The only thing new is…food! Ok, so that is not new, but the type of food we have tried is new to us. At dinner on Friday night we tried out a new place in the walking area. It is located right next to the James Joyce Pub and has inside and outside seating. Due to the light rain and cool temperature, we chose to sit inside. There were a couple of other tables occupied. We sat at a small table in the dimly lit dining room. Our waiter spoke a little English, which always makes it easier. For an appetizer, we ordered toast with marrow spread. Yes, bone marrow! It was served with pickled gerkin and it was delicious! For our entrees we ordered one dish of red wine Hungarian beef stew, and one plate of turkey cordon bleu served with potato (unbeknownst to us, it was served with 3 baked potatoes!!) We were naughty and ordered dessert even though we didn’t finish our dinners! “Somló Dumplings” is what I pointed to on the menu when the server asked what we would like. When it came out, it was a mountain of heaven! It was chocolate and vanilla “dumplings” which were like very light pieces of cake, topped with chocolate mousse, nuts, tiny cherries, whipped cream, and chocolate sauce. We enjoyed it along with two macchiato.

Today we went to Kattanis for lunch and shared a “Hungarian Pizza.” The pizza consisted of tomato sauce, cheese, sausage, red onion and egg. It was good, but not as good as the pizza we had a few days earlier. The sausage in the pizza tasted just like the sausage in one of the dishes we had in Vienna. While shopping at Tesco today, we picked up some smoked, dried Hungarian sausage. We made sausage sandwiches, with fresh rolls, for dinner. The sausage tasted just like what we had at the restaurants…so good! I am full just remembering all of this food!!