Friday, March 25, 2011
At last - good German food.
Last night the 'good wife' and I ate at a new restaurant in a little town only about 15minutes from where we live. It was an entirely German restaurant; and I say entirely because all its menu items were German, they didn't have goulash or any of those other 'quasi-Germanic' foods I love so much, but that's okay. The good wife had a 'German Dip' sandwich. Sliced pork roast topped with crispy haystack onions and mustard aioli on a grilled pretzel bun served with Au Jus. Sometimes I think my good wife will eat anything related to a pretzel ... it was a very good sandwich, and she was totally blown away with the homemade Root Chips! Being much more globally minded I decided to go for the 'Tour of Germany' plate - bratwurst, wiener schnitzel, and sauerbraten. The sides dishes I chose were saurkraut [YES, YES]and a German potato pancake ... and had to bring some of the bratwurst and saurkraut home. The house salad was a great appetizer ... Mixed greens served bacon, mild bleu cheese and radishes tossed in a lemon dill vinaigrette. I wasn't going to get the lemon dill vinaigrette, but two things convinced me: the good wife said that since the restaurant's name was DILL, and everything is seasoned with dill, she would like to taste the 'dill' vinaigrette ...so there you go, I guess I really didn't need a second opinion. The second reason was because of the name. And of course even though I'm taking some food home, we had to have the dessert - Apple Strudel. My next trip back I will be having their version of my favorite sandwich in the world - Reuben!??!
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I can honestly say, in 30 years of going to Germany with my wife, I've never encountered a "Dip Sandwich." The closest sandwich type item is a bratwurst on a roll around Christmas at the Christkindlmarkt.
ReplyDeleteAs for Goulash, it's on every Bavarian menu I've ever seen, so I think they can safely put it on for you without sacrificing authenticity.
Cheers.
The owner/chef came to our table and I asked him about it, but he didn't seem to excited about it ... when I go back to get my Reuben I will put it on the menu. It is a very limited menu and that may be due to wanting to get firmly established .. I'll keep mentioning it. It is interesting you've never encountered a German dip sandwich, maybe that's an American twist?!
ReplyDeletethanks Sherm.
This town has more ethnic restaurants than any town it's size, I'm confident of that. But it doesn't have a German restaurant and having been to several over the years, that is a crying shame.
ReplyDeleteEd.......... maybe you could start one, or bribe an already German restaurant owner to start another one - seems like you're living in fertile soil for one.
ReplyDeleteI haven't been there since they became Dills--but we used to enjoy Cracked Pepper (the former establishment) and I'm told that some of the same people are running the new place. Another "fine" place for a Friday evening fish-fry is at Champs Bar, across the street!
ReplyDeleteThere is a place in K-zoo, near the airport, that advertises goulash and it's okay, but not my favorite meal.
The present owner/chef said that his father was a chef .... and that he himself had been a private/catering chef..
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