Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
During the last years a lot of bars were coming and going in the Ritterplan. The street is simply a less crowded street without direct access to the pedestrian zone. People don’t come here by accident. But now there is a restaurant that is here to stay: the Abessina, serving food from Ethiopia and Eritrea and thereby closing a gap within the already broad variety of restaurants in Göttingen.
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If you’re looking for a good greek restaurant in Hannover, Germany, you might take a look at the “Aresto” close to the river Leine and the parliament of Lower Saxony. They serve good gyros, souvlaki, fish and lamb, you can sit outside and the place is reachable on foot from the railway station. The menu list is not extensive but the quality is really good.
Continue reading “Restaurant “Aresto””If you’re about to try original bosnian dishes and in need of a more quit place, try Restoran “Pod Lipom” in Sarajevos old osman district. Set aside in a tiny street of Baščaršija the traditional Ćevapi are great and the meat balls included in Sarajevski sahan are definitly worth a detour.
Continue reading “Restoran “Pod lipom””If you’re looking for a good breakfast in Stuttgart, Germany you can end your search. The Hüftengold – a very euphemistic German translation of fat – is a restaurant and coffee bar that is a real recommendation. In addition to real calory bombs they also serve healthy breakfasts.
Continue reading “Hüftengold”The “Zur Kiste” is the oldest wine bar in Stuttgart and lives up to it’s name: A tiny place for maybe 15-20 persons, only one room, but a great atmosphere. Additional to white and red wine from different vineyards of the region you can get Swabian meals like Spätzle, Fleischküchle (meat loafs) or Maultaschen (filled pasta squares).
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Nowadays burger bars a spreading like mushrooms throughout German cities. But this one was already there before the hype and is kind of special: Die Kuh, die lacht in Frankfurt am Main, close to the old European Central Bank (Willy-Brandt-Platz).
Continue reading “La vache qui rit”Looking for a cocktail bar in Hannover? The Spandau Projekt isn’t a secret hint anymore, but always worth a visit. Located in the Nordstadt of Hannover, you can get excellent cocktails and good, priceworthy food. The venue has a well styled design and is close to the garden section of Hannover.
Continue reading “Spandau Projekt”I heard a lot about the Feijoada, a typical Brazilian meal; especially because FIFA tried to forbid selling it close to the venues of the world cup 2014. So I needed to try this stew of beans with meat, meat and … meat. Close to “my” metro station General Orsório in Ipanema I found a good restaurant that only serves this meal.
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Directly at the Praia do Canto in Vila do Abraão you’ll find the Restaurante Lua & Mar (luna and sea). You can sit directly at the shore, at daytime under a shadow-giving tree and enjoy good Brazilian sea food. I had my best dish in Brazil here: moqueca de camarones – fish stew with shrimps and coconut milk. Absolutely gorgeous.
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Café do Mar – that sounds like summertime, surfing, sun and cocktails. And that’s absolutely what it is. Sometimes they are making barbecues, but this place is by then absolutely overcrowded. Best come here in the afternoon and enjoy a nice coconut milkshake.
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