on Kazinczy utca (where the Hannah is.) There is a pretty good fleyshedik kosher restaurant on Dohany utca next to the big synagogue.

For veggie food, near the danube in the third district is the Wabisabi restuarant. Haven't been, but a lot of veggies rave. Pick up a copy of the Time Out! city guide to Budapest. The editor was a veggie.

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If you are staying in downtown Pest you can get kosher food at the Rothschild "Koser" market on Dob utca. Actually, all the Rothschild's supermarkets have a kosher section. A block away is Frohlich's kosher cukraszda (pastry shop.) Kosher salamis (ask for the goose "liba kolbasz", also beef - "marha) are on sale at the kosher butcher shop on dob utca next to the Orthodox shul on Kazinczy utca (where the Hannah is.) There is a pretty good fleyshedik kosher restaurant on Dohany utca next to the big synagogue.

For veggie food, near the danube in the third district is the Wabisabi restuarant. Haven't been, but a lot of veggies rave. Pick up a copy of the Time Out! city guide to Budapest. The editor was a veggie.

Thanks Zaelic! That is a big help. I am leaving on Sunday for two weeks.

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BTW, when you get the Budapest, go immediately to a bookstore and buy a copy of the city atlas (assuming you'll be doing a lot of walking). It will be your saviour.

(I have an excellent sense of direction, and this had to be the most confusing city I've ever been in)

"Some people see a sheet of seaweed and want to be wrapped in it. I want to see it around a piece of fish."-- William Grimes

"People are bastard-coated bastards, with bastard filling." - Dr. Cox on Scrubs

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From Saveur Magazine Jan/Feb 2005

Hungarian Snack We Hunger For

When in Hungary, don't miss Langos (LAHN-gohsh), an appealingly chewy, salty, fried potato bread served from market stalls and street carts.

"I did absolutely nothing and it was everything I thought it could be"
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