So we're by the main entrance to Central Market Hall
about to go in, it's lunchtime and I'm hungry and I think so are you!
First of all, few facts for you before you go in
This place is considered to be the oldest...
Central Market Hall is considered to be the oldest dating back to the 19th Century,
largest, and probably the prettiest indoor market hall in the whole of Budapest!
Central Market Hall lies in the heart of Budapest, precisely on the Pest side just by the Liberty Bridge
making it ideal for a quick stopover before you head to see more whether it’s
relaxing in any of the 100 thermal baths or admiring one of the architectural wonders.
The steel Neo-Gothic structure covers around 10,000 square metres and is easy to spot from the outside.
You can expect the finest selection of food ranging from fresh fruit and veggies,
top quality slices of meat like kolbas or salami, cheese, alcohol and how can I forget….
Paprika!
There are a few things that you should try in Hungary
and one of them is definitely paprika!
As this is a symbol of Hungary.
See, if you happen to be a foodie, do some sampling, but do it with moderation this can easily
turn into a shopping bag full of goodies!
Don’t worry, not all paprika is spicy though!
It gets even better, you can have a paprika inspired alcohol.
What's the percentage?
Let's have a look.
It's 38 percent!
We've also got paprika oil here as well.
Number 2 - tokaji!
It's the sweet wine from Hungary. It's really delicious in flavour, very rich
very very fruity and one of my favourite ones is tokaji aszu
which I remember I use to get for my dad when I was a teenager!
Really really delicious!
Number 3 - Pálinka!
This is a fruit brandy from Hungary, it's pretty strong, I think this one is about 38 percent
so anyone who's a bit hardcore...this one's for you!
Hungarians are big on meat.
Paprika and salami are especially a good combo.
You will see stands offering a great choice of meat dishes, whether for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Time to unwrap this little gift!
And that's actually kolbasz, which in Hungarian means sausage.
It's very similar to the Polish word kielbasa, if you know some of you.
This is a typical Hungarian sausage made with pepper
with paprika, so it's the Hungarian paprika, a bit of salt
and I think we're having horse meat.
So this is horse meat type of kolbasz.
You can see the pepper inside.
You can see the peppercorns around here.
It's literally like spicy salami!
Someone is giving in to meat again!
I think that's pork scratchings
and you got like all the salami there.
I’m easy to maintain, just take me to a food market with meat and that’s all I need.
Crispy pork and pork scratchings?
Come back in an hour and I’ll still be right here…
So, we've also bought some Hungarian pork now.
It's not in slices unfortunately, so I'm going to have it whole.
That is so tasty, it taste like crispy pork!
For someone who's Chinese and craves crispy pork
it's perfect for me!
Next stop, top floor with eateries and souvenirs don’t underestimate the size of it, you
should allocate somewhere between 1-2 hours.
Walking through the top floor reminded me of Central European cuisine, after all, Hungarian food
is still quite similar to Czech, Slovak and my homely Polish food, but yet, a bit different! thanks
to Paprika and influence from the Ottoman Empire from the past.
If this is your first time around here, here’s what you must try!
Hungary’s national dish, Goulash, a soup like meat stew with veggies and paprika.
Chicken paprikas and stuffed cabbage filled with a generous amount of minced pork with
rice… and… you’ve guessed it, plenty of paprika!
And last but not least, langos the Hungarian style pizza!
Oh my god look at this Saslik!
It's literally full of meat!
That looks so good!
I think someone's decided!
I really don't know what to get but I think this is really talking to me right now...
And I have to talk back!
This is much bigger than I expected!
What you saw on the skewer which is called Saslik
when it's put in a bun, it looks twice as big!
A big piece of pork!
I'm literally starving.
I did say, we're going to come here try some new food
but this is really really huge!
It's so messy!
Look! I can't even get all the meat inside!
We have had a lot of it already, there's still a lot of bread to go through.
And inside you still have some meat so...
There's so much meat!
I'm going to be so full until midnight.
The cheese sauce as well.
It's got a bit of a kick to it i think
must be the Hungarian paprika.
I absolutely adore the colourful folk designs.
Beautiful, white airy blouses with bright flowers and fitted skirts with ornaments are a steal here girls.
Most are made with cotton or linen for those perfect summer vibes.
And the designs make you stand out!
So now that we have your lunch plans covered, in our next video, we’re going to take you
on a night out in Budapest showing you the trendy ruin bars and hipster food trucks!
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