Babel (restaurant)

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Babel is a restaurant in Budapest. In 2017 the restaurant was chosen by Decanter magazine's reviewer Fiona Beckett as restaurant of the year. As of 2023 it was one of Hungary's seven Michelin-1-star-rated restaurants.

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Description

The restaurant offers modern cuisine. [1] Most of the restaurant's ingredients come from Hungary and Transylvania. [2] Its walls show evidence of the 1838 Great Flood of Pest. [3]

History

The restaurant was opened 2008 in Budapest by Hubert Hlatky-Schlichter, an entrepreneur with no restaurant experience. He hired a chef István Veres from Transylvania; [3] [4] [2] Veres left in August 2020 after the restaurant had closed due to the COVID pandemic. [4]

Reception

In 2017 the restaurant was chosen by Decanter magazine's reviewer Fiona Beckett as restaurant of the year. [2] As of 2023 it was one of Hungary's seven Michelin-1-star-rated restaurants. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Michelin Guide: 1-star restaurants in Hungary". Michelin Guide . Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Beckett, Fiona (2018-01-07). "International Restaurant of the Year 2017: Babel, Budapest". Decanter . Retrieved 2023-05-24.
  3. 1 2 "Michelin Guide: Babel". Michelin Guide . Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Bezárások, újranyitások, cserék: 10 hír, amiről tudnod kell, ha kicsit is érdekel a magyar gasztro". Forbes.hu (in Hungarian). 2022-02-09. Retrieved 2023-05-24.

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