English soccer fans outraged about Hungarian “worst food in football”

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Tottenham Hotspur fans came to Hungary last week to face Ferencváros in the UEFA Europa League. Hungarian media agreed that Ferencváros fought valiantly but could not defeat the English club. Interestingly, English fans were not outraged by the work of the referees or how the players of the Hungarian club played. They were annoyed because of the food offered in the beautifully renewed stadium of Ferencváros. Daily Mail writes that our “zsíros deszka” should compete for the title of the worst food in football. Do you agree with them?

Tottenham Hotspur shocked in Budapest

According to Daily Mail, modern soccer fans are no longer satisfied with beer and some bread or meat. They would like to enjoy culinary pleasures after occupying their seats and starting chatting with a neighbour about what happens on the pitch. Reportedly, in the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, you can even order pumpkin and pine nut ravioli with vine tomato sauce and basil pesto. The contrast could not be bigger with the food offered at the Ferencváros stadium in Budapest.

The British magazine said fans were shocked to see that in Hungary, they could buy “traditional pub food” in the stadium: bread and dripping (“zsíros kenyér” or “zsíros deszka” in Hungarian). We wrote about that “dish” in THIS article, along with other Hungarian foods that make foreigners go nuts.

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The worst food in football is Hungarian?

What is bread and dripping? In short, a slice of bread with lard and some slices of onions as topping. The price is HUF 380, almost EUR 1. A photo and the price were shared on Sports Scran, an X-page posting about “the best and worst food from sports venues around the world”. The page has more than 586,000 followers. The tweet already has more than 4.8 million views.

English soccer fans and readers were outraged. One wrote that such food would be overpriced even in England. “Is this a meal or something from a fraternity hazing ritual?”, added another. A third asked whether a 5-year-old made that. However, some defended our pub food writing that it can save one’s life after several beers, a Spurs fan wrote he enjoyed eating it.

Even so, the Daily Mail said our “zsíros deszka” deserves the title of the worst food in football.

Daily Mail, Daily Star used ‘fake’ photo

Blikk, a Hungarian tabloid, rehashed the original photo from the depths of the internet. The photo was used by Footy Scran for the first time, another thematic X page, on 19 November 2023. Then, it had “only” 1.2 million views, and Daily Mail’s competitor, Daily Star, wrote about it. The reactions were the same. For example, one comment writer said he would go hungry if he had to eat that, so he does not wonder why the country’s name is Hung(a)ry.

But the photo had to be taken earlier because, on 19 November 2023, nobody bought ‘fatty bread’ in the Ferenváros stadium’s guest sector. Moreover, the stadium sold square-shaped bread at that time for HUF 350 instead of 380.

Of course, some English fans can think that our “national bar food” is the worst in the world, but sometimes it can be very handy if you plan a long night with friends and some beers.

Read also:

  • Mouth-watering: This is the tastiest Hungarian food according to foreigners
  • The 10 most popular Hungarian foods according to foreigners HERE
  • Top 10 worst Hungarian dishes according to foreigners – details in THIS article

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