Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Rant about German food

This entry does not pertain to any particular day or occasion but rather is a collection of thoughts about German food.

Firstly since Laurie and I are vegetarian our perspective will differ much from the norm. Everywhere is meat and when there is not meat there is cheese. It is amazing how many places boast having vegetarian options that are entirely cheese-based. Vegetables are like some endangered species.

At our beloved Discount Bakerei there are rolls that are filled - it is meat or three slices of cheese (sometimes both) with a slice of cucumber and a slice of tomato side by side. Last night for dinner we bought a filled roll and two plain ones for dinner and split the filling. It is sad to see a cheese sandwich with a slice of cucumber.

All hope is not lost though. Various ethnicities have eateries with more vegetarian friendly options. There are many Italian places - though here there is also Cheese. Doner kebab places are also dotted around. We had a cheap chinese yesterday for lunch which was fine though ironically "nothing worth writing home about". Even at traditional German places you can get side orders of potatoes and of sauerkraut to get a vegetarian meal by omission. Best of all is the vegetarian restaurant pretty much across the road from the school. It even has vegan meals (labeled by v on the side).

Thankfully beer is vegetarian and cheese-less. We can partake of this very munich repast. I don't understand how anyone can drink a whole liter on their own. Laurie and I often share the half liter option and that seems more that enough for a sitting.

I must warn all that the milk is that horrible UHT stuff. Everywhere! At every coffee store it is what they use. It is good that I had pretty much switched to black back in America or I would have found it bad here.

Anyway even about the food.

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