Gulasch makes Mondays doable. Since I have met wonderful Erin, she has introduced me to another great thing about our neighborhood - Gulasch Night at Cafe Steinhof. For $5 (!) you can have a bowl of tender beef, onions and potatoes in a paprika-stew broth, with a hunk of potato roll to sop it up. Belly warms and fulls immediately. If you're not feeling beefy, for $6 they also have a battered trout over a simple lemony-cold potato salad.
For the famous G Night, you may have to wait at the bar, which is just fine, because they have a range of beer that I've barely begun to sample. Within a few short weeks this winter, the mealtime has become very popular among my new associates. It's sometimes hard to round up and enthuse a group of people for anything, but say the word "Gulasch" + "night" and they come running from the mountains. We somehow fit 10 people at the one round table at Cafe Steinhof, an Austrian "comfort food" bar and restaurant. Mind you, most of these 10 knew 2 or less people upon coming and now have up to 8 new friends! Strange what brings people together.
I'm happy to learn that Gulasch orginated in Hungary (a country of my ancestory), but is a dish that appears in variations all over Europe and America [wikipedia], including in Brooklyn, apparently! It's a rich burgundy color from the paprika, and the Steinhof's variety comes to the table approximately 2 minutes after ordering.
Dessert is bread pudding, if there is room to digest among the main dish. I've had bread pudding explained to me - English side dish served with the roast - but I think it's something more elusive...This one has raisins and is served with applesauce and sour cream. Wow. The 10 minute walk home helps shift things around in the tummy a little. Let's just say I dream of gulasch all night.(They have a lot of other yummy things besides gulasch!)
Cafe Steinhof
422 7th Ave and 14th St
Park Slope
Brooklyn, NY
718-369-7776
http://www.cafesteinhof.com/
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