Saturday, February 27, 2010

Magyar

We've not seen each other for a long time (a couple of weeks) and this was our way of making it up to each other--A whole day date!

For some reason, the restaurant beside Dayrit's in Magallanes closed shop and this was its replacement. A week before, my family and I wanted to eat out for dinner and Paseo de Magallanes was the perfect place. I wanted to go to Dayrit's (A future review) but this restaurant caught my attention. Beside from it replacing Aling Nene's, it had a weird ring to it--Magyar.

Because of the experience and the new cuisine that it introduced, I wanted to take her here the next time we went out and here we are.


Mushroom Goulash, originally uploaded by belly happy.

These were the exact same meals that my family ordered and one thing good about this place is consistency. The Mushroom Goulash apparently was a native dish in Hungary and I wanted her to try it. As with the rest of our entrees, we had nothing to compare this with so we just went with it. After all, this was an entirely new cuisine to us.


Beef Tokany, originally uploaded by belly happy.

This was Beef Tokany. We have absolutely no idea how this was cooked but I really liked it the first time so I ordered it again. She didn't like the white macaroni-like rice substitute but the texture, taste, and chemistry it had with the rest of the things on my plate made it perfect for me.


Chicken Paprika, originally uploaded by belly happy.

For her, I ordered Chicken Paprika. This time we had an idea as to what the main ingredient is besides chicken---Paprika! She was not able to finish it because of all the food we ate at Kulinarya so I ate this one too. Both dishes tasted the same but I did not complain... I really liked it! Or maybe I was just hungry.

Nonetheless, we were delighted to be able to try something new. We always want to try new things as this is how we see life. Maybe next time we'll try some new dishes too! And dessert! :D

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

ate at magyar once and i didnt like it. but you guys make the food look great so im giving it another shot.

bellyhappy said...

It certainly isn't for everybody... I mean, it's not like Dayrit's wherein there's a dish for everyone. Try it again when you're really hungry... Haha

Anonymous said...

next post please! i use your blog as reference. hihihihihi

bellyhappy said...

We actually have a couple on hold since we're really busy at work. Thanks though. We feel more motivated to update this! Hope the next ones won't disappoint :)