November 2007
Bits ’n’ Bites
Thanksgiving options and a newcomer
Turkey-lovers Unite It’s that time of year when those raised in the States begin to crave turkey. Or football games, depending on your interests. The following restaurants will ensure that no-body needs to carve their Leberkäse into a bird shape on Thanksgiving, November 22 this year.
Piazza Linda (Elisabethstr. 12) offers the whole turkey-day feast beginning at 7 pm on Thanksgiving. The menu includes: pumpkin crème soup, caesar salad, oven-roasted turkey with gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and cornbread. Guitarist Kevin Henderson will offer a one-man show of oldies and rock-n-roll. Cost is € 35; reservations recommended. Tel. 272 722 01.
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Hard Rock Café (Platzl 1) has a Thanksgiving “Turkey Dinner and American Football” bash beginning at 5 pm. Although it’s undecided whether turkey legs or pieces will be served, football is definitely on the menu. This annual celebration brings out party-loving types from several social groups with US connections. Come see old friends and make new ones. For information and reservations (necessary, since last year was fully booked with more than 200 guests), call 24 29 49 14.
Grill 93 at the Munich Marriott Hotel (Berlinerstr. 93) will celebrate a traditional Thanksgiving meal complete with stuffed bird and sweet potatoes beginning at 6 pm. The € 43 per person price includes beer, wine and other drinks. For reservations, call 360 027 47.
Cohen’s (Theresienstr. 31), a Jewish food restaurant owned by a German/ Israeli couple, has so many American customers they’ve offered a Thanks-giving banquet for many years now. In addition to corn on the cob, the bird, and all of the trimmings, the restaurant offers a vegetarian feast with pumpkin-quiche, caramelized carrots and a few non-traditional items, like apple-nut chutney (well, some grandmother must serve that). The turkey menu is € 29, the vegetarian option is € 27.
New Afghan Option
A new Afghan restaurant called Chopan has opened in a row of restaurants on Rosenheimer Strasse across from the Volksbad. Skilled cooking and seasoning, however, bring the kitchen’s capabilities above those modest storefront origins. The chef and owner helmed the first-rate Chopan in Neuhausen for the past eight years. He has handed over that place to his son and opened a second with many of the same lamb and vegetarian specialties, plus a prix fixe lunch menu. A recent lunch special of chicken with lentils in a light coriander sauce was delicious. The basmati—something so simple but often served in a sad state—was fluffy with a gentle seasoning of cardamom and black pepper. An entire lunch of soup, entrée and tea cost only € 9. Other options include the Borani Kadoo (€ 4.50), an appetizer of pumpkin in a sweet & sour saffron sauce with yogurt served on flatbread, or the Quabeli Palau (€ 10.50), a lamb dish with rice, almonds, pistachios, carrots and raisins. Sound good? It is, so try it out as soon as you can, as it will be challenging to build a customer base with everyone whizzing along this busy narrow sidewalk. (Rosenheimer-str. 6; Tel. 441 185 71). <<<
