Hungarian culinary Archives - Food Tour Budapest

Hungarian Christmas Dishes

Bejgli
As we are getting close to the holiday season you might think of trying myriad foods from different countries, rather than your own traditional dishes. If you feel like challenging yourself with traditional Hungarian cooking, I would like to share  three recipes with you, that will definitely make the holiday season memorable. Fish soup, stuffed cabbage and bejgli, these di...
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Culinary dictionary 3 – Meat dishes

bográcsgulyás
Hungarian cuisine has influenced the history of the Magyar people. The importance of livestock and the nomadic lifestyle of the Magyar people is apparent in the prominence of meat in Hungarian food and may be reflected in traditional meat dishes cooked over the fire, unlike western European countries, where baked meat is much more common. There are 4 special Hungarian te...
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Healthy Hungarian

halászlé, fish soup, fish festival, healthy fish food
Starting your day with sweet white flour bakery products, having heavy soups with meat, (and meat again as main dish), and of course a delicious cake as dessert, the everyday Hungarian cuisine is considered very tasty, albeit is not considered healthy. The main ingredients of our typical dishes are: onion, lard and paprika. They are not unhealthy in little amounts, but cook...
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Sweet & Hot

If you think about Hungarian meal, you will definitely think of a cooked dish with red color, thank to the widly used paprika. Why do Hungarians use so much paprika in their food, when the country is so far from Asia, where the chilli is so common, or South America, where the paprika is originally from? In the middle of Eastern Europe, it might be a bit strange, that paprik...
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Why join the walks?

 Besides the delicious tastes that we will experience, we pass by the many, many beauties of Budapest, some hidden attractions, and old and new architectural highlights, which the city is so loved for. You will hear some stories about the Hungarian food veterans, meet the next generation, and some will share their vision with you personally! If you are interested in the Hung...
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