re: Prague/Vienna/Budapest food & drink recs

I have some Vienna recs for you. If price is no object, go to Steireck. This is fantastic restaurant in the main downtown City Park. We had a great dinner one night at Plachutta. This is a popular place just off the Ringstrasse. They bring out a diagram of a cow and tell you to pick out the cut of meat you want. Then they boil it tableside for you in copper pots. First you have the broth as a soup, then you eat the beef with vegetables. It is delicious. Instead of having dessert at the restaurant, walk around the Ringstrasse to the Sacher Hotel and have coffee and dessert in their café.