Baked goods are to Budapest as smoked meats are to Kansas City. Flavorful dishes like gulyás (goulash) and chicken paprikash may initially ring a bell when contemplating Hungarian food, however it's hard to meander the city's charmingly-spiked boulevards without detecting a cukrászda (bread shop/bistro) at regular intervals or something like that. While Budapest's notoriety for being a mind blowing party city (from bars tucked inside destroyed structures to rowdy shower parties) reins incomparable, its daytime charms are a definitive following day lift me-up. Really, bistros have been at the center of Budapest's way of life for quite a long time. "Back in the turn of the century, which we consider the tallness of Hungarian café culture, Budapest was home to around 600 cafés," says Gábor Bánfalvi, co-proprietor of Taste Hungary. "These were not just places that individuals visited, these were places where individuals experienced their lives."