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Burek, what the heck is that? If you want to eat cheap and fast, it is the real alternative to gyros or döner. Nothing typical Hungarian, the dish is of Central Asian origin, the Turks brought it with them to Anatolia to eventually spread it all over the Ottoman Empire.

This particular burek you’re about to taste comes from Serbia: thin layers of dough with various fillings in between, baked in a large circular pan. The original version is filled with salty cheese but you can try other salty and sweet types as well: apple, sour cherry, spinach with sheep cheese, ground meat or ham with mushrooms and cheese. Crispy, a bit oily dough on the outside balanced by the warm and soft filling – simply marvellous. Yogurt takes the whole dish to a different level, try it! Not fruit yogurt for salty burek though.

Other than burek they offer various pastries including rétes and kakaós csiga (“chocolate snail”), emblematic but rarely mentioned stars in the goulash dominated universe of Hungarian cuisine. Rétes would be our answer to burek, only in a different shape and regionally typical filling: apple, sour cherry, cottage cheese, pumpkins&poppy seed or cabbage.

If you want to take a bigger portion you’d better ring them before dropping in to make sure you get your burek. Weekdays 09:00 to 13:00 there’s also delivery to downtown addresses. Between 19:00 and 19:30 there is a 50% discount on all the food in the shop, just the right time for a quick dinner.

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Burekkirály | Snacks | Small cottage cheese burek HUF 320.00
Hegedűs Gyula utca 20 | Outer Pest | +3612399667
Mon – Fri 08:00 – 19:30, Sat 08:00 – 13:30