April 6, 2012
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Dining in Berlin
Berlin is a huge city full of dining options. They even have a whole museum devoted to the Currywurst. (And it’s expensive to get into that museum!) What is a curry wurst? It’s a sausage cut into slices and seasoned with curry-flavored ketchup and is sold by street vendors. Apparently 800 MILLION servings of currywurst are sold in Germany a year. And it is now a tradition that every candidate for mayor in Berlin is photographed by a currywurst stand.
Did I try a currywurst? Well, I don’t much like greasy sausage, am skeptical about street vendors, and I dislike the taste of curry. Plus, I never saw Ye Olde Currywurst Wagon. Otherwise, I might have tried one. Maybe I could have gotten one near Checkpoint Charlie at this place?
Most train stations seemed to have a bakery in them. Libby and I were amused by the name of this chain of bakeries.
Yes, I realize it’s just “croissant” and “baguette” put together, but it sounds like something you’d need on a plane if you got sick to your stomach.
Where did WE eat while in Berlin? I packed food, so we had breakfasts in our apartment. Lunch was always at the train station. Burger King, McDonald’s, Subway, whatever. So our only adventures were for supper.
The first night, Michael suggested Burger King (again), but the girls and I protested. We wanted a REAL restaurant! With one thing and another (rain, Libby getting hurt (see next entry), and hunger), we went to the closest acceptable place.
When my mom and I were on our cruise, when we hit Mexico, we said, “Boy! I’m starved. I could go for a good sauerkraut and wienerschnitzel plate, and Casa de Playa looks like the PERFECT place for that!” (Serve that with a side of sarcasm…) So it seemed only fair that when we were in Germany, we’d eat Mexican.
It turned out that those Berliners make a pretty mean chicken enchilada! Yum.
The next day, we had some water in a yogurt shop that had basil growing in boxes on the table.
We should have had frozen yogurt because, as the wooden table proclaimed,
It turns out it was good that we didn’t eat any snacks because we found an ITALIAN restaurant for supper!
And it had the most delicious food, really and truly. I had penne pasta in a tomato cream sauce with mushrooms, chicken, and cherry tomatoes. It was one of those meals that is so good you keep thinking about and saying, “Remember that delicious (insert food item) we had in (insert place)?”
Germany also has good chocolate. I had this one, and I ate the entire thing on the train. Sadly, our local grocery carries Ritter chocolate, but not this berry and hazelnut kind that was amazingly delicious.
But, just so you know, I still miss Jax.
