Budapest

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Although the Hungarian cusine is not particularly renown for vegan dishes (Szálámi, Gulyás, etc...) the capital Budapest offers quite some opportunities for vegans. (Some are however a bit pricey, at least for Hungarian standards)

Restaurants

Édeni Étterem

Near Batthyány tér (Metro 2 stop) you can find the restaurant. They are exclusively vegan and speak fluently English. http://www.edenivegan.hu/elerhetosegeink/ Address: Iskola u. 31. Opening Hours:

M-F 8-20h
Sa closed
Su 11:00-19:00

Napfényes Étterem

It's close to Vörösmarty utca or Kodály körönd, and not that far from Keleti p.u. http://www.napfenyesetterem.hu/english Address: Rózsa utca 39 Opening Hours: M-Su 12:00-22:30

Mannatural

On the backside of the Kossuth Lájos Station. This place has amazing raw/vegan cakes. http://www.mannatural.hu/miert/ Address: Garibaldi utca 5 (down the stairs) Opening Hours: M-Su 11:00-21:00

Hummus Bars

There are multiple Hummus Bars in Budapest, where you can buy vegan falaffel (with student discount).

The markets

It is quite common in Budapest to buy food at a market (at a "piac"). There are quite some markets and usually it is cheaper than buying at a supermarket (esp Spar...).

Kálvin tér

Actually it is closer to Fővám tér, but sort of inbetween both, and the connection to Kálvin is just way better. This is the so called big market hall, and whereas upstairs you can find (sort of expensive) souveniers, downstairs you will find the food. There are multipe lines, one is more expensive, the other sort of cheaper. Usually the offers at the other places are cheaper :)

Lehel tér

The 2nd big market building, actually in the shape of a boat. You can find pretty reasonable offers here, but usually at the side of the building not in the main rows.

Rákoczi tér

At Rákoczi square you find another elder market building, inside it's again the same old game: The central booths are more expensive, sell somewhat higher quality, the others are cheaper. (Check: 1kg Tomatos/Paradicsom should never be more than 200HUF)

Smaller Markets

There are other smaller markets, e.g. at Teleki tér (quite cheap, lower quality) and sometimes near Keleti p.u. people try to sell vegetables w/o having a license (very cheap, but you know why ;))

Shopping

If you go shopping somewhere, important things to look for are "tojás nélkül" (without eggs) e.g. pasta "tej nélkül" (without milk) Other important words are méz (honey), hús (meat), tej (milk, not to confuse with "teljes" as whole in whole grain), tejszín (sour cream), túró (cottage cheese), vaj (butter).