Meatology, Budapest, Hungary

Seemed like I had to try as many various goulash soups as possible.  This time it's a bit Italian with gnocchi in the soup, but another pleasant flour aroma.  The Italian style nan was freshly baked.  Only the soup and the nan were good enough.  I asked the waiter the various kinds of sausages on the menu and chose this one with pork and beef mixed in.  It's a in perfect texture and juicy inside.  Their house pickled was so good to go with meat.  The grilled free range chicken was a 2-thumbs up!  I was a bit surprised the locals can eat that spicy.  The 2 chilli sauces served on the side were so spicy that only a few drops of the yellow one could make you sweat.  The red one was triple more spicy.

Pesti Sorcsarnok, Budapest

The goulash soup of this place is 95% similar to what we have in HK.  Though I don't like fat, some brisket fat makes the soup more aromatic like this one.  The sauce of the main dish (grilled chicken on gnocchi) was exactly the same "orange tomato" sauce we have in the HK style "tea" restaurants.  One of my good old friends told me he missed this kind of "orange tomato" sauce.

Sorforras etterem, Budapest

The restaurant offers a tourist menu for 3 courses at about US$15.  20-30 years ago I often wanted to go for some places which didn't look touristic.  However, I wondered if I spoke local language?  In this forum age, many claim to "eat local" when they travel.  Imagine when so many tourists claim to "eat local", would those places are simply "touristic".  So let's try to remove this label and just eat at your wish.  As when we create an alternate trend, the alternate will then become the main stream.  

Back to this restaurant, the place was quite cozy and the goulash soup was quite different and it's actually a broth.  What surprised me was the duck confit.  US$15 for such a full meal wasn't bad.

Korona Kavehaz, Budapest

I had a very pleasant hearty goulash soup in this restaurant on the Castle Hill area.  This is the best among the others I tried.  The Caesar salad reminded me of the original one I tried in Florence - in a light mustard cheese dressing and the grilled chicken was perfectly grilled that it's not too dry and yet very aromatic.  Out of curiosity, we tried their Tiramisu.  I didn't like cream at all but this one could be the rarest exception.