Munchings in Berlin

Apart from meals, we did a fair amount of snacking in Germany.

On our first day in Berlin, we came across a festival/fair at Alexanderplatz. Food stalls were set up around the square, mostly selling various kinds of sausage. The currywurst tasted like a typical frank doused in McDonald's curry sauce (that you get with the chicken nuggets). It's not exactly bad, but kinda goes into the same genre as a kebab.

Currywurst

The riesenboulette was like a patty version of a sausage with a bit more texture - not bad with tomato sauce and mustard.

Riesenboulette im brotchen

Rostbratwurst im brotchen

Something our friend Andy was told he had to try was the Berliner Weisse mit schuss, and he was specifically told that he had to have the "schuss". As it turned out, this was a German wheat beer flavoured with an incredibly sweet syrup (schuss). It came in both the red and green varieties. Although I'm not a fan of beer, this additive did not win me over.

Berliner Weisse mit Schuss (green)

Also spotted at this fair was a half metre long sausage although we were not game enough to try it!

Stand selling 1/2 metre long sausages

Along a similar vein was the frikendel (deep fried sausage) with chips and mayo from Frites van Holland (sausages and chips take away stand). Once again, dubious meat content but the mayo is soo beautifully creamy!

Frikendel

We stopped for coffee and le marc de champagne cake at Peter's Konditorei. The cake was light and spongey and filled with lots of cream and a splodge of fruit.

le Marc de Champagne

From Karstadt supermarket, Erdnuss-Flips, which I'd best describe as rice puffs covered in peanut butter. Quite morish!

Erdnuss-Flips (Peanut chips)

Lastly, an apple donut from one of the numerous bakery/coffee places in Berlin - sweet, sugary and delicious!

Apple donut

Next post: the meat fest!