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End-of-summer in Central Market Hall

A taste of the end-of-summer offer of the Central Market Hall in Budapest

Come shopping with me!

The Central Market Hall in Budapest is a popular destination for locals and tourists alike, and it’s not hard to see why! During the late summer months, the market is full of fresh, delicious produce that is sure to tantalize your taste buds.

Peaches, blackberries, mushrooms, pumpkin varieties.. And of course a late summer product that you can’t miss is the delicious Hungarian paprika. In hungarian we have the same word…

September 2, 2023 Budapest, Food, Foodie, Hungarian, Hungary, Traditional food

Párisi Udvar, Budapest

Come with me to a time travel

Let’s visit the charming Párisi Udvar

Today I invite you to a beautiful building that occupies a special place in the hearts of the people of Budapest. Párisi Udvar is a stunning shopping arcade turned into a hotel and is located in Ferenciek tere, in the heart of Budapest.

Built in the early 1900s, the arcade features beautiful Art Nouveau, Neo-Gothic architecture with Oriental elements, and houses a five star hotel, a spa, a cafe, and a restaurant. One of Europe’s most spectacular heritage…

August 12, 2023 Budapest, Budapest food, Dine out, Hungarian, Lifestyle

Your Budapest tour guide Nellicious Travels is one of the winners of European Travel Award 2023!

Nellicious Travels to win the Culinary Tour Operator of the Year 2023

EUROPEAN TRAVEL AWARDS BY EU BUSSINES NEWS

We are proud to announce that Nellicious Travels won the first prize on the prestigious European Travel awards in the culinary tour operator category.
The European Travel Awards 2023 is a highly inclusive awards programme; nominations are open to any candidates who operate within the Travel, Leisure, Tourism or Hospitality sectors in Europe. From quaint B&Bs to global Destination Management Companies, no…

August 9, 2023 awards, Food, Travel

Enjoy our private tour to the Széchenyi Bath, Budapest!

Meet me at Széchenyi Bath, Budapest

Tired of sighseeing in Budapest?

Spend a perfect day with me at Széchenyi Bath, the largest medicinal bath in Europe.

Széchenyi Bath is one of the most popular thermal baths in Budapest, Hungary. It is located in the City Park, near Heroes’ Square, and was opened in 1913 and features a Neo-Baroque style, with grand columns and ornate decorations..

The bath is named after Count István Széchenyi, one of the most prominent figures in Hungarian history, who was a major advocate for the development of Hungary’s infrastructure, including its thermal…

July 18, 2023 Budapest, Hungarian, Hungary, Water, Wellness

Family lunch on Sunday

Hungarian family lunch on Sunday

Namesday celebration 2.

As mentioned in my previous article, in March we celebrate Dad’s and my namesday together, so we are going out to one of our favorite restaurants.

To celebrate a namesday is something very traditional in Hungary.

Certainly we celebrate birthdays too, but in the past, when Facebook or our smartphones didn’t remind us, a lot of people did not know about the date of your birth.

This time, we picked a Sunday where our little family could get together to celebrate us.

I like the restaurant we go to a lot.

It is in my hometown, Székesfehérvár.

They…

March 23, 2019 Budapest food, Dine out, Dining, eat out, Food, Hungarian, Hungary

Namesday celebration in Hungary

Namesday celebration

how we celebrate in Hungary

March is the month where we celebrate Dad’s and my namesday.

To celebrate a namesday is something very traditional in Hungary.
Certainly we celebrate birthdays too, but in the past, when Facebook or our smartphones didn’t remind us, a lot of people did not know about the date of your birth.

It is different with namesdays.
There is a special calendar in Hungary for namesdays. Every day another name has its day.

Namesdays, similar to birthdays, are on the same day every year.
A lot of the namesdays is based on the sacred day of a…

March 20, 2019 Hungarian, Hungary, Lifestyle

My Goulash recipe – nelliciously delicious from a Hungarian foodie

Now as promised in my last blog, I’m sharing with you how I cook my goulash.

Please feel free to try it and let me know how it turned out.

Here we go:

Chop 3-4 medium sized onions, two yellow Hungarian paprikas (= bell peppers, you know we call everything paprika in Hungary 🇭🇺 , bell peppers, capsicums, kapia, chilis etc. :-).

If you don’t get the yellow Hungarian ones, take any yellow bell peppers instead), and a clove of garlic.

Take a deep pot, put oil in it, so the bottom is covered. Use sunflower oil or canola oil or even lard. Do not…

March 16, 2019 Food, Foodie, Hungarian, Hungary, Traditional food

Hungarian goulash – a soup or a stew?

When you say goulash, you mean the stew, when we say goulash, we mean the soup.

The stew is called “pörkölt” in Hungarian and we eat it mostly with “nokedli”, i.e. spaetzle or noodles, some call it small dumplings or just hand made pasta in different shapes and sizes. We also eat pickled vegetables or a good cucumber salad with sour cream with it.

Goulash soup and also the pörkölt is the most popular traditional Hungarian food, you have to taste while in Budapest.

We generally love soups and I e.g. grew up having three-course meals for lunch: a soup, a main dish and either a dessert or fruit. Of course the portions…

March 13, 2019 Food, Hungarian, Hungary, Traditional food

Join us for a foodtasting tour in Budapest!

If you are interested in food, like we are, then join us, local hosts, at NelliciousTravels to learn about Hungarian culinary culture.

I believe the best way to discover a country, is through its food, since you don’t only see, taste and smell but also get to know a lot about a nations culture, history and mentality. Everything else you can read in travel books or online, but to eat and drink with a local, like myself or my lovely co-hosts, Csilla and Roxy, at selected locations, is a complete different experience, a truly authentic one.

When joining us, you get an idea how and what we eat and drink. Why Hungarian food has always the colors of red, orange, rose…

March 8, 2019 Budapest, Budapest food, Dine out, eat out, Foodie, Hungarian, Hungary

The Hungarian fiery water: the pálinka

We, Hungarians appreciate good and also strong alcohol.
One of the most traditional and internationally well known Hungarian spirits is pálinka.
Since we love to eat seasonal fruit and pick it directly from the trees, we grow a lot of fruit trees in our gardens, this fruit tastes the best. I’m already dreaming of spring and summer, when I’ll have a bite of a fresh whiteflesh peach and the sweet aromatic juice runs down my skin…. We also make jams and preserves out of all kind of fruit and if there is some left then we put it in small or rather big barrels. We have a barrel for raspberries, for cherries, sour cherries, pears, apricots,…

March 6, 2019 Hungarian, Hungary