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| - There's always a first time for things, and this is a first in my book...
Sketchy looking building. Check.
Enter through a kitchen and dine in someone's living room. Check.
Eat Hungarian food from an older man who makes everything in said kitchen. Check.
Communal dinning with strangers. Check.
It's definitely a one of a kind experience. So for $15 you get 6 courses. Yep, that's right... SIX! And seriously, all the second helpings you could ever want. They literally tell you to clear off the plate or bowl before removing it from the table!
It was a packed house, with three parties of 8-10 people, and then we were the odd "man" out with a party of 5. The problem was, the tables sat about 12, so we had to split up between two tables. Not necessarily ideal, but we made it work. Especially because the 2 of us who has together had a pretty fun table to converse with... I don't think that can be said for the other 3. But my only real suggestion for the place is to schedule the seating a little better.
I don't even know where to start with all the food. Some dishes were really really good, while others were just okay. Maybe I'll start with the okay. The first dish, the fried dough and mushrooms (sorry if there's a proper Hungarian name for this that I don't know) was just okay. The mushrooms tasted like they had come out of a can. Maybe they didn't, but they weren't flavored very well. The peasant soup was good. It was peppery, which I appreciate and tasted more like chicken noodle soup.
Everything else, I can say, was very tasty. I didn't realize Hungarian culture shares Haluski as a dish. I love Haluski, but think it can easily be bland. Not with this. Again, it had enough pepper and even salt to satisfy me. The sauerkraut and pork was great and the pork was very tender. I'm not even a big pork fan and thought it was good. But the thing I will remember the most is the goulash and chicken. I NEVER order chicken at restaurants. I don't like cooking it at home. I'm just not a big fan. But this was the best, most flavorful and tender chicken I've ever had. It was delicious! That is saying a lot from me, an anti-chicken gal!
It was really cool at the end because Alex, the owner and cook, came out and talked about Hungarian history. You think about how America has become such a melting pot, you don't know if you'll get this kind of experience a decade from now. It just was very heartwarming to hear him speak so passionately about Hungarian culture.
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