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Sonny Side's Budapest taste test runs into fiery paprika

Best Ever Food Review Show moves from market sausages to Wagyu goulash, testing the stereotype that Hungarian cooking is bland.

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Why Everyone HATES Eastern European Food!!

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1:00Sonny visits Central Market Hall and samples horse and donkey sausages.
4:28Beata Jambrik joins him for beef goulash and a conversation about Hungarian soup culture.
8:16A taste of crushed paprika paste surprises Sonny with its heat.
14:16The tasting moves to chicken gizzard stew and stewed rooster combs with testicles.
17:15At Retró Lángos, Sonny and Beata try fried dough topped with garlic, sour cream and cheese.
23:31Benjamin Morris prepares Wagyu goulash with onion confit, house-made stocks and a trio of paprikas.

A dollop of crushed paprika paste catches Sonny Side off guard. "You have something this spicy here?" he asks, midway through a Budapest meal that is making his opening premise harder to defend.

The Best Ever Food Review Show episode, titled "Why Everyone HATES Eastern European Food!!", has drawn nearly 600,000 views in 16 hours, an unusually fast start for the channel. But the sweeping title leads to a much more specific journey: Hungarian cooking, from market stalls to a restaurant tasting menu.

Food creator Beata Jambrik joins Sonny for beef goulash and lángos, the fried dough served here with garlic, sour cream and cheese. At Gettó Gulyás, head chef Kristóf Nagy explains paprika's place in the kitchen before preparing chicken paprikash with dumplings. The itinerary also leaves room for chicken gizzards and stewed rooster combs and testicles, very much within this show's adventurous eating territory.

The contrast is not simply familiar food against unusual cuts. At Stand Étterem, chef Benjamin Morris builds a refined goulash with charcoal-grilled Wagyu, rich stocks and several kinds of paprika. Culinary expert Rozina Wossala joins the table, where the menu also includes duck liver and Somlói Galuska, a layered sponge dessert with vanilla cream, rum and chocolate.

Viewers are questioning the framing as well as discussing the food. A prominent comment objects to placing Hungary in Eastern Europe, while Polish viewers send greetings to their Hungarian neighbors. Others recall meals in Budapest or mention cravings for gulyás from abroad. Sonny's broad provocation has produced a distinctly Hungarian conversation.

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What viewers say

I'm from the UK and I went to budapest for my 30th. The food was amazing!
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As a Hungarian living in Japan, I suddenly crave a good gulyás. Also nice timing dropping this on Oct 23
@denipiSee it on YouTube
Love to our Hungarian Brothers from Poland!❤❤❤
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Calling Hungary Eastern Europe is already quite controversial.
@nielakorneSee it on YouTube
I live in Sweden and we love some Hungarian food here.
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Man, Hungarian cousine is underrated! Witlh love from Slovakia ❤
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