When in New York, Eat Like a Hungarian!

by Pier Marton | Dec 20, 2012 | Magyar | 2 comments

An article in the New York Times: On the Upper East Side, Memories Fueled by Strudel
(NEW YORK, NY 10028)
Andre’s Café, 1631 Second Avenue
(between 84th & 85th Street)
Mon-Sun 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
(212) 327 1105
Their menu is below…

André’s Pastries (Rétes, Palacsinta, etc…)

And across the street about a block South:
Hungarian Meat Market, 1580 Second Avenue
(212) 628 5147
Possibly still closed – Call first.

2 Comments

Anne-Sophie on December 21, 2012 at 7:34 am

They even have “crepes”!!!! Yum!!!
Pier Marton on December 21, 2012 at 7:48 am

Yes, the “palacsinta” is a serious competitor to the “crèpe” – it comes in an amazing variation of fillings: sweet Hungarian soft cheese (turo), poppy seed, cherry, walnut and other nuts, and even chocolate or jams. As a kid I used to have competitions with my cousin eating up to 15 or 17 of them after swimming at the Margit Sziget swimming pool.

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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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