Calling all fans of South Indian cuisine – there is now a restaurant in Mannheim serving traditional dishes from South India and Sri Lanka! SJ South Indian Food opened for business end May 2018. There is an “all-you-can-eat” buffet lunch on weekdays. Guests can order from an à la carte menu from 17:00-22:00 hours daily …
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Ice Rolls in Speyer
The technique for ice rolls originated from Southeast Asia, and it’s been rolling into Europe and the Americas over the past few years. In Thailand, it’s known as stir-fried ice cream, “I-Tim-Pad”. Here in the Rhine-Neckar region, you can enjoy the spectacle of ice rolls in Speyer, at Eismanufaktur Englert. The store has been open for …
Yangda (Xinjiang), Karlsruhe
Yangda, 扬大, is one of few authentic Chinese restaurants in the Baden-Württemberg region. There are three locations in Karlsruhe to choose from, and one in Heidelberg. The first restaurant opened along Kaiserstraße, the main pedestrian shopping boulevard in Karlsruhe, on the upper floor of retail shops. A narrow staircase leads you upstairs to a cosy …
Cinema a la Carte: Bella Martha
Food Explorers’ Cinema a la Carte event is a unique dining experience combining food and film. For our second edition, we are pleased to present the award-winning German film “Bella Martha” (2001), with on-plate adaptations and interpretations of the scenes in the movie by the creative culinary team at “Felderbock” – Janosch Schüttler and Carla …
Hase Im Mond
Remember the creative culinary team at Hase Im Mond – Katja Merkel and Guna Upul Samante – who adapted the food from the film “The Hundred Foot Journey“ at last year’s Cinema à la Carte event? Well, they have recently set up shop! When I visited their new location in Bammental sometime mid-February, they had …
Best Mensa in Germany
Welcome to possibly the most popular cafeteria in Heidelberg – the Zeughaus-Mensa im Marstallhof. It won the nationwide „Mensa of the Year” award in 2010 and 2011, proudly claiming the title „Best Mensa in Germany“ for two years in a row. The historical building it is housed in is located a stone’s throw away from …
Bistronauten
Bistronauten relocated from Hirschberg to Weinheim in June 2016, and they have continued to do very well. They are open only in the evenings for dinner, from 18:00 to 22:30, Tuesdays through Saturdays. Housed in the former OEG train station, Bistronauten’s modern interior is made up of an open kitchen, a bistro, a bar, the …
South Africa along the Rhine-Neckar
On every first Thursday of the month, the restaurant Felderbock takes its guests on a culinary journey to the “Country of the Month”. The 4-course “Kulinarische Reise” menu is priced at 36 Euro per person (including aperitif), and reservations are compulsory. After a delicious Italian outing in December, we dropped by again in January for another …
Culinary Journeys with Felderbock
On every first Thursday of the month, the restaurant Felderbock takes its guests on a culinary journey to the “Country of the Month”. Culinary Journey: Italy December brought us to Italy. With a Martini cocktail in hand, we dove straight into a “Piccolino” – a mini wood-oven pizza with chorizo and onions. Nothing whets an …
Masala Heidelberg Spices up Life
It’s lunchtime in Heidelberg, and you’re craving some soul-warming Indian food? Head over to Masala in Weststadt, a Indian grocery store which also serves lunch. About Masala Masala is owned and run by Usha Middlemas, who hails from Bangalore in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. She came to Germany in the late 1970s to …