LET'S EAT! HUNGARIAN DISHES WE RECOMMEND YOU TO TRY
- Gulyásleves (goulash soup)
- Halászlé (a famous hot and spicy fish soup with hot paprika)
- Chicken Paprikash called Csirkepaprikás (a stew with a lot of sweet paprika, cream or sour cream)
- Hideg meggyleves (cherry soup served cold and sweet)
- Főzelék (traditional, vegetable-based meal with a creamy consistency, a ‘stick soup’)
- Tomato-Pepper Stew called Lecsó (a stew with onion, tomato and pepper)
- Pörkölt (meat stew - similar to ragù, mostly pork or beef)
- Lángos (generally street food, pastry dough with garlic, sour cream and cheese on top)
- Hortobágyi palacsinta (savoury crepe filled with veal stew)
- Dobos Cake (sponge cake layered with chocolate paste and glazed with caramel and nuts)
- Túró Rudi (sweet quark cheese - called túró - filled chocolate bar)
- Chimneycake called Kürtőskalács (sweet dough wrapped and baked around a baking spit resulting in a crispy exterior and a soft interior dough, then rolled in cinnamon, walnut, cacao, coconut, etc.)
- Hungarian Trifle called Somlói galuska (three scoops of sponge cake topped with a mound of whipped cream, chopped walnuts, and chocolate)
- (other Hungarian sweets to be found in shops: Sport bar, Balaton bar, Stühmer chocolate, Szamos marzipan)
Gulyásleves (Goulash) | Halászlé (Fish soup) | Csirkepaprikás (Chicken paprikash) |
Lángos | Hortobágyi Palacsinta | Dobos torta (Dobos cake) |
Pörkölt (meat stew) | Kürtőskalács (Chimneycake) | Somlói galuska (Hungarian Trifle) |