Useful Information about Berlin - typical food





Today I want you to introduce to typical Berlin food. Currywurst, Boulette and Döner are the most popular dishes.You will find them almost everywhere in town. But what are these specialties exactly and what are they made of? 

 Currywurst, Boulette and Döner
We Berliners love especially currywurst, a sausage in a sauce consisting of ketchup and curry. Other typical sausages are bockwurst and bratwurst (fried sausage). Another typical dish is boulette.This meat dish is only called boulette in Berlin. In other parts of Germany it is called frikadelle. Kofta is the Middle East version. I recommend you to try a Döner. It is a Turkish dish, that was invented in Berlin. You can get it nearly everywhere in Berlin, but especially in Neukölln and Kreuzberg.
  For those vegetarians among you, there are meatless versions of these dishes.





Currywurst is typical food from Berlin

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"Pfannkuchen" is a doughnut filled with jam. In other parts of Germany it is called "Berliner". Quite confusing, isnt'it?
                                             

                                                              

  Food Stalls
 You will find food stalls that serve these dishes everywhere. The best known food stalls in Berlin are Konnopkes in Prenzlauer Berg and Curry 36. At these food stalls you can often meet a real Berliner and sometimes you can hear how they speak their dialect. Berliners also love Asian and Arabic food, like falafel and you will find places that serve these dishes everywhere. You see, you won’t starve in Berlin. Berlin has got restaurants and cafès at nearly every corner and also near the major tourist attractions! Berlin has national and international cuisine. If you want to try traditional Berlin cuisine I recommend you the following dishes:

  • Eisbein mit Sauerkraut (a large piece of cured and pickled ham hock with sauerkraut)
  • Soleier (pickled eggs)
  • Kasseler (a smoked cut of pork)
  • Eier in Senfsauce (eggs in a sauce made of mustard)
  • Aal Grün (eel in a white sauce with herbs)
  • Königsberger Klopse (meetballs in a white sauce with capers)
  • Fried liver with onion and apples 
  • Pellkartoffeln mit Quark und Leinöl (boiled potatoes with curd and linseed oil)
  • Rollmops (pickled herrings in a rolled shape filled with a piece of pickled gherkins)




 
 
 
       Typical drinks are:
  • Berliner Weiße (beer with a shot of raspberry or woodruff syrup)
  • Rixdorfer Faßbrause (keg soda made from fruit, spices and malt extract) 

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