• Recipe Of The Week: Hungarian Fish Soup (Halászlé)

    Recipe Of The Week: Hungarian Fish Soup (Halászlé)

    • 24 Dec 2025 7:25 AM

    In Hungary fish soup (halászlé) is one of the most popular Christmas dishes. Hungarian fish soup halászlé is a hot soup prepared with mixed river fish - characteristic for cuisines of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkans, especially the wider region around the River Danube. The meal originates from Slavic cuisine. Traditionally, fish soup is prepared in a small kettle on an open fire by real fishermen.

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  • Expat Explainer: Szaloncukor – Hungarian Xmas Candy

    Expat Explainer: Szaloncukor – Hungarian Xmas Candy

    • 24 Dec 2025 7:22 AM

    At the end of November and the beginning of December the Hungarian postal services sends innumerable packages abroad, as Hungarian families all over the world love to receive and decorate the Christmas tree with 'szaloncukor' - a traditional Hungarian candy.

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  • Hungarian Recipe Of The Week: Christmas Gingerbread

    Hungarian Recipe Of The Week: Christmas Gingerbread

    • 16 Dec 2025 5:40 AM

    Gingerbread originated in ancient times with Egyptians and Greeks baking honey-sweetened spiced breads for rituals, but it reached Europe around 992 AD via Armenian monk Gregory of Nicopolis, who taught French Christians the recipe after fleeing persecution.

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  • Hungary Outlaws Lab-Grown Meat

    Hungary Outlaws Lab-Grown Meat

    • 1 Dec 2025 3:04 PM

    The government has imposed a blanket ban on the production and sale of laboratory-grown meat, according to a decree published.

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  • Top 5 Tapas Bars in Budapest

    Top 5 Tapas Bars in Budapest

    • 27 Nov 2025 3:06 PM

    Ranging from buzzing Spanish-style tapas bars to sleek riverside venues, here are the best places in Budapest to enjoy small plate dishes. Whether you’re after jamón ibérico and vermouth or creative Mediterranean‐inspired bites and natural wines, here are five standout spots where the atmosphere is just as good as the menu, according to our friends at WeLoveBudapest.

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