http://www.beetrock.com feel the beet... everywhere Fri, 08 May 2009 19:02:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 55 Kiraly utca Map “Tourists, beware!”- should be the mantra of this establishment. A hungover Pest dweller can appreciate the thick mushroom goulash and a hefty portion of the desert curiously dubbed “dumps with poppy,” but an unsuspecting city guest in search of gastronomic pleasure is likely to end up with gastritis ... http://www.beetrock.com/frici-papa/ I’ve been pretty devastated about loosing my little Casio Exilim-S600, but I think my grief peaked yesterday when I looked through the year of flickr photos that it left me and the little lonely, and now useless, dock on my desk. I am usually pretty aware of my techie belongings ... http://www.beetrock.com/an-ode-to-my-beloved-little-camera/ Perhaps, my most favorite card, EVER. Thanks to super P! http://www.beetrock.com/belated-v-day/ Café Central Konditorei Srauchgasse 4 Map Even the promise of dining at a table of former Trotsky sightings could not make us bear the wait to be seated at Vienna’s historic Café Central. We headed for it’s tiny offspring just up the street to have delicious strudel and mélanges. Perhaps smaller and less ... http://www.beetrock.com/not-so-central-central/ Kazinczy utca 35 Map In my last minute attempts to enjoy the culinary treasures of Budapest I took J to this small and fun place in the Erzbetvaros. I’ve been to Stone Soup before and every visit makes a precedent for coming back. We had the homey eggplant pate that reminds me ... http://www.beetrock.com/koleves/ Kantine M 101 Mariahilferstrasse 101 1060 Vienna Map Even after our successful battle with the striking Hungarian railways and arriving to Vienna by Eruolines bus, failures awaited us. Our attempts to follow the footsteps of every Vienna Lonely Planet reader proved futile when starved, we arrived at a very closed Zum Alten Fassl. ... http://www.beetrock.com/fed-in-vienna-against-all-odds/ Arany János u. 9. Budapest Map M&M’s last hurray in Budapest was celebrated at this apparently truly Italian eatery. We had meaty and non-meaty appetizers but sadly our side vegetables were served before our meal and consumed rapidly. The main course – two kinds of fish, which were identified by our own Italian ... http://www.beetrock.com/pomo-doro/ J came to visit last Friday and we had a fantastic weekend in Pest. It was a rare sunny day and we had a lot planned. We went to the Central Market, bought paprika and delicious, properly sweetened cherry strudels, walked aside the Danube and went to the Szechenyi outdoor ... http://www.beetrock.com/pest-walkabout/