Kéhli Vendéglo

Frommer's Review

Housed in a historic Óbuda building, Kéhli is an upscale traditional Hungarian restaurant with a cozy dining room and an enclosed garden. Located behind the Corinthia Aquincum Hotel in Óbuda's old city, the restaurant can be a bit difficult to find -- ask a local when you get into the general vicinity. One of the house specialties is Szinbád's Favorite, named for the famous pirate introduced to Hungary by the early-20th-century novelist Gyula Krúdy; the dish consists of pork stuffed with chicken liver rolled in bacon and served in a paprika-and-mushroom sauce. The restaurant used to be frequented by the novelist, who is famous for his appetizing descriptions of hedonistic meals he enjoyed on the premises. Another dish worth sampling is the Szeged fish soup, which is among the best we have tasted. The roast gooseliver with garlic, which is another house specialty, is over-rated and a tad bland, however. The really adventurous should try the beef bone marrow served with pepper and paprika on slices of toast for an appetizer. Dinner is accompanied by live Gypsy music, and in our case opera singer Erzsébet Morvay Pálma spontaneously broke out in song, bringing the whole restaurant to applause.

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