142 result(s) for lead in Food & Drink
Xpat Event Report: Budapest Beer Festival
- 17 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- food & drink
After the floods, came the pouring, and lots of it, at the 3rd Budapest Beer Festival. For beer connoisseurs, a ramble around the Castle District in the hot sunshine was the perfect setting to try out specialty ales from craft breweries, plus apple based alcoholic beverages in a 'Cider Grove'. The best Hungarian breweries, local “kezmuves” lager factories and the world’s beer super-powers were ...
Invitation: Főzdefeszt 5., Budapest, 7 - 9 June
- 28 May 2013 9:00 AM
- food & drink
Twentieth century beer-marketing has done great efforts in order to convince everyone that beer is a summer-drink, while we know it was even banned to brew beer in the summer before the invention of mechanic cooling. In the winter, we spend our efforts to convince open-minded beer drinkers about the opposite, but now its summer so we raise our glasses to Carl von Linde, the inventor of artificial ...
Budapest Pálinka Festival, Erzsébet Square, 16 - 19 May
- 18 May 2013 5:02 AM
- food & drink
Sour-cherry is in focus at this year's festival, and so pálinkas and other local delicacies made of this fine Hungarian fruit will play a starring role between May 16 - 19. Once again held in downtown Szabadsag square, with over 400 spirits available for tasting from 25 exhibitors. The Pálinka of the Year (a blend of the finest local spirits) will be available for tasting for the first time. Read ...
Xpat Event Report: Rosalia – Rosé Wine Festival In Budapest
- 13 May 2013 9:00 AM
- food & drink
On a lovely sunny afternoon in Buda, we went along to the Rosalia Rosé wine festival. In “Gesztenyés kert” and on the terrace of the chic Larus Restaurant, a wide variety of wines, red, white and especially rosés, was waiting for wine-lovers. They ranged from “natural”, ice, bio to more quality mainstream.
Xpat Event Report: Budapest Soup Festival, Elvis Presley Park
- 2 May 2013 9:00 AM
- food & drink
The Budapest Soup Festival (Budai Levesfesztivál) was organized for the first time. Held in the Elvis Pressley Park, with a mixture of Hungarian and International soups, where you could find the usual suspects (fish, meat, gulyas, vegetable, bean, fruit, liver dumpling and onion-in-bread soup), as well as, the not so usual ones. It was not quite as big as the other food festivals I have been to ...
Photo Article: Best All-Day Breakfasts In Budapest
- 18 Apr 2013 11:00 AM
- food & drink
Our friends at WeLoveBudapest.com recently took an extended breakfast tour around Budapest - apparently lasting a couple of days - to taste some of the best places to have a delicious morning meal, at any time of day. They started their culinary expedition with the goals of finding 1) the very best cooked breakfast dishes, 2) truly well-baked pastries, and 3) authentic Hungarian and international ...
Costes Budapest Wins 'Best Restaurant', Again
- 4 Mar 2013 3:00 AM
- food & drink
Costes has once more been awarded the accolade of 'Best Restaurant 2012' by the local Dining Guide publication. This is the second time the restaurant has won this prize, the most prestigious award in the Hungarian gastronomy scene. The prize was received by expat chef Miguel Viera Rocha, and Károly Gerendai the main owner of Costes.
A New Front-Line Between The EU And Hungary: Home Distilled Pálinka
- 29 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- food & drink
A left-wing commentator welcomes the European Commission’s decision to require Hungary to tax farmers who distil brandy. A right-wing columnist find the demand ridiculous and accuses the EU of applying double standards, once again, towards Hungary.
Pannon Wine Challenge, Gerbeaud House Budapest 12 May
- 9 May 2012 9:06 AM
- food & drink
In this year the Pannon Wine Challenge is coming forward with a new and a more larger event. For the 13th time, the XIII.Pannon Wine Challenge is giving place for the national wines to compete for the best places, between the 9th and 11th of May.
Xpat Event Report: Budapest Beer Festival
- 17 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- food & drink
After the floods, came the pouring, and lots of it, at the 3rd Budapest Beer Festival. For beer connoisseurs, a ramble around the Castle District in the hot sunshine was the perfect setting to try out specialty ales from craft breweries, plus apple based alcoholic beverages in a 'Cider Grove'. The best Hungarian breweries, local “kezmuves” lager factories and the world’s beer super-powers were ...
Invitation: Főzdefeszt 5., Budapest, 7 - 9 June
- 28 May 2013 9:00 AM
- food & drink
Twentieth century beer-marketing has done great efforts in order to convince everyone that beer is a summer-drink, while we know it was even banned to brew beer in the summer before the invention of mechanic cooling. In the winter, we spend our efforts to convince open-minded beer drinkers about the opposite, but now its summer so we raise our glasses to Carl von Linde, the inventor of artificial ...
Budapest Pálinka Festival, Erzsébet Square, 16 - 19 May
- 18 May 2013 5:02 AM
- food & drink
Sour-cherry is in focus at this year's festival, and so pálinkas and other local delicacies made of this fine Hungarian fruit will play a starring role between May 16 - 19. Once again held in downtown Szabadsag square, with over 400 spirits available for tasting from 25 exhibitors. The Pálinka of the Year (a blend of the finest local spirits) will be available for tasting for the first time. Read ...
Xpat Event Report: Rosalia – Rosé Wine Festival In Budapest
- 13 May 2013 9:00 AM
- food & drink
On a lovely sunny afternoon in Buda, we went along to the Rosalia Rosé wine festival. In “Gesztenyés kert” and on the terrace of the chic Larus Restaurant, a wide variety of wines, red, white and especially rosés, was waiting for wine-lovers. They ranged from “natural”, ice, bio to more quality mainstream.
Xpat Event Report: Budapest Soup Festival, Elvis Presley Park
- 2 May 2013 9:00 AM
- food & drink
The Budapest Soup Festival (Budai Levesfesztivál) was organized for the first time. Held in the Elvis Pressley Park, with a mixture of Hungarian and International soups, where you could find the usual suspects (fish, meat, gulyas, vegetable, bean, fruit, liver dumpling and onion-in-bread soup), as well as, the not so usual ones. It was not quite as big as the other food festivals I have been to ...
Photo Article: Best All-Day Breakfasts In Budapest
- 18 Apr 2013 11:00 AM
- food & drink
Our friends at WeLoveBudapest.com recently took an extended breakfast tour around Budapest - apparently lasting a couple of days - to taste some of the best places to have a delicious morning meal, at any time of day. They started their culinary expedition with the goals of finding 1) the very best cooked breakfast dishes, 2) truly well-baked pastries, and 3) authentic Hungarian and international ...
Costes Budapest Wins 'Best Restaurant', Again
- 4 Mar 2013 3:00 AM
- food & drink
Costes has once more been awarded the accolade of 'Best Restaurant 2012' by the local Dining Guide publication. This is the second time the restaurant has won this prize, the most prestigious award in the Hungarian gastronomy scene. The prize was received by expat chef Miguel Viera Rocha, and Károly Gerendai the main owner of Costes.
A New Front-Line Between The EU And Hungary: Home Distilled Pálinka
- 29 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- food & drink
A left-wing commentator welcomes the European Commission’s decision to require Hungary to tax farmers who distil brandy. A right-wing columnist find the demand ridiculous and accuses the EU of applying double standards, once again, towards Hungary.
Pannon Wine Challenge, Gerbeaud House Budapest 12 May
- 9 May 2012 9:06 AM
- food & drink
In this year the Pannon Wine Challenge is coming forward with a new and a more larger event. For the 13th time, the XIII.Pannon Wine Challenge is giving place for the national wines to compete for the best places, between the 9th and 11th of May.