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 …
Category: Restaurants – Cuisine
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 …
Yangda, 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. Yangda’s first restaurant is located along Kaiserstraße, the main pedestrian shopping boulevard in Karlsruhe, on the upper floor of retail shops. Renovated and reopened July 2018, Yangda Kaiserstraße specializes …
Restaurant Korea Heidelberg
This unassuming Korean restaurant is tucked away in a corner near Marktplatz, in an old building with an interior typical of German restaurants from the olden days. Antique blue plates and a variety of old knick-knacks line most walls, interspersed with frames of Korean-themed paintings and paper fans. Above the bar area is a display …
Armonia Italiana
Tucked away in the little sleepy village of Bammental is the Italian restaurant Armonia. We found it while looking for a place for dinner after a day at the neighbouring Waldschwimmbad. Armonia is run by the Montano brothers, who hail from the Italian region of Abruzzo. The extensive à la carte menu takes guests on …
Natthanicha
There are many Thai eateries scattered throughout Mannheim, and Natthanicha is one of them. Since opening in June 2015, it has quickly acquired a reputation for cooking up authentic Thai fare. The daily lunch menu is value-for-money – for 8 Euro per person, guests can choose one from 10 made-from-scratch curries and stir-fries (7 Euro …
Bitzel Obsthof
The Bitzel family has been farming in Hirschberg since the 18th century. In the 1980’s, they decided to focus on growing fruits. Today, they specialize in apples (> 20 varieties), pumpkins (150 varieties) and artichokes on approximately 35 hectares of land. Another 6 hectares are reserved for wine grapes – Spätburgunder, Weißburgunder and Riesling varieties. …
Heid’s Grill & Restaurant
It was a weekday during summer holidays, and we felt like dining out. The kids wanted pizza, but my husband and I felt like having something “proper”, so we decided to give Heid’s in Heidelberg a try. We figured it being relatively early on a weekday, we wouldn’t need a reservation. All tables in the …