Hungarian cuisine conquering the world

Magyarorszagkul.nlcafe.hu reported that Hungarian gastronomy is becoming more and more recognised abroad, too. A few weeks ago, the video about some US college students tasting traditional Hungarian food spread rapidly on the Internet. Although most of the students have never heard of the Hungarian cuisine before, they enthusiastically tasted the goulash soup, the stuffed cabbage, the Hungarian layered potato and the plum dumplings served for them. It is good news for Hungary that its cuisine reaches overseas territories and gains popularity among the locals.

The popularity of the Hungarian cuisine is unsurprising, provided that the gastronomy is famous worldwide. In January, for instance, everyone was amazed by how well the Hungarian chef, Tamás Széll, prepared a Bresse chicken in Lyon. When his team ranked fourth in the cooking competition and also received 2 more prominent prizes,  every press praised the prestigious Hungarian gastronomy for weeks.

It has to be admitted that Hungarian gastronomy has been revitalized. There are Michelin Star Restaurants in the country, good quality street food is a flourishing business and there are more and more fine dishes at available prices in the countryside, as well.

Furthermore, as the international news and reports also prove, the gastronomical prestige of Hungary is increasing rapidly.

Unfortunately, we are still far from overpowering the popular burger and sushi restaurants or the elegant French restaurants in big cities like Vienna, London or Manchaster. It is good to see, however, that there are Hungarian restaurants, eating houses and cafeterias that live up to the expectations of the local customers and are successful. Let’s see some of these places abroad.

1. In Toronto, everyone munches on chimney cakes

Éva Dobsai emigrated to Toronto in 1956 with her husband and two children. After they had settled down, they started to cook chimney cakes because “they tasted like home” and they gave new meaning to the original sweets.

Besides the original version with sugar and cinnamon, customers can try out the sweets with ice cream, Nutella, toffee, salty-caramel with pieces of brownie or chocolate syrup but the more special cheddar cheese and olive oiled version with lemon and pepper is also offered.

The enterprise is such a huge success that there are always long, crowded queues in front of the Eva’s Original Chimney’s food trucks. The founders of the business are awarded with prestigious prizes and have been invited to cooking shows like the Carnival Eats on the American Cooking Channel.

2. The great success of the lángos in Camden Town and Cambridge

Camden Town, situated on the north part of London, is one of the most popular tourist destinations. Along the Regent’s Canal that connects South and West London, there are crowded restaurants, eating houses, pubs and cafés welcoming tourists and locals alike. Among them is the Hungarian eating house, called Made in Hungaria, that is the most visited food stand in the neighbourhood. Here, traditional Hungarian foods like sausages, the roast á la Brasov, the cabbage with meat, the Hungarian strudel or the sponge cake (somlói galuska) can be ordered.

The all-time favourite is, without surprise, the lángos. It is so popular that Trip Advisor is constantly awarding it with new stars.

Those who would rather drink something should not worry either; in the restaurant, they can taste the best Hungarian pálinkas, beers or even the Traubi.