It’s cold outside, finally, and a Hungarian goulash is the warming antidote.
Monika’s European Kitchen, helmed by husband-and-wife team Chad and Monika Belson, is serving slow-cooked European-style soul food in Largo. Stews, soups and housemade sausages are on the menu. Monika is from Budapest, Hungary, and Chad has Polish and Belarusian roots. Together they are bringing the food of their childhoods to Tampa Bay.
The palóc soup is made with a base of caramelized onions and in-house smoked ham, pork and sausage, then cooked with green beans, root vegetables and fresh pork and finished with sour cream, herbs and small potato dumplings with crispy bacon. It is a dish that takes all day to come together…