Appreciation post: The guy in a Budapest hostel who taught me to use the local bakery's day-old bread bin

He saw me buying a full-price loaf, shook his head, and said, 'You're paying for yesterday's air, go around back after 6pm and get it for 50 forints,' which saved me about a dollar fifty and got me the best cheap breakfast for a week, so what's your best 'ask a local' food hack?

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webb.keith1mo ago

Wait, you were gonna pay full price for stale bread? That's wild. My best tip is from Lisbon, where a fisherman told me to skip the fancy places and just point at whatever the old guys are eating at the pastelaria counter. Got a massive bowl of fish stew for like three euros.

craig.tessa1mo ago

skip the fancy places" works for some stuff but honestly i've had some amazing meals at nicer spots too. sometimes paying a bit more is worth it for the whole experience.

zara_hill461mo agoTop Commenter

Keith's Lisbon tip is solid. I once paid twenty bucks for a tiny plate of pasta in Rome because the place looked nice. Tasted like sadness and credit card debt. Meanwhile the best meal I had there was a slice of pizza from a hole in the wall, eaten standing up. You learn the hard way to follow the locals.