Best Vegetarian/Vegan Food Places in Budapest

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Hello and welcome back to Aperture & Wanderlust!

Today I will be sharing with you my favourite food places in Budapest and tell you about traditional foods you need to try. As I’ve been vegetarian for six years, and mainly eat plant based if I have the choice (I know, you always have a choice, but this post is not supposed to debate the pros and cons of different diets or lifestyles), these recommendations are especially suitable for people who prefer a plant based, or vegetarian diet.

 

Hummus Bar – Hummus is sexy!

I really loved the food chain called „Hummus Bar“. They offer a variety of hummus based dishes, and they have many vegan and vegetarian options. It is really delicious, especially because they serve warm pita bread with the hummus and you can also have lots of Tahini (love it!) and enjoy Falafels, fresh vegetables and more! I have to admit, during the four and a half days I spent in Budapest, I went there THREE (!!) times! Absolutely loved it! You will get a big hummus plate with warm pita and veggies for only 1990 HUF (5.89 EUR – 6.47 USD – 5.00 GBP)!

Wow, I’m actually getting pretty hungry writing this post…

 

Napfényes Étterem – a completely vegan restaurant

Napfényes Étterem is a completely plant-based, aka – vegan restaurant. You can either sit down and enjoy a warm meal, have a sweet snack or buy some vegan cake to go! It is not particularly expensive but not super cheap either. However, it is a real restaurant with kind waitresses and waiters and the interior design is really beautiful! I actually felt pretty fancy there :D!

 

Las Vegan’s Budapest

Las Vegan’s is a vegan Burger/Fast Food place. They offer a variety of burgers, vegan nuggets, smoothies, potatoes and more. It was really delicious! You will get a burger for around 2000 HUF!

Street Food Karaván Budapest

Karaván Budapest is a small Street Food Market in the former jewish quarter of Pest, right in front of the Las Vegan’s restaurant and the Szimpla Kert Ruin Bar. They have different food trucks offering Langós, Chimney Cake, Asian dishes and there is also a Las Vegan’s burger truck. Great thing if you are travelling in a group, I am sure everyone will find something delicious to eat at Karaván!

 

Naspolya Nassolda – raw vegan food

I found this café by accident and fell in love with the interior design. They actually have a swing you can sit on while enjoying your juice or your „rawsome“ cake. They only sell raw vegan and organic food.

 

Chimney Cake

Chimney Cake is a must-try when you visit Budapest. You can get it on the Christmas markets or go to a Chimney Cake Café. I decided to get one with salted caramel ice cream in it and enjoyed a nice black coffee with it. I am actually pretty glad that I sat down while eating this, since I am really bad at eating on the go and it is not particularly easy to eat (-to my mind…maybe I am just bad at multi-tasking!).

Chocolate Chip Chimney Cake with Salted Caramel Ice Cream!

 

Lángos

Unfortunately I don’t have a good-looking picture of Langós and I just realised that the lady is preparing something like a potato fritter instead. 

Langós is another thing you need to try when you are going to visit Hungary. You probably know it from your local Christmas market, since it is already well known, at least in Germany. If you have not heard of Langós yet, it is a fried dough that is usually topped with sour cream and grated cheese. However, there are multiple other versions available, I got one with Nutella for example, which was super delicious!

 

Central Market

Have you ever heard of Sajtos Pogácsa? It is something like a cheese scone and – oh my goodness – it is so good! I went to the Central Market to try them and got a whole bag for only one or two euros. If you want to eat on a budget, the Central Market is the right place for you!

This is the zero waste grocery shopping heaven!

 

New York Palace / New York Café

The New York Palace is a well-known luxury hotel on the Grand Boulevard in Budapest and the New York Café, the restaurant on the ground floor, is often recommended in city guides due to its beautiful interior design. To be honest, I did not go in there, I was not very keen to pay 7€ for a coffee. I therefore cannot give you any information on the food and drinks since I just admired the beautiful ceiling from the outside.

 

As you can see, Budapest has many great restaurants and cafés for the vegan and vegetarian gourmet and I will not lie – I spent most of my money in Budapest (besides from the flight and the accommodation) on food. 😀

Thank you for reading and let me know if you have more food recommendations for this beautiful city!

xx, Sophie

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What we ate in Australia Part #2

Hey there!

This is the second part of my „What we ate in Australia“ series. Some pictures were still taken in Darwin but the other half of the meals are the ones we cooked while we were travelling down the east coast. Problem was that you can’t carry to many groceries while travelling. Additionally we were on a tighter budget and consequently had a lot of pasta. (ca. 1$ per meal) 😁

Self-made christmas cookies in Darwin, while it was 35 degrees celsius outside…

Asian inspired soup with a poached egg

Nachos with guacamole in a mall

Our last dinner in Darwin with avocado sushi…this dinner was so expensive since we had salted caramel chocolate as well 😅

Couscous with cucumber and tomatoes

Rice cake with banana and peanut butter for breakfast

Pasta with cheese and tomato sauce

This is a not so good looking potato-egg-capsicum salad

The aesthetically least pleasing meal we cooked – rice with Indian chick pea sauce

Vegan and gluten free pancakes in Rainbow Beach for breakfast

This salad was so delicious! Rice, corn, cucumber, onions, lemon and spices

We always carried lime juice, Italian dressing, salt and pepper with us while we were travelling the east coast

What do you eat on your travels?

xx, Sophie

What we ate in Australia Part #1

The What we ate series shall be continued, this time I will share the food we cooked in Australia. All the foods in this post are „self-cooked“ in Darwin.
Since we had access to a kitchen in our apartment, we were able to buy more groceries and store them in a fridge. Hope you enjoy!

Banana Porridge for breakfast

Banana porridge with greek yoghurt and cinnamon for breakfast

Baked beans and veggies for our wraps

We loved making wraps since it is rather a cold dish and it gets very hot in Darwin!

Porridge with berries, not for Instagram 😹

Couscous with eggs, tomatoes, cucumber and feta cheese

Apple porridge with cottage cheese and cinnamon

Wholegrain bread with cottage cheese, avocado, cucumber and an apple – gosh we ate a lot 😹

Roasted veggies with egg and avocado

Pasta with baby spinach, salt and pepper

Homemade pizza, cut with a scissor 😹

The healthier pizza

Veggies and chick peas

We usually had loads of veggies and cooking was really fun! We also occasionally bought some Lindt dark chocolate, so delicious!

Have a good week!

xx, Sophie

What we ate in Indonesia Part #2

Hey there,

I hope you have a great summer! Today I would like to share with you the second part of my What we ate in Indonesia post. Enjoy!

Veggie falafel/hummus/kebab dish (50Rp)

Dragon Fruit from a local fruit market in Bali

This dish does not look as good as it actually was. We had dinner at a local Warung. These restaurants are very cheap and many locals eat there. You can pick different things and I only paid 22Rp for it!

Chia Pudding at camp

The best banana split ever- we actually had 5 banana splits in 3.5 weeks 😄 It was soo good!

Fried rice with egg in Nusa Lembongan

Fried Noodles with egg in Nusa Lembongan

Street food after a good surf in Bali (10Rp)

Another Superfood Bowl

Rice with peanut sauce – we loved it!

Smoooooothies!

Have a great week!

xx, Sophie

Zero Waste DIYs | Body Butter and Deodorant

Hello guys,

I hope you are all good and enjoy the sun. Summer means spending time outside in the sun which is great for our vitamin D production but the sun also dries out our skin and we sweat a lot in the heat.

This is why I would like to share with you my Zero Waste Body Butter and a Deodorant. Before getting into the DIY, I would like to point out that this is not an advice from a professional, I am just sharing my personal experience. I found similar recipes on google, I can also really recommend the blog Trash is for Tossers by Lauren Singer in case you are interested, her recipes and ideas inspired me a lot.

For these Zero Waste products, you might have to find „your own mixture“ that perfectly works for you, you can change the proportions and also use different oils. This is kind of the basic version that works for me and I hope it works for you as well!

Zero Waste Body Butter

For one small jar you’ll need:

• 1/3 Shea Butter
• 1/3 Coconut Oil
• 1/3 Cocoa Butter (Unfortunately, mine is packed in plastic, I’m still looking for another packaging)
• 1 Tbsp Almond Oil or Jojoba Oil (check my Zero Waste Toiletries Post if you want to know more)

Start to boil some water, put another pot into the boiling water and heat up all the ingredients in order to mix it properly. Afterwards, you put it in a bowl (Caution- it’s very hot!) and cool it down in the freezer until it is all solid. When your body butter is all solid, you can whip it with a mixer until you have whipped body butter. This will need some time, it took me ten minutes until I had the perfect texture.

You can also change the scent and add some essential oils, I used tea-tree essential oil since it is good for your skin but it does not smell good at all so don’t really recommend it.

Store your whipped body butter in a cool space, if you put it in the freezer, it will turn solid again. All in all, this recipe is really good for your skin, since we’re using good and natural ingredients without added chemicals!

Zero Waste Deodorant

You’ll need:

• 1 Tsp of Shea Butter
• 1 Tsp of Coconut Oil
• 1 Tsp of Baking Soda
• 1 Tsp of Arrowroot Powder
• 1 Tsp of Jojoba Oil
• (Optional: essential oils)

Same procedure as with the body butter, heat it up over boiling water and fill it in a small jar. No need to whip it, you are ready to use it when it’s solid again, just apply it under your armpits and you’re ready to go!

I was extremely suspicious at first, I mean nobody wants to be smelly but it really works! However, it does not really work as an antiperspirant.

Additionally, I tried to find out WHY it works. Well I didn’t find a lot of scientific proof why it should work but Baking Soda has a pH of 9, sweat has a pH of 4.5-7 and our skin is pH 4.1-5.8.

So this is my hypothesis:
Baking Soda can reduce perspiration because when the pH of our sweat is too low, it starts to smell bad and the Baking soda might neutralize it and the pH starts to rise again and we are less stinky 😅

Our deodorants often contain lots of different, and sometimes dangerous, chemicals -so why not trying this natural alternative? Also, shea butter and jojoba oil are great for dry skin, as already said! 😊
However, if you need a Zero Waste option but you don’t want to make your own deodorant, many companies sell deodorants with natural ingredients in jars as well!

If hope you found this helpful, let me know if you have ever made your own experience with DIY toiletries.

Have a great week!

xx, Sophie