My list of gorgeous Berlin restaurants

Sweetheart and I like to eat well (we are “bon vivants”). Our choice of restaurant is invariably directed to simple dishes that are well prepared with local and seasonal produce, whenever possible.

In Germany, the traditional food is based on pork, goose, different types of fish, peas, beans and potatoes, German food is one of the world’s heartiest cuisines. So, in Berlin, we enjoyed their specialties, except once, when I wanted steak, French fries and green salad...hahaha….

We had Berlin's iconic dishes, such as Currywurst (large grilled sausage with a curry-ketchup sauce), Wiener Schnitzel (breaded-and-fried veal escalope with potatoes and vegetables), Eisbein (pork knuckle), Flammkuchen (composed of bread dough rolled out very thinly which is covered with crème frâiche, thinly sliced onions and bacon). Pretzels, Apfelstrudel (apple strudel), Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte (Black Forest cake), to name only a few…

Needless to say we tried lots of beer, notably Berliner Weisse. I tried and loved Berliner Weisse with an added shot of raspberry or passion fruit syrup. The syrup changes the colour of the beer. A beer with the raspberry syrup is known as a “Red Berliner Weisse”.

Brasserie Desbrosses

The Ritz-Carlton

Ground Floor

Potsdamer Platz 3

Tel.: +49 30 337777

Dressler

Unter den Linden 39

Tél.: +49 30 2044422

Reinhard’s

Poststrasse 28

Nikolaiviertel/Mitte

Tél.: +49 30 2425295

Lindenbräu

Sony Center

Potsdamer Platz

Tél.: +49 30 25751280