Gundel
The table
Beside City Park since 1894, birthplace of the Gundel palacsinta — crêpes, walnuts, rum, and a river of dark chocolate.
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Vajdahunyad Castle next door was built as a temporary pavilion of wood and cardboard for the 1896 millennium fair — Budapest loved it so much it was rebuilt in stone.
The Pen of Anonymus
In Vajdahunyad's courtyard, beside Gundel, broods the hooded bronze of Anonymus, the nameless medieval chronicler whose face no one has ever seen. Writers and students come to touch the pen in his hand — polished gold by a century of hopeful fingers — for it is said to lend its shine to your own.
The local landmark
Vajdahunyad Castle, Budapest stands as Budapest's defining structure — the sight that anchors the city in memory long after the meal is finished.
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