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Bagolyvár Restaurant

The furnishings of the restaurant evoke a middle-class dining room of the early twentieth century. The tables are covered by heavy damask table-cloths, there are old engravings on the walls. During summertime it is a delight to spend some time at one of the two shady garden-terraces at the perimeter of the Zoo.

To evoke the atmosphere of a good, traditional restaurant of the past, George Lang created a restaurant and a kitchen in which exclusively women are at work. The basic principle of the restaurant is the idea that: the good tasted and delightful dishes which accompany our lives, are created mostly by women. By our mothers, our grandmothers, our god-mothers. It is a logical idea that women should prepare and serve our food in a good, traditional restaurant as well. These ladies are the “pillars” of the Owl’s Castle: they draw up the carte de jour, they are buying the foodstuffs, they are preparing and serving the dishes and the beverages. They are offering The traditional Hungarian hospitality which makes the guests feel at home.

The menu changes daily, like in a “private” home. Each day another fresh specialty of a “home cuisine”, or a specialty of the season is being served. The hot soup is served in a dish, the guest can help himself as many times as he wants to. The cakes are bought in directly from the oven. For an appetizer Roll served, with home-made stirred Cottage Cheese.