Gourmet Festival - desserts

A gourmet festival is not appetizing just because of the extraordinary ingredients, seafood, caviar, or exquisite wines and drinks; but also because of the delicious desserts you can find.

Today I will briefly introduce three of the the newest pastry shops of Budapest that were part of the dessert section in the festival:

The Dolcissima just opened after the festival near to the Margit híd, in Frankel Leó utca (Buda). For this event they prepared traditional, Sicilian cannoli. The cannoli are fried pastry dough filled with an extremely delicious cream, made from ricotta.

Some months ago I had the pleasure of trying some real cannoli in Sicily, and since that I've fallen in love with them. They are not the lightest desserts ever, that’s true, but the well adjusted combination of crispy dough with smooth cream makes it so perfect… that you cannot stop eating it! .

Cannoli from Dolcissima

Thanks to the Dolcissima, now it's enough just to cross the Danube until the very begining of Buda hills, for finding some traditional italian cannoli. But not only that, because you will also find a nice selection of cakes, ice creams, mini pizzas and focaccia sandwiches.

The DesszertNeked (dessert for you) permanent shop is originally located next to Deak Ferenc Tért, in Paulay Ede utca. To the festival they mainly brought tarts and macarons. The tarts are amazing. I tried the one with passion fruit and this little delicacy for sure will bring me to the store to see what else they are preparing there. I think it will deserve a separate article..

The tarts of DesszertNeked

 The festival was prepared also for the chocolate lovers. The Zangio chocolate store was offering a wide selection of exquisite bonbons. My favorite was the salty caramel, but you can find some more unusual ones also, like: ginger, onion and caramel, spicy tomato or juniper. Even if they sound out of the ordinary, they are well-balanced, tasty chocolates of which all of them are having their own quality.

Zangio chocolate

As a conclusion, it can be stated, that luckily not only the street food and the bistros are improving in Budapest, but also the desserts are having more and more important role in today’s gastronomy.