{"id":1613,"date":"2017-11-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-26T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.newyorkcafe.hu\/ikonikus-etelek-marhagulyas-a-verbeli-hungaricum\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T13:41:31","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T12:41:31","slug":"iconic-dishes-beef-goulash-the-true-hungaricum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkcafe.hu\/en\/ikonikus-etelek-marhagulyas-a-verbeli-hungaricum\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic dishes: beef goulash \u2013 a true Hungarian speciality"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"abstract\">\n\n<strong>There are countless legends surrounding beef goulash, but one thing is certain: it is a true Hungarian speciality. The biggest misconception, however, centres on its origins; yet its centuries-long popularity is undeniable, and it is as much a part of Hungarian culture as the Puli dog.<\/strong>\n<h2>Beef goulash<\/h2>\nJoin the New York Caf\u00e9 team in Budapest. Opportunities in hospitality, the kitchen, patisserie, front-of-house and internships at the world\u2019s most beautiful caf\u00e9.\n<h2>Goulash or stew<\/h2>\nGoulash soup is a distant relative of \u201ereal\u201d goulash; the way it is prepared is more similar to paprik\u00e1s or p\u00f6rk\u00f6lt. Nowadays, when someone makes goulash soup at home, they describe it as a base of braised meat, topped up with water and supplemented with vegetables and root vegetables.\n\nAs beef was expensive, the basic method of preparation was adopted from shepherds, but its further development and refinement into its final form took place in the 19th century, in middle-class kitchens. It was already mentioned as a soldier\u2019s dish in 1793, and from 1886 onwards it appeared regularly in the entries of the Academy\u2019s Comprehensive Dictionary. In the meantime, the term \u2018guly\u00e1s\u2019 came to be understood increasingly as \u2018guly\u00e1s soup\u2019.\n<h2>A symbol of resistance<\/h2>\nThe emergence of goulash \u2013 along with p\u00f6rk\u00f6lt and paprik\u00e1s \u2013 as a national dish was closely linked to the reform efforts of Joseph II. As the monarch wished to integrate Hungary into a unified imperial administrative system shared with Austria and Bohemia, the nobility chose distinctive symbols to express their resistance. Alongside the defence of the Hungarian language and the revival of traditional Hungarian dress, they found in a simple shepherd\u2019s dish from the Great Plain the very food that emphasised the unity and distinct character of the Hungarian people. Goulash was regarded as a quintessentially Hungarian dish, as it originated from a part of the Great Plain that had been least affected by the \u201eGermanisation\u201d so characteristic of Transdanubia. Such a dish would scarcely have been found on the tables of the Hungarian nobility before this time.\n\nIt was from this time onwards that goulash became a popular dish. In the 1800s, the name was included in dictionaries; in the 1810s, recipes for it appeared in cookbooks; and in the 1820s, it featured on the menus of provincial and town restaurants. In the 1830s, it was listed among the national characteristics of Hungary in an academic treatise, and in the 1840s, \u201ep\u00f6rk\u00f6lt h\u00fas\u201d also appeared on the menus of restaurants in central Pest. And finally, paprika-based dishes secured a firm place for themselves in middle-class cuisine.\n<h2>Not suitable for ladies<\/h2>\nAt our caf\u00e9, teamwork, reliability and a commitment to the guest experience are our core values. At New York Caf\u00e9, every role plays a part in ensuring that guests not only visit us, but also leave with a memorable experience.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"newsCenterCol\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are countless legends surrounding beef goulash, but one thing is certain: it is a true Hungarian speciality. The biggest misconception, however, centres on its origins; yet its centuries-long popularity is undeniable, and it is as much a part of Hungarian culture as the Puli dog.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fine-dining"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkcafe.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkcafe.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkcafe.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkcafe.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkcafe.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1613"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkcafe.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3928,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkcafe.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1613\/revisions\/3928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkcafe.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkcafe.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkcafe.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkcafe.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}