These are the dishes you can taste at the 2024 Debrecziner Gourmet Festival

In addition to the Stylish Countryside Gastronomy Association and the best restaurants in Debrecen, star chefs will also participate as guest exhibitors in the 8th Debrecziner Gourmet Festival, held in the Big Forrest from June 14 to 16.

Whether it’s fine dining, bistros, or food trucks, you can be sure that each dish will be prepared creatively and with a constant pursuit of innovation. Over the three-day event, visitors can expect mouth-watering bites, exciting textures, and unique ingredient pairings, along with fantastic desserts, craft beers, quality wines, and unconventional cocktails.

The Debrecziner Gourmet Award, established in 2018, will once again be presented this year, voted on by festivalgoers and awarded to the best exhibitor.

In 2024, the theme is the four classical elements: fire, water, air, and earth.

Each element can be interpreted through various motifs, colors, animals, or even seasonal changes, giving chefs immense creative freedom to present their culinary masterpieces in a unique way. The theme is open to interpretation, and there are no restrictions on ingredients—everything is left to the chefs’ creativity and imagination.

A Michelin star will shine too: On March 27, 2019, Babel Budapest was awarded its first Michelin star. The restaurant, which has operated since 2008 with some interruptions, continues to reinvent itself and look ahead. In November 2022, it received its Michelin star again.

Restaurant Menus:

Vino Bar ‘N Bistro

Smoked Catfish: house-smoked catfish, tomato water, melon, sourdough crisp
Agnolotti: mushrooms, paprika sauce, agnolotti pasta
Mangalica: aged mangalica neck, Basque ratatouille, sourdough flatbread
Peach: roasted thyme peach, curd mousse, sablé breton

A LEVES & Borsod Burger

Wild East Fish Soup: coconut milk, homemade udon, bean sprouts, grilled catfish, pickled ginger, scallion, coriander, black sesame
Cold Raspberry Cream Soup: white chocolate poppy seed bread pudding ice cream, pumpkin seed
Borsod Burger:
- Baz Burger!: sourdough bun, Dijon mayo, iceberg lettuce, Hungarian beef patty, Szuhafő Jersey cheese, smoked blueberry-red onion jam
- Spicy Pork Burger: fire-roasted pork belly skewer, focaccia, kimchi mayo, Asian slaw, coriander, lime

Panificio il Basilico

Transylvania: spicy “mici” sausage with sourdough
Vojvodina: “rác” goulash in bread
Upper Hungary: dill cake with sour cream
Subcarpathia: sourdough raspberry & white poppyseed bobajka cloud

Vadaskert Restaurant

Water buffalo, wild mushrooms, wild garlic baby potatoes
Game meat summer cabbage with wild boar sausage
Strawberry-basil pie

Pavillon de Paris

Duck Liver “Eszterházy”: duck liver, walnut, white chocolate
Boeuf Bourguignon: Burgundy beef, root vegetables, grenaille potatoes
Butterfish “Sandwich”: butterfish, sourdough, shrimp tartare, Moroccan lemon

Végállomás Bistro & Wine

Lemon Kohlrabi Cream Soup, marinated pike-perch, chili smoked butter
Pork belly stuffed with forest mushrooms, coffee “mashed potatoes”
Tender mouflon in Bükk-style steamed bun, rye butter, crispy nettle
Sour cherry/raspberry crumble

Wellington Coffee & Pie
Mini pies:

a) Tandoori Chicken (Halal)
b) Dill-sheep cheese, caper chips
c) New Zealand lamb with potato crust
Pasta: pappardelle with venus clams, tiger prawns, confit tomatoes
Kerala Thali:
Idli (steamed rice & urid bean dumpling)
Sambar (tamarind vegetable curry)
Coconut chutney
Pavlova:
a) Coffee-salted peanut
b) Earl Grey peach

Szomszéd Bisztró

Beef tartare, shrimp mayo, croissant
Smoked trout, kohlrabi stew, apple
Pizza Portafoglio: mangalica ribs, oven-baked flatbread, slaw
Margherita burrata: San Marzano tomato, pecorino, basil, mozzarella burrata

Grill Academy

Hortobágy Angus picanha steak
Classic cheeseburger
BBQ mangalica ribs

Almavirág Restaurant

Grilled corn cream soup, red pepper
Fried pork ear, apple salad, rémoulade
Pork knuckle, pork stew, juicy potatoes, scallions, pickled green tomato
Pork tenderloin with summer ratatouille and dumplings
Chocolate, sour cherry, hazelnut

Páva

Vegan vineta plate: Csángó bread, pickled chanterelle, roasted pepper, salad
Lamb kebab, vineta, roasted pepper
Extras: Homoródremete salad, aged cheese, pickled chanterelle

Csángó Bóc

Lamb neck soup
Lamb steak from Udvarhely, potato salad
Sweet corn cake with plum jam and sour cream foam

Fricska 2.0

Smoked trout, summer squash, dill, sour cream
Confit mangalica neck, basil, ratatouille, buckwheat
Classic Somlói sponge cake

Mirage

Salmon, ricotta, spinach strudel
Wagyu hot dog, truffle
Aged beef brisket, summer potato salad
Cantonese imperial pork, greens, glass noodles
Cardamom, mango, chickpea (vegan)

Macaron Bites

“Dragon’s Breath”: soft sweet mango meets fiery habanero chili
“Siren’s Song”: caviar and cream cheese – a unique, gourmet pairing
“A Bite of Heaven”: elderflower freshness and tangy lychee topped with cherry blossom cotton candy
“Scent of the Wild”: bold wild garlic as dominant earth element wrapped in Parmesan flavor

Iszkor – Mályinka

Wild boar croquette, saffron aioli
Gesztelyi mangalica skewer, porcini, Horhos Valley egg cream
Fried pig’s ear, green beans
Goat cheese from Mónosbél, asparagus, strawberry, elderflower, buttermilk

Bobajka

Duck liver mignon with brioche
Mangalica croquette
Sour cherry-poppyseed dessert

Wok to Box

Tuna variations, yellow curry, kaffir ceviche, coriander-wasabi
Cantonese beef, mustard greens ragout, sesame rice purée, pickled egg
Sour cherry-poppyseed dessert

Babel Budapest

Smoked eel
Lecsó (Hungarian ratatouille), sausage
“Liver pâté bread”

Kiosk

Cheeseburger: wasabi, pickled cucumber, tomatillos
Veggie burger: same as above
Egg dumplings: truffle, iceberg lettuce
Kiosk poppy seed bread pudding: vanilla custard, poppy seed ice cream strudel

Beer & Wurst

Fallow deer sausage, truffle, mustard caviar
Mangalica knuckle, Bavarian cabbage, dark beer
Wagyu burger, BBQ plum, duck liver
Black Forest dessert

Jardin

Mango-jalapeño crème brûlée
Cherry-tarragon-chocolate Danube Wave
Floating Island (Madártej)
Beetroot-raspberry-chocolate dessert

Fácánliget Event House

Pheasant parcel, chestnut jus, truffle oil
Lamb roll, pine nut-spinach risotto
Gooseberry fool

Table x VID

Representing Korea: mandu (meat, kimchi, mixed) with gochujang espuma
Representing Mexico: taco “vid you”
Representing Ethiopia: lentil stew with injera (Ethiopian flatbread)
Representing Spain: grilled octopus, Valencia sauce, relish with “vid caviar”
Representing Hungary: “Table Rudi” – rice pudding bar with strawberry filling and white chocolate coating, topped with yellow popping candy and edible flowers

IKON Restaurant