A Hungarian trifle of three sponges, walnuts, raisins, rum syrup and chocolate sauce, layered into a pudding and served cold under a cloud of whipped cream.
Somlói galuska was invented by Károly Gollerits at the Gundel kitchen in the 1950s and named for Somló, a Hungarian wine region. The dish became a Hungarian restaurant staple in the 1960s and is now on most refined Hungarian dessert menus. It is traditionally assembled cold from three differently-flavoured sponges scooped into a glass.
3 editor picks for Somlói galuska in Budapest, ranked by editorial score. All Budapest signature dishes · Somlói galuska across every city.
Centrál Kávéház ★ 4.8
lipotvaros · Károlyi utca 9, 1053 Budapest
The Central Kavehaz on Karolyi utca has poured coffee since 1887 and was the regular meeting room for the Nyugat literary set in the early 20th century.
Hungarikum Bisztró ★ 4.5
lipotvaros · Steindl Imre utca 13, 1051 Budapest
Hungarikum Bisztro on Steindl Imre near Parliament cooks the canonical Hungarian classics, with gulyás, chicken paprikash and stuffed cabbage in a tiny.
Menza Étterem ★ 4.1
terezvaros · Liszt Ferenc tér 2, 1061 Budapest
Menza on Liszt Ferenc ter is a retro-70s Budapest bistro just off Andrassy boulevard, cooking modern takes on the Hungarian canteen canon at a steady.