It has been a while since I have last gave a review/ recommend some of the European food. Today, Bob’s World will bring you to Munich to enjoy the taste of meat, pickled vegetables and wheat beer.
Munich is a remarkable place. The people are friendly. The food is fantastic. What more could I ask for? Personally, I ranked the Munich as one of the must visit place if any of you are going to travel to Germany. However, in this post I am just going to focus my review on German cuisine and the place to dine.
Ratskeller
The restaurant which serves local Bavarian food is located at Marienplatz hiding beneath the historic Rathaus. The food quality is good and the potion is fairly big for an Asian. I am not sure about dinner but lunch time could get really busy, so you could either make a reservation or get there early to secure a place.
Germany is well-known for its sausages (Wurst). It is a noble and highly respected part of German cuisine. So, please treat it with respect and not as if it is another Hot Dog Special from your local Ramli Burger stalls. Sausages are served with pickled cabbage (Sauerkraut) and in my case, mashed potatoes (taste more like potato puree but I am not complaining). Unfortunately, I could not remember the name for each of the sausages. But I am sure you can ask the waiter at Ratskeller to recommend.
When it comes to duck, I have only known the Chinese style roast duck you get back home in Malaysia or the Hong Kong crispy roast duck you get in Chinatown in London. Ratskeller offered an alternative perspective, German style roast duck. Ratskeller roast duck comes with Blaukraut (red cabbage sauerkraut) and dumplings (bound together by flour and potato).
Wirtshaus in der Au
Located at Lilienstrasse, Wirtshaus in der Au is a pub restaurant which serves Bavarian cuisine. I suggest you should either get there early or make a reservation because you might not get a place. Food quality is superb and the staffs are friendly. Problem is, the main dish is not as generous as Ratskeller. So you might want to go for dessert as well.
If you just really fancy sausages and have not had enough of it, go for the Auer farmer sausages. Portion is small (since there is only three pieces) but the meat is juicy. Like all wurst dishes, it is served with sauerkraut.
Another dish you might fancy is a portion of suckling pig. The suckling pig’s meat is tender and its skin is crispy. The dish is served with garlic flavoured dumpling.
If there is room, go for the desserts because they are really good. Recommended desserts are ice-cream dumpling filled with appricot served in straberry sauce with roasted almonds….
… and flamed creme with cranberry and pear ice-cream.
Weissbier or wheat beer, which, of course is made of wheat rather than barley is a must try when you are visiting Munich. To add the atmosphere into your beer drinking experience, make sure you have it at the beer garden. Sometime it is served with lemon (giving it a sweet flavour like Shandy) or you may opt for dark wheat beer (personally I haven’t tried it but the colour is much darker compared to other wheat beer.
Overall, I am pleased with the quality and the friendly service. There are other foods that you should try as well when you are there, such as the pork knuckle and schnitzel (pork or chicken breast – pounded flat - coated with breadcrumbs and pan-fried), which is a well-known dish at Ratskellar. If you ask me, I would give 8 out of 10 for both of the restaurants.
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