{"id":23,"date":"2013-04-14T11:34:09","date_gmt":"2013-04-14T11:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bittesuite.wordpress.com\/?p=23"},"modified":"2016-03-20T19:26:17","modified_gmt":"2016-03-20T19:26:17","slug":"post-4-an-obligatory-post-about-food-or-my-blog-is-finally-a-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ryankeelerlives.com\/bittesuite\/post-4-an-obligatory-post-about-food-or-my-blog-is-finally-a-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Post #4 – An Obligatory Post about Food (Or, My Blog is Finally a Blog)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every blog has a million of these, so now mine has one. Let’s do this thing.<\/p>\n

Munich is a mulitcultural city with tons of food options yatta yatta blah blah GERMAN FOOD.<\/p>\n

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Just look at those things.<\/p>\n

Roxana and I made it our goal to eat something super German this weekend, and we think we did it. Closest to you in the photo is what Roxana ordered, and my meal is obviously across the table. Both are different cuts of pork, prepared exactly the same way: with a sauce made from dark beer. The yellow mounds on each plate are mostly potatoes, but they taste like they use a lot of other ingredients, as well. The rich vocabulary I’m using to describe these dishes is probably telling you exactly how much we knew about them before we ordered.<\/p>\n

Ryan: These have pork in them.<\/p>\n

Roxana: Yeah, and they come with potato-somethings. See? Kartoffel.<\/p>\n

Ryan: Yeah, and mit dunklebiersauce? That sounds awesome.<\/p>\n

Roxana: I say we don’t think much about this and just order something that sounds German.<\/p>\n

Ryan: Exactly what I’m thinking.<\/p>\n

So, there you go. I can tell you that each dish was about the size of Roxana, so neither of us ate again for 10 or so hours. And they were extremely tasty. THAT’S LUNCH.<\/p>\n

I’ll close with some notes about the service at this and other German restaurants we’ve visited. They won’t blow minds, so they won’t get their own post(s), but they’re interesting because they contradict much of what I’ve heard about German food service.<\/p>\n

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  1. Waiters and waitresses are friendly. Not as friendly as the ones in Texas, but nobody’s as friendly as those people. The waitress at the restaurant in the photo here actually said goodbye with “sch\u00f6ntag,” which I think is a much sweeter version of “gutentag.” She also smiled a lot. I’ve been told by many that German waiters are standoffish and impatient (seemingly, at least).<\/li>\n
  2. Service seems slow at first, but it’s because waiters are being polite. They don’t check on you during the meal, because they don’t want to interrupt. Once you get the hang of flagging one down and asking for the check, the experience is really smooth. It also means you start spending more time talking to your friends in the restaurant. That’s pretty nice.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Coming up in a future post: Spanish speakers love Munich.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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