Budapest Restaurant & Palinka Bar
273 Glen Huntly Rd. Elsternwick, Victoria 3185, Elsternwick
(03) 9530 0849
Dinner and Weekend Menu
V – Vegetarian, G – Gluten FreeStarters And Small Bites
Crumbed mushrooms
Crumbed mushrooms served on baby spinach leaves with a csiki sauce (v)
$12.50
Crumbed mushrooms filled with liver paté
Crumbed mushroom cups filled with chicken liver paté, served on baby spinach leaves with a csiki sauce
$12.50
Crumbed mushrooms filled with goat’s cheese
Crumbed mushroom cups filled with dilled goat’s cheese, served on baby spinach leaves with a csiki sauce (v)
$12.50
Fried camembert
Crumbed camembert cheese, fried golden brown, served on baby spinach leaves with a csiki sauce (v)
$12.50
Hortobágyi crepe
Paprika flavoured chicken mince crepe topped with a creamy red paprika sauce, drizzled with sour cream
$14.50
Mushroom crepe
Sautéed mushroom paté crepe topped with a creamy red paprika sauce, drizzled with sour cream (v)
$14.50
Hungarian cold appetizer platter for 2
Selection of cold meats and traditional salads (gluten free without bread)
$23.50
Chef’s mixed entrée selection
A selection of hot and cold entrees (vegetarian option available)
$32.50
Smoked salmon on latke
Smoked salmon slices served on a potato latke with a herbed sour cream and fresh baby spinach leaves
$15.50
Chicken liver onion
Chicken liver pieces pan fried with onion, paprika, pepper and marjoram, served on a potato latke
$14.50
Cevapcici
A balkan speciality - mildly spicy skinless sausages, grilled and served with finely chopped onion and ajvar (g)
$14.50
Soup
Chicken consomme
Clear chicken soup with either matzoh dumplings or thin egg noodles (gluten free without dumplings or noodles)
$10.50
Housewarming chicken soup
A rich chicken soup filled with chicken breast pieces, a variety of vegetables and matzoh dumplings or thin egg noodles (gluten free without dumplings or noodles)
$10.50
Goulash soup
Traditional hearty hungarian beef and vegetable soup
$11.50
Soup of the day
$
Classic Hungarian And Mains
Fozelék of the day
Traditional thick vegetable soup/stew served with a meat or mushroom accompaniment. Check the daily specials (vegetarian option available)
$
Spinach fozelek
Traditional garlic infused, creamed spinach fözelék served with hungarian goulash or crumbed mushrooms (vegetarian option available)
$22.50
Hungarian goulash
The classic traditional hungarian beef stew, slow-cooked in a paprika, tomato and onion base. Served with hungarian potatoes or nokedli
$22.50
Additions
With cucumber salad (g with potato) + $26.00
Szegediner goulash
Veal goulash cooked with sauerkraut. Served with hungarian potatoes or nokedli (g with potato)
$22.50
Stuffed capsicum
Bell capsicum filled with veal mince and rice, served with hungarian potatoes and a hungarian style sweet tomato sauce
$25.50
Cabbage rolls
Lightly pickled cabbage leaves filled with a spiced veal mince and rice served with hungarian potatoes and drizzled with sour (g)
$26.50
Chicken liver onion
Chicken liver pieces pan fried with onion, paprika, pepper and marjoram served with your choice of two side dishes
$25.50
Additions
With cucumber salad (g) + $29.00
Crumbed mushrooms
Crumbed mushrooms served with csiki sauce and your choice of two side dishes (v)
$25.50
Crumbed mushrooms filled with liver paté
Crumbed mushroom cups filled with chicken liver paté, served with csiki sauce and your choice of two side dishes
$25.50
Crumbed mushrooms filled with goat’s cheese
Crumbed mushroom cups filled with dilled goat’s cheese, served with csiki sauce and your choice of two side dishes (v)
$25.50
Fried camembert
Crumbed camembert cheese, fried golden brown, served with csiki sauce and your choice of two side dishes (v)
$25.50
Smoked salmon on latkes
Smoked salmon slices served on potato latkes with a herbed sour cream, creamy potato salad, avocado and salad
$28.50
Hortobágyi crepes
Paprika flavoured chicken mince crepes topped with a creamy red paprika sauce, drizzled with sour cream
$26.50
Additions
With cucumber salad + $30.00
Mushroom crepe
Sautéed mushroom paté crepes topped with a creamy red paprika sauce, drizzled with sour cream
$26.50
Additions
With cucumber salad (v) + $30.00
Chicken paprika
Tender chicken thigh fillet cooked in a traditional paprika sauce served with nokedli or hungarian potatoes
$25.50
Additions
With cucumber salad (g with potato) + $29.00
Chicken vasi
Tender chicken fillet pieces, marinated in milk and garlic, pan fried in a light sweet paprika flour served with your choice of two side dishes
$26.50
Budapest burrito
Two savoury crepes filled with shredded veal cooked with tomato, onion, capsicum and spices, oven baked and topped with melted cheese then: Drizzled with sour cream / With cucumber salad
$26.5 / 30
Smoked pork shank
Our signature large marinated smoked pork shank, smoked and then cooked until tender and served with mustard, horseradish and your choice of two side dishes (g)
$30.50
Roast duck
Slow roasted, twice cooked and spiced half duck served traditionally with red cabbage and hungarian potatoes (g)
$31.50
Grilled chicken salad
Grilled milk and garlic-marinated chicken fillet pieces served on a gourmet salad including pickled capsicum and avocado, with an optional bleu cheese dressing (g)
$24.50
Wild barramundi fillet
Served grilled or crumbed served with your choice of two side dishes (g)
$29.50
Avocado and bleu cheese salad
Gourmet salad with fresh avocado pieces and a rich bleu cheese dressing (v, g)
$16.50
From The Grill
Eye fillet budapest
300g grain fed prime eye fillet tournedos topped with the famous budapest ragu (chicken livers, green peas, and mushroom combined with lecsó sauce). Served with your choice of two side dishes (g)
$36.50
Eye fillet steak
300g grain fed eye fillet tournedos, with your choice of two side dishes and a mushroom, pepper or lecsó sauce (g)
$36.00
Eye fillet stroganoff
Tender eye fillet strips grilled, then finished in a rich stroganoff sauce of cream, smoky bacon, white wine, pickles and mushroom. Served with your choice of two side dishes
$31.50
New york porterhouse
300g black angus porterhouse, served with your choice of two side dishes and a mushroom, pepper or lecsó sauce (g)
$36.00
Gypsy pork cutlets or chicken fillet
Grilled garlic and pepper-marinated boneless pork cutlets or chicken fillets served with your choice of two side dishes
$27.50
Additions
With a sauce (g) + $31.00
Grilled chicken fillet
Grilled chicken breast fillet served with your choice of two side dishes and optional mushroom, pepper, lecsó or csiki sauce
$26.50
Additions
With a sauce (g) + $30.00
Cevapcici
Mildly spicy skinless sausages, grilled and served with finely chopped onion, your choice of two side dishes and an ajvar dipping sauce (g)
$27.50
Schnitzels
Chicken schnitzel
Crumbed breast fillet served with your choice of two side dishes
$22.50
Additions
With a sauce + $26.00
Veal schnitzel
Premium cut crumbed baby veal strap served with your choice of two side dishes
$25.50
Additions
With a sauce + $29.00
Wiener schnitzel
Crumbed yearling served with your choice of two side dishes
$22.50
Additions
With a sauce + $26.00
Pork cutlets
Premium cut crumbed boneless pork cutlets with your choice of two side dishes
$22.50
Additions
With a sauce + $26.00
Chicken or veal parmagiana
Crumbed chicken or veal topped with our house veal bolognese and melted tasty cheese. Served with your choice of two side dishes
$26.50
Chicken or veal mexicana
Topped with lecso sauce and melted tasty cheese. Served with two side dishes. Spicy option available.
$26.50
Stuffed Schnitzels
Cheese
Schnitzel filled with tasty cheese served with your choice of two side dishes
$26.50
Additions
With a sauce + $30.00
Mushroom
Schnitzel filled with sautéed mushrooms served with your choice of two side dishes
$26.50
Additions
With a sauce + $30.00
Cheese and mushroom
Schnitzel filled with sautéed mushrooms and tasty cheese served with your choice of two side dishes
$26.50
Additions
With a sauce + $30.00
Cheese and smoked turkey
Schnitzel filled with succulent shaved smoked turkey and tasty cheese served with your choice of two side dishes
$26.50
Additions
With a sauce + $30.00
Country style
Schnitzel filled with prime bacon, finely sliced onion, and parsley served with your choice of two side dishes
$26.50
Additions
With a sauce + $30.00
Chicken liver
Schnitzel filled with a hungarian style chicken liver and onion paté served with your choice of two side dishes
$26.50
Additions
With a sauce + $30.00
Hungarian style
Schnitzel filled with hungarian csabai smoked sausage and tasty cheese served with your choice of two side dishes
$26.50
Additions
With a sauce + $30.00
Slampi
Viktor’s famous veal cutlet filled with smoked turkey and cheese, fried golden brown in a thick grated potato and garlic-infused batter, topped with sour cream and cheese served with your choice of two side dishes
$29.50
Sauce
Lecsó sauce (v, g)
Hungarian mildly spicy sauce with onion, capsicum and tomato
$6.50
Pepper sauce (v)
Creamy four pepper sauce seasoned with brandy and white wine
$6.50
Hungarian mushroom sauce (v)
Creamy mushroom sauce seasoned with hungarian paprika
$6.50
Creamy paprika sauce (v)
Cream hungarian sweet paprika sauce from a base of tomato, garlic and onion
$6.50
Csiki sauce (v, g)
Traditional cold mayonnaise-based sauce with beetroot, apple, onion and mushroom
$7.50
Budapest ragu (g)
Chicken liver, mushroom and green pea mixed in a lecsó sauce
$7.50
Side Dishes
Creamed spinach (v)
A traditional side dish of creamed spinach infused with garlic
$7.50
Hungarian potatoes (v, g)
Potatoes tossed with sautéed onions and parsley
$6.50
Chunky potato chips (v, g)
$8.00
Red cabbage (v, g)
Stir fried red cabbage with onion, vinegar, caraway seeds and seasoning
$8.50
Garden salad (v, g)
$9.00
Nokedli (v)
House made mini pasta dumplings made from flour and egg
$7.50
Additions
Add paprika sauce for + $1.50
If chosen as side dish option to main meal + $1.50
Cucumber salad (v, g)
Fresh cucumber slices in a hungarian garlic dressing. Served with or without sour cream
$7.50
Sauerkraut (v, g)
Pickled white sour cabbage from the famous vecsés region of hungary
$6.50
Potato salad (v, g)
Hungarian style creamy mayonnaise potato salad
$7.00
Potato latke (v)
European style grated onion and potato cakes
$7.50
Pickled peppers (v, g)
$6.50
Pickled cucumber (v, g)
$6.50
Farmer’s rye bread
$4.50
Desserts
Nutella
Crepes (g); Gluten free crepes now available
$12.50
Additions
Ice cream extra + $1.00
Chocolate
Crepes (g); Gluten free crepes now available
$11.50
Additions
Ice cream extra + $1.00
Strawberry
Crepes (g); Gluten free crepes now available
$12.50
Additions
Ice cream extra + $1.00
Lemon
Crepes (g); Gluten free crepes now available
$11.50
Additions
Ice cream extra + $1.00
Apricot jam
Crepes (g); Gluten free crepes now available
$11.50
Additions
Ice cream extra + $1.00
Walnut
Crepes (g); Gluten free crepes now available
$12.50
Additions
Ice cream extra + $1.00
Walnut and apricot jam
Crepes (g); Gluten free crepes now available
$12.50
Additions
Ice cream extra + $1.00
Sweetened cream cheese
Crepes (g); Gluten free crepes now available
$12.50
Additions
Ice cream extra + $1.00
Rakoczi sweet cream cheese crepe
Baked sweetened cream cheese crepe topped with a home made creamy vanilla sauce
$16.50
Gundel pancake
Crepe filled with a walnut, sultana and apricot filling, topped with a chocolate sauce, then baked and served flaming on a sizzling plate
$16.50
Cherry blintz
Sour cherry and sweet cottage cheese crepe, drizzled with a fresh berry coulis
$15.50
Sweet cream cheese dumpling
Sweet cottage cheese dumpling tossed in sweetened baked breadcrumbs and topped with sour cream and icing sugar (also available without breadcrumbs and topped with chocolate sauce or vanilla custard)
$14.50
Ice cream sundae
Vanilla ice cream sundae with a choice of house chocolate sauce or strawberry topping, topped with crushed nuts
$9.50
Fresh strawberry sundae
Vanilla ice cream sundae topped with our house mixed berry coulis and fresh strawberries
$14.50
Happy Hour Menu
Conditions and time restrictions apply; MON – WED Order 5pm – 6:30pm, Depart by 7pm; Happy Thursdays Order 5pm – 9pm (multiple sittings may apply); FRI – SUN Order 5pm – 6pm, Depart by 6:30pmFood Specials
Wiener Schnitzel
$14.00
Additions
With a sauce + $17.50
Wiener Schnitzel
$14.00
Additions
With a sauce + $17.50
Pork Cutlet Schnitzel
$14.00
Additions
With a sauce + $17.50
Liver Onion
$14.00
Additions
With cucumber sal + $17.50
Hungarian Veal Rissoles
$14.00
Additions
With a sauce + $17.50
Chicken or Veal Parmagiana
$18.50