Anastasia Chukovskaya
This elegant restaurant at the bottom of Buda Hills was named after Helen the Beautiful who once let King Mátyás in her house when he was returning from hunting. After a night of love, a naive girl realized that she wouldn't become the king's wife and threw herself in a ditch. A Hungarian poet Mihály Vörösmarty perpetuated the legend. Visitors in Szép Ilona look very presentable. Whole families come here on weekends to have venison in berry sauce and traditional Hungarian dishes: goose liver, goulash, duck in red wine, fresh fish and home-made Tyrolean pies.
