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INTRO
Welcome words from the General manager, a
photo what we love, and a prominent
ensemble whom we have hosted recently.

INTERVIEW

PROGRAMS

NEWS

interview with Zoltn Tth, our hotels

banquet chef on his duties and his brand new
hobby.

Plan your programs with us!

We have listed a number of events
for you to enjoy.

Just recently, we have launched our new event

service, available for external venues: royal
catering.

Welcome
FROM THE
GENERAL
MANAGER
> it is my particular pleasure to report that our
hotel has reached a new milestone with the
introduction, last month, of a brand-new service
designed to further enhance your comfort and
convenience. royal catering is our full-service
outside catering solution, carefully crafted to
provide you with complete satisfaction. brought to
you by corinthia hotel budapest, our motto
because its personal indicates all aspects of our
activities creating highly personalised event
support, every step of the way. The royal catering
configurator, an innovative online tool, is effective
at the quotation stage since practically all key data
can be input for the proposed event at the venue
of choice.
This month there is an article on our recently
launched series, the red Walk, where fashion
designer Tnde hrivnks collection with a focus on
maty embroidery was displayed in the
brasserie&atrium restaurant.
speaking of the brasserie&atrium... Themed sunday
brunches continue throughout the month, with the
addition of somebody new who, we hope, will
soon become the kids favorite. This newcomer is
roy the squirrel. depending on the brunch theme,
you will find him in vacation, Fathers day, jazz or
balaton mood! roy the squirrel can even be taken
home in the form of a cuddly toy, and sunday
brunch regulars can collect stamps in the roy
collection card, leading eventually to a free brunch.
summer is already underway in le bar, as is the tune
up for the Football World cup. For the occasion,
we have opened a special new venue: the World
cup skyTerrace on the roof garden of the hotel is
the best place in town to watch the matches
amidst exclusive surroundings and brazilian-style
cocktails. naturally, we have also given thought to
the ladies, so that they dont feel bored during
match time. The royal spa has arranged a luxury
espa offer, guaranteeing carefree rejuvenation
during the long, hot summer days.
one more feature this month is an introduction to
another colleague of mine, banquet chef Zoltn
Tth. and as we happen to be in the kitchen Pter
has his latest fantastic recipe to share while attila
reveals all about making an opera cake.
Finally, i trust that you will enjoy the June edition of
our newsletter and that you will find within its
pages programs that are very much to your taste.

Thomas m. Fischer | General manaGer

PHOTO OF THE MONTH

> brazil is here in town! enjoy every moment of the Fifa 2014 at our World cup sky Terrace.

World cuP Warm uP

locaTion | le bar
daTe | June 2-15
> summer is finally in town, the pavement radiates heat, and everything
is abuzz with anticipation for the football World cup! Take some time off
for a pleasant cocktail, catch your breath, sit back and relax.
Thats how they do it in brazil and its never too late to learn
For further information and bookings, please contact us on
+36 1 479 4850 or cuisine.budapest@corinthia.com

abouT corinThia hoTel

budaPesT
> corinthia hotel budapest is an

award-winning member of the

corinthia hotels brand. The hotel
originally opened as the Grand hotel
royal in 1896 and was entirely
renovated and, in parts, rebuilt in 2003,
following its acquisition by corinthia
hotels. among its many attributes, the
hotel features a majestic Grand
ballroom and the royal spa- itself an
extensive renovation of an original
19th century spa which adjoined the
original hotel - that has once again
regained its rightful place as
budapests most luxurious spa.

Guestbook
FAMOUS GUEST
Richard Dreyfuss

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INTERVIEW WITH

Zoltn Tth,
BANQUET CHEF

kick-off the football games

on the roof!
> This summer the world turns its attention to brazil and the World cup.
beat the crowds, the heat and the 6,000 kilometers between budapest and rio, and watch
all the matches. in style. sipping ice-cold cocktails, on the sky Terrace.
Well, we know, where you gonna be!
here, with us at the corinthia World cup sky Terrace!

all registered guests can participate in a special drawing and

Win an oFFicial World cuP soccer ball,

How long have you worked at the hotel?

i started working here in corinthia hotel budapest on september 26, 2006.
In which area do you work?
i have worked with the kitchen staff since 2006, first as banquet sous chef and then from 2010 as senior
banquet chef.
What are your duties?
my duties include the preparation and cooking of meals for groups and events of more than 25 people, to
the high standards expected of a 5-star hotel. i have to watch everything from the ordering of ingredients
right through to the meal being served to the guests, whether this is buffet style or plated. in the course of
my work i have to satisfy very many different types of guests, from ministers and top international singers to
a guest here in the hotel wishing to relax in pleasant surroundings.
What was your happiest experience in relation to the hotel?
about 3 years ago we did an event at hungaroring, where we promoted our wonderful royal spa among
hungarian owners of Ferraris. now, that really was something; wherever i looked there were Ferraris, and
their glorious sound really got my heart beating! To my great luck, i was taken around the track in the car of
my dreams, a real Ferrari enzo.
What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?
i have recently discovered a new hobby, photography, and i practice and study this when i have time. besides
this, i really enjoy watching good filmsespecially when i fall asleep after the first 10 minutes!

an official World cup T-shirt or a brunch invitation for 2.

When?

Why?

Where?

From June 12-July 13th,

every day from 5pm to
12.30am

7 hd screens
Tribune lounge
copacabana bar
Goal Grill

corinthia hotel budapest

World cup sky Terrace,

be part of the worlds biggest football

extravaganza - in budapest!

Football
Fever offer
> experience the excitement of the 2014 FiFa World cup in our World cup sky Terrace
while enjoying all the luxury of corinthia!

Q
A

Whats the next best thing to watching the World Cup live in Brazil?
Watching the World cup live in the World
cup sky Terrace of corinthia hotel budapest.
We are setting up 7 lcd screens for the entire
duration of the World cup and a fabulous
seating area where guests can relax, socialise, enjoy great
food and drink, and watch the sport in ultimate comfort.
enjoy fabulous authentic brazilian food, lively party music
at the weekends and guest commentators for the big
matches. dont miss our taste of brazil in budapest its
going to be the World cup venue in hungary!

PackaGe includes
> accommodation for 2 persons in a superior room
> access to the royal spa
> Generous buffet breakfast
> World cup warm up in the lobby bar (mojito)
> Football menu at the World cup sky Terrace
(1 budweiser beer, 1 caipirinha cocktail, 1 brazilian empanadas snack)

Price from 306 eur

> Through an amazing time travel scenario, corinthia hotel budapest unveiled its new event service available for
external venues: royal catering.
The because its personal philosophy of royal catering is based on person-to-person contact and places the
emphasis on customized services. clients are given personal assistance throughout the quotation phase with a
one-off solution using the innovative online tool called the royal catering configurator; practically all important
data can be input for the event at the selected venue.
The time travel to the unveiling took travellers from the corinthia hotel budapest to the villa ybl, one of the
outside locations of royal catering, on a bus dating from the last century. here, participants were introduced to
the new brand, its unique event organization philosophy and the range of tools and equipment at its disposal to
guarantee the perfect event.
To ensure the arrangement of stress-free events, royal catering supplies everything essential such as furniture,
delivery, waiters/waitresses, food, drink, entertainment and audio-visual equipment.
in addition, to assist the organizer, a car with chauffeur and personal event assistant is made available to tour the
venue and on the day of the event. and, in order to ensure that the client is able to take part in the long-awaited
event in a calm state, royal caterings special relaxation package makes sure that preparations are smooth and
trouble-free, and of course that the exertions of the program can be eased afterwards.

see more:

enjoy a cinematic thrill at a grand budapest hotel.

Go behind the scenes of budapest and a grand hotel and discover the
roots of the hungarian film industry.
see more at:

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our oFFers
For further information and bookings, please contact us on +36 1 479 4850 or
cuisine.budapest@corinthia.com

recipe of the month

The execuTive cheF recommends
> Pter bolyki joined the hotel having already established himself as a
highly skilled professional in a number of countries. he had been working
for hapag lloyd ms hanseatic, regent seven seas mariner, Palais
auersperg and the adventure catering and schnbrunn orangerie. We
invite you to cook with us and try Pter's favorites.

vacaTion brunch
locaTion | brasserie & atrium restaurant
daTe | June 8, 12:00-16:00
Price | 8,900 huF per adult, 50% discount for children between 6 and 14 years old and
complimentary for children under 6.
> its summer vacation time and this is the laid-back brunch

ASPARAGUS BENEDICT
INGREDIENTS
8 large asparagus
4 large eggs
2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
2 slices Prosciuto ham

with iced drinks (e.g. mojito & virgin mojito, Tequila sunrise) and
food that is perfect for this time of year: grilled fish, satays,
light salads, corn on the cob, hungarian fish soup and a lngos station.
all set in a pleasant summer atmosphere and served
with Gypsy music that adds to the chilled out mood.

FaThers day brunch

locaTion | brasserie & atrium restaurant
date | June 15, 12:00-16:00
Price | 8,900 huF per adult, 50% discount for children between 6 and 14 years old and
complimentary for children under 6.

PreParaTion

make The sauce

> dads also deserve a little care and attention,

break each egg into a separate small bowl.

Trim the bottom 2 cm of the asparagus
stalks, and then slice them thinly lengthwise.
cook the asparagus for 3 minutes, until bright
green and tender. remove with a slotted
spoon, add the apple cider vinegar and
reduce the heat to a low simmer. carefully
slide in the eggs to boiling water, one at a
time. remove from the heat, and allow the
eggs to cook for 5 minutes, until the whites
are set and the yolks are still soft. drain on a
paper towel.

Pour boiling water into a blender, cover and

let sit for 10 minutes. dump out the water
and dry the container thoroughly. blend the
egg yolks with the lemon juice, salt, and
paprika. With the blender running on low,
slowly pour in the hot melted butter. blend
for about 30 seconds until the sauce has
thickened and the butter is well incorporated.
The sauce will continue to thicken as it cools.
serve each egg over a plate of asparagus
stalks and Prosciuto. Top with hollandaise
and chives.

not to mention goulash soup, beer soup, steaks, sausages and whiskymarinated grill dishes. Given the approach of the World cup, the decor
theme is football; there will be a World cup quiz with official football as a
prize, and draught beer for dads and colorful mocktails in football-shape
glasses for the kids.

The cheF
recommends
> attila menyhrts goal is

to establish the best

confectionery in hungary.
he rethought several wellknown desserts and
converted them to a
modern style preserving
tradition. let us introduce
you one of his latest
creations.

meThod

inGredienTs

For the coffee chantilly, bring

the cream to a boil, pour over
the white chocolate and coffee
and mix well. add the gelatin
and let it rest overnight. Whip
it on the next day. To make the
ganache, bring the cream to a
boil and mix with the
chocolate.

1,200 g whipping cream

3600 g white chocolate
30 g coffee
2 pcs gelatin leaves

To make The
coFFee syruP,

600g per sheet

mix the espresso with the sugar

and add the ice. mix it till the
ice melts. build the gateaux,
layer according to the
following layout:
450g ganache | 900g coffee
chantilly | 600g jaconde | 900g
ganache | 600r jaconde | 900g
coffee chantilly | 600g jaconde
| glacer noir

locaTion | brasserie & atrium restaurant

daTe | June 22, 12:00-16:00
Price | 8,900 huF per adult, 50% discount for children between 6 and 14 years old and
complimentary for children under 6.
> smooth is the word this sunday brunch: smooth food, smooth drinks and

OPERA CAKE

dessert by
the Pastry
chef

JaZZ brunch

Ganache
800 g whipping cream
800 g dark chocolate 55%

Jaconde
coFFee syruP
400 g espresso
70 g sugar
200 g ice

even smoother music from a famous hungarian Jazz Trio. in keeping with
the music theme, a musician presents jazz instruments to guests, who can
try them out. Food is a really unusual blend of new orleans and latino
cuisine combined with hungarian favorites. Finally, to mellow out the day,
try one of our great beverages: champagne cup, faux scrumpy or cowpoke.

my balaTon brunch
locaTion | brasserie & atrium restaurant
daTe | June 29, 12:00-16:00
Price | 8,900 huF per adult, 50% discount for children between 6 and 14 years old and
complimentary for children under 6.
> my balaton brunch is the next best thing to being down by the lake itself: all
the fun is held in the roof Garden, where guests are certain to get a real balaton
good feeling. recline on beach sand under a sun umbrella, sip a wine spritzer,
cosmopolitan cocktail or hungarian beer, and then tuck into all the favorites of
the hungarian seaside (including hake and corn on the cob) as well as the
superb brazilian meals from the mobile grill. Fish, chicken, pork and beef can all
be prepared with different toppings, there are plenty of salads and desserts such as brazilian
cupcakes, banana crme brule and cashew chocolate cake.

WaGyu beeF Week

locaTion | rickshaw restaurant
daTe | June 11-15
Price | 17,950 huF/person/menu
> The rickshaw restaurant showcases wagyu beef, renowned for its fine
flavour, low cholesterol and succulence, and now classified as a national
treasure in Japan. This is one of the most unique and expensive cuts of beef in
the world. There is a mini quiz with a complimentary sake for those answering
correctly. The 4-course meal including seafood soup, wagyu beef with
Portobello mushrooms, bok choy and teriyaki sauce, plus a glass of hungarian
wine is accompanied by live koto music.
menu: seafood soup spinach dim sum with duck liver and chinese cabbage Wagyu beef with
Portobello mushrooms, bok choy and teriyaki sauce maccha Panna cotta 1 glass of vida merlot

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This TreaTmenT exclusively

by esPa is available aT royal sPa

ProGrams in June
RECOMMENDED BY THE

corinThia hoTel budaPesT

CONCIERGE TEAM
Tams ungr
Chief Concierge

For further information and reservations, please contact the Concierge.

THE FIRST MONTH OF SUMMER IS ALL ABOUT OUTDOOR FESTIVALS

> For reservation and further information please contact us on

royalspa@corinthia.com email address or +36 1 479 4650 phone number

new esPa mandarin lip balm with Wild mango butter and Pomegranate
100% natural, this deliciously melting balm deeply nourishes lips to leave
them soft, smooth and supple with a delicate sheen.
available at royal spa reception

sPend one niGhT aT budaPesT's museums to find out if they really come alive
in the afterhours. on June 21 museums open their doors to visitors until 2:30 a.m. for the
night of the museums. Participating venues include, to name a few only, the hungarian
national museum, the museum of Fine arts, the house of Terror, the museum of applied
arts, the hospital in the rock museum and the underground railway museum. all of them
can be visited with one single ticket, including bus transfer between the main venues.

exhibiTions and Fairs

> The World oF Toulouse-lauTrec in the museum of Fine arts until august 24.

> hungary's semi-annual craft-beer Festival, is held on June 7-9.

The aim of the festival is to introduce hungarian beer and to bring breweries, pub owners and
beer-lovers together. more than 35 microbreweries from all over the country will come to
budapest's megyetem rakpart to showcase their products.

This exhibition marks the 150th birthday of henri de Toulouse-lautrec and showcases a rich
selection from the collection of the museum of Fine arts department of Prints and
drawings. in the last ten years of his life the French artist made lithographs, which will be
exhibited alongside These ladies in the refectory, a painting in the museums ownership. in
addition to lautrecs works and contemporaneous photographs, the Paris of the late-19thcentury belle poque will be evoked by such rarities as motion pictures and sound
recordings from around 1900s, in which the characters known from lautrecs art come alive.

buda casTle beer FesTival

> Gouba is a regularly scheduled art market in the Gozsdu courtyard every sunday from 10

> June 12-15- brings almost 200 domestic and international types of beer to beer-lovers. Well

am to 7 pm, inviting both tourists and locals for a refreshing walk in the heart of the city.
Gouba entertains particular and open-minded visitors with unique works by representative
artists and craftsmen, designers and antiquarians, as well as valuable works of art and
antiques. an even more unique ambience is created by the young musicians who play wellknown and new jazz compositions to the delight of the audience.

craFT-beer FesTival (Fzdefeszt)

known breweries like borsodi, dreher and heineken, along with lesser-known microbreweries will
be showcasing their products in the buda castle at the royal Palace. German, czech and belgian
beers will be represented among many other nations' best brews. visitors will have a chance to
taste beer specialties, learn about the history of beer making and learn how to draw a drought.

WaGner in budaPesT oPera FesTival

> The Palace of arts presents its critically acclaimed sell-out concert series of Wagners work:
The ring of the nibelung and Tannhuser. on June 12-22, the festival once again features
conductor dm Fischer, highly regarded as a connoisseur of Wagner's music who appeared on
several occasions at the bayreuth Festival, bringing a cast of world-renowned singers for this
production at the Palace of arts.

budaPesT summer FesTival

> budapest offers non-stop theatrical experiences: as the indoor theaters close, the outdoor
theaters open up. budapest summer Festival offers theater performances for adults and children,
musicals, dance shows and several concerts from June 13 to august 30. Programs are offered at
two locations - on margaret island and in vrosmajor.
This year the festival commemorates the 450Th anniversary oF shakesPeare's birth, hosting
the Globe Theater on its world tour performance of hamlet. a festival is capable of building
bridges between cultures: this year The moscow classical ballet will enrich russian-hungarian
cultural relations through performances of stravinskys The rite of spring and Firebird. The
program of the festival connects Ferenc sntbergers opening concert with the holocaust
memorial year and makes room for internationally acclaimed musicians such as Flix lajk, boban
markovic and the buena vista social club, and presents grand operas with domestic artists and the
best ensembles with international star vocalists at margaret island.

The 19Th danube carnival awaits audiences on June 14-22. contemporary dancers,
international artists and traditional hungarian folk dancers meet in budapest to celebrate the joy of
dance. The carnival will include many european performers as well as exotic guest ensembles from
overseas. The sites in budapest are: vrsmarty square, Pesti vigad, duna Palace, heritage house.

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red Walk
> The message we are conveying through the new hotel uniforms presented last year is all about

the entwining of the values of old and new eras. They authentically reflect the philosophy of
corinthia hotel budapest by combining tradition with innovation planning the future as an
innovator while retaining traditional values. The new uniforms, showcasing our traditions in an
innovative way, are the creations of fashion designer Tnde hrivnk, who is known for her elegant
outfits ornamented with original, hand-embroidered hungarian motifs, thus preserving the complex
traditions and values of handicraft manufacture.
This year, as a continuation of this theme, corinthia hotel budapest has introduced a new series, the
red Walk, in which the spotlight is on fashion and cultural heritage.
naturally, Tnde hrivnk and the by me Fashion salon was invited to participate in the first event.
during the show, Tnde focused on the famous hungarian and unesco World heritage-listed folk
art product, maty embroidery. The stylish fashion show was rounded off with a gourmet 4-course
dinner, hungarian wines and sweet melodies by a violin trio.

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organizing events and creating installations at numerous locations along the river, including
the kopaszi-gt. The main event of the Flow is danube day, held on June 29. several festivals
on the banks of the river, public meetings and fun, educational events are held to bring
awareness to and pay tribute to the danube and its wildlife.

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