Lakeside Bistro · Bean Soup
Jókai Bableves
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Jókai, one of Hungary's best-known 19th-century novelists, is also commemorated in Balatonfüred by his former summer villa, now a memorial museum.
A thick bean soup loaded with smoked pork hock, root vegetables, and a swirl of soured cream, often finished with a splash of vinegar for sharpness, ladled out at market stalls and lakeside eateries around Lake Balaton.
Why it's made this way: The dish is tied to the novelist Mór Jókai, who kept a summer villa in the lakeside town of Balatonfüred; by the most common account it was his favourite order, though where it was first named for him is disputed.
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