Stand Restaurant
Apple Highball – Amass Riverine, Apple, Maple Syrup
Jerusalem Artichoke, Pumpkin Praline / Potato Chip, Smoked Trout, Caviar / Cottage Cheese, Radish, Horseradish
Parsnip Soup, Wild Garlic
Lángos – Yeast Dough, Sour Cream, Grated Cheese
Grilled Tomatoes, Smoked Tomato Soup, Aubergine Tartare
Roasted Potato Scone, Sourdough Bread, Cabbage Bread, Biscuit, Cheese Stick, Liptauer, Sunflower Butter
Cucumber filled with White Asparagus, Asparagus Soup, Elderflower Vinegar, Roasted Hazelnut, Chervil
Garden Peas with Salted Lemon, Wild Garlic Juice, Green Asparagus Velouté, Grilled Green Asparagus, Pine Nuts
Duck Rillette, Smoked Duck Liver Bonbon with Sour Cherry, Homemade Toasted Brioche
Sterlet Fillet, Langoustine, Cucumber Salad, Clam Sauce with Dill and Caviar
Gulyás Soup
Charcoal grilled Saddle of Venison, Fondant Potato, Aromatic Plum Jam, Barbecue Jus
Lightly salted White Chocolate, Pine, Strawberry Granita
Somlói
Petit Four
Currently Budapest’s most awarded Restaurant Stand is a lesson in finesse, from founding-Chef Tamás Széll’s 2016 Bocuse d’Or gold to Sous Chef Bence Dalnoki’s silver in 2022 and bronze in 2023 one will rarely find Food plated so beautifully while flavors are robust yet balanced.
Modern but rooted in tradition, a central kitchen wrapped in glass the starting point for a tasting menu that spans sixteen items from Canapes to Petit Fours, guests are presented with choices from a formal yet friendly staff that proves well-informed and multi-lingual.
Vibrant in atmosphere, Cocktails and a lengthy list of Wines offered, opening bites are delicate works of art ranging from a gold Sunchoke Chip to bite-size Lángos surrounding layered Parsnip Soup.
Proudly Hungarian but technique-focused, the Bread Basket showing off five styles alongside housemade Butter and Liptauer, one need only look at “Cucumber filled with White Asparagus” to understand the kitchen’s talent as each curl comes carefully filled in a spring-scented pool beneath a dainty Tart.
A slow-build served to accommodate the table’s pace, Peas and sparkling Pine Nuts again seeing Asparagus utilized with expertise, Chef Dalnoki’s Foie Gras is a study in taste and texture while his Bocuse-clinching Sterlet Fillet reminisces of something served at Geranium or Jordnær.
Next reinventing tradition with Széll’s version of Gulyás, a ubiquitous dish here focused on each Ingredient, Venison concludes savories with smoke and sweetness before a palate cleansing plate of Strawberry Ice with Mint atop White Chocolate.
Certainly worthy of it’s 2* from Michelin, a third justifiable based on the strength of this seasonal tasting, Dessert offers a choice from which Somlói achieves unprecedented refinement before concluding with five more sweet bites.
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