Market goulash meets Wagyu on Sonny Side's Hungarian menu
Best Ever Food Review Show marks Hungary as country 66, with Beata Jambrik and Rozina Wossala joining the Budapest tasting.
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Why Everyone HATES Eastern European Food!!
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- 1:00Sonny samples horse and donkey sausages at Budapest's Central Market Hall.
- 4:28Beata Jambrik joins him for beef goulash and a conversation about Hungarian soup culture.
- 11:16Chef Kristóf Nagy prepares chicken paprikash with nokedli dumplings.
- 17:15At Retró Lángos, Sonny and Beata try fried dough with garlic, sour cream and cheese.
- 23:31Benjamin Morris demonstrates Stand's refined goulash with charcoal-grilled Wagyu and house-made stocks.
- 28:47The group tastes Somlói Galuska with vanilla cream, rum-soaked sponge, chocolate glaze and candied walnuts.
A bowl of beef soup at Budapest's market and a charcoal-grilled Wagyu interpretation belong to the same culinary conversation. Sonny Side makes room for both in "Why Everyone HATES Eastern European Food!!", the centerpiece of Best Ever Food Review Show's two-upload week.
The deliberately provocative title sets up a trip that challenges its own premise. At Fakanál Étterem, food creator Beata Jambrik introduces Sonny to Hungarian soup culture. Later, at Stand Étterem, chef Benjamin Morris builds his goulash with onion confit, house-made stocks and several kinds of paprika. Culinary expert Rozina Wossala joins the tasting, which moves on to duck liver and Somlói Galuska, a layered sponge dessert with vanilla cream, rum and chocolate.
Between those tables comes something less formal: lángos topped with garlic, sour cream and cheese. Sonny's succinct assessment, "Garlic cheese bread," makes a useful counterpoint to the fine-dining vocabulary. The episode has reached about 1.5 million views and is the channel's most actively watched video right now.
The comments have become a small gathering of neighbors. Polish viewers repeatedly send greetings to Hungary, Hungarians return the welcome, and others question putting Hungary under the title's Eastern European label. It's a discussion about belonging as much as dinner.
The second upload, "Country #66 HUNGARY 🇭🇺", gives the journey its next numbered stop after Poland. That earlier Polish food tour remains among the channel's busiest uploads, alongside September's Mogadishu seafood episode.
Subscribers held steady over the week, while daily viewing is running above the channel's usual pace. Among nearby food channels, Rosanna Pansino is also seeing elevated daily viewing, while Mark Wiens is closer to his normal rhythm. For Sonny, Budapest supplies the week's substantial new chapter: market sausages, everyday stews and restaurant refinements sharing one itinerary.
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What viewers say
Calling Hungary Eastern Europe is already quite controversial.
@nielakorneSee it on YouTubeI love how the comments are filled with our Polish brothers! Much love from Hungary❤
@thebighugeSee it on YouTubeLove to our Hungarian Brothers from Poland!❤❤❤
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Love to all Hungarian neighbours from Slovenia!!
@SoulReaver-87See it on YouTubeFinally my brothers and sisters from Hungary get some recognition. As a Pole I'm happy for you! With love from Poland
@marcinpolSee it on YouTubeFinally my country! + 1 thumbs up for dropping it on Oct 23 :)
@JoolafishingSee it on YouTubeIt's a real pleasure and a great honor to have all you guys in this comment section from around the globe cheering us and/or our precious cuisine. Special shout out to our brothers from Poland and to our great neighbours all around us. It was very heartwarming to read many nice comments. ❤️
Thank you brothers, and last but not least thank you Sonny!@Louie_D.See it on YouTube
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- Best Ever Food Review Show
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- 12,200,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 5,880,450
- Videos published this week
- 2
- Video published
- October 23, 2026
- Video views so far
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Which toppings accompany the classic lángos Sonny tries in Budapest?
Sonny and Beata try the garlic, sour cream and cheese version at Retró Lángos.





