Dent, Bob: Budapest for Children - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1992)
1. Useful to Know - Some general information
10 USEFUL TO KNOW a wheelchair or not. Only a handful of facilities have been built specifically with wheelchair access in mind. Comments on wheelchair access in this guide are therefore relative—the average standard is not good. However, an attempt has been made to indicate those museums, swimming pools, etc. where access is possible, and in some cases, where access is particularly bad. Ice-cream, cakes, etc. Ice-cream parlours [fagylaltozó] can be found all over Budapest and most of them are open all year round. Quality varies from the superb to the mediocre, but a good rule of thumb is that if there appears to be a queue of Hungarians, then it’s probably a good place. Ice-cream is usually asked for and sold by the scoop [gombóc]. The numbers one, two and three [egy, kettő, három] are useful here. There is often a variety of flavours on offer and these are either listed on the wall or appear as labels next to the ice-cream. Some common flavours, whose names are completely different from the English, are as follows: raspberry [málna] strawberry [eper], poppy-seed [mák], lemon [citrom], sour cherry [meggy], pineapple [ananász], peanut [mogyoró], rumwalnut [rumosdió]. Whipped cream [tejszínhab] is sometimes an additional extra sold with icecream. Like cake shops [cukrászda], ice-cream places often sell cakes as well. It’s very common to buy them in bulk to take away to eat at home or elsewhere. Language is usually no problem—just point a finger through the glass case at what looks good! Cafés, bars, restaurants, food, etc. Most eating places serve alcohol, but there are no restrictions about taking children in. A lot of restaurants serve children’s portions but it may be necessary to ask specifically for one [gyerekadag] as also for a menu in English [angol étlap]. Vegetarian families have a hard time eating out in Budapest, though some Hungarian dishes are without meat e.g. “főzelékek” (braised vegetables), “rántott gomba” (mushrooms coated in breadcrumbs and deep-fried) “rántott sajt” (ditto with cheese),
