Sentimental in Berlin Blog

Wednesday, 23 December 2015

Lovely lunch in Budapest's finest Vintage Garden

My dad and me had a lovely lovely lunch in Vintage Garden, Budapest's one of or for me the most gorgeous new restaurant with incredibly good food!

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I have arrived back home and after a fine breakfast on British Airways' business class my dad was waiting for me at the airport, to pick me up with my 2 huge suitcases and other stuff!

I told him before I came that this time I would not want to eat in a 'Csarda' (Typical Hungarian food served in traditional style) but I would like to go in the city centre before we go to my actual home. Apparently it turned out he was stressed where to bring me, as he does not really know the new places in Budapest. So I told him I had an idea and going through Gozsdu and showing him these bars we somehow reached Vintage Garden. I have been there before when I visited Budapest some time ago.

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The interior as usual is seasonal and always up for the latest occasion or holidays, this time it's Christmas time! It was so magical and beautiful that this week when quikcly checked one of the celebrity magazines, I noticed that one of the photoshoot was shot in this christmassy wonderland!

Christmas Tree

Welcome in Vintage Garden

Cosy Christmassy Interior

Even Santa's house can be found here!

Santa's house

My dad and me! This is a very rare moment when he actually has time for me! Real time I mean, usually if we go somewhere it is always because he has some things to do there and I just go with him...but this time it was different and he had time only for me and I took him around Budapest.

Waiting for lunch!

Vintage Garden interior

Hmm yummy! I went for the rose duck breast on gnocchi with beetroot and potato crisps and apple sauce and some other sweet sauce!

Duck Breast at Vintage Garden

My dad had the slow roasted beef with potato with crisps and barbecue kind of sauce and he was very satisfied with it, although he has eaten at so many places, so was a little bit worried if he liked it or not, but even after exiting the place he was still mentioning how tender the meat was!

Slow roasted beef at Vintage Garden

Duck Breast at Vintage Garden

Slow roasted beef at Vintage Garden

Food food food at Vintage Garden!

Food food food!

Slow roasted beef at Vintage Garden

Hello Santa!

Delicious :) Yummy!

Gorgeous Christmassy Fireplace at the entrance of Vintage Garden

We both loved our food and the service was excellent too!
In the last hour we even had some Hungarian television celebrities eating next to us.

What: Lunch

Where: Vintage Garden restaurant, Budapest

Price: average European

Taste: delicious

Stockist - I am wearing

Small Jacket - Stephan Janson ~ £145.00 ♥♥♥

Black spotted scarf- Hobbs - £4.99

Short - ASOS ~ £25.00 ♥

Christmas decorations already on sale

It's 2 days till Christmas!

These days, Christmas is mostly about shopping and shopping and more shopping! Especially in the UK where all shops start their sales straight after Christmas causing a craze for the best prices! Similar to Black Friday's sales in the USA.

True, Christmas is not only about shopping and presents. It should be about love, joy and peace in our heart, however I am sure people like receiving and I personally prefer giving presents! :)

Well in the capitalist world, shops and the government want us to spend more anyhow! In Norway therefore people have to pay only half their tax in the month of November, so they can spend more on their Christmas shopping. Well we are far away from this concept in the UK, but if you are savvy you will notice that many shops start their sales even before Christmas! Clothing, toys, decorations, games, electronics and whatever you can think of!

So does Selfridges! If you pop in their Christmas Emporium you'll see some of their decoration prices have already dropped by 30%-40%.

Black and white baubles and wire stars

Have a personalised Christmas Sack

Rustic Scandinavian style Christmas tree

Creative Christmas Trees

Even a polar bear popped in to Selfridges to say 'Hi' :)

Totally Christmas

Baubles

Do you have any special decoration you love? I will show you my favourites on Christmas Eve!

Tuesday, 22 December 2015

Selfridges' Zodiac Christmas Windows 2015

Selfridges' Zodiac Christmas shop windows are sensational this year! Many talk about them as they are colourful and dark! Beautiful and very detailed, creative and makes everyone thinking about the connection between Christmas and the zodiac signs. You can see the Selfridges Christmas Show Windows for 2014 clicking on the year.

Search for your own sign and check out its dedicated gorgeous window!

I am back again after good 2 months of a pause on the blog! Things got so hectic! I had exams, loads of work, was in the hospital for 2 weeks and even my camera was at the repair service, which I mentioned already.

But now, I am mostly free!!!!

- All exams are done :)

- Loads of work to be done before Christmas! :(

- 2 weeks of hospital time done! :)

- Back from Berlin and closed an imaginary long period of my life with Udo

- New camera has arrived and these Selfridges Christmas Shop Windows are the first set of shots I made with it. It's the new Sony HX90V. The problem is that none of the makers made the camera I really want to buy ahaha! I would like a compact one with big optical zoom and in the same time with big sensor! This camera has the big zoom and the compact form, but the sensor is small... The Sony RX series has a large sensor but has a small zoom also in a compact shape. I really hope there will be a new camera on the market with big zoom and big sensor :) So I already knew this camera as my previous one was from the same series, so its menu is almost the same, however I found its pictures are not as good as they were in the HX20V. Anyhow hopefully I will be able to capture lots of nice images!

- University fees are paid! :)

So what else shall I do now other than just to enjoy the festive season and to do some travels in my home country and maybe one to Wien.