Some Like it Hot

I just wanted to let you know that I am still alive. We have been busy getting ready for a new member of our family to show up, and hopefully if I can get access to the large computer will be posting more pictures of Germany, and Austria. I hope you all had a wonderful year last year, and I will try not to skip a whole year before posting again.

A quick Stop in Weimar for a really good applel strudel and excellent vanilla ice cream. I couldn’t tell you the bakery’s name because it was so cold I just ran in without seeing the name, and then forgot to check when we left. I know that is terrible.

Here are some pictures of mostly east Berlin. Sorry. I did not get any photographs of the new years party mainly because it was a fiasco. DH and I got separated, too many people, and almost being crushed, it was not to fun, but here are some lovely photographs.

Don’t feel too bad that we did not go to KA DE We but we did have a nice cappuccino and snacks at Cafe Percil.
Friedrichstraße 237
10969 Berlin
Germany

We were given honey, nutella, and butter, a croissant, and very ripe lovely fruit. It must have looked like DH and I had nothing to eat as we decimated the plate, with moans of joy. Sometimes I think it is just the simple things that make life pleasurable.

Initially I had stuck my head between the legs to say hi to DH and he burst out laughing, and if you can guess why then good for you, and if you can’t well I am not going to post the picture! ;P

Sorry for the lack of food photgraphs, but I kept forgetting my camera. the first night we great meal at german restaurant near the East Berlin TV tower. I had König Klopse, meat ball in sauce with pickled beets on the side. Dh had Gulasch over spaetzle. Both meals were outstanding, but the thing that stood out was the pickled beets. We were fighting over my pickled beets. They were tender and crunchy and sweet and sour perfect to go along with our meals. Unfortunately my notes are blurry on the name of the restaurants, but it is near the TV tower.

On New Years eve we had reservations at a restaurant under the train station. DH and I had Pork Medallions wrapped in strudel I believe with fried potato rounds and salad. Man that was outstanding. Very rich but very delicious. The apple strudel couldn’t compare to the bakery in Weimar but it was good with creme anglais.

Sorry It took me so long to get this post up, but DH has been working on the computer for school, and this one computer has all the photographs loaded up on them. I hope you have been having and awesome time, and I will try my hardest to get to the computer and post soon.

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Happy New year everyone, yeah I know it is February already, but I have been recovering and busy. I hope everyone is doing well. Dh and I spend some time in Berlin over the new years, and let me say that new years in Germany is very dangerous. It sounded like a war zone, and people were shoot off fire crackers and fireworks in every which direction. The next day you could not step anywhere without stepping on a used fire work or fire cracker.

So Here I will leave you with some photographs of the Stuttgart Weihnachtsmarkt.

Sorry these are from 2007 apparently I am missing a whole bunch of christmas photographs.

I will try to get the Berlin photographs up soon.

I hope everyone of you had a wonderful Halloween. It is funny that Halloween is one of my favourite holidays, but lately it seems that it gets short shrift in the United States. Here in Germany every year more people celebrate Halloween. This coming from my very wobbly grasp of the language. I just hope everyone had a wonderful time.

Well it is coming up to Christmas here, and it is one of my favourite Holidays, and I have to say that celebrating Christmas in Germany Rocks! I love the decorations, the food, Weihnachtmarkt (christmas markets), the gluehwein (like mulled wine), and the street food… I can’t wait. I wish you could spend it here with me. I think I want to spend every Christmas in Germany…*sigh* Well some of you better get over here at least for one Christmas here. I guess I like it here because it doesn’t seem as commercialized as it is in the states. Also you can say Merry Christmas, and not have anyone look dirty at you. Of course it is said in german but I digress. I wish we could say Merry Christmas, and have to other person reply thanks and Happy/Merry instead of you have no right to say that to me! *sigh* Anyways Whatever your beliefs, I hope you have a wonderful Christmas, Channuka, Solstice, etc.

The Weihnachtmarkt doesn’t start till the end of November, so probably I will have some pictures of all the festivities later. I am so excited! I can’t wait for Christmas! I have not forgotten the reason for the season, Jesus. But whatever you celebrate please be at peace, and good cheer. YAY!!!!

Now go get yourself a treat, and spend some time with your loved ones! Have a happy fall, and Thanksgiving! No I didn’t forget about Thanksgiving! Eat some turkey for me, we are having ham this year, and it might be just DH and I. Be grateful for the family friends that surrounds you!

I will try to have more pictures up soon.

Well, Kirk at mmm-yoso wanted me to do the Korean 100 foods, and so here it is! Thanks to Zen Kimchi here are the foods I have tried.

1. Myeolchi Bokkeum (Stir-fried Anchovies) yummy my fav.

2. Samgyetang (Ginseng Chicken Soup)

3. Bulgogi (Grilled Marinated Beef)

4. BulDalk (Burn-your-pants-off Spicy Grilled Chicken)

5. DalkBal (Spicy Chicken Feet) yum there is something about marinated chicken feet!

6. Korean Fried Chicken

7. Dalk Galbi (Stir-fried Marinated Chicken and Veggies)

8. San Nakji, chopped (Semi-live Baby Octopus) I love this haven’t had it for long while.

9. San Nakji, whole (Live Octopus) Nope. Can’t eat it live, sorry, and besides I nearly choked on the chopped one. I like my life, not to mention I couldn’t do that to a creature.

10. Sundubu Jjigae (Soft Tofu Stew)

11. Juk (Rice Porridge)

12. Galbi (Grilled Short Ribs)

13. Galbitang (Short Rib Soup)

14. Shinseollo (Fancy Hot Pot) Only once so far…

15. Gobchang Gui (Grilled Beef Intestines) I love the marinated ones best!

16. Seng Gan (Raw Beef Liver) not my fav…

17. Galbi Jjim (Stewed Ribs)

18. Bossam (Steamed Marinated Pork with Lettuce Wraps) *sigh* *cry*

19. Japchae (Clear Noodles Stir-fried with Pork and Vegetables)

20. Jaeyuk Bokkeum (Spicy Stir-fried Pork) *drool*

21. Kimchi Jjim (Stewed Kimchi with Tofu)

22. Ddong Jip (Chicken Gizzards) used to eat this in korea, nice and spicy is the best…

23. Odeng/Eomuk (Street-side Fish Noodles) memories, and I have insane cravings..

24. Hoddeok (Stuffed Street-side Pastries) I have a recipe and I don’t know wh I haven’t tried making this already!

25. GeiJang (Raw Fermented Crabs) I want my Oma!! *cry* I love the raw crab muchim better….*sniff*

26. Hongeo (Fermented Skate) only once and never again!

27. Gochujang Samgyeopsal (Grilled Pork Belly Smothered in Red Pepper Paste) LOL oh yes, one of the things I bugged my mom to teach me how to cook it when I was younger…

28. Lotteria’s Shrimp Burger (nope. Is it worth it?)

29. Sae-u Kang (Shrimp Flavored “Fries”) Snacks of champions!

30. Doenjang Jjigae (Fermented Bean Paste Stew) I like this better than kimchi jjigae

31. Cheonggukjang (Stinky Fermented Bean Paste Stew) yes, but it is hard to get it outside of korea.

32. Boshintang (Dog Soup) nope

33. Seonji Haejangguk (Hangover Stew with Clotted Cow Blood) never with the clotted blood. hmmmm

34. Ddeokbokki (Chewy Rice Cakes in Spicy Sauce) when I was a kid I would cry for this when we lived outside of Korea.

35. YukHui (Raw Beef Salad) my Mom and I were the only family members who really enjoyed this dish. *sigh*

36. MiyeokGuk (Seaweed Soup) B-day soup, and one of my favs.

37. Mae-eunTang (Spicy Fish Soup) DH really likes this and so do I!

38. Nakji Bokkeum (Stir-fried Baby Octopus) I am so hungry, this meme is torture.

39. Ojingeo (Dried Cuttlefish) any ways I can get it baby!

40. Beondaeggi (Silkworm Larvae) ate this like it was going out of style when younger not so much now. Mom agrees with me she liked it when she was younger but not now.

41. Golbaenggi (Sea Snails) I have a can of this in my pantry!

42. Jangeo Gui (Grilled Eel) Used to get them fresh in Korea…

43. Jaratang (Turtle Soup) Nope never tried it.

44. Bogeo (Blowfish) nope too expensive…

45. Sae-u Sogeum Gui (Salt Grilled Shrimp)

46. Deodeok Root Does anyone know what this is in english? Bell flower maybe?

47. BindaeDdeok (Mung Bean Pancake)

48. Pajeon (Green Onion Pancake)

49. Bibimbap (Mixed Rice and Vegetables) DH says he could eat this everyday.

50. Boribap (Mixed Barley Rice and Vegetables)

51. Marinated Garlic yeah I love this stuff, but you have to be careful afterwards.

52. Patbingsu (Shaved Ice and Red Bean Treat)

53. Dotorimok (Acorn Jelly) I wish they had this in germany…I guess I could learn to make it for myself.

54. Naengmyeon (Chilled Noodles) best during summer.

55. Makkoli/Dongdongju (Rice Beer)

56. Bokbunja (Raspberry Wine)

57. Soju (Rice Whiskey)

58. Andong Soju (Strong Rice Whiskey from the Andong Region) nope never had this

59. Jogae Gui (Grilled Shellfish)

60. Haepari (Jellyfish) had it for my wedding.

61. Gyeran Jjim (Steamed Egg)

62. Corn Ice Cream

63. Dolsot Bibimbap (Mixed Rice and Vegetables in a Sizzling Stone Pot) yummy crispy rice.

64. Mandu (Stuffed Dumplings)

65. Ddeokguk (Chewy Rice Cake Soup)

66. Songpyeon (Stuffed Chewy Rice Cakes) my fav is the one with sesame seeds.

67. Hot Bar (Fried Fish Batter Street Food)

68. Shikhye (Sweet Rice Punch) YUM

69. Any product with Green Tea in it

70. Gujeolpan (Nine-section Dish)

71. Yogurt Soju Cocktail

72. Baechu Kimchi (Cabbage Kimchi)

73. Any Kimchi that’s over 3 years old Bubbly tingly on the tongue.

74. Baek Kimchi (White Cabbage Kimchi)

75. Shake-’em-up Dosirak But it wasn’t on purpose, it just happens.

76. Mul Kimchi (Water Kimchi) I want my MOM! *sniff*

77. Oi Sobagi (Stuffed Cucumber Kimchi)

78. Ggakdugi (Cubed Radish Kimchi)

79. Sae-u Jeot (Salted Tiny Shrimp)

80. Myeongran Jeot (Salted Pollack Roe) LOL YUM!

81. Changran Jeot (Salted Pollack Guts)

82. Ssamjang (Mixed Soybean and Pepper Paste)

83. Kalguksu (Hand-cut Noodle Soup)

84. Ramyeon (Ramen Noodles) in a Tin Pot Only way to have it when I was a kid.

85. Entire Hui Meal (Korean style Sashimi) but I was a kid so anyone wanna pay for it?

86. Gimbap (Seaweed Rice Rolls)

87. Jokbal (Pigs Feet) I am really getting hungry!

88. Sundae (Blood and Noodle Sausage)

89. Yeot (Traditional Korean Candy)

90. Naengi (Shepherd’s Purse)

91. Kimchi Jjigae (Kimchi Stew)

92. Budae Jjigae (“Army Base” Stew, traditionally including hot dogs and Spam)

93. Agu Jjim (Stewed Monkfish) nope never tried it.

94. Haemultang (Seafood Soup)

95. Nurungji (Hot Water Mixed with Rice Scrapings in a Stone Pot)

96. Sujebi (Rustic Dumpling Soup) I had mom teach me to make this before I left for Germany. She still makes fun of my sujaebi noodles. Most older generations don’t like this because rice/food was short after the war.

97. Janchi Guksu (Thin Noodles in a Seaweed Broth with Condiments) one of the easiest things to make when you are homesick for korean food.

98. BungeoBbang (Goldfish-shaped Stuffed Pastry)

99. Raw Ginseng or anything with Ginseng in it

100. MakHui (Chilled Sashimi Soup)

Well I have only about a 93 94 on this list. One I have never had the haejang guk with the blood, and there are a couple I don’t want to try, or never had the chance to eat. I hope you enjoyed reading this list. Why not give this list a try.

I have found this on several websites so I thought I would post my list.

Here are the instructions if you’d like to participate:

1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here at Very Good Taste linking to your results.

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare(Also ate the Korean version which I like better )
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses ( would love to try this soon)
17. Black truffle (wish I could I afford this! )
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes (home grown and organic straight from the vine on a summer’s day)
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (super hot and lovely but I will stick to cooking with them)
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda (not sure, will have to get back to you on that)
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut ( I am in Germany, yes it is so good with Schinkenspeck (bacon)))
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea (not together)
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail ( I love oxtail soup!)
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects ( I was a kid in korea and they were cooked and I liked them, but haven’t tried eating them since)
43. Phaal ( I like spicy food but never had a chance at this but if I can’t taste anything it isn’t worth eating.)
44. Goat’s milk (yogurt and cheese too!)
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more (anyone want to pay for my drinks?)
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel (fresh water and salt water *sigh* yum)
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut (yup hated them)
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle (Yummy)
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine (french fries, gravy and cheese curds yummy)
60. Carob chips (yeah I was tricked!)
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin (medicine)
64. Currywurst (DH is addicted!)
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs (first time when I was 8 years old)
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini (never together)
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail (in many forms, and dips, sauces…I am drooling)
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini (home made, but maybe I will make it to Harry’s bar)
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky (green tea and dark chocolate being my favs)
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant. (anyone want to treat?)
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam (yeah Baby!)
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa (never had it with rose hmmm)
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox (Had it in highschool stopped at the bagel shop and tried it yum)
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

Hmmm…If you count things that I have had separately 75 out of the 100. I guess I better get a move on some of these things. I just wonder how I am going to find clotted cream here in Germany? Although I will never foresee me smoking a cigar but I am okay with that.

So, acouple of days ago a friend of ours Christine, DH and I decided to head over to Ludwigsburg Castle in the town of Ludwigsburg. This castle has approximately 652 rooms ( I cannot remember exactly) and it holds a fashion museum, ceramic museum, baroque painting gallery and you can see the apartments of one of the kings. You have to go on the tour to see some more of the rooms of the castle. The English tour on the weekdays starts at 1:30 pm daily and there is only one english tour. The tour will take you through 65 of the rooms of the 600+ available.

The palace was originally built as the Kings hunting lodge, and from there over the years it was expanded.

This is the inner courtyard of the palace. Click on the photograph for a larger view.

Napoleon immortalized in embroidery

You maybe wondering why Napoleon is here but Napoleon needed troops to go into Russia and he threatened the Duke of Württemburg that if he did not supply troops he would declare war. If the Duke would provide troops for Russia he would declare the Duke King, since Napoleon was an Emperor, but the Duke had a problem his sister was married to the king of Russia, but Württemburg was small and could not stand against Napoleon. The Duke sent the troops but only a few came back. I think the Duke sent about 16,000 troops and only 4oo came back. You will all have to check your history books as most of this is from memory.

The original part of the hunting palace. the Kings bedroom. There are gold stars polished in the ceilings and so at night with the candles glowing and the curtains shut it looks like stars in the sky.

The Queens Private Bedroom. One pitcher of water would last all day for washing, and two liters of perfume per day approximately.

The Queen and King had separate and shared bedrooms. In one instance the King Carl could not stand his wife and moved to Ludwigsburg with his mistress for 20 some odd years; where by law the Queen had to reside in Stuttgart. Until the need for an heir became critical the 50 year old queen was moved the Ludwigsburg and sadly could not produce an heir, and so the protestant kingdom ended with a Catholic king. In those times the people and the king had to have the same religion. Unfortunately in history there was too much friction between the two sects of Christianity.

Sorry for the blurry picture but the room was dark, and we can't use flash. This was the bedroom shared by King Carl and his wife to try to produce and heir.

Where you see the couch against the wall is where the head of the bed was located.

This is one of the many gardens that you can enjoy. There is a much larger pieces of the garden to visit but we arrived there at 10am and didn't leave till 4 pm and we were tired.

I have a lot more pictures, but I don’t want to bore you with them, but if you get a chance to visit Ludwigsburg Castle please do! It is interesting an the history is fascinating. It is only a hop skip and jump from Stuttgart, and about 2 hours from Munchen (Munich) Germany.

I would advise you to bring some snacks or by an all day pass and eat outside of the museum. The prices were a bit higher inside the castle then downtown.

Devils food cake with tart sour cherry jam and nutella butter cream frosting

So in July we celebrated DH’s birthday, and one of the things he always asks for is chocolate cake. Being the wonderful wife that I am I decided to make him a cake. I searched through a lot of recipe books but nothing appealed to DH until I decided to take matters into my own hands. I decided that I would start off with a recipe from Cooks Illustrated, and modify the recipe.

Now, I love sweets, but sometimes the cakes and cookies are way too sweet, and I have to reduce the sugar. I cannot follow a recipe no matter how hard I try most days. I must tweak it to my taste, and before you say anything I did taste this recipe as is, when I made it with J (not Jo). I liked it but I perfer a much more dense, and sweet cake. So, my cake has less sugar but more brown sugar to white sugar. I also wrapped and placed the cake in the freezer over night, and defrosted it before frosting.

My cake was dense, and so much chocolate flavour to knock your socks off. I also added a bit of very bitter chocolate to the cake. I filled the cake with home made sour cherry jam I made this summer and wow did it pop! I used the butter cream recipe and scraping a jar clean of Nutella, but the nutella taste was weak, and I had tons of frosting left over that I threw the rest out. But the weak nutella flavour seemed to be a nice foil for the chocolate and sour cherry.

DH was extremely happy, the cake got better as the days went on. The cake was fragile on the first day, but it seemed to have its own gravity well, by the second day in the frigerator. The flavour was best on the 2-4 days. We also ate a slice of cake about a week and a half later and it was still tasty!

You will have to hunt down your own recipe for the sour cherry jam or go and buy a jar. Also I will not post the nutella butter cream recipe because I wasn’t too happy with it, and will have to tinker a bit. Now if you really want the recipes e-mail me, because I am too nice and can’t say no?

So here is the devils food cake with a lot of changes. Oh I go between grams and oz because my scale can’t seem to go in oz that low but it does really well in grams.

Side view. It's hard to see the 3 layers but they are there! The cake was very dense, chewy fudgy goodness.

DEVILS FOOD CAKE
Adapted from Cooks Illustrated

1.4 oz Semi sweet chocolate (I used Belgium chocolate)
3 oz Unsweetened chocolate (I used a German Zarbitter chocolate)
0.8 oz Valhrona dutched cocoa powder
1 1/4 C. boiling water (next time I would use hot Coffee)
3.7 oz A.P. Flour
8 g Baking Soda
1 g Salt
8 oz Butter
6.6 oz Brown Sugar
4.6 oz Sour Cream
3 large Eggs at room temperature.

Have the oven rack in the middle position, and preheat your oven to 350 degrees. You may need another rack on the lower part of the oven to fit all three-cake pans. Grease three 8-inch diameter cake pans. Then place parchment paper on the bottom of the tins and grease again. I floured my cake tins with cocoa powder.

Combine all the chocolate and cocoa powder and pour in the boiling water, mix till everything is combined and the chocolate have melted. In another bowl mix the flour baking soda and salt and then sift onto parchment paper or back into the bowl. You will be alternating ingredients so just make sure it will be easier to pour in dry ingredients.

Beat the butter until creamy, and the sugar and beat again until it fluffs. You may have to scrape the bowl. Mix in the eggs one at a time and beat on medium speed, add the other eggs after the first is incorporated. Add the sour cream and vanilla and mix until combined. On low speed add in the 1/3 of the flour followed by 1/2 of the chocolate mix until barely combined you should end using the flour. Using a spatula gently mix the cake batter until all flour is combined.

Evenly divide the batter into the cake tins. Bake cakes all the middle rack or places them on the middle or lower racks. Bake the cakes until you have moist crumbles on the toothpicks, but not wet. It took me about 15-20 minutes. You will have to watch your cake.

Take out the cake and let cool for 1/2 hour in the tin. Carefully take out the cake and wrap in plastic wrap and freeze. The cake is delicate so be careful. I froze my cake over night and let it defrost in the frigerator. This makesthe cake more denser, and the flavours seem to meld better.

When the cake is fully defrosted level the cake if they need it, and fill and frost with your favourite filling.

I filled it with homemade sour cherry jam, and then made a nutella butter cream frosting. I would recommend you chill the cake in the frigerator but it doesn’t need it.

DH and I decided we needed lunch but I had just finished mopping the kitchen floor. Yeah, the floor was wet and well I couldn’t walk in there with my feet… Yeah so I got out of cooking lunch, because we had to let the floor in the kitchen dry.

We were a little indecisive, about where to eat at first but remembered a place in downtown Stuttgart that had coffee and sold sandwiches and soup.

We decided to go to San’s Sandwich Bar, I noticed this place while we were sitting at another cafe drinking coffee. It seemed to always be crowded at lunch time, DH and I usually eat breakfast and luch a bit earlier then the crowds, and need a snack by the time lunch crowd came out.

There is a small case in front near the register which looks like ciabatta and foccacia sanwiches. There is also a large refrigerated sections with salads, sandwiches, desserts, muesli and fruit. There are huge lamp shades in orange red that hang from the ceiling. Everyone is friendly and can speak alittle english, but we tried out limited german. It is a really nice place, with long tables on really high stools, but then again I am pretty short. They offer different soups, salads, cereals, sandwiches, and drinks. I was really enticed by a customer carrying a bowl of soup with blue berries on top. So, I opted for the Kartoffel Pfifferling soup, a potato and chanterelle soup with crème fraîche. It came with chive garnish, and three lovely blue berries on top. Also it had a healthy bit of crème fraîche that had sunk to the bottom of the soup. DH swirled the soup and it went from clear broth to creamy white. The potatoes were soft but still a little firm so they didn’t turn to mush when you bit into them. The chanterelles were generous and plentiful, and golden against the creamy white soup. Yeah this was outstanding soup. The soup came with three pieces of bread, a slice of french, and two slices of dark bread with nuts and seeds.

DH “Yeah we can’t eat this all the time but the soup is excellent!”

DH pulled a Thai Sandwich from the deli case, and we were intrigued to see what it would taste like. It had some kind of mayo or schmaltz maybe smeared on the bread. The bread was softer then most german breads, but still denser then white. It had lettuce and red bell peppers, and pickled ginger, and turkey marinated in something. I cannot place the taste, but the sandwich was delicious. You can have your bread toasted from the front counter, but we opted not to have the bread toasted this time. Dh thought he tasted some lemon grass but found the pickled ginger delicious and did not taste the lemon grass at all.

Me: I so could make this sandwich at home, but it sure is tasty.

I am glad I ate the sandwich first because the sandwich was delicious, but the soup stole the show. It made a nice light lunch, and the place is pretty popular with the lunch time business and tourist. The last time DH and I were there we had the house coffee which was quite good. the prices there aren’t bad. The soup was excellent and the sandwiches are good, but we haven’t tried everything there yet. I wouldn’t definitely go back there again! For 2 bottled waters, one sandwich and one soup landed us at 12.30 euro, not too bad and both of us were full. I would say that for someone used to eating a lot more might be hungry so you might not want to share, and if you have the potato and chanterelle soup make sure you get your own bowl or you might fight on your hands.

San’s Sanwich Bar
Kleiner Schloßplatz 13
70173 Stuttgart, Germany