Food, glorious food!

Hungarian hospitality is world-renowned, and I (and my waistline) now know why. Since we arrived, the food has been rich, plentiful, and delicious!

As those who know me will attest to, I am not a big fan of soup (why are there lumps in my drink – and why is it in a plate?), but the soup here is great. Tasty, and a little bit spicy, so definitely up my alley.

The bacon (sonka) is usually smoked, full of flavour, and generally not cooked before consumption – think combination between ham and bacon. Very unlike the processed, watery, mop squeezings that is passed off as former pig in most supermarkets in NZ.

Kolbasz is a type of Hungarian sausage which I’ve experienced before, as a Hungarian friend’s mother used to make it every now and then. I think I must of eaten at least 10 so far, as a scan of my arteries will show. The problem is (ok – not really a problem) it tastes so darn good! There’s so many different flavours we may have to extend our visit a while.

Best of all? The beer – sor (pronounced ‘cher’ – but definitely smoother than the other image that name incites) is less than NZ$1 a bottle, and the bottles are 500ml each 🙂