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>> anthony: and on this particular corner, belvarosi disznotoros. one of daniel's favorites. >> anthony: so you're not a butcher. you're not in the food business. >> daniel: no, no, no. >> anthony: what is your -- what do you do? >> daniel: i'm an economist. >> anthony: you're an economist. as i understand it, you go from butcher shop to butcher shop investigating old-school butchers. why do you do that? >> daniel: because i really like it and, uh, somewhere in 2011 i saw that i'm not alone with this. so we have to -- we should make a fan club. and i started to write on facebook. nearly 10,000...

Like all butchers. [ laughter ] >> anthony: they're doing good business here. >> daniel: and it's cheap. >> anthony: yeah? >> daniel: i can't tell you which is my favorite butcher in budapest. >> anthony: yeah. >> daniel: because, all of them is different. >> anthony: right. you ever just go out for like a salad? [ laughter ] i kid, i kid. there is another long tradition of artistry here in budapest. we grew up with their works. visual artists, photographers, filmmakers. where did they all go? well, world war i happened and with it the end of the austro- hungarian empire. budapest and all euro...

>> anthony: right, doing prepared food. >> daniel: yeah, they try to save themselves. >> anthony: yes, there are many boutique cuts of meat available, as one would expect from a master butcher. but then there's this. a field of dreams, a landscape of braised and fried and cured delights that seem, under glass, to go on forever. >> anthony: a good hungarian butcher shop, they should be able to cut meat, cure meat, make sausage, and cook preparations as well. >> daniel: yeah. >> anthony: look at that. there he goes. so beautiful. i mean, there's no comparison with a supermarket, plus you can ask...