When I travel to a new city, I spend hours researching exactly where I want to go, what I want to see, and what I want to eat. One of my favorite things to do in new cities is a food tour or cooking class. However, I am quite selective with these because of some pretty bad past experiences. Nobody likes an expensive food tour with only a couple of teeny-tiny one-biter samples!
I have seen seeing Urban Adventures tours in many of the cities I have traveled to, but just never had time to book one in my jam-packed “vacations.” When I found the UA “Sites & Bites” tour in Budapest, I dug a bit deeper. Because my recent trip was so short, I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to kill two birds with one stone…: Try Hungarian cuisine while checking off some of the sites on my list! I am so glad that I 
convinced myself to make this decision.
The tour began at 2 pm in front of the Grand Market where our small group met our guide. As we journeyed through the market and learned about traditional Hungarian foods and spices, two pit-stops were made to have our first tastes. These included a variety of Hungarian sausages and salamis along with two types of “Pogasca.” (Pogasca are traditional little Hungarian scones, and they are one of my latest obsessions. I returned before my flight and bought a bag to take back with me!)
Our next two stops included a famous, local chocolatier and a typical “ruin bar” to moisten our throats!
In between, we stopped at what I call a Hungarian barbecue house… lots of meat! Here, we were served thick, warm sausages, bread, mustard, and pure horseradish.
Super delicious, but we had to pace ourselves since there was much more to come!
As we walked through the city, our guide gave us a knowledge of Hungarian history and 
pointed out many major sites, such as the Great Synagogue and the original ruin bar. We then arrived at a unique little restaurant where we were served a platter of seafood goodness: fried fish, bread, and two types of seafood pate. 
This was SO good!
Next on the agenda was a Jewish restaurant where we got to taste chicken matzo ball soup. Perfect for the chilly day it was!
As we neared our last destination, we were all shocked to discover that we wouldn’t be eating just dessert… Instead, we’d be feasting on a plate of chicken paprikash AND “Somlói galuska”- a little chocolate cake with whipped cream.
When the tour concluded, I was very surprised at the amount of food we were served! I was expecting it to be only a couple of stops with small, bite-sized servings, but boy was I wrong. The whole experience was fantastic and exactly what I had hoped for. I will definitely be booking more tours with Urban Adventures, and can’t wait for the next one!
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