Out to Lunch!

Earlier we posted some observations we had made, we have one more we would like to add to that list. It seems that Hungarians greet other guests, in restaurants, upon arrival and when they are leaving.

Today we decided to go downtown to the traditional restaurant that we had previoulsy been to, where we had spoke to the owner about Hungary. We walked into the restaurant and there were a few couples having lunch. Our waitress recoginzed us from the last time we ate there and giggled at us. She most likely giggled when she saw us because we looked like two deer caught in the headlights, not knowing whether we should seat ourselves or wait to be seated. We sat down and ordered two bowls of goulash (a traditional Hungarian stew) with two waters. The stew was served with fresh bread, slices of paprika, and a bright red chili paste. We decided to get dessert, but we did not know what to get because the menu was in Hungarian (of course). So, our waitress brought us a new menu, we were hoping it was going to be in english, it was in German! Finally the owner came to our table (not the woman from before but her husband), who spoke perfect English, and described the desserts. We ordered his recommendation, which he joked would be atleast 2000 calories, and two espressos. The dessert was fantastic! The best way we can describe it is as follows-- There were two pieces of thin doughy pastry folded over into triangles, filled with quark (which is a nutty cream filling) and topped with chocolate sauce!! We believe it was 2000 calories, but well worth it!

After lunch we took a light stroll in the downtown walking area and went into the shop we discovered a couple days ago. The shop was full of beautiful art work, much of which was Hungarian. The shop owner was an older woman who spoke English quite well, she described many of the pieces to us in detail. We stopped at a bakery and bought a small loaf of some delicious looking nutty bread, to have with dinner which will be leftovers from this weekend's home-made casserole.

It is still raining, though the weather has lightened a bit. It was sprinkling soft enough for us to venture downtown. The weather is suppose to be more of the same for the next couple of days...we will see! :)