Comments on: Dinner by the Danube http://www.glutenfreeguidebook.com/2008/04/17/dinner-by-the-danube/ On the road with travel journalist Hilary Davidson Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:38:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Judit Schummel http://www.glutenfreeguidebook.com/2008/04/17/dinner-by-the-danube/comment-page-1/#comment-15419 Judit Schummel Sun, 16 May 2010 22:51:35 +0000 http://www.glutenfreeguidebook.com/?p=61#comment-15419 Hi Shannon! Yes, I'm sure they will. We are working on our project and all the restaurants you can find here: http://maps.google.hu/maps/ms?hl=hu&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=104717169421854912922.000479379b84de425adb6&ll=46.897739,19.160156&spn=5.45036,9.832764&z=7 are taking part in it. They know what GF eating means and will serve you properly. If you check any of them, please write your opinion on our website in the Enlish topic. Feedbeck is very important for us. Thank you! Schumi Hi Shannon!

Yes, I’m sure they will. We are working on our project and all the restaurants you can find here: http://maps.google.hu/maps/ms?hl=hu&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=104717169421854912922.000479379b84de425adb6&ll=46.897739,19.160156&spn=5.45036,9.832764&z=7 are taking part in it. They know what GF eating means and will serve you properly. If you check any of them, please write your opinion on our website in the Enlish topic. Feedbeck is very important for us.
Thank you!

Schumi

]]> By: Shannon McNutt http://www.glutenfreeguidebook.com/2008/04/17/dinner-by-the-danube/comment-page-1/#comment-15237 Shannon McNutt Mon, 10 May 2010 13:39:41 +0000 http://www.glutenfreeguidebook.com/?p=61#comment-15237 Hi! I am an American living in Budapest for the last 6 years and me and my 5 year old daughter have celiac disease. Yes, it is very difficult to go out to eat in Budapest. Two other restaurants that have gluten free options (pastas) are Pomodoro Restaurant on Arany Janos Utca (www.pomodorobudapest.com) and Vapianos (www.vapiano.hu). I also have found that the local markets are carrying more and more gluten free foods so I have to think that Celiac disease is becoming more diagnosed than before. You can pick up GF cereals, cookies, crackers and other convenience foods when visiting here. The best selection is at Tesco and Spar (they have their own GF line). I hope that the restaurants will start to follow the GF trend! Hi!

I am an American living in Budapest for the last 6 years and me and my 5 year old daughter have celiac disease. Yes, it is very difficult to go out to eat in Budapest. Two other restaurants that have gluten free options (pastas) are Pomodoro Restaurant on Arany Janos Utca (www.pomodorobudapest.com) and Vapianos (www.vapiano.hu). I also have found that the local markets are carrying more and more gluten free foods so I have to think that Celiac disease is becoming more diagnosed than before. You can pick up GF cereals, cookies, crackers and other convenience foods when visiting here. The best selection is at Tesco and Spar (they have their own GF line). I hope that the restaurants will start to follow the GF trend!

]]> By: Judit Schummel http://www.glutenfreeguidebook.com/2008/04/17/dinner-by-the-danube/comment-page-1/#comment-14481 Judit Schummel Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:11:45 +0000 http://www.glutenfreeguidebook.com/?p=61#comment-14481 Hi, I've been the administrator of the Hungarian website www.coeliac.hu for a year. It is the official site of the Hungarian Coeliac Society (Lisztérzékenyek Érdekképviseletének Országos Egyesülete). We are working hard on a project to train the staff in some hotels and reastaurants all around Hungary. Our site is mostly in Hungarian, but here is a thread in English with lots of useful information which we recommend to coeliac visitors to Hungary. It is called: Gluten-Free in Hungary http://www.liszterzekeny.hu/tiki-index.php?page=%20Gluten-free%20in%20Hungary&structure=%20Gluten-free%20in%20Hungary (This link is not the same Lilla offered in 2009, because it has changed since then.) If you have any problems, contact us and we will help you. (Email: schumi.j@gmail.com or info@liszterzekeny.hu ) Hi,

I’ve been the administrator of the Hungarian website http://www.coeliac.hu for a year. It is the official site of the Hungarian Coeliac Society (Lisztérzékenyek Érdekképviseletének Országos Egyesülete). We are working hard on a project to train the staff in some hotels and reastaurants all around Hungary.
Our site is mostly in Hungarian, but here is a thread in English with lots of useful information which we recommend to coeliac visitors to Hungary. It is called: Gluten-Free in Hungary http://www.liszterzekeny.hu/tiki-index.php?page=%20Gluten-free%20in%20Hungary&structure=%20Gluten-free%20in%20Hungary
(This link is not the same Lilla offered in 2009, because it has changed since then.)

If you have any problems, contact us and we will help you.
(Email: schumi.j@gmail.com or info@liszterzekeny.hu )

]]> By: Lilla http://www.glutenfreeguidebook.com/2008/04/17/dinner-by-the-danube/comment-page-1/#comment-8144 Lilla Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:25:18 +0000 http://www.glutenfreeguidebook.com/?p=61#comment-8144 The owner of the Poco Loco restaurant has changed and they do not offer gluten-free menu anymore. On the other hand, here's a link to an English-language thread that is meant to help foreigners to eat gluten-free in Hungary, with shops, restaurants, etc: http://www.liszterzekeny.hu/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?topics_offset=2&topics_sort_mode=lastPost_desc&forumId=1&comments_parentId=28865 Most restaurants mentioned here do not have an official gluten-free menu but you can ask for gluten-free dishes - in some cases the owner or a relative of his/her is a coeliac. The owner of the Poco Loco restaurant has changed and they do not offer gluten-free menu anymore.
On the other hand, here’s a link to an English-language thread that is meant to help foreigners to eat gluten-free in Hungary, with shops, restaurants, etc:

http://www.liszterzekeny.hu/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?topics_offset=2&topics_sort_mode=lastPost_desc&forumId=1&comments_parentId=28865

Most restaurants mentioned here do not have an official gluten-free menu but you can ask for gluten-free dishes – in some cases the owner or a relative of his/her is a coeliac.

]]> By: Lilla http://www.glutenfreeguidebook.com/2008/04/17/dinner-by-the-danube/comment-page-1/#comment-4858 Lilla Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:09:39 +0000 http://www.glutenfreeguidebook.com/?p=61#comment-4858 Hello! I'm also a coeliac from Hungary. I agree that it is difficult to eat gluten-free in restaurants here, mainly because of the lack of knowledge about this disease. Although you can ask for gluten-free food if you talk to the chef in several restaurants, I prefer to eat in the places that are officially gluten-free: so far there is one such restaurant and two pizzerias in Budapest (but these two pizzerias are the same company so they have almost the same menu). In case somebody is interested, here is some information about them: Poco Loco Étterem Budapest, 1023, Frankel Leó u. 51., Tel/Fax: (+36-1) 438-3227 Opening hours: 12:00 -01:00 info@pocoloco.hu http://www.pocoloco.hu/ Etna 2 Pizzeria Budapest, district VIII. Baross tér 10., Tel: (+36-1) 477-4747 Opening hours: 11:30-23:30 http://www.etna.hu/ Etna 1 Pizzeria Budapest, 1026, Gábor Áron út 74-78., Tel: (+36-1) 391-5839 Opening hours: 11:30-22:30 info@etnapizzeria.hu http://www.etnapizzeria.hu/ As for traditional Hungarian food, they are not only difficult for coealic tourists to get, but also for any tourist, as it is very rare that they have real traditional food in restaurants that are meant for tourists. (There are some misconceptions about Hungarian food specialties, for instance, goulash is not a stew but a soup, and töltött káposzta is cabbage filled with meat, rice and spices, not with barley:) But I think it is true for almost every country that you can only eat traditional food if a local friend cooks for you:) Hello!
I’m also a coeliac from Hungary. I agree that it is difficult to eat gluten-free in restaurants here, mainly because of the lack of knowledge about this disease. Although you can ask for gluten-free food if you talk to the chef in several restaurants, I prefer to eat in the places that are officially gluten-free: so far there is one such restaurant and two pizzerias in Budapest (but these two pizzerias are the same company so they have almost the same menu).
In case somebody is interested, here is some information about them:

Poco Loco Étterem
Budapest, 1023, Frankel Leó u. 51., Tel/Fax: (+36-1) 438-3227
Opening hours: 12:00 -01:00
info@pocoloco.hu
http://www.pocoloco.hu/

Etna 2 Pizzeria
Budapest, district VIII. Baross tér 10., Tel: (+36-1) 477-4747
Opening hours: 11:30-23:30
http://www.etna.hu/

Etna 1 Pizzeria
Budapest, 1026, Gábor Áron út 74-78., Tel: (+36-1) 391-5839
Opening hours: 11:30-22:30
info@etnapizzeria.hu
http://www.etnapizzeria.hu/

As for traditional Hungarian food, they are not only difficult for coealic tourists to get, but also for any tourist, as it is very rare that they have real traditional food in restaurants that are meant for tourists. (There are some misconceptions about Hungarian food specialties, for instance, goulash is not a stew but a soup, and töltött káposzta is cabbage filled with meat, rice and spices, not with barley:) But I think it is true for almost every country that you can only eat traditional food if a local friend cooks for you:)

]]> By: Katalin Rancz http://www.glutenfreeguidebook.com/2008/04/17/dinner-by-the-danube/comment-page-1/#comment-1778 Katalin Rancz Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:34:36 +0000 http://www.glutenfreeguidebook.com/?p=61#comment-1778 Hi! I am a Hungarian celiac, I have just found your homepage. It is very sad that you couldn't taste our traditional foods, but it is true that it is difficult to eat in a Hungarian restaurant as a celiac. I do not dare to eat anything but grilled chicken/pork in restaurants even I can express myself quite exactly in my language. Unfortunately, in usually people and not just waiters and cooks have not much knowledge about this "disease" ( I don't like to call it disease...), but the situation is not hopeless! Yes, we have an English homepage, I have looked at it, but it is not so good.. We have problems with foreign language speaking, but most young people under 35 should speak some foreign language, in most cases English. The foods that you wanted to taste can be made without starch or with glutenfree ingredients, and some of them should be normally glutenfree! If interested I can translate some receipts for You!!! Hi!

I am a Hungarian celiac, I have just found your homepage. It is very sad that you couldn’t taste our traditional foods, but it is true that it is difficult to eat in a Hungarian restaurant as a celiac. I do not dare to eat anything but grilled chicken/pork in restaurants even I can express myself quite exactly in my language. Unfortunately, in usually people and not just waiters and cooks have not much knowledge about this “disease” ( I don’t like to call it disease…), but the situation is not hopeless!
Yes, we have an English homepage, I have looked at it, but it is not so good.. We have problems with foreign language speaking, but most young people under 35 should speak some foreign language, in most cases English.
The foods that you wanted to taste can be made without starch or with glutenfree ingredients, and some of them should be normally glutenfree! If interested I can translate some receipts for You!!!

]]> By: Martha Deutsch http://www.glutenfreeguidebook.com/2008/04/17/dinner-by-the-danube/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Martha Deutsch Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:14:34 +0000 http://www.glutenfreeguidebook.com/?p=61#comment-31 I had a wonderful experience in Budapest 5 years ago, traveling with my husband to a business meeting. I sent an email to the Hungarian Coeliac group requesting their help in advance, and received a welcoming response that included a letter in Hungarian to present at restaurants and directions to a well-stocked store that included lots of European gf foods with all languages included in the ingredients lists. Not many spoke much English but everyone was quite friendly and eager to assist in explaining what I could eat, consulting with the chef, etc. This was true at all sorts of places, including restaurants in nearby villages. I ate well and did not feel I was a problem, as sometime happens in the USA! The website you reference has an English page - just click on English in the list on the left side of homepage. I had a wonderful experience in Budapest 5 years ago, traveling with my husband to a business meeting. I sent an email to the Hungarian Coeliac group requesting their help in advance, and received a welcoming response that included a letter in Hungarian to present at restaurants and directions to a well-stocked store that included lots of European gf foods with all languages included in the ingredients lists. Not many spoke much English but everyone was quite friendly and eager to assist in explaining what I could eat, consulting with the chef, etc. This was true at all sorts of places, including restaurants in nearby villages. I ate well and did not feel I was a problem, as sometime happens in the USA!

The website you reference has an English page – just click on English in the list on the left side of homepage.

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