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Best brownie in Budapest

Best brownie in Budapest

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Are you wondering where to eat the best brownie in Budapest? I am… I always enjoy trying out brownies as I go to restaurants and I almost end up disappointed in every place. Long time ago I remember someone telling me that Spoon has the best brownie in town. I tried, but I was not at all impressed! Then I heard that Negro has it… yet another disappointment. Then I tried it at Cream Cafe and Restaurant, and though the brownie portion I was served was extremely big, the taste was not!

Brownie in Burger King
Brownie in Burger King

I have for sure tried to eat brownies elsewhere as well, but so far I have to admit something that makes me kind of sad. Or I do not know, because in my eyes and in my opinion the best brownie in Budapest currently costs 420 Forints, and you can get it with vanilla ice cream in every single Burger King in town! I am not sure if the problem is with me, or what the problem is, but that is at least my thoughts on this matter.

Another similar case is the subject if onion rings. I read a comment on Pampas Steakhouse last week where someone wrote that their onion rings taste like the ones you get at Burger King (meaning that you almost don’t feel the onion inside). As I go to Pampas Steakhouse I order their onion rings almost every times, because they simply taste very good – exactly as I like them and love them. Maybe I am an anti-gourmet, or I don’t know, but the onion rings do not need to have an extreme onion taste – they just need to taste good!

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Gluttonous Thursday mistake made up for

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Cream Cafe & Restaurant
Cream Cafe & Restaurant
Last week we wrote about how we had to pay full price for a Brownie and a Coke Light at Cream Cafe Restaurant in Budapest. We complained to the restaurant afterwards, and they apologized for the problems and the misunderstanding – and invited us for a free dinner, to make up for inconvenience!

Visiting the restaurant again we looked forward to taste the food, especially since the menu looked very good on the first visit as well. The menu was full of delicious meals and we had no problem finding something that sounded good. We ended up with two soups and two main courses. The fish soup was really good and everything else was okay as well. It must be mentioned that the most expensive food on the menu costs less than 5000 Forints, which means that the restaurant should be enrolled in a “not-to-expensive” category!

If you ever walk around in the 7th district of Budapest, and maybe would like something to eat after a visit to the Synagogue in Dohány Utca (or the one in Kazinczy Utca), then Cream Cafe & Restaurant could be a place to grab something to eat!

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Full price brownie at Gluttonous Thursday

Full price brownie at Gluttonous Thursday

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Yesterday was Gluttonous Thursday (Torkos Csütörtök) and I tried to enjoy as much as I could. Since long time ago I wanted to visit Angus Steakhouse restaurant in Kazinczy Utca, but as I did not find it on the list of restaurants participating I though I’d just walk over there to find out if it still existed. It did not…

Brownie at Cream Cafe
Brownie at Cream Cafe

But, a new restaurant has taken over their facilities, Cream Cafe Restaurant. I stopped to take a look at the menu and it looked really good. Earlier I had eaten a good lunch at Hild Vendéglő so I thought I’d try to stop by just for an easy desert, brownie with vanilia icecream. Safely inside I told them that I would only stay for a few minutes (enough to eat my brownie and to get an impression of the restaurant from the inside), and they could receive on those conditions.

I got my brownie, it tasted fairly okay and I wanted to get my bill. As I got it I noticed that everything was on full price. I asked how come, “after all, it is Gluttonous Thursday”. The answer I got was that since I had not reserved a table I had to pay full price! Lucky me who did not buy anything else, but still I feel sorry for others who might suffer from restaurants abusing the happy visitor looking forward to eat on half price.

It was a pity, because the restaurant looked really nice, but in my eyes they really fooled themselves of someone who might have wanted to return to the restaurant!

By the way… the rules for the Gluttonous Thursday says clearly that everything from the menu should be served at 50% throughout the entire day (such a thing as only to guests reserving a table does not exist anywhere)!

Gluttonous Thursday 2010 – today

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We wrote about it yesterday and we write about it again today! Gluttonous Thursday 2010 (Torkos Csütörtök) has come upon us again, and that means that we can eat and drink at half price in a whole lot of Budapest restaurants today. Our plans are not yet ready, but I guess we will drop by at least 1 restaurant today, maybe more (time will show)!

A full list of restaurants participating can be found at menjunkenni.hu. Take a look, be prepared and watch out as well, as many restaurants often abuse this event to earn more money in different ways. And as you have been out eating, please come back and share your experience with us and our readers. We would be delighted to hear about your Gluttonous Thursday experience in Budapest or somewhere outside Budapest, so if you have visited a restaurant – please write a comment below to let us know what it was like!

List of some restaurants participating:

If you want updated information about Gluttonous Thursday in Budapest, click the link.

Auguszt confectionary near Ferenciek Square

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Auguszt Confectionary (Auguszt Cukrászda) can be found three places in Budapest, and the newest location is located in the Kossuth Lajos Utca, not far from the Ferenciek Square. The confectionary has been operating since 1870, and the department that can be found near the Ferenciek Square looks stylish, old-fashioned and nice.

Augsuzt Confectionary Budapest

If you would like to taste cakes in the new Auguszt confectionary, take on your shoes and head towards Kossuth Lajos utca 14.00-16.00 and enjoy life. The confectionary is open from 9-19 on weekdays and from 10.00-17.00 on Saturdays.

Other Auguszt confectionaries in Budapest:
Auguszt Pavilon:  Sasadi Út 190
Auguszt Cukrászda: Fény utca 8

Royal meal in Karpátia Budapest

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Not long ago we got to enjoy an evening at Karpátia in Budapest, and we really felt good the time we spent there. Since the gipsy music starts around 18.00 every evening we went there 18.00 and got a table where we could enjoy the music, but still relax and not be disturbed by it.

Smoked farm ham with spicy cream cheese

As a starter we ate a “Hungarian appetiser platter with “mangalica” sausage and salami, paprika-flavoured ewe-cheese and vegetables” and a “Smoked farm ham with spicy cream cheese, blue grape jam and fresh baguette”. The portions were just perfect, and my wife commented that if she were at home she would stop eating after that. But, since we were out eating we did not stop after the starter.

After the good start we continued towards the main course with some real Hungarian meals; “Mangalica” pork medallions with spicy fresh “lecsó” and potato chips” and the second meal was “Pörkölt appetiser from veal, beef and chicken, with butter gnocchi”. I have never tasted three different Pörkölts at the same plate, but this was an easy way to find out which one is your own personal favorite. Both courses tasted great and with the starter already relaxing in our stomachs we started to feel very full.

Blackberry-yogurt cake

But, a good dinner needs to be finished with a good dessert. That is why we ended up ordering a “Piquant sour cherry strudel with cinnamon mousse”  and a “Blackberry-yogurt cake topped with bitter and white chocolate”. The strudel tasted as it should, the Blackberry yogurt cake was fine (nothing more), but by that time I felt so full that it didn’t really matter.

After a couple of hours we then headed home, completely satisfied and uncomfortable full!

It must be said that Karpátia is not the cheapest restaurant in Budapest, and the complete price of what we ate had a total price of around 18,000 Forint (appx. 65 Euro).  But it was a nice experience, the music was comfortable and we got to taste nice Hungarian specialities! So a visit to Karpátia can be recommend for those who want a nice Hungarian experience, in a traditional environment and at a central location.

More pictures from our meal and stay at Karpátia Restaurant in Budapest.

A little video (not to good quality) from Karpátia Budapest

Trofea Grill in Király Utca

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Trofea Grill in Király Utca

Some weeks ago we mentioned that a new Trofea Grill were to be opened in Király Utca in Budapest, and now it has been open for almost a month. It is located in the former location of Donatellas Kitchen and it is very similar to the other Trofea Grill restaurants in Budapest. One of the specialities in this new Trófea Grill restaurant is that they serve something no other Trofea Grill restaurants does… pizza!

They prepare one kind of pizza and if you would like a piece you have to tell one of the waiters! It did not taste too good as I ate it, but they still said that many people (including italiens) really do like their pizza!

New Trofea Grill coming up in former Donatellas Kitchen localities

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Trófea Grill
Trófea Grill

Out walking today I saw a flier lying on the ground. Normally I would not give much for a flier on the ground trampled on by thousands of people, but this time it did. On the flier I could see the logo of one of my favorite restaurants in Budapest; Trofea Grill. And at the flier I could see something about a new restaurant in the center of Budapest.

I quickly picked it up (and washed my hands patiently as I got home), and the text said that November 14 (if I remember correct) a new Trofea Grill restaurant will open in Budapest, in Király Utca 30. Now that does not mean so much to most people, but out of curiosity I checked it out, and then I found out that this was the former address of the delicious italian restaurant Donatella’s Kitchen before it moved into Hotel New York.

So it seems as if Trofea Grill is coming into the center of Budapest (all four locations has been kind of outside the grand boulevard so far), so that is good news I think, at least for me who like Trofea Grill!

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Good hamburgers and meat at Meatpoint

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Just some weeks ago I noticed a new place in WestEnd as I was walking around, Meatpoint! Just at the corner, next to Don Pepe and Hummus (which is run by the same people as Meatpoint). Existed to try out something new we tasted a hamburger and a chicken roll, and since then I have been doing so several times!

Meatpoint in WestEnd Citycenter - Budapest
Meatpoint in WestEnd Citycenter - Budapest

The food is prepared in front of your eyes, and though you normally have to wait a bit longer than in Burger King and McDonalds, it tastes much better. And it is quite fun to see as they shape your burger and then fry it in front of your eyes. And then it tastes very good! I can recommend Meatpoint, at least it was a success for me!