Hungary Revealed

The Coffee House Challenge That Started It All Picture this: You’re sitting in Szimpla Kert, nursing your third fröccs of the evening, when your pretentious friend from Cambridge drops this bomb: “Budapest is just Vienna-lite, really. The coffee houses are…

Let’s be honest here – asking your hotel concierge to recommend a tour guide is like asking a tourist in Times Square for authentic New York pizza recommendations. Sure, they’ll give you an answer, but whether that answer will leave…

Alright, listen up. You’ve landed in my chaotic, glorious city. You’ve ticked off Parliament, you’ve steamed yourself into a raisin at a thermal bath… and now you’re thirsty. Someone — probably from a country where they consider boiled potatoes “a…

Where to find authentic Hungarian fish soup in Budapest + why Hungarians will literally fight over pasta in soup Listen, dear reader, if you think Hungarian fish soup—halászlé, or literally “fishermen’s soup” if we insist on translating it—is just another…

Alright, let’s have a little chat. You’ve just landed at Liszt Ferenc Airport, the Cyrillic-looking Hungarian language is already making your brain itch, and the last thing you want to worry about is whether your cab ride into the city…