Notes from a vacation: August 26
Sep. 18th, 2007 02:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
madbakerTravel Day.
Checked out, thanking the gasthaus owners profusely for their help. Schlepped the short distance to the train station and waited for the train. Uneventful ride back to Berlin. Asked for directions at the train station, where they were also helpful. Bus to the hotel (The Hotel Esplanade should you care) – our one somewhat extravagance on the trip, because the last couple days are a good place for a higher-end hotel. With air conditioning (not that it was hugely effective, but better than nothing, which was what everywhere else had).
We flopped for a bit, then tried to go to the hotel's "German specialties" restaurant. It was closed so we asked the front desk for a recommendation. They suggested The Lochner, which was just around the corner.
It took us six corners and probably twenty minutes, but we found it eventually. Once we got there, I wished I had taken out the blazer that I'd been schlepping around. But they treated us nicely regardless. We indulged ourselves with the prix fixe menu, and had a superb (and leisurely) dinner that was the equal of most I've had in San Francisco. Here's the menu:
It was excellent. Not excessive quantities and the dessert was especially light. Haute cuisine done with German ingredients and style – even the wine accompanying each course was German. Well worth the time and Euros.
Then back to the hotel for a nightcap at Harry's Bar, and sleep.
What I read: William Gibson, Spook Country
Checked out, thanking the gasthaus owners profusely for their help. Schlepped the short distance to the train station and waited for the train. Uneventful ride back to Berlin. Asked for directions at the train station, where they were also helpful. Bus to the hotel (The Hotel Esplanade should you care) – our one somewhat extravagance on the trip, because the last couple days are a good place for a higher-end hotel. With air conditioning (not that it was hugely effective, but better than nothing, which was what everywhere else had).
We flopped for a bit, then tried to go to the hotel's "German specialties" restaurant. It was closed so we asked the front desk for a recommendation. They suggested The Lochner, which was just around the corner.
It took us six corners and probably twenty minutes, but we found it eventually. Once we got there, I wished I had taken out the blazer that I'd been schlepping around. But they treated us nicely regardless. We indulged ourselves with the prix fixe menu, and had a superb (and leisurely) dinner that was the equal of most I've had in San Francisco. Here's the menu:
- Starter of crayfish pate: kind of like tuna fish, but in a good way.
- Panna cotta of foie gras with mango cucumber salad
- Lobster cabbage roulade with suckling pig cheeks on bean ragout
- Brandenburger saddle of venison with balsamic creamed Savoy cabbage and potato noodles
- Mascarpone chocolate tart with raspberries and white chocolate ice cream
It was excellent. Not excessive quantities and the dessert was especially light. Haute cuisine done with German ingredients and style – even the wine accompanying each course was German. Well worth the time and Euros.
Then back to the hotel for a nightcap at Harry's Bar, and sleep.
What I read: William Gibson, Spook Country
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Date: 2007-09-18 10:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-18 11:11 pm (UTC)Zelazny's last book was A Night In the Lonesome October.