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Dinner at Szeged Vendéglő

Dinner at Szeged Vendéglő

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Szeged Vendéglo outside

Szeged Vendéglő is one of those typical Hungarian restaurants, looking quite okay from the outside, but still it took me more than seven years to eat there for the first time since I arrived to Budapest. Not long ago I finally went there to eat, and it was a quite enjoyable evening.

We started with Hortobagyi pancake and a Hungarian fish soup, followed by traditional Hungarian courses and apple and a sour cherry struddel for desert. Everything tasted well, though nothing caught us by surprise in any way. Nothing was extraordinary, except from maybe the folklore show that actual evening. In general I am not to fund of these kind of shows, and even less found of annoying musicians touring the restaurant to sell cd’s and maybe get some extra “tip” from some happy guests. The violinplayer did tour the restaurant, but the dancers and the singer of the folklore event did it with a big smile and it was in fact quite enjoyable!

Szeged Vendéglő main course

The style of the restaurant is like a “csárda” outside Budapest somewhere, so it felt quite authentic.

For a video from the restaurant, visit our Szeged Vendéglő page.

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Fat Mo’s program June 2010

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Fat Mo’s has live music every evening, and further down you can find the list of artists performing in June 2010. It should be known that Fat Mo’s will also show almost all matches from the Football Championship, so if you want to see football, eat food and listen to live music, then Fat Mo’s can be a good option.

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Fat Mo’s program June 2010
1. Beauty Four  
2. Leslie & Julio
3. Mustang Band
4. Kapuzárás Előtti Pánik
5. Trio Kalmito
6. Angel Shine & Cséki Kálmán
7. Sound Force     Blues
8. Harakyru Band
9. Pribojszki Mátyás Band     Blues
10. BalckriderS
11. Sophie Rhythm Band
12. Rudi Rock and Roll Show
13. Hot Jazz Band
14. Fekete Jenő – Muddy Shoes
15. Török Ádám & Misi Jameson
16. Unisex
17. Easy Livers / Tullamore Dew
18. Mustang Band
19. Freak Ballantine’s
20. Angel Shine & Cséki Kálmán
21. Leslie & Julio
22. Beauty Four
23. Sophie Blues Trio
24. TurnarounD Jameson
25. DavidSan Duo
26. Roll Skate Boogie
27. Hot Jazz Band
28. Sound Force
29. T.Rogers
30. Sonny and his Wild Cows

Dinner at Fat Mo's

Dinner at Fat Mo’s

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Earlier this week we had the pleasure of eating a dinner at Fat Mo’s. As some of you know, the restaurant closed down last year, and some months ago it reopened, but now with brand new owners. So, the restaurant is yet again available, and it seems like this is a popular thing among the people around.

As we were in Fat Mo’s, most of the visitors seemed to be foreigner enjoying a beer while listening to the live music (starting around 22.00 every evening). We grabbed something to eat as well, and while the food was not the best we have eaten in Budapest, the restaurant still has an enjoyable atmosphere. The best thing we ate that evening was probably the tortilla with chicken, while the chicken wings we had as a starter and the brownie we ate for dessert was kind of forgetable.

Below you can see a little video from our stay at Fat Mo’s. For updated schedule of artists performing in the restaurant, check out Fat Mo’s Budapest.

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Good Italian restaurant in Vaci Utca

Good Italian restaurant in Vaci Utca

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La Cucina
La Cucina

Not long ago I visited La Cucina, a quite new Italian restaurant in Vaci Utca. Since the restaurant opened we have always been curious about this restaurant, as it almost looks full as we pass by walking through Vaci Utca. Therefore we were looking forward to, and excited about the chance to finally sit down and taste the food in this Italian restaurant.

The price level is like a typical Italian restaurant in a shopping street, not very expensive, and not the cheapest of its kind either. The restaurant in itself is though very cosy, and it has a very nice atmosphere. You can see the chefs as they prepare your pizza, and it is a nice place to relax after getting tired visiting to many fashion shops.

Ceasar Salad in La Cucina
Ceasar Salad in La Cucina

We started out with a lasagne and a ceasar salad in La Cucina, and though they were starters, we could have stopped after the starter, because they were quite big both of them. Lasagne served in restaurant often taste only tomatoes, but this was better than the average lasagne to be found around. The Ceasar salad was just the way it should be, good!

Our maincourses were a pizza and a steak. The pizza was just yet another time, just the way it should be. The steak was also very good, though if the steak was the goal, we would have eaten in Pampas Steakhouse instead.

Chocolate Mousse - La Cucina
Chocolate Mousse - La Cucina

Before the dessert we were very satisfied with our food, and well pleased with this nice Italian restaurant in the middle of Vaci Utca. For us, the highlight of the dinner was though the dessert. We ate a Chocolate Mousse and a Panna Cotta, and they were both extremely good!

Leaving La Cucina after this meal I felt as if I had found a good Italian restaurant in Vaci Utca, and I would not be afraid to return for a meal sometime if I find myself hungry while shopping in Vaci Utca in Budapest!

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La Cucina

Panna Cotta - La Cucina
Panna Cotta - La Cucina

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Fat Mo program May 2010

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Below you can see the program for the Fat Mo restaurant in May. Do not forget to reserve a table.

Fat Mo May 2010

1. LESLIE JAM

2. ANGEL SHINE & CSÉKI KÁLMÁN

3. SOUND FORCE

4. BEAUTY FOUR-4 GIRLS ON THE STAGE, SOUL

5. TURNAROUND, BLUES

6. MUDDY SHOES, BLUES

7. PEDROFON, SWING & ROLL

8. MUSTANG BAND, COUNTRY ROCK

9. HOT JAZZ BAND, JAZZ & SWING

10. SOPHIE BLUES TRIO, BOOGIE & BLUES

11. T.ROGERS BLUES BAND, BLUES

12. PRIBOJSZKI MÁTYÁS BAND, BLUES

13. HARAKYRU, SOUL & FUNKY

14. RUDI ROCK AND ROLL SHOW, ROCK AND ROLL

15. BLACKRIDERS, IRISH-COUNTRY

16. ANGEL SHINE & CSÉKI KÁLMÁN, SOUL & JAZZ

17. SOUND FORCE, BLUES

18. BEAUTY FOUR-4 GIRLS ON THE STAGE, SOUL

19. LESLIE & JULIO, ALL MUSIC

20. MUDDY SHOES, BLUES

21. UNISEX, POP

22. MUSTANG BAND, COUNTRY ROCK

23. ANGEL SHINE & CSÉKI KÁLMÁN, SOUL & JAZZ

24. SOPHIE BLUES TRIO, BOOGIE & BLUES

25. T.ROGERS BLUES BAND, BLUES

26. PRIBOJSZKI DUÓ, BLUES

27. KAPUZÁRÁS ELŐTTI PÁNIK, R & B

28. FREAK, FUNKY

29. ROLL SKATE BOOGIE, ROCK AND ROLL

30. HOT JAZZ BAND, JAZZ & SWING

31. SOUND FORCE, BLUES

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Starbucks to open in Budapest in 2010

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I am starting to be fed up a little bit with the rumours about Starbucks coming to Budapest, the rumours of the fact that Starbucks already opened a cafe in West End, and later it turned out that no Starbucks opened at all.

Today, May 6th, a whole lot of Hungarian newspapers reported that Starbucks for sure will come to Budapest in 2010, finally. The international company AmRest Coffee
 will be heading the Starbucks coffeeshop in Budapest, and with such a serious company supporting the coming of Starbucks, it might turn into reality, like it has in neighboring countries like Austria and Romania.

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Best restaurants in Budapest 2009

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I just thought I’d throw away some old papers and magazine here the other day, and then I found the November edition of Time Out Budapest. In the paper they published their Budapest Restaurant awards for 2009, and I thought I’d just share their results, for those who haven’t read the magazine. One thing interesting to see is that in 2009 November, before Coster received its Via Michelin star, Time Out Budapest already considered the restaurant to be the best contemporary international restaurant in Budapest.

Best restaurants in Budapest 2009 (according to Time Out Budapest):

Best contemporary international:

  1. Costes
  2. Bábel Delikát
  3. Baraka
  4. Bio & Vegetáriánus

Best progressive Hungarian:

  1. Olimpia
  2. Cafe Kör
  3. Onyx
  4. Csalogány 26

Best traditional Hungarian:

  1. Múzeum
  2. Kádár Étkezde
  3. Fülemüle
  4. Vadrózsa

Best Italian:

  1. Fausto’s
  2. Krizia
  3. Il Terzo Cerchio
  4. Millenium Da Pippo

Best Asian:

  1. Wang Mester
  2. Momotaro Ramen
  3. Fuji
  4. Mennyei Ízek

Best fancy, but cheap lunch:

  1. Flores
  2. Ruben
  3. Két szerecsen
  4. Centrál Kávéház

Best Sunday brunch:

  1. Peppers!
  2. Gundel
  3. Bistro Jardin
  4. Brasserie Royale

Best wine restaurants:

  1. Klassz
  2. Bock Bistro
  3. Borbíróság
  4. Tigris

Best burger:

  1. Gresham
  2. New York Pizza
  3. Café Déryné
  4. The Caledonia

We wish everyone a good lunch, and why not eat a dinner outside today?

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Most popular Budapest restaurants March 2010

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From time to time we make up a list of most popular Budapest restaurants based on the amount of table reservations we make in Budapest restaurants for our guests. This is of course not an official list showing the actual popularity of a restaurant, but it is more for fun to show what restaurants our visitors like to visit.

In March 2010 the most popular restaurant based on our table reservations was Sir Lancelot. That is not unusual at all, rather normal in fact, as Sir Lancelot often ends up with most table reservations. On the second place in March Gundel was to be found, while several restaurants had to share the third place; Pampas, Matyas Pince and Trofea Grill!

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March program in Fat Mo’s

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Earlier we wrote about the fact that Fat Mo’s seems to be closed down forever. Well, they have risen up from the grave and they are back in business. Every day they arrange special programs with artists performing, and below you can find the program for March. More information about Fat Mo’s.

Fat Mo’s program for March:
1.: Sophie Blues Trio – blues
2.: Bory Saxophone Lounge – lounge
3.: Pribojszki Duó – blues
4.: Lakatos Krisztián & Band: Frank Sinatra Show
5.: Roll Skate Boogie – Rock and Roll
6.: Yasya- acoustics rock
7.: Hot Jazz Band – Jazz & Swing
8.: Lukács Linda Vocal & Piano
9.: T.Rogers Blues Band – blues
10.: TurnarounD – blues
11.: BlackriderS – Irish-Country
12.: Pedrofon – Swing & Roll
13.: Harakyru Band – Soul & Funky
14.: Török Ádám & Mini: koncert és rajongói klub – blues-rock
15.: Rhytym Sophie Band – Boogie & Blues
16.: Cséki Kálmán a Jazz zongorista – evergreen
17.: Pribojszki Mátyás Band – blues
18.: Tóth Vera és Zenekara – Funky & Soul
19.: Rudi Rock and Roll Show – Rock and Roll
20.: Kapuzárás Előtti Pánik – R&B
21.: Hot Jazz Band – Jazz & Swing
22.: Lukács Linda Vocal & Piano
23.: T.Rogers Blues Band – blues
24.: Beauty Four – soul
25.: Freak – funky
26.: Mustang Band – Country rock
27.: Voga Viki koncert – Soul & R’N’B
28.: ABBA SHOW
29.: Nemes Zoltán Duó ( Mr. Yambalaya) –blues
30.: Cséki Kálmán a Jazz zongorista-evergreen
31.: Pribojszki Duó – blues

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Bread lángos at Vakvarjú

Bread lángos at Vakvarjú

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Lángos is a speciality in Hungary, and normally you buy this along the street and eat it with sour cream, garlic and other delicious stuff. It is fired in oil or fat, so it is not to healthy though. Kenyerlangos, or Bread lángos, is the version which is made in oven, so it is not so much oil stuck in your hands after eating it.

Vak Varju Budapest
Vak Varju Budapest

I always thought that I could only get hold of this on Hungarian national days and other special events, but then someone told me about Vakvarjú, a restaurant near the Opera where I can get it throughout the entire year. My friends who told me about it also told me that Vakvarjú was what they called the bread lángos in former days.

The bread lángos as I ate it in Vakvarjú was not something that should be included in a diet, but at least it was not fried in oil! For those who have never tasted anything like it, you should try to imagine a pizza, but with sour cream instead of tomato sauce on the doug. If it sounds interesting, try it yourself at Vakvarjú!

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