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Eating in Berlin
It is practically lunchtime and you have walked more than five hours through Berlin's streets. Unexpectedly, your stomach is rumbling and your mouth waters. Now you can feel the typical German food everywhere you go. Are you hungry? Discover what's cooking in Berlin's kitchens and as they would say, Guten Appetit!
Berlin's cuisine contains many colors of taste, multicultural and of course, exquisite. It has Turkish, Indian, Pakistan, Polish and Czech influences. Besides to enjoying the best "Haute Cuisine" (as in any other big capital), Berlin provides many famous and cheap dishes. It's the German city with the greatest number of prize-winning restaurants: if you are a cuisine sybarite, this is the indicated destination for you. But if you choose the popular and affordable cuisine, don't worry as you'll find suitable food for all tastes and wallets.
If you wish to consume the typical German fast food, go to a typical "Imbiss". This is a street stall where you can purchase some fast food, such as Berlin's "Bulettes", all kinds of German sausages or a Turkish Döner Kebab. The Boulette and Döner Kebab arrived in West Berlin in the 60's with the influx of immigrants. Currywurst sausag, with a lot of ketchup and curry is characteristically of Berlin, but is consumed across all Germany.
The traditional Berlin cuisine is peasant and substantial: usually, you will discover homemade recipes served in family environments. Besides, they serve generous dishes with a variety of ingredients: potatoes, cabbages, cucumbers, vegetables, fowl and pork are the base of most recipes.
Traditional dishes incorporate pork knuckle (Eisbein) with cabbage, cabbage (Sauerkraut) and mashed peas; beef (Rinderbrust) with horseradish, smoked pork (Kasseler); roast liver with apple; mashed potatoes (Stampfkartoffeln) and roast goose. In many of Berlin's restaurants you will get a daily menu, called "unter de Woche". Usually, they serve dishes with potatoes, sauces, puddings, leberwurst (a sausage based on liver mash), mashed potatoes, Königsberger Klopse (meatballs with mustard sauce), hamburgers with Kartoffelsalat (cooked potatoes with several ingredients) and apple puree (Apfelmus). Also, they are used to eating herrings (this is the favourite fish in Berlin), which can be cooked in many different ways.
If you wish to eat in economical and good restaurants, go to the Kreuzberg and Neukölln neighborhoods. If you don't possess cash, ask if they admit credit card, because not all the city's restaurants have this service.
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Cooking schools in Berlin
Research and compare cooking school locations, culinary degrees offered, cost, facilities, class size, and reputation to find the one that will help get your career.
Almost all cooking schools are accredited throughout the world and will train you to be the head chef of your own fabulous restaurant.
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