Why is the EU investigating the Széchenyi Rest Card and the Erzsébet voucher?

Dr. Kovách Ákos lawyer, leader of the Gide Loyrette Nouel – d’Ornano law firm helps to clear why the European Comission  investigates the Széchenyi Rest Card and the Erzsébet voucher. Currently three banks (OTP, MKB, K & H) corresponds to the issuing conditions of the Széchenyi Rest Card. This can...

Magazine: Do we finally have a successful Hungarian restaurant franchise?

In the middle of October the first Bock bistro opened in Copenhagen after a short test period. The new restaurant works as part of a franchise system. Lajos Bíró told our magazine that the Copenhagen bistro has been going with full house and has qualified for the best 9 in...

The first fastfood of the world – 250 years ago

Two hundred and fifty years before, his ancestor the Fourth Earl of Sandwich, John Montagu, had solved a newfangled problem – how to eat lunch without leaving the gambling table – by having his servants stick some slices of the day’s roast between two pieces of bread and deliver it...

Adria’s Rotisserie Chicken – Picture of the day

The legendary chef Ferran Adria earned a reputation for developing advanced cooking techniques like spherification (imagine liquid olives), but for his birthday, we think he’d like something simpler that reflects his Catalan roots. Adrià’s Rotisserie Chicken with Dried Fruit and Pine Nuts is a superfast version of a traditionally long-simmered...

Hotel Association: Hotelstars may become a national trade mark

Hotelstars hotel rating system currently owned and operated by the Hungarian Association of Hotels and Restaurants (MSZÉSZ) may become a national trade mark – the alliance told MTI on Wednesday. According to the communication, after several months of negoziations, Szatmáry Kristóf, State Secretary of the National Economy Ministry (NGM) and...

The most expensive eating-competition – Video of the day

Contestants in Moscow race against the clock to eat half a kilo of black caviar, worth thousands of dollars. Report by Sam Datta-Paulin.

Magazine: An honest interview about the situation of the Hungarian Gastronomic National Association

At the end of March András Krivács, the owner and director of Fenyves Hotel and Conference Centre in Baktalórántháza, was elected president of the Hungarian Gastronomic National Association (MNGSZ). Mr Krivács, who was elected for two years, also kept his position in the presidency of MVI. He sees a great...

The Art of Cooking in California – Picture of the day

Here are some pictures from a wonderful exhibition from Culver City, The Art of Cooking:

Versatile America – Video of the day

Here is McDonald’s Great Tastes of America Texas BBQ TV ad.

Beer and grilling?

he combination of drinking beer and grilling meat is one of those quintessential, all-American things. Everyone is familiar with the images of sucking back typical American shit beer while grilling some nicely marbled steaks, slabs of salmon, lamb, chicken or whatnot. Everyone is also familiar with the somewhat overrated health...