
Budapest Food Itinerary: A Suggested 3 Days
A flexible 3-day Budapest food itinerary: the Great Market Hall and a food tour, the Jewish Quarter with a ruin-bar evening, and a wine tasting or a day trip to Tokaj. Suggestions, not a fixed schedule.
Planning guides: what is in season, which region to choose, and how to get there.

A flexible 3-day Budapest food itinerary: the Great Market Hall and a food tour, the Jewish Quarter with a ruin-bar evening, and a wine tasting or a day trip to Tokaj. Suggestions, not a fixed schedule.

What to eat in Budapest: goulash (gulyás) and pörkölt stew, lángos, chicken paprikash with nokedli, chimney cake and strudel - grazed at the Great Market Hall - plus Hungarian wine and pálinka. The dishes to order and where.

Fish and chips explained: Britain's classic takeaway of battered cod or haddock with thick-cut chips, salt and malt vinegar - what makes it good, what to have on the side (mushy peas, a pickled egg), and where to eat it in London and by the sea.

English sparkling wine explained: why England now makes world-class fizz - the chalk soils of Kent and Sussex that continue Champagne's, the same grapes and traditional method, and how to visit the vineyards on a day trip from London.

A guide to afternoon tea in London: what's on the tiered stand - finger sandwiches, scones with clotted cream and jam, cakes and tea - and whether to choose a classic hotel tea, a vintage bus tour, or a Thames cruise. Prices, timing and how to book.

A flexible 3-day London food itinerary: Borough Market and the South Bank with a food tour, Soho and Chinatown with an afternoon tea, and the East End (Brick Lane, Spitalfields) or Brixton for the city's global food. Suggestions, not a fixed schedule.

What to eat in London: fish and chips, a Sunday roast, pie and mash, British cheese and afternoon tea, plus Borough Market, Chinatown dim sum, Brick Lane curry and beigels and Brixton Caribbean food - the dishes to order and where, with cask ale and gin.

What to eat in Izmir and the Aegean: boyoz pastry and gevrek in the Kemeraltı bazaar, kumru sandwiches, olive-oil zeytinyağlı vegetable dishes, fresh fish and seafood meze - plus the food towns of Alaçatı and Çeşme and nearby Ephesus.

A guide to Cappadocia wine: one of the world's oldest wine regions, with rock-carved cellars around Ürgüp and Göreme and native grapes - the crisp white Emir, Narince, and reds Öküzgözü, Boğazkere and Kalecik Karası. Which wineries to visit and how to taste.

What to eat in Cappadocia: testi kebabı (pottery kebab) cracked open at the table, mantı dumplings, gözleme and stuffed vegetables, plus local apricots, walnuts and wine - the dishes to order and why cave restaurants are the place to eat them.