Jerry and I had some great Bavarian food while in Munich. It was rich and hearty– great if you love meat. While we ate a lot of fast food in Berlin, we found some nice traditional restaurants to eat at in Munich.
In a nutshell, traditional Bavarian cuisine seems to consist of a chunk of meat (usually with gravy sauce), potato or bread dumplings, with sauerkraut or cabbage salad. Here are some visuals to give you a better idea of what I’m talking about:
Pork knuckle with potato dumpling and sauerkraut
Roast suckling pig with potato dumpling
Roasted pork breast with potato cakes and sauerkraut
Bavarian peasant feast: Roast pork, bratwurst, bread dumpling, and sauerkraut
Marinated Bavarian beef with bread dumpling
Roast chicken with potato salad
Sausages (wursts) with potato salad. They love potato salad!
Sorry, I forgot what this was exactly. It was an appetizer. Sausage salad with vinegar and oil? Not bad.
Overall, we found Bavarian food to be hearty and filling, but not something we’d like to eat on a regular basis. It seems like it’d be especially challenging for vegetarians to find good varied dishes, but then again we didn’t really explore vegetarian options. Personally, I didn’t care for the bread dumplings. The potato cakes weren’t bad, but I would much rather have rice. I really missed rice.
Now that you’ve seen what typical Bavarian food is like, here are a few traditional restaurants in Munich where you can try this food:
Weisses Brauhaus
This is a popular crowded restaurant. Walk in and sit at any vacant table. In fact, go ahead and sit at any vacant seats. One evening we shared a large table with two Japanese tourists AND two European tourists. We had a great time talking to each other. Word of caution though: the service here is efficient but not especially friendly.
Restaurant Zum Alten Markt
This is also a nice traditional Bavarian restaurant. In fact, it's the restaurant that Jerry took me to for my birthday.
Hofbräuhaus München
This is the famous Hofbräuhaus in München. After World War II, this brewery and great beer hall became Munich's number one tourist attraction.
At traditional restaurants, the waitresses will wear a dirndl, which is Bavarian traditional dress for women. Sorry for blurry photo.
Cafe Rischart
Rischart: One of our favorite cafes ever. It's a popular chain with great drinks, food, and pastries. A lot of locals also frequent this cafe, as evidenced by the people we talked to while there. Rischart's tiramisu is also REALLY GOOD.
This is our typical breakfast/brunch that we had at Rischart to start our day off right. They give you a ridiculous amount of bread. Seriously, look at that bread basket on the right.
Note: Restaurants in Germany often don’t take credit card so make sure you have plenty of cash with you. This was the case in Berlin, Munich, and Vienna in Austria (German-speaking country). We didn’t have problems using credit card in Barcelona, Prague, or Budapest though.
You also tip differently in Germany. In America, we’re used to paying the bill with the exact amount and leaving the tip on the table. This is not how it’s done in Germany. Waiters will come by with your bill and a black wallet of change. You’ll then tell the waiter how much change you want back or how much you want to pay total, factoring in the tip. This method of tipping takes getting used to if you’re accustomed to just leaving tip on the table before leaving.
Do you like Bavarian food? Have you tried these restaurants? What are your favorite dishes or places to eat at?
I’m craving looking at the picture..Hope i can eat this..Thanks!
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Bavarian cuisine in Munich is really great, love the food. They look so yummy. I hope we can get there and experience the taste for their foods. So mouth watering. And the place? It’s great.
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oh gosh, those foods are mouth watering, looks delicious.
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