The Triptych Unpacked-Budapest
Essays, recommendations, and reflections from Budapest. Exploring the city through history, architecture, thermal baths, gastronomy, and café culture.
History & Society
Explore Budapest through the people, ideas, and institutions that shaped the city during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These articles look beyond the landmarks to the cultural currents, social movements, and political forces behind them, offering context for Budapest’s transformation under imperial and Communist rule, its independence, and evolving role in Europe.
Published
Empress Sisi in Vienna and Budapest: A Cultural Travel Guide to the Woman Behind the Myth
Food & Hospitality
Articles on restaurants, cafés, and bars in Budapest, with a particular focus on the city’s palais hotels and gilded cafés—dining rooms shaped by the social life and visual grandeur of the late empire. Attention is paid to refined contemporary kitchens, including one of Central Europe’s most compelling Michelin-starred tables, wine-driven bistros, and rooms that thoughtfully draw on Hungarian and Transylvanian culinary traditions. Together, these pieces explore how Budapest’s hospitality balances elegance, depth, and cultural inheritance.
Published
Savoring Budapest: A Travel Designer’s Shortlist for Fine Dining
Savoring Central Europe: A Travel Designer’s Shortlist for Michelin Dining
Coming Soon
Budapest Pause: A Travel Designer’s Guide To Gilded Cafes
Grand Addresses: A Travel Designer’s Guide to Luxury Hotels in Budapest
