My take on the food in Munich

When I wrote this up we were in Munich. I know I’m behind on posting, but it gets difficult to write posts, edit/ film videos and still be immersed in the trip. So I will enjoy the trip and make posts when I get to them.

I love food but I’m not particularly excited about the food in Munich. Specifically the traditional Bavarian food. We’ve had our food tour, the food was meh to okay, nothing to write home about. The Bavarian white sausage was a sausage that was boiled, you then had to peel the casing off and it had an extremely mild flavor. The mustard was kind of its saving grace. We then went to this meat stand that had a pork knuckle sandwich. The pork was bland/dry. We had a sausage sandwich that was actually pretty good, it even had cheese in it. Also their pretzels are hard and on purpose! I don’t want a hard pretzel, I want a hot soft one

We went to this restaurant for dinner and I had a pork loin with dumplings and sauerkraut. The pork loin was tasty especially with the brown gravey. The dumpling I wouldn’t have again. It seemed like it was a potato ball with almost a gelatinous texture, it really didn’t have a taste either. Dipping it in the sauce didn’t do much for it. Also I’ll eat some sauerkraut but a whole side dish is a bit much. 

I will say the kaiserschmarrn as a dessert was quite enjoyable. It was kind of like a shredded pancake that had this caramel layer, and powder sugar on top. It was also served with apple sauce and a plum compote.

We did try the leberkäse, which is finely ground meat packed together. It was kind of similar to spam. I thought it was actually pretty good. It could have been even better if it was seared in pan before serving it, but I would eat it again.

Generally every menu has similar food, and a lot of the pictures aren’t very compelling. After a while we were tired of the traditional food and switched to international food. They have a great international food scene.

Similar to Krakow and Prague they had Kebabs/doners everywhere. I enjoy a good doner; it’s not expensive and a delicious meal, hard to go wrong with it. We also tried a hole in the wall Vietnamese restaurant, which they also seemed to have a lot of. We both had curries and they were delicious. Our favorite meals were from an Afghani restaurant (Hewad). We both ordered a slow cooked rice dish, mine had come with potatoes and peas in this aromatic curry sauce. Aaron’s dish had this slow cooked eggplant in a rich tomato based sauce and a drizzle of this creamy white sauce. That eggplant was the star of the dishes.

One last dish that does deserve some recognition. In the Viktualienmarkt which is a market that is open daily with all sorts of things from fruits/ vegetables, numerous mushrooms, and various food stalls. If your’re into truffles they had a lot of them in this market, but that will vary based on the season. There’s even a bierhall when the weather is nice. I highly recommend checking it out. I went to a sandwich shop that had a truffle brie sandwich. The sandwich was warmed in the oven to get the cheese slightly melted and the bread was lathered in butter. For such a simple sandwich it was really delicious and I would have had another if it wasn’t on my last full day there. You could really taste the truffle flavor, the made sure to not skimp on it. Surprisingly it was only like 10 euros!

Based in my experience in Munich you can try a few of the traditional dishes for the experience, but the international food scene is where it’s at.