Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
dried peppers and a couple of painted plates on the wall is one. Most restaurants offer an
excellent-value
menü
(set menu) of two or three courses at lunch, but make sure to book
ahead at top-shelf places.
A
bisztró
is a much cheaper sit-down place that is often
önkiszolgáló
(self-service). A
büfé
is cheaper still and has a very limited menu. Food stalls, known as
Lacikonyha
(literally
'Larry's kitchen') or
pecsenyesütő
(roast ovens), can be found near markets, parks or train
stations. At these you eat while standing at counters.
A
kávéház
(coffee house; cafe) is the best place to get something hot or nonalcoholic and
cold. An
eszpresszó,
along with being a type of coffee, is essentially a coffee house too, but
it usually also sells alcoholic drinks and light snacks.
Other useful words include
élelmiszer
(grocery store),
csemege
(delicatessen) and
piac
(market).
VEGETARIAN & VEGAN
Outside the city's few vegetarian restaurants you'll have to make do with what's on the regu-
lar menu or shop for ingredients in the markets. The selection of fresh vegetables and fruit is
not great in the dead of winter, but come spring a cycle of bounty begins.
In regular restaurants vegetarians can usually order any number of types of
főzelék
as well
as
gombafejek rántva
(fried mushroom caps) and pasta and noodle dishes with cheese, such
as
túrós csusza a
nd
sztrapacska
. Other vegetarian dishes include
gombaleves
(mushroom
soup),
gyümölcsleves
(fruit soup) in season,
rántott sajt
(fried cheese) and
sajtos kenyér
(sliced bread with soft cheese).
Bableves
(bean soup) usually - but not always - contains
meat.
Palacsinták
(pancakes) may be savoury and made with
sajt
(cheese) or
gomba
(mush-
rooms), or sweet and prepared with
dió
(nuts) or
mák
(poppy seeds).
