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Food Shots at Vaci Utca, Budapest

Treats at an outdoor candy store.

Pretzels and a keg of hot mulled wine.
Tocsni makers.
Waiting for tocsni.
Cured meats.
Tocsni – a marvelous potato pancake with sour cream, cheese, onions and bacon.
Kurtoscalacs – a sugary cylinder of love.
Vats of food.
Pork knuckles
Sausages in a vat of oil.
Kurtoscalacs makers.

Gerloczy Cafe & Restaurant, Budapest

Gerloczy is a neighborhood restaurant on Gerloczy street. Prices are unbelievably cheap, it’s hard to imagine how they can afford it. We found Gerloczy in Time Out Budapest Magazine’s list of best Hungarian food. Here are some things we sampled.

Lentil soup with sour cream and fried prosciutto.

Homemade pate.

Fried duck breast over greens.

Whole grilled mackerel for 2,300 Hungarian Forints? That’s about 10 bucks!

Hot mulled wine and double hot chocolate.

Pistachio macaron.

Gerlóczy Kávéház

1052 Budapest, V. Gerlóczy u. 1.
T: (36) (1) 501-4000

Rivalda Restaurant, Castle Hill, Budapest

It took a while to find this place in the bitter cold of Budapest in the fall, but once we did it turned out to be a hidden treasure. Rivalda Restaurant may be found in the Buda Castle District and offers a great meal in the middle of your Castle tour day.  It’s a quiet restaurant with intimate decor and a very pleasing menu. Here are some treats we tried below.
Highly recommended!

Sauteed goose liver salad.

Wild mushroom soup.

Pork chop and noodles.

Farfalle with prosciutto, wild mushrooms and basil.

Rivalda Restaurant

1014 Budapest, Színház u. 5-9
Reservations: (36-1) 489-0236 

More on Budapest here: SightsFood Photos, Gerloczy Restaurant, Rivalda Restaurant, Borkonyha Restaurant, and Szechenyi Thermal Baths.

Budapest Images


Pretty manhole cover.

Peppers hanging in the food market.

Peppers and plates.

A 360-degree surround sound building.

Stained glass at Matthias Church on Castle Hill.

Is it Peter Pan? Promenade view of Castle Hill.


Walking the Chain Bridge.


View of the Chain Bridge from the Pest side.

Evening shot of the Chain Bridge.

Buda Castle at night.

More on Budapest here: SightsFood Photos, Gerloczy Restaurant, Rivalda Restaurant, Borkonyha Restaurant, and Szechenyi Thermal Baths.


Szechenyi Thermal Baths – Budapest

Several guidebooks recommended partaking in what was called the ultimate Hungarian experience of the thermal baths. We arrived underdressed for their fall weather, expecting temperatures seasonable as what we were used to during East Coast autumns. The sun didn’t show for a week and our jackets and thermals were inadequate. We had chosen an indoor thermal bath for the day at the majestic Gellert Baths on the Buda side and were on our way, but we were intercepted by our friendly concierge Norbert who said that if we really wanted the Budapest experience then we’d best head over to the Szechenyi Baths instead. When we arrived we saw the three large pools steaming up into a fog that covered the premises on that particular freezing day, and we were afraid we’d turn into ice as soon as we stepped outdoors in our bathing suits. It was cold outside indeed, but we ran and soaked ourselves in the hottest of the baths immediately and were not disappointed.

The backdrop of the majestic buildings enveloped by the fog made it a totally luxurious experience. We soaked for an hour or so and then left oozing heat from our bodies. This was definitely the highlight of our Budapest trip.

The guidebooks said that you would get your money back if you stayed for less than two hours, which we did but were informed that they didn’t have that promotion that day. We guessed that tourists could probably afford the relatively low price of soaking in a hot bath outdoors in a cinematic setting (about $10) and that the refund was just for locals. Either way, it was definitely an experience for the books.

More on Budapest here: SightsFood Photos, Gerloczy Restaurant, Rivalda Restaurant, Borkonyha Restaurant, and Szechenyi Thermal Baths.


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