the ground floor is a beautiful oval hall, with fine
furniture and a wealth of flowers. To one side runs
a series of rooms where every indoor game may be
found, and to the other side is a long vista of dining-
rooms. Upstairs is a splendid ballroom, and when
on a ball night the Czardas are danced by everybody
after supper, the scene is a stimulating one. On hot
evenings the tables are moved from the dining-rooms
out to the terrace. There are lawn-tennis courts
behind the house and a narrow garden with fountains
in front of it.
The National Casino in the city is a stately club.
The porters wear the old scarlet Hussar uniform.
On the first floor is a long green corridor National
where are hung the heads of deer shot Casino
by members. A suite of rooms runs the length of
the buildings, one of the rooms being stocked with
a fine selection of the newspapers of all nations. The
dinners given in the big dining-room generally have
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a touch of national cookery. This is one which
breaks away from the usual French lines : —
Somtoi.
Eteville 1868.
Chateau Margaux
1875.
Moet 1884.
Tokay 1846.
Silvorium 1796.
Baracrkplinka i860.
Gulzas Clair.
Fogas de Balaton a la Jean Bart.
Cuissot de Pore frais.
Choucroute farcie.
Cailles roties sur Canape
Salade.
Artichauts frais. Sauce
Bordelaise.
Turos Lepeny.
The Club of the Gentry and the Union Club are
other clubs of the city. All are hospitable to the
stranger introduced by a member. The Polo Club
is in the centre of the race-course. The Tennis Club
is on the Margaret Island.
AFTER DINNER
The great opera house is well worth a visit, though
its performances do not rank with those of the operas
of the great European capitals. It is quite a con-
siderable time since I was in Buda-Pesth, but I found
then that the most applauded number in all the Hun-
garian operettas was a cake-walk, and that at all the
comedy theatres translations of French or English
plays were on the boards.
Other Towns
Of Tatra Fured and Tatra Lomnicz I know no-
thing by personal experience ; but Hungarians tell
me that at the Grand Hotel at the one and at
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the Palace at the other any luxury which can be
found at any mountain resort is obtainable, and
that the life both in summer and winter is very
amusing, which I can quite believe, for no nation
in the world has such high spirits as the Hungarians.
Herculesfiirdo, the a cure ” place of Hungary, lying
deep in the gorge of the Cserna, is just as well
found in simple food as are the “ cure ” places of
Austria.
XIV
ROUMANIA
The Dishes of the Country — The Restaurants of Bucarest — Bucarest
Clubs — Sinaia.
The Dishes of the Country
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Presented as published in 1903. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
the ground floor is a beautiful oval hall, with fine furniture and a wealth of flowers. To one side runs a series of rooms where every indoor game may be found, and to the other side is a long vista of diningrooms. Upstairs is a splendid ballroom, and when on a ball night the Czardas are danced by everybody after supper, the scene is a stimulating one. On hot evenings the tables are moved from the dining-rooms out to the terrace. There are lawn-tennis courts behind the house and a narrow garden with fountains in front of it.
The National Casino in the city is a stately club. The porters wear the old scarlet Hussar uniform. On the first floor is a long green corridor National where are hung the heads of deer shot Casino by members. A suite of rooms runs the length of the buildings, one of the rooms being stocked with a fine selection of the newspapers of all nations. The dinners given in the big dining-room generally have
344 The Gourmet's Guide to Europe
a touch of national cookery. This is one which breaks away from the usual French lines : —
Somtoi.
Eteville 1868. Chateau Margaux
Moet 1884.
Tokay 1846.
Silvorium 1796. Barackplinka 1860.
Gulzas Clair.
Fogas de Balaton a la Jean Bart. Cuissot de Pore frais.
Choucroute farcie.
Cailles roties sur Canape Salade.
Artichauts frais. Sauce Bordelaise.
Turos Lepeny.
The Club of the Gentry and the Union Club are other clubs of the city. All are hospitable to the stranger introduced by a member. The Polo Club is in the centre of the race-course. The Tennis Club is on the Margaret Island.
The great opera house is well worth a visit, though its performances do not rank with those of the operas of the great European capitals. It is quite a considerable time since I was in Buda-Pesth, but I found then that the most applauded number in all the Hungarian operettas was a cake-walk, and that at all the comedy theatres translations of French or English plays were on the boards.
Other Towns
Of Tatra Fured and Tatra Lomnicz I know nothing by personal experience ; but Hungarians tell me that at the Grand Hotel at the one and at
Hungary 345
the Palace at the other any luxury which can be found at any mountain resort is obtainable, and that the life both in summer and winter is very amusing, which I can quite believe, for no nation in the world has such high spirits as the Hungarians. Herculesfiirdo, the a cure ” place of Hungary, lying deep in the gorge of the Cserna, is just as well found in simple food as are the “ cure ” places of Austria.
ROUMANIA
The Dishes of the Country — The Restaurants of Bucarest — Bucarest Clubs — Sinaia.
The Dishes of the Country