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Hungarian food?
fwiw if you're up for a bit of a trek, the Hungarian Pastry Shop in Seven Sisters is worth knowing about. it's not a restaurant, more a little bakery counter, but they do proper kürtőskalács and somlói galuska on weekends. also, the chef from Gay Hussar did some pop-ups at the French House in Soho a while back, not sure if they still do but worth keeping an eye on their insta
you could try the hungarian food stall at the southbank centre food market on fridays, they do a really solid goulash and stuffed cabbage, the lady running it is from debrecen. also the brixton village market sometimes has a hungarian baker showing up with beigli and pogácsa, not every week though, best to check their insta before going. for pantry stuff, the eastern european shop on northcote road in battersea has hungarian paprika and pickled cherry peppers, they get kolbász in from budapest every couple weeks
if you're after the cakes specifically, there's a place called Kova Patisserie in Soho that's japanese-hungarian fusion, they do a really good dobos torte and krémes, the owner trained in budapest. not cheap, around 6-7 quid a slice, but consistent quality. also for something more casual, the hungarian food truck at broadway market on saturdays does lángos with proper tejföl and cheese, they're usually there near the london fields end around 11-4
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What are some innovative ways to anonymously compare rental prices in a city?
SpareRoom's "rooms wanted" ads are underrated for this. people post what they're currently paying alongside what they want next, so you can scrape a rough sense of going rates by postcode without anyone knowing you looked. it skews young and flatshare heavy tho, so not much use if you're after 2-beds in zone 2.
Another one is just the depozit or tenancy deposit scheme data. not public-facing, but your council's housing officer can tell you median rents from deposit registrations if you email them under FOI. takes weeks, but its proper anon and nobody clocks u.
Rightmove and Zoopla only show asking rents, which are often 10 to 15 percent above what a place actually goes for, so they're a poor benchmark. The trick I've used is the ONS Price Index of Private Rents, which breaks things down to borough level and is genuinely anonymous since it's aggregate data, no listing or account needed. For something more granular, the London Renters Union runs a rent reporting tool where you submit what you're paying with your postcode and it maps it against others nearby, though the coverage is patchy outside the inner boroughs.
the openrent "rent check" thing is decent for zones 3-4 where the unions tool barely reaches. also worth checking the london.gov.uk planning portal for new build applications, they list "affordable" and market rent figures per unit in the viability assessments, which is basically the developer telling the council what they expect to charge. bit of a faff to dig through but its public, anonymous & nobody knows ur looking