Menu to Taste

essência

Portuguese, Fine Dining · Budapest · Michelin One Star · Chef Tiago Sabarigo

Holding one Michelin star in Budapest, Essência is run by chef Tiago Sabarigo alongside his wife Éva Jenei. The kitchen combines Portuguese and Hungarian culinary traditions into tasting menus featuring dishes like cod with wild broccoli. The dining room incorporates traditional Portuguese azulejo tiles.

1051 Budapest, Sas utca 16., Budapest

  • 1 Michelin Star

Menu

Wines

  • Etyeki Kúria Pinot Noir 2014 Magnum (125ml) (4000) — From Etyek, Hungary.

Set Menu

  • 7 Course Tasting Menu (52900) — Available with optional non-alcoholic pairing for 73 900 HUF, wine pairing for 82 900 HUF, or international wine pairing for 92 900 HUF.
  • 5 Course Tasting Menu (41900) — Available with optional non-alcoholic pairing for 56 900 HUF, wine pairing for 65 400 HUF, or international wine pairing for 74 900 HUF.

Dishes

  • Duck liver — With apricot and fennel.
  • Tomato essence & Stracciatella — Optional Oscietra caviar for an additional 9 900 HUF.
  • The Lobster — Optional for an additional 12 900 HUF, or choose 'The Octopus'.
  • The Octopus — Alternative choice to 'The Lobster'.
  • Cod — With wild broccoli and 'nage'. Alternative choice to Quail.
  • Quail — With onion and forest fruit. Alternative choice to Cod.
  • Beef sirloin — With Swiss chard and wild garlic capers. Alternative choice to Saddle of lamb.
  • Saddle of lamb — 'Palóc way', with green beans and dill. Alternative choice to Beef sirloin.
  • Queijada de Évora
  • Semolina pudding

The Experience

Expect an intimate atmosphere. The meal is structured around a tasting menu, à la carte dining and a wine pairing. A good fit for celebrations.

  • Occasion: Celebration
  • Atmosphere: Intimate
  • Format: Tasting menu, À la carte, Wine pairing

Phone: +36 30 123-4567

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