Gastronomy
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Hungary is known for its exotic, tasty and spicy food and delicious wine.The traditional Hungarian dishes abound in piquant flavors and aromas. Dishes are flavourful, spicy and often rather heavy. People with a sensitive stomach, should be careful. Flavours of Hungarian dishes are based on centuries old traditions in spicing and preparation methods. The exquisite ingredients are produced by local agriculture and husbandry. Paprika and garlic is to be found everywhere, and sour cream is often used to soften flavour. The first thing that people recall about Hungarian cuisine is goulash, which is, contrary to popular belief , not a stew but an artistically prepared thick soup. You must try fish soup, chicken paprika, good home-made pörkölt (stew) and the excellent fresh-water fishes: grilled pike-perch, trout with almond. Also compulsory is goose liver. Whether fried or grilled, cold or hot, it is simply unforgettable.
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Drinks |
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Pálinka Hungary produces excellent, powerfull fruit brandies (pálinka): barack from appricots, cseresznye from cherries, körte from pears, alma from apples and szilva from plums. And there is Unicum, a bitter panacea made from a secret herbal recipe. WineThe choice of good wine is available in Hungary has increased dramarically over the past few years. Louis XIV, the Sun King, was such an admirer of world famous Tokaj wine that he termed it the "Wine of kings, the King of Wines". Wine of the Balaton region, the full-bodied Villány-Siklós, the famous wines of Eger and the Egri Bikavér (Bull's Blood) in particular also enjoy a wide international reputation. Recomended: House of Hungarian Wines is located in the Castle District on the Buda side of Budapest. It is located across from the historic Hilton Hotel in the old town at Szentháromság ter 6. The House of Hungarian Wines sells wines made from 22 different wine regions in Hungary, and includes information about each of the different wine regions. For about $20 USD individuals can tour the wine cellar and sample 50 different Hungarian wines. |
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Budapest, Hungary
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57°F
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57°F
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100%
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Folklore
Folk dance: The Hungarian State Folk Ensemble the Danube Folk Ensemble and Rajkó Folk Ensemble are three of the best Hungarian folk ensembles with the longest tradition (the first one was formed in 1951, and the second one in 1957), which have performances all around the country and abroad. Read more ...
Organ concerts
The program of the concert was adapted for the organ of this church by Gábor Lehotka, professor of the Academy of Music in Budapest. Anasztázia Bednarik, Miklós Teleki and László Attila Almásy regularly give concerts in Hungary, Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Read more ...
Symphony concerts
Hungarian classical music has long been an "experiment, made from Hungarian antedecents and on Hungarian soil, to create a conscious musical culture [using the] musical world of the folk song". Although the Hungarian upper class has long had cultural and political connections with the rest of Europe, leading to an influx of European musical ideas, the rural peasants maintained their own traditions such that by the end of the 19th century Hungarian composers could draw on rural peasant music to (re)create a Hungarian classical style. Read more ...
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