Hunyadi ter market in Terezvaros is the neighbourhood Pest covered market locals use for sausage, cheese and produce, calmer than the Central Hall in Budapest.
Must order: Hungarian smoked sausage, a wedge of trappist cheese and a paprika braid.
Tip: Closed Sundays; the lunch room upstairs cooks the day's deal Mon to Fri.
Address: Hunyadi tér 4, 1067 Budapest
Lehel Csarnok in Ujlipotvaros is the city's most chaotic and least touristed market, a 2002 hangar of stalls for mangalica, smoked fish, bulk paprika and produce, Budapest.
Order: A whole mangalica salami and a jar of cherry paprika cream.
Tip: Open Sundays until noon; metro M3 stops directly inside the building.
Feny utcai piac in Buda's 2nd district, next to Szell Kalman ter and the Mammut shopping centre, is the main Buda covered market for produce, cheese and bakery in Budapest.
Order: A bag of seasonal Hungarian fruit and a kifli from the in-market bakery.
Tip: Closed Sundays; the upstairs lunch deck cooks Hungarian classics Mon to Fri.
Szimpla Kert's Sunday farmers' market turns the ruin-bar courtyard on Kazinczy into a small-producer Hungarian market for honey, sausage, cheese and bread, Budapest.
Order: A jar of acacia honey and a mangalica salami from the small producers.
Tip: Sundays 09:00 to 14:00; arrive by 11:00 before the brunch crowd takes the tables.
The Central Market Hall on Vamhaz korut, designed by Samu Pecz in 1897, is Budapest's oldest and largest indoor market at the head of Vaci utca and the Liberty Bridge.
Order: Hungarian paprika in a wooden box and a langos from the upper-gallery counter.
Tip: Closed Sundays; arrive before 11:00 to avoid the tour-group rush on the gallery.
Belvarosi Piac on Hold utca, the renovated 1891 covered market, runs daily produce on the ground floor and a food gallery of small kitchens upstairs, downtown Budapest.
Order: Lunch from the upper-gallery counters and produce shopping below.
Tip: Closed Sundays; the upstairs lunch counters are at their best on Wednesdays and Fridays.