We're not going to list all of the restaurants that seem likely to remain on our "Top 33" list of Budapest restaurants forever. But having given five little reasons why the manically inventive Baraka can claim near-permanent T33 status, we thought it would be nice to highlight a more traditional local eatery that has been on the list since its inception. Which brings us to five big reasons - enormous, actually - we think Café Kör might be on as long as we keep compiling the list.

If you don't know "Café Circle," it's probably Budapest's best-known and loved Hungarian/international bistro. But the accent remain on the Hungarian, which is why you can always get something like the giant borjú bécsiszelet (veal Weiner schnitzel, Ft 3,260) pictured up top, as well as such irreplaceable Hungo starters as a big wooden plate of libatepertő (goose cracklings) with all the trimmings (pictured just above, Ft 980).

Speaking of goose, CK always offers what we consider among the finest libamáj (goose liver) around, in this case seared and accompanied by roast apples, potatoes and fruit conserve. At Ft 3,880 (around €15.75) it's not dirt cheap, but the portion is enormous, and the quality as high as your blood pressure once you've eaten it.

As for the desserts, there are such guaranteed crowd-pleasers as the Gulácsi palacsinta (Ft 660), the plum preserves-stuffed and chocolate-covered pancake being stuffed into the gastronome-in-training all the way up top. But we love them most for always having mákos guba (Ft 550, above) on the menu. Not only that, but the portions of the bread-custard-sugar-poppy seed delight sometimes known as "dirt dessert" are so big you actually feel like you're getting an opium buzz from all those poppy seeds. But maybe it's just the overall feeling of exhilaration from the whole meal.