Tag: Munich

  • Der Döner™ in der EU!

    Der Döner™ in der EU!

    Ich beobachte seit einiger Zeit, dass auch LinkedIn immer verrohter, polarisierter, flacher und nutzloser wird. Also die allgemeine Abwärtsspirale von Social Media – warum sollte es hier anders sein?

    Wie dem auch sei, ich will nicht nur zuschauen, sondern aktiv beitragen mit einer hoffentlich emotional polarisierenden Extremposition zum Vorstoß der Türkei, den Döner in der EU, insbesondere in Deutschland, zu regulieren.

    Aktuell: Tagesschau
    Ja, es ist mir schon länger wichtig: mein Blog

    Bei diesem Foodie-Thema, das mir naturgemäß sehr am Herzen liegt und das mir kürzlich über die Leber gelaufen ist, bin ich bereit, von meinen üblichen Prinzipien abzuweichen, also z.B.
    – individuelle Geschmacksfragen nicht zu verallgemeinern,
    – mich nicht mit zwei Optionen abspeisen zu lassen,
    – kulturelle Fettnäpfchen so weit es möglich ist zu meiden,
    – Kontext und Perspektiven der Präsentation zu würdigen und
    – emotionale Reaktionen zu vermeiden.

    Los geht’s: Ich stehe an der Seite von Huriye Özener in diesem heiligen kulinarischen Streit, in dem Christen und Muslime, Türken und Deutsche gemeinsam den guten Geschmack verteidigen und für einen echten Döner kämpfen!

    In meinem heiligen Zorn habe ich folgende Details verstanden:
    Dönerfleisch wie wir es kennen (laut Bild und anderer Qualitätsmedien), würde es im klassischen Döner nicht mehr geben, weil nur Rindfleisch von Tieren, die mindestens 16 Monate alt sind, oder Keulen-/Rückenfleisch von mindestens 6 Monate alten Schafen verwendet werden darf. Hallo?! Hallooo… was sonst. Gerne erhöhen auf 24/12 Monate!
    Dönerfleisch wie wir es kennen darf dann keine nicht-tierischen Eiweiße, Stärke, stärkehaltigen Stoffe, kein Soja und keine Sojaerzeugnisse enthalten. Hallooo… Das ist übelste Panscherei – natürlich nicht!.
    Dönerfleisch wie wir es kennen darf dann nicht mehr ein Hackfleischanteil von bis zu 60% haben? Hallooo… Ich will Döner, kein Ersatz-Surrogat-Extrakt.
    Dönerfleisch wie wir es kennen darf dann nicht mehr mit dem seelenlosen Fleischrasierer abgehobelt werden, sondern muss fachmännisch mit einem 55cm Dönermesser von oben nach unten geschnitten werden. Hier verweise ich auf die Spanischen Cortadores de Jamon, ja es ist Kunsthandwerk!

    Es ist an der Zeit, die Klingen zu schärfen und die Flammen der Leidenschaft für ordentliche und vernünftige Döner neu entfachen!

    PS: the image is a real Döner – I tried to generate one with the current AI tools and they miserably fail at this task wich makes the fight for the true Döner even more important!

  • Döner, Dürüm und Falafel

    Döner, Dürüm und Falafel

    Es ist mal wieder Zeit für einen deutschsprachigen Beitrag für das Kydroon’s Foodie Bewertungssystem 🤓 und was wäre besser dazu geeignet, als eine neuentdeckte Dönerbude, quasi direkt vor der eigenen Haustür? Ja, es gibt dieses Jahr auch gute Nachrichten! 😉

    Fast noch besser ist, dass man nicht ausschweifend erklären muss, um die immer hinter jeder Ecke lauernde Tücke des Missverständnis fernzuhalten. Sprache ist geläufig, aber sehr unpräzise und jeder stellt sich irgendwas anderes unter schwurbligen Begrifflichkeiten wie “Agilität” oder “Digitalisierung” vor.

    Hier ist es einfach, es geht um Döner mit Knoblauch und allem und Scharf in seinen schmackhaftesten Varianten und jeder und jede versteht exakt zu 100% was ich meine! Was für ein Gefühl. Wenn ich mich täglich durch mein Berateralltag rede, bin ich froh, wenn ich gefühlt mal auf ⅓ komme.

    Um es vorwegzunehmen, die Gesamtwertung ist Exzeptionell! 🤩

    Also, die beiden Mädels haben die Bude im Sommer aufgemacht und bereiten mit Spaß und Liebe fantastische Dürüms, Döner und Falafel zu. Alles super frisch und alle Beilagen selbst am gleichen Morgen zubereitet.

    Das ist alles, der Rest ist die Magie, die sich aus der intrinsischen Spannung zwischen dem Döner-Fleisch, dem Yufka-Fladenbrot, das liebevoll vorher am Döner-Spieß gerieben wird und dem “mit allem, Knoblauch und scharf” ergibt.

    Wo ist es zu finden? Am Parkplatz unter der Donnersberger Brücke (Nordende), wo sich die ganzen Internet-Giganten wie Google, Salesforce und Check24 tummeln.

    🤮 Miserable big fail! Runaway as fast as possible!
    🙂 Acceptable. Quite OK! There are some negative aspects,
    but on an overall view, outweighed.
    😋Excellent! It goes on the Foodie Happy list
    🤩Top rank! Epic, milestone and beyond exceptional
    Listen der einzelnen Wertungsklassen
  • Sparkling Bistro

    Sparkling Bistro

    Coming from Frankfurt, everybody has to admit that there is more high-end cuisine in Frankfurt. I am still trying to distill this vague feeling into some unambiguous numbers, but!

    …yes, there are hidden precious gems in Munic that would shine bright and probably even brighter amongst the mentioned ones from Mainhattan.

    You just have to find them, and Hussi & Steffi found one for us that I have to share.

    Sparkling Bistro, the storytelling restaurant. I could now delve into that beautiful memory, but I want to make this story short and to the point.

    Embrace the pleasure of being guests and let loose any control. We went for a five-course dinner accompanied by matching wines. As a non-native, non-poet, I am far away from being able to describe the pleasure we had. Not just food and wine. Get in touch with Jürgen and unfold the storytelling. Enjoy being his guest, and you will find yourself in a well-balanced melange of olfactoric, gustatory, and dialectical experience.

    Again, I am writing myself into a rage, and we had enough words. Let us apply my highly sophisticated Kydroon’s Foodie Evaluation System 🤓 to Sparkling Bistro.

    (sorry, I have to repeat this part as most people are too lazy to click into the explanation to read it isolated)

    🤮 Miserable big fail! Runaway as fast as possible!
    🙂 Acceptable. Quite OK! There are some negative aspects,
    but on an overall view, outweighed.
    😋Excellent! It goes on the Foodie Happy list
    🤩Top rank! Epic, milestone and beyond exceptional

    Kydroon’s Foodie Evaluation System has some cool features I have to reiterate:

    • There is just one level for crap. That is enough for crap, and I do not care to distinguish between totally crap or somehow crap. 
    • The base level is acceptable, and this means good enough. That is already a lot, and we should, in general, apply more often the concept of good enough.
    • Excellent is good enough plus some unique features which make it shine out of the crowd.
    • Finally, the top rank is for the exceptional excellent ones. That is, of course, always a personal biased view.

    I also want to have stuff in all buckets, so in doubt, I will always favor the more extreme ones.

    The overall ranking for the Sparkling Bistro in Munic is: 🤩 Exceptional!

    If you want to read more, I would recommend this article from urban-pioneer.

    Another good review from the the Süddeutsche.

    As you see: perfect presentation. As I can tell, exceptional excellent taste.

    As I can also only tell, each dish comes with a story from Jürgen. Go and get your very own 😇.

  • Shootout Englischer Garten vs. Central Park

    Shootout Englischer Garten vs. Central Park

    Jogging helps me to run off some of the calories I am permanently adding, but the essential effect is mental garbage collection. I clean off mental tasks, and five minutes into the walk, my mind is clean, empty, and ready for new ideas or train of thoughts.

    So on my beloved Englischer Garten jogging tour, I suddenly realized the beauty, size, facets and sheer size and could only compare it to the Central Park which is as I realized dwarfed by our wonderfull Englischer Garten in Munich.

    Let’s compare the two: Englischer Garten vs. Central Park

    Size3,75km23,5km21:0
    Age178918732:0
    HighlightsTeehaus, Monopteros,
    Chinesischer Turm,
    Eisbach, Eisbachwelle(n),
    Rumfordhaus,
    several Biergärten
    and even a nude area
    OK,
    I am probably biased,
    but I can’t figure
    anything comparable…
    😇
    3:0
    Ways78km93,5km3:1
    Main LakeKleinhesselhoher See (8,6ha)The Reservoir (43ha)3:2
    Bridges100+not even mentioned4:2
    Highest point and
    view from there
    512m+31m+15m=558m
    Frauenkirche and Alps
    43m
    Skyscraper facades
    (from below)
    5:2
    Miscellaneousyou can have a beer without
    being arrested
    I will not open this
    can of worms!
    6:2

    …so, that is what I would call: on an overall rating, the Englischer Garten wipes the floor with the central park, right? 😉

    …oh, and this is the way to the park…

  • Pescheria: Homeport for fish lovers in Munich

    Pescheria: Homeport for fish lovers in Munich

    One drawback on Munich is its distance from fresh fish, and here I am talking about fresh fish from everywhere, not just the local coast. This lifts Frankfurt beyond Hamburg or even Barcelona. The good stuff from there is in a few hours in Frankfurt, along with good stuff from the rest of the world.

    However, the friendly, nice, and crazy guys from Pescheria seem to be well connected in the fish world.

    When you step inside, you can not miss the vitrine with fresh fish that you will also see on the daily menu.

    It has a vibrant ambiance with an earned own patina that can not be copied. It is full of people in a good mood, offering the right amount of background sound for your privacy without being too loud.

    …OK, first, I have to reiterate the fantastic highly sophisticated Kydroon’s Foodie Evaluation System 🤓

    🤮 Miserable big fail! Runaway as fast as possible! There is just one level for crap. That is enough for crap, and I do not care to distinguish between totally crap or somehow crap. Crap is crap, and it goes on this list with all the other crap.
    🙂 Acceptable. Quite OK! There are some negative aspects, but on an overall view, outweighed. The base level is acceptable, and this means good enough. This is already a lot, and we should, in general, apply more often the concept of good enough.
    😋 Excellent! It goes on the Foodie Happy list. Excellent is good enough plus some unique features which makes it shine out of the crowd.
    🤩 Top rank! Epic, milestone, and beyond exceptional. The top rank is for the exceptional excellent ones.

    And now…
    The overall ranking for the Pescheria is: 😋 (Excellent!)

    It feels good
    Sword Mussel – It is something I know from my very first book on sea life, I have to admit, it was the first time I could eat them: delicious!
    pulpo á la gallega
    …the salt covers, fosters, protects and unveils the:
    Royal gilt-head Bream, or Orata or Dorade
    Tasty perfect al dente side dish
    We had the Benito Ferrara, Greco di Tufo, which was a perfect fit
    Cardenal Mendoza is OK, Cardenal Mendoza Carta Real is from Fhloston Paradise
    we kept them busy until the very end…
    Looking forward to the next visit
  • Fun with e-Scooters

    Fun with e-Scooters

    This is so f* awesome hot! It is definitely the best since bread in slices and by far better as e-Bikes! 🤓 Now they pop up everywhere here in Munich even right in front of my home.

    The best is: it is such an incredibly simple story: find a scooter, download the app, set up your account, scan the code, and fly away!

    The e-Scooters have a highly enjoyable acceleration, and they are fast, well they could be of course faster. 😎 However, I am quite sure people will find great new ways to hurt themselves even with this speed.

    It is the old equation. The probability of meeting idiots is reasonably high and gets higher in the context of new stuff. Scaling means the likelihood not to mess up gets close to zero. 😂

    Until then, enjoy the ride! 🛴

  • Eisbach

    Eisbach

    The “Eisbach” is probably the best place to cool off on a 35+ degree day in Munich.

    Captivating summer stream

  • Surfing the Eisbach Welle

    Surfing the Eisbach Welle

    OK, for this post I really do not need a lot of words, see and enjoy yourself. Munich is definitely superior regarding in-city summer action options it offers 😎

    Surfing the Eisbach Welle

  • Cevicheria Pez

    Cevicheria Pez

    At the end of a hot day, when the soft tar regains some of its former stability but still radiates warmth. When you are starving, but also look for something refreshing and saturating. When you had enough pizza from one of the 1600 restaurants in Munich, when you want to try something new, when you stroll during a hot summer night through Münchner Freiheit district, then you should go for Ceviche, at one of the only 3 Peruvian restaurants here in Munich.

    Cevicheria Pez

    For me, it is the best way to enjoy raw fish. Sashimi is delicate too, but the Japanese philosophy is so sharply focused on the product quality itself, that it misses the possibilities of mixing and refining.

    Ceviche is the perfect mix when you want raw fresh fish and some extra flavors at the same time.

    The classical Ceviche itself is when you use the right products in the right quality a guaranteed success. It looks back on thousands of years of success, and it offers a stable, robust platform for some innovative extensions or fusion.

    Here is where the guys from Cevicheria Pez excel.

    Pulpo Anticuchero
    Pulpo Anticuchero

    Trio de Ceviches – Clasico, Thai, and Nikkei

    Ceviche Afrodisiaco
    Ceviche Afrodisiaco – with an incredible delicious chili sauce
    Accompanying wine - Bicicletas y Peces
    Accompanying wine – Bicicletas y Peces Sauvignon Blanc 2017
    Team
    This is the cool team that will mezmerize you with ceviche

    …and if you can engage the chef in a talk about the best spots in Peru and the best way to cook and eat Cuy, you will probably be luck to taste some of those nice ones 😋

    Mystery
  • Summer has finally arrived in Munich

    Summer has finally arrived in Munich

    …the most northern mediterran metropole 😎