These are a few of my favorite things.
Taste & See: My whole affair with Thailand began the year after I graduated from high school, when I was an exchange student in Bangkok. A decade later my youngest sister followed in my footsteps (though she'd hate for me to put it that way) & embarked for Austria.
During her exchange year I had a chance to visit her, and during the visit we ate a whole lot of her favorite foods--meat and potatoes, totally different than what she calls my typical "flee flee flou flah" cooking style. But Austria showed me how tasty downhome hearty food can be, and now I find myself wanting a little less flee flee flou flah, a little more schnitzel, goulash and wurst.
In Salzburg, in between taking ourselves on an unofficial Sound of Music Tour & cavorting at a beer hall run by monks, we ate at a homey little Rick Steves-vetted restaurant where exorbitantly proportioned plates of meat and potatoes were served with gusto, and fresh house beer. Even if the food hadn't been entirely satisfying--full of flavor as the plates were full of meat--the owner, whose concern for our culinary experience was utterly charming--would have merited a visit.
These dumplings were a crowd favorite, crispy outside giving way to tender potato mash inside. Comfort food defined.
Roast sirloin steak with saucy onions, mashed potatoes & bland steamed vegetables--normally not a fan but here they provided a necessary foil to all the richness. Approx 11 euros.
Meat plate! Three kinds of grilled meat, fries, rice & a few veggies (though veggies are clearly not the main idea here). Approx 12 euros.
Roast pork, sausage, and a tennis ball sized "Knödel," that is, dumpling. Approx 11 Euros.
And finally, my favorite dish of all, goulash with Knödel. The Austro-Hungarian equivalent of a curry, all warm saucy goodness. Approx 9 euros.
After all that stick-to-the-ribs fare, we were revved up for an adventure in the chilly Salzburg mountain air. In fact, you might have even heard us singing...Goulash with dumplings and schniztel with noodles, bratwurst and liverwurst and warm apple strudel...all the potatoes that our waiter brings, these are a few of my favorite things!
Do It Yourself: If you chance to visit Salzburg, Austria, stop by Zum Wilden Mann at Getreidegasse 20, or email for info at info@wildenmann.at.
4 comments:
love the photos! was your Knoedel made of shredded potato or of bread cubes?
I think that one was bread...but we ate so many Knoedels it is hard to keep track!
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