Days 14-16 Budapest
It's tough to follow up the halusky, and Budapest did not come close. For our first meal, our hostel suggested a place called, Pozsonyi. Hungarian cuisine for a good price and generous portions. So for about $5, I had a chicken schnitzel over a mound of spaghetti. On top of that was another large mound of cheese that I didn't find necessary. The dish was extremely salty and cheese couldn't save it. It was cheap, but not worth it.
Hostels often have free meal days and the first night we landed on the Hungarian meal! It was basically a beef, potatoes and carrots stew. It was satisfying, but the family like eating setting is what I'll remember more. The hosts also gave us a couple of shots to share all around.
The second day, we grabbed a quick breakfast at a bakery. Anthony had a breakfast pizza slice for 200 forints ($0.66). Although I was tempted by an apple strudel, I went for the pastry I'd never tried before. It was shaped like two cinnamon buns filled with vanilla and strawberry jam. Not extremely adventurous, but I'm not a jam person, so I thought I was pretty extreme.
Dinner was just at the quickest restaurant we could find. I had goulash soup (first goulash of the trip!) and coleslaw. The pickles cabbage was the best slaw I've ever had. Then again, I only have KFC, Safeway and White Spot as past competitors.
After dinner, I basically had $8 left in forints to spend for our last day. I spent $3 on postage stamps. It was a sad lunch. $2 spent at KFC. A mini sandwich and small fries. We had a 15 hour ride to Bucharest at 19:00, so I had to grab food for dinner and breakfast. We found a grocery store where I bought a 2L water, 2 spinach strudels and 2 other buns/pastries and then a chicken baguette. All totaled to $4.50. I went $1.50 over. Not bad.
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