Food Ideas for Eastern Europe Trip, Please

[Traveller333]

Hiya!

i am going to be traveling to Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia and Hungary (actually, just the captials, and Vienna in Austria) and I am eager to learn of any hidden gems of places to grab a bite (or two) to eat. I would love to try the traditional dishes, as well as anything else that someone just happens to do really well.

Any tips would be greatly welcomed! Thank you in advance!

Traveller333

[glbtrtr]

Fried cheese is/was a fast food in Hungary and was the one word I learned to recognize on the indecipherable Magyar language menus. And that large luscious round of fried bread that was sold on the street was great too. Their thinly sliced sweet pickled red peppers as a breakfast garnish were delicious and good to buy bottles of to take home if you have the weight allowance. Palatshinken (crepes) were also wonderful in Hungary.

[Solus]

I can only give yo two recommendations but they are very .good. "Pri Zvoncu" Vrbic 8, Zagreb and "Pri Skofu" Recna 8, Ljubljana, both are traditional and offer much more than most.

[padovana]

Sorry this is a bit late... if you still haven't gone:

In Budapest: Langos.. fried dough, topped with a garlic butter and cheese. heart attack on a plate but oh so good
wasn't a fan of much else there.. this isn't helpful at all, but I don't have my travel notes readily available... there was this really good restaurant on this street near the Opera House. If you find a local map that advertises the Hummus Bar, well, there are 2 locations in the city and the one is near the opera house. On that street, further away from the opera house, is a restaurant called Grill Bar or something along those lines. It was fantastic and by far my favorite meal in Budapest. Sorry I'm not more helpful with that though!

Slovakia: asked the receptionist at my hostel in Bratislava and he recommended "Slovak Pub" which sounds like it might be a tourist trap, but is actually a popular haunt for local students. Cheap food and beer that all tasted delicious. Try the garlic soup in bread bowl or dumplings in a sheep's cheese (bryzdna.. i'm spelling that completely wrong though)

Austria: I was in Vienna over a national holiday so not much luck. Had wonderful Doner Kebab actually, went to a Heuringer (winehall) is Nussdorf (if you google it you'll find a couple, we hopped around) which is a less touristy section than other areas like Grinzing, and of course, try lots of cakes and coffee. There's Aida coffee/bakery locations all over the city and I went there multiple times enjoying lots of different cakes. I wasn't particularly a fan of cafe melange... it just seemed like a poor take on a cappuccino to be honest.

Enjoy!

[farago]

gulyas and other soups at the Castro Bisztro; ice cream at the Bon Bon Manufaktura on Veres Palne near the Ferenciek tere metro station; retes (strudel) at the Retes Bolt on Lehel utca near Robert Karoly krt (a journey into non-tourist BP, but far better than the cabbage strudel that Nora Ephron lionized from Mrs. Herbst's in NYC), Turos Taska at the Jeg Bufe (also near the Ferenciek metro station); a hidden pastry shop: Kovacs on Brody Sandor; the Raday Etkezde (lunch spot; also Kadar Etkezde and Norbi etkezde)

for langos, my vote goes to the stand in the middle of the Ecseri flea market

for palacsinta, there's a stand near the Ors Vezer tere metro station, the Cafe Bouchon apricot jam palacsinta are great, and on Raday utca the Claro makes a killer crepe

also on Raday, the Raspberry limonade at the If Cafe

and the smoothies (called milkshakes) at the Cafe Alibi on Egyetem ter

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