Light Meals and Weekend Treats from an English Woman in Berlin
Something terrible has happened this last month. Our favourite Thai restaurant has temporarily closed down! OK, so the staff have simply just gone back to Thailand for their holidays and the restaurant will be open up again soon. I guess I should be grateful that it isn’t another story of a restaurant closing down because the food is either too spicy for the sensitive German palate or too expensive for the rather frugal average German….
Many of us are now clocking off work and heading home to spend Christmas with friends and family. I love this time of the year and enjoy heading back to the UK for a couple of weeks of festive fun. And what better way to kick start the holiday than with a special home cooked meal? …
I have noticed that duck is popping up on a few menus lately. Alsatian restaurant Gugelhof is serving up a winter treat of duck and red cabbage and Oderquelle well know for it’s sturdy German food has duck with Spätzle on the menu – two of my favourite dishes that have a real winter feel to them….