We are happy to tell you more about the Sephardic fusion. But as the Jewish saying goes: "let's eat first!"
After that when you are more hungry to knowledge than food and only then..
Please read a little bit about our hospitality!
First of all, where was Sepharad? What does Sephardic mean and where is the Hungarian connection from? Jews like to give places names, so they called Germany Ashkenaz, France Tzarfat and Spain Sepharad in hebrew. The Arab also gave Spain a name, they called it Al-Andalus. At the end of the 15th century the Jews of Spain settled all around the Mediterranean, mainly in the area of the Ottoman Empire, Greece, North Africa and took with themselves the love for Mediterranean lifestyle and ingredients. At their new homes their recipes got mixed with local cuisines and they built those in to their gastronomy.Did you know
that our Moroccan Lamb tagine is cooked with honey to simbolize the sweetness of life, star anis to represent the stars and carrots to express love for the land? Therefore lamb tagine is a typical example of the food of "Al-Andalus", the moderate Islamic Spain that was centered in Cordoba, where Muslims, Christians and Jews lived peacefully together. This heartfelt nostalgia for Medieval Iberia is still with us.
From the Ottoman Empire to Austria-Hungary
Did you also know that soup used to serve for medical purposes to heal body and soul? Hungarians love to remember the legendary herbs and vegetable potions of their nomadic ancestors that had to survive hot summers and frosty, harsh winters as well. GOULASH SOUP is a liquidy substance with magical powers and secret ingredients, while GOULASH STEW was its thicker form, denser and more filling to the hungry belly: the authentic FOOD OF MAN. The best goulash is 100% kosher, without any dairy product: beef, potatoes and red paprika. So even if pork is important in Hungarian cuisine, Hungary quickly became the centre of Jewish gastronomy.Pizza and Glassmakers
In our restaurant every corner, every photo, every meal has a story to tell. On their Sephardic journey, our family has been active glassmakers all over Europe and the New World for 500 years and maybe more. They put a bundle on their shoulder and set off for another place each time they had to move on. After they had escaped from Murano and Venice, they had no land, no ties but their family, talent and skills. They also had with them PIZZA and the freedom of shapes and forms. This deep rooted story has been summarized in our latest food: the Pizza Bundle. The pizza bundle has the shape of a sphere closed at top and the filling inside is a station of the journey: beef stew lamb tagine, fish paprikash or just tastefully combined vegetables with tofu or cheese.