Well, I've just got back from Munich.
Last night I had hoped to visit the Christkindlmarkt. There are lovely (in my view) tasteful Christmas decorations for sale made from natural materials like straw and wood. There are stalls selling sugared almonds - wonderful smell. Others selling sausages (real sausages not fat, machine recovered meat and breadcrumbs in casings). Last but not least there is Glühwein or grog which is perfect for frost weather.
Alas, Oregano missed it all. His customer worked overtime to complete the long discussion...och well!! I have to earn a living.
However I managed to visit my mate Evangelos' Greek restaurant close to our office in Riem. I have never been to Greece so do not know how authentic it is, but there are plenty of Greek restaurants in Germany. I like the cooking at Evangelos' place and went for bifteki, with tzatziki and rice. It was nicely washed down with dunkles Weißbier which I know is not Greek but complemented the dish nicely. At home I have tried to do an approximation to Evangelos' bifteki and after a few more tries will blog the recipe.
So - to my amazement - I had a business class seat again with BA so I should report on the grub on flight BA955. This time there was a salad with some sort of salmon mousse. It was more appetizing than the prawns on the way out but smoked salmon would have been better. The salad of fricassée, potatoes and grilled courgettes was a lot better than on the way out. The cheesecake with real lemon zest was not bad at all. So a better experience on the return trip....but still no salad dressing!!!
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2006-12-14 @ 03:03