if you like Hungarian food they have a
goulash which is very good look at that
hungry for a hearty meal we've got just
the place a neighborhood gem where you
will find the authentic flavors of
Europe this family-owned restaurant
cooks from scratch every single day we
visited them over a year ago and we are
returning today because they are
celebrating their 25th anniversary let's
take a look as Michele Oliver takes us
to South Gate to dine in the D at
Hungarian Rhapsody from the artwork to
the dolls to the gorgeous tablecloth
when you walk into Hungarian Rhapsody
you feel like you're in another country
we'd like to try to display all our
Hungarian artifacts the defend Hungarian
style that pottery and of each and every
table has a hand in roiled Hungarian
decoration tablecloth also this is like
old-world charm as if they were going to
an old-time Hungarian child oh these are
Hungarian restaurants in the villages
Stephan is originally from Hungary and
runs the restaurant with his family my
dream was always to create a Hungarian
restaurant in 93 he opened up the hunger
actually my wife is responsible for the
desserts and my daughter mostly during
the business with the waitstaff in a bar
here they serve up hearty authentic
Hungarian dishes making them from
scratch and with a lot of love the
Hungarian Goulash serve it in a kettle
it's a beef goulash with mixed vegetable
and dumplings in it also stuffed cabbage
it's a home-cooked meals all of them
none of them are the so called short
cuts we have to cook it a long long time
their signature dish is chicken
paprikash with homemade dumplings
we begin with the onions which have to
be cooked low and slow until they are
perfectly golden brown and caramelized
now what are we doing we are going to
add our diced red and green bell peppers
and red tomatoes as I stir he adds in
the Hungarian paprika and chicken stock
so then that becomes this really pretty
red color yes but after that you have
the raw chicken and cover them with the
sauce let this cover and cook when it
comes up to a full boil we let it cook
for 20 minutes so this is a very long
intensive process yes once the chicken
is done it looks like this
and then out of this after we take the
chicken out we use a sour cream ha
Barash to make the pop sauce what is a
hopper ah Sh
it's kind of like a thickening agent
it's a sour cream flour some milk or we
use heavy cream here because it's a
better product and then when you add
that to the juice and you let it boil
come up to a simmer at all thickens
together finally we put the dish
together starting with their fresh
dumplings and then adding the marinated
chicken and topping it with the creamy
paprikash sauce I enjoyed the challenge
the hunger and cooking and I love my
customers it just gives me a good good
feeling to have a nice
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joining us is Steven satmari and he is
the co-owner of Hungarian Rhapsody you
are celebrating 25 years the anniversary
you have renovations that we have video
to show folks at home yes we did change
a new bar and dining room and a banquet
room and completely redone the whole
restaurant even though we kept the
Hungarian deckers thank you Jason this
is why I like working with him he goes
straight for the food when food gets
cold
no I'm saying this one is hot you know
there's so the renovations are beautiful
25 years congratulations thank you very
much now let's talk about this beautiful
spread that you brought in what do we
have here we have the chicken paprikash
with the dumplings I do have the
Hungarian Goulash
and also the veal public that we have to
show this all right so this comes to the
table this way yes and it has the flame
underneath yes and then we I serve it to
the individuals that was great thank you
alright
make sure you guys see it you understand
oh all right so we've got the chicken
paprikash that's what I'm eating right
now Hungarian Goulash and we have the
veal paprikash over here and some
dumplings and cucumber salad okay
now we've got these beautiful desserts
let's talk about me we we do have their
cream ash which
in 1994 Molly Abraham called desert of
the year very tasty
and of course restaurant creational
Abraham yes and our own double start to
the Hungarian creation beautiful now I
remember these from last time you came
they were absolutely delicious thank you
so what does it mean to you for being in
a business that's been around for a
quarter of a century
well I'm very very proud very happy and
our determination and long hours to work
but I do enjoy to serve the public a lot
yes you're a staple of the community now
thank you so good thank you very much I
don't mean to eat while you're yeah
remind everybody where you are located
we are an insult gate on North Line Road
between Dix and i-75 only three blocks
west of Dix
ok all right well congratulations again
on 25 years also if you want to try out
Hungarian Rhapsody we are giving away
ten $25 gift cards you heard that right
10 $25 gift cards for your chance to win
go to our live in the de Facebook page
or the contest page at
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