We have been to Germany several times and this is the best restaurant I’ve ever found in the USA that tastes and feels like you are actually there. As we sat at one of the little tables with our friends Bob and Evelyn Barnard, who had taken two tours in Germany while with the army, we enjoyed reliving our visits over there and tried to use the few words we remembered. The first time we ever ate jagerschnitel was in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. We had been driving all day and by now it was dark and we were very hungry. There were no fast food places and not many restaurants to choose from. Finally in the dark we saw lights from windows of a restaurant I can’t remember the name of. We parked the car and walked a short distant and when we opened the door there was music and singing and dancing and everyone was so happy to see us. It was like they had been expecting us to join their party and we were running late. What a fun evening and a perfect way to end our day of travel.
The Mediterranean diet is an easy diet to be on when you’re in the Mediterranean. Everywhere you go things are cooked with olive oil or they put it directly on your salads and you can dip your bread into it. Their tapas is served the minute you sit down, and it consists of olives or small dishes of cut up tomatoes and herbs with olive oil, or just small plates of anything for you to nibble on while you wait for your meal. Your meal is never heavy with flour coatings and fried. And talk about salads, the lettuce is paired with a variety of healthy choices like avocados, artichokes, very flavorful tomatoes, onions, red peppers, fresh corn cut right off the cob, legumes and any kind of seeds and nuts. The dressing is olive oil and vinegar, of course. It looks as pretty as it tastes.
