Jókai bean soup is named after Mór Jókai (1825-1904), one of the greatest Hungarian writers. He was the greatest figure of Hungarian romantic prose. But his enormous life-work can’t be categorized only in one style as his works bear marks of the new trends of post-romanticism. Jókai was extremely prolific, he wrote more than 100 novels. Amongst the finest of his works may be mentioned The Man with the Golden Touch, The Baron’s Sons, Poor Plutocrats, Black Diamonds, A Hungarian Nabob and Zoltán Kárpáthy.

Few people know that serious historical writings about gastronomy can also be found among his works. But he never published any food recipe. He looked for the domestic tastes in everything and everywhere, he adored the Hungarian dishes, among others this bean soup.