Dresden, Germany

European take away food is so much different and healthier than in North America.

Take Away Sandwiches

Lunch on our first day in Dresden was at Cosel Palais (http://www.coselpalais-dresden.de/ , an der Frauenkirche 12  Dresden, 351 4 96 24 44) just off the main square in Dresden, the capital of the Saxony, with my business associate Mike Hoche from Vancouver. Mike was in Germany for a family reunion and was able to join us for a couple days in Dresden. After a starters of cauliflower soup and game consomme we were treated to a main course of Rinderzunge (warm beef tongue with dauphine potatoes, peas and carrots), including one beer each the total was 20E per person, delicious and great value. A great start to our trip to Dresden Germany.

On Tuesday we started the day off with some clothes shopping courtesy of Lufthansa who lost one of our bags packed with the clothes and shoes we needed for dinner that evening. We then arrived at the VW factory ‘Die Glaserne Manufactur’ for our personal tour of the factory where our car was built (this is like a Mecca experience for men who love cars). If you don’t know anything about the factory or the car follow this link (http://www.glaesernemanufaktur.de/) and at the very least look through the photos of the factory. It is like no other manufacturing site I have ever toured in my career.

Following our tour we enjoyed lunch at Restaurant Lesage at the VW Glass Factory. Jeff and Mike had the duck breast with spinach risotto and shitake mushrooms while I ordered the chicken with cauliflower and broccoli puree, and confit spring rolls. Quite the lunch for a car factory (better than GM would do for you in Detroit).

Our last dinner in Dresden was not a gourmet feast, but rather a hearty European Country dinner at a German-Czech restaurant called : Wenzel Prager Biersstuben (www.wenzel-bierstuben.de) . We ordered great local beers, 2 or 3 each and hearty fare. Mike had the dumplings stuffed with smoked pork served on sauerkraut with fried onions and gravy, while Jeff ordered the rolled pork chop with 2 types of dumplings (bacon and potato) served with delicious braised red cabbage.

I optd for the non-vegan special ‘Karlstein Platter’, comprised of roast beef, roast pork and smoked pork (aka ham) served with sauerkraut, braised red cabbage, and 3 types of dumplings, this was an outrageous amount of food!

We ended the night at a small local (smoky) bar for a beer before Jeff and I left for Paris in the morning, while our friend Mike travelled to his grandmothers ancestral home in Poland, we clearly know who would be enjoying better food on Oct 12!