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Vietzahn Revisited

Thursday, August 14th, 2008 Posted in Around Berlin, Restaurant reviews | No Comments »

Since the last visit to the Dong Xuan Center, the mammoth Vietnamese shopping mall/wholesale outlet/grocery center, was culinarily unsatisfactory, and since we found several other places to eat after we'd ... Read more..

Summer Green: Two Ideas

Sunday, July 27th, 2008 Posted in Fruits and Veggies, Main courses, Market reports | 1 Comment »

This summer has seen an outpouring of fresh vegetables like I've never seen in 14 summers here. Not only that, the "bio" versions in the outdoor markets are no more ... Read more..

MSG: The German Solution

Friday, July 4th, 2008 Posted in Ingredients explained, Rants and raves, Spices and flavors | No Comments »

A specter is looming over German cuisine: the specter of monosodium glutamate. Now, it's not my intention to get into the usual thrash about whether MSG is bad for you or ... Read more..

Vietzahn

Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Around Berlin, Fruits and Veggies, Market reports, Places, Recommended stores, Restaurant reviews | 14 Comments »

We'd been hearing about it for years: a huge Vietnamese market somewhere in the deep east, where the freshest herbs and vegetables you could want for your Chinese, Thai, and ... Read more..

Berry Pickin’ in the Country

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in Around Berlin, Fruits and Veggies, Places | 2 Comments »

No, not the classic Homer & Jethro album, but a query from a reader: I was wondering if you all at Hungry In Berlin know if there are any places around Berlin ... Read more..

Spargel: The Green Way

Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in Fruits and Veggies, Ingredients explained, Main courses, Recipes | 5 Comments »

For a very short time, it's asparagus season in Germany. No matter that asparagus fields will continue to produce into the early summer: local tradition decrees that it is over ... Read more..

A Different Asia

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 Posted in Rants and raves, Restaurant reviews | 4 Comments »

I'm ashamed of myself. The first time I passed Omoni (Kopenhagener Str. 14, Prenzlauer Berg), I saw the sign announcing that it was a Korean/Japanese restaurant and mentally went "Yeah, ... Read more..

Jiao-zi Heaven

Monday, March 10th, 2008 Posted in Rants and raves, Restaurant reviews | 3 Comments »

It's just gotta be the best lunch bargain in town: a plate of 40 steamed Chinese dumplings, the form of dim sum known as jiao-zi, for ten Euros. Hand-made, stuffed with ... Read more..

Cheating At Curry

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 Posted in Recipes | 5 Comments »

Okay, I'll admit it: I'm a lazy cook a lot of the time. The main reason for this is that I'm nearly always cooking just for myself, but although I ... Read more..

The Pasta Ladies

Sunday, February 10th, 2008 Posted in Market reports, Rants and raves, Recommended stores | No Comments »

One of the things I struggled for years to find in this city was good fresh pasta. For a while, there was a place near where I worked in Charlottenburg ... Read more..

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