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at rosenstein in all the years of dining at rosenstein we have never been disappointed nor were we this last saturday when after a first course one of us goose confit the other a mixed salad we both opted for the roast goose breast which could not have been more delicious roast goose breast cooked to perfection served with a tokaji sauce normally we resist a pudding but on this occasion we were intrigued by the description roughly translated as chocolate goose leg any resemblance to any part of a goose was perhaps happily not immediately recognisable but the taste of the lightest chocolate enveloping sour black cherries was out of this world utter perfection the chocolate pudding we shared with additional ice cream rosenstein rightly deserves its reputation built up over more than a quarter of a century and during which time it has received numerous awards everyone from the celebrities whose pictures line one wall to the traveller coming from the train station in search of dinner is afforded the warmest of welcomes it is in our view a nemzeti kincs national treasure and long may it thrive rosenstein continues to win many awards the celebrities gallery in a corner of the restaurant posted by jane and lance hattatt at 12 09 50 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday 31 october 2025 looking up look up is what we were instructed to do some twenty five years ago when first we came to budapest and those words remain to this day as something of a mantra to be given to friends and visitors who arrive as strangers to this most captivating of cities a typical apartment building on the pest side of the danube so it was earlier this week we had occasion to be in the main post office of our district now this is something in the past we would avoid unless absolutely necessary notwithstanding the long queues a legacy of the previous socialist regime all too often we would finally arrive at the window only to have the curtain swept across indicating the position closed with no other possibility but to rejoin another line even then there remained the concern of having the correct papers for whatever transaction we hoped to effect never was purchasing a postage stamp more difficult but all that as with so much else has changed the post office counter staff have obviously all graduated from charm school the endless queues are replaced with a numbered ticket system and armed with our id for foreigners we romp through the business of the day falk miksa utca a tree lined street close to the parliament architectural detail in falk miksa utca anyway less we digress further we positively skipped out of the post office in near record time and taking full advantage of the warm sunshine headed off in the direction of the numerous antique shops to be found in falk miksa utca one stop away on the 4 6 tram alas either we were too early in the day it seems that the opening hours of antique shops do not conform to a regular pattern or in anticipation of the long weekend coinciding with all saints day a public holiday in hungary the owners had decided to absent themselves whatever as our american friend would have said what are you going to do answer nothing beyond enjoy the day which we did wandering through some of the streets and squares we had not visited in some time looking up as we went the parliament glimpsed through the trees vigadó tér with the recently restored concert hall once the headquarters of a shipping line soon to become an hotel one of the joys of budapest is the proximity to the danube which rising in germany snakes its way through hungary on its journey towards the black sea the panorama as part of a city landscape is surely like no other and particularly seen at night can never be forgotten looking up to the liberty statue and the citadel positioned high above the danube posted by jane and lance hattatt at 11 06 46 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday 20 october 2025 reflections on reading as some of you who have been with us over a number of years will know we do not have a television this is not for any puritanical reason it is simply that decades ago we came to the conclusion that it took up too much of our time time that could be spent on other although not necessarily more worthwhile things reading a somewhat bemused teddy contemplates books to be read books are in our view one of life s greatest pleasures not only do they inform but they offer the reader the opportunity to enter into other worlds to encounter different characters to experience unfamiliar or unknown situations to consider ideas from a fresh perspective even for which there should be no apology to indulge in pure escapism they encourage thinking a selection of novels by william boyd william boyd is a writer whose work we greatly enjoy and which is at least certainly for us always worth re reading whilst a good man in africa was his first novel it was only much later that we came to read that having initially been hooked by an ice war an unusual take on the first world war set in the heart of africa recently published and ready to be started and only this week we were advised by bestsellers our english language bookshop here in budapest that william boyd s latest novel the predicament was awaiting collection apparently although we have yet to see a character met previously in an earlier book is set to reappear but it is not all fiction an ideal stocking filler for christmas our friend petroc trelawny and following on from his fascinating account of growing up in cornwall trelawny s cornwall has this week had published his classical music puzzle book which is having already dipped in an absolute delight an insightful account of two very controversial figures the duke and duchess of york by which titles they were known until very recently are the subjects of andrew lownie s entitled in which drawing upon the accounts of some 300 people he appropriately describes their lives in terms of the rise and fall whatever anyone s feelings about the couple and everyone will have his or her opinion it is impossible not to wonder at indeed marvel at the hugely excessive sums of money that have passed through their hands during the course of their marriage and divorce lance hattatt and dark runs the river and to conclude on a personal note we are so appreciative of the compliments we have received for dark runs the river as well as the good wishes for its success posted by jane and lance hattatt at 10 44 34 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday 14 october 2025 tempus fugit dark runs the river lance hattatt s debut novel time and tide or so the old adage would have it waits for no man with that in mind we can scarcely believe it is now some four years something of an admission since our last post heracles in the drawing room but we have not been idle in fact far from it dark runs the river is the result of an idea which began as nothing more than that an idea one which slowly over time gradually took shape going first in one direction then in another until finally it came together into something which after considerable revision could possibly be called a manuscript and so a novel was born intrigued click on the link dark runs the river for the publisher s preview unpacking advanced copies excitement prior to publication day 15th august 2025 since publication 15th august 2025 it has been something of a whirlwind with both a book signing here in budapest and a literary luncheon held in the small devonshire coastal town although we tend to think of it as a village of budleigh salterton signing copies of dark runs the river at bestsellers budapest bestsellers the leading english language bookshop in budapest took the brave decision to order what seemed like an alarmingly large quantity of books for the occasion and which seeing them stacked on the table did cause the two of us to feel somewhat apprehensive in the event it proved to be a complete sell out with several people having to be content to wait for further supplies to be reordered with hungarian champagne flowing and delicious canapés to enjoy and friends from near and far including two who flew in especially from stockholm it turned into the most joyful of evenings in readiness for the literary luncheon milena s café budleigh salterton devonshire milena of milena s café is known throughout devonshire and beyond for the ways in which she combines the traditional with the innovative using locally sourced ingredients to produce dishes which not only look appealing to the eye but taste delicious she did not disappoint and the lunchtime sped by with a great deal of mirth merriment and not least the meeting up of friends old and new such fun some of the first reviews abridged which appeared shortly after publication and now two months on it is particularly touching and gratifying to read the reviews placed on the websites of waterstones and amazon in praise of dark runs the river for those who may be interested dark runs the river may be ordered from amazon austin macauley the publishers bestsellers budapest foyles t g jones waterstones and leading booksellers worldwide your thoughts are as always greatly appreciated and do look out for our next post posted by jane and lance hattatt at 07 32 50 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday 24 april 2021 heracles in the drawing room heracles oil and acrylic on canvas by orr máté some time ago most likely before the end of 2019 although the actual date is of little importance we found ourselves in the budapest studio of the painter orr máté in hungarian the surname always precedes the first name over the years máté has become a very close friend and so whilst visits to his studio are not infrequent it is always exciting when there is new work to be seen on the easel or as does occasionally happen an opportunity to turn the pages of his most recent sketchbook a preliminary sketch for the painting heracles and so it was that we happened upon the preliminary drawings for a painting heracles featuring the centaur nessus in conflict with the nemean lion not only were we captivated by the drawings themselves but were in discussion intrigued by the mythology of the ancient greeks given a new relevance to the present day a sketch for heracles taken from orr máté s sketchbook of course the fate of heracles is well known but in this instance in portraying the centaur entangled with the lion máté chooses a pose for his subject matter that seemingly embodies violence in a most brutal form and yet on the other hand one that also suggests its opposite here in the artist s own words we see a wide range of conflicting intense emotions aggression passion the feeling of vulnerability the feeling of power the intended ambiguity becomes consistent with the experience of life a first drawing of the nemean lion for the painting heracles interestingly in looking at the early sketches máté gives the centaur a beard later to be replaced with a more hellenistic head reminiscent of the sons of laocoon depicted in the sculpture gruppo del laocoonte and said to represent the original icon of human suffering however in the final work the composition is both balanced and harmonious framed by two columns appropriated from the ara pacis augustae altar in rome which in themselves become an allegory of peace orr máté at work in his studio on the painting a fitting subject for the drawing room many would suggest not but for us in acquiring the painting through the várfok gallery in budapest who represent máté we have not only what we believe to be an iconic work but one that connects a distant past with the challenging times in which we live the masterful trompe l œil effect is undoubtedly chilling the cold marble creates its own stillness the subdued palette an austerity but in contrast there is an energy a dynamic an unstoppable force the painting lives here is life heracles in the drawing room budapest posted by jane and lance hattatt at 12 00 75 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday 13 march 2021 worship from a distance a former glass warehouse originally that of the venezia murano glass and mosaic company and an outpost of protestantism may strike one as something of an odd connection notwithstanding those of a curious disposition who have ventured into the campo san vio with its outlook to the grand canal in venice will have almost certainly been drawn to the imposing doors of st george s anglican church which consecrated in 1906 has occupied the building to this day lance hattatt waiting for the service to start indeed the entrance is not without interest having been designed by luigi marangoni in 1920 and which in part serves as a memorial to the british soldiers sailors and airmen who died in italy in the great war of 1914 1918 a slightly later 1926 bas relief by napoleone martinuzzi above the doorway depicts st george slaying the dragon and together with the statue of st michael alludes to the british military order of valour the order of st michael and st george front door of st george s church venice wikipedia image it is to st george s that when in venice we make our way on a sunday morning successors to those who in previous times would have been transported to the campo in a flotilla of gondolas in time for the service of the eucharist where the interior is flooded in light from a series of stained glass window and where the eye is directed towards the altar piece a c19 copy of the redeemer with saints george and jerome painted by the venetian renaissance artist giovanni buonconsiglio sunday in venice going to the english church of st george in campo san vio drawing by w logsdail published in the graphic 6 july 1895 the congregation is not large made up of a handful of english speaking residents of venice it is supplemented by regular visitors such as ourselves to which may be added the occasional tourist who finds himself or herself en route for and in search of the peggy guggenheim collection but no one should be disappointed for regardless of faith or belief the service is always uplifting and the chaplain the reverend canon malcolm bradshaw assisted by philip gwynne jones will always engender much upon which to reflect interior of st george s church before removal of the wooden pews image courtesy of luisella romeo of www seevenice it and so in these days of a global pandemic when to travel abroad is both restricted and unwise we greatly miss our sunday mornings at st george s as they once were and will most assuredly be so again instead we zoom under the technical expertise of philip whose rôle as assistant curate now doubles with that of technician and led by father malcolm from the chaplaincy house we are able to participate in an 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