Berlin food

Berlin food

Berlin, as we know, is a multi-kulti city.Each district, or even Kiez, showcases a plethora of international cultures, whether its restaurants selling Thai, Spanish or Mexican food or independent shops specialising in French books, African antiques or Czech toys.Amidst this cosmopolitan Smorgasbord can be found a subtle but consistent spread of Nordic-themed outlets, ranging from cafes selling tasty fika (Swedish for when you drink something, usually coffee, and eat something sweet), galleries exhibiting works from Scandinavian artists, and homeware boutiques offering the best in Nordic interior design.

One of the three themes at this year's Jewish Film Festival in Berlin alongside 50 years of German-Israeli relations and the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two was Jews and Food.The Holocaust and food might seem unlikely bedfellows at first glance but, as the event made clear through its various screenings, it was partly through culinary traditions that survivors were able to maintain elements of their identity.

After the Second World War, Berlin was separated into four sectors: American, British, Soviet and French.More than 70 years laterand almost 32 years after the fall of the Berlin Wallthe French presence can still be felt throughout the city, especially in Wedding and Reinickendorf, the two main districts that made up the postwar French sector of the city.

Secretly we all think of the cafe as the devil, but what would life be without the devil?Else Lasker-Schuler, 1912 The history of any great European city can be told through its cafes, whether those still standing from yesteryear or those long vanished.Germany's very first coffee house appeared in Bremen in 1672, with the beverage making an appearance at the court of the great elector of Brandenburg in 1675.

The Berlin U Bahn map is something most of us are pretty intimate with.Unless you're a car-owner or an ardent cyclist or walker you can probably recite the stations of most lines in order, as journeys up and down the same lines quickly become a daily routine.However, since autumn last year a new wave of maps outlining the various food and drink-related treats close to each station has given us a reason to hop on and off more often; namely, to explore some of the city's best bars, burger joints, restaurants andum, well see the last map for an interesting spin on the genre' Bars The inaugural innovative map surfaced on Thrillist in October of last year.

The diversity of Chinese food is as vast as China itself, and Berlin is lucky enough to be able to offer a variety of Chinese-related cuisines that go well beyond even mainland China; which is curious since the German capital doesn't even have its own officially designated Chinatown.Whereas London's present Chinatown was established in Leicester Square in the 1970s and Paris' Chinatown was created in the 13th arrondissement around the same time, Berlin has made up for a lack of specificity with pockets of Chinese restaurants scattered all over the cityalbeit with a notable cluster in West Berlin's Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district.

It is disgusting to notice the increase in the quantity of coffee used by my subjects, and the amount of money that goes out of the country as a consequence.Everybody is using coffee; this must be prevented.His Majesty was brought up on beer, and so were both his ancestors and officers.Many battles have been fought and won by soldiers nourished on beer, and the King does not believe that coffee-drinking soldiers can be relied upon to endure hardships in case of another war.