6101 Bistro Budapest
101 Bistro is a recent addition to Budapest’s growing group of hip pan-Asian restaurants. It’s the type of place where ear-catching Japanese hip-hop drifts from the speakers and a sleek wood-paneled interior with small tables and low backless stools evoke the dining rooms of Tokyo.
The dishes draw inspiration from the food of Taiwan and China. Like it or not, the concept is small plates, many of them very good. For example the tender pork belly bao, the shou pa soy-ginger chicken, the fried sweet-sour eggplants, and the Sichuan-inspired mapo tofu. 101 Bistro isn't cheap: a dinner with a drink will set you back €40-45 per person or so. After your meal, you could head next door to Nemdebár, one of the most buzzing bars on the Buda side.
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