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Paprikas And More

Hungarian delights await downriver in Southgate.

Kolbasz (smoked Hungarian
he love for true Hungarian
sausage).
home-cooking has lured
For dinner, the delicious
many a diner to a
Hungarian
Gulyas (goulash), chockfull
Hungarian restaurant or
of
potatoes,
spaetzles, onions and car-
one that serves Hungarian food ...
rots,
is
served
on the table from a ket-
However, sad as it may be, there are
tle
that
stands
over
a lighted fire ...
not that many good Hungarian
There
are
so
many
variations
of
restaurants around ... Or even those
Hungary's
national
dish
that
it
is diffi-
that serve Hungarian food among
cult
to
identify,
the
true
other cuisines.
Hungarian version of the
This is why, through the
thick beef stew.
years, visits to Hungarian
Everyone loved the tradi-
restaurants have seldom shown
tional
Hungarian salad of
the abundance of piquancy in
sour
cream
and cucumbers.
flavors that one would expect
And
our
oversized
plates
in this type of dining.
welcomed
the
wonderful
So when Audrey Pearl and
wiener schnitzel, stuffed
her husband, Cy Feldman,
cabbage, chicken paprikas,
suggested a trip to Hungarian
dumplings
and veal paprikas
D ANNY
Rhapsody, downriver on
(cubed
veal
in sour cream
RA SKIN
Northline Road, between Dix
and
paprikas
sauce.)
and Allen 'Road, in Southgate,
Local Columnist
there was little thought of a
review.
The sign outside just says
"Rhapsody" ... but it was the place
alright ... with seating for 150 at
tables and booths ... plus six more
seats at a full bar ... When crowded, a
second dining room for 150 more,
used for private parties, is opened up
to accommodate additional seating.
Standing outside is a full-sized
Hungarian peasant hay wagon filled
with flowers ... On the inside is a
smaller version.
The old World charm is there,
with Tiffany-styled chandelier,
Hungarian dolls and gifts, wine bot-
tles, hanging greens, plates on the
walls, hanging vines and mural; etc.
... Also including two framed hand-
embroidered tablecloths ... White
linen napkins are on the kind of red-
and-white woven tablecloths you
would expect at a Hungarian restau-
rant that means it.
Don't look for waitpersons in
Hungarian native costume ... This is
strictly gingerbread dressing for show
only.
When the appetizers arrived, our
party knew we were at an authentic
Hungarian restaurant ... Starters like
Hortobagyi Palacsinta (salty crepes
stuffed with ground veal and
paprikas, served with a sour cream
sauce) ... and Korozott (feta cheese
with cream cheese, Hungarian papri-
Darlene and Steve Szatmari
ka, caraway seeds and finely chopped
of Hungarian Rhapsody
onions and garlic) ... Also, of course,

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