Friday, August 7, 2009

Do you guys have anything to eat besides Wieners?

Turns out that they do in Vienna. Here is the lightest fare I could find. It's these little sandwiches open-faced on rye. This place is called Trzesniewski's and shows the diversity of the former capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The owner came from Krakow at the turn of the last century. They have places like this everywhere, but I like this place because instead of hard boiled eggs, pieces of salmon, or caviar; they have spreads made mostly of vegetables. This is (top to bottom) "wild paprika", tomato, and pepper.
This is maybe more what you expected from Austrian cooking.
It is Rindfleisch (beef) served with potatoes and pork with a side of cabbage.

For dessert
these (in the front) are KNÖDEL. Although they look fried, there are not. They are dumplings steamed and then rolled in sugar.
Here they are close up. They can be filled with chocolate, plum, or other fruits.
To drink, you are probably thinking beer, but who knew Vienna was more known for its wine. They even have hundreds of acres of vineyards inside the city limits. You can go to one of these places called Heuriger, which are places to drink the newly-harvested wine. Here we are at one.
Like a beer garden, I guess, but for wine. The food here is good. The have like a buffet you can order from with mostly picnic food.
Like potato salad, pickles, sliced meats, cheeses, and slaw.

This is Kendra imitating a goose, which we have seen a lot of but not yet eaten on this trip.

2 comments:

  1. Bra jobbit herr MajsHund..Vi ska träffats snart...

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  2. i love goose :]
    the knodel seems very simlar to the azn food we eat, we roll it in brown sugar with soy bean flour. by the way, kendra looks very sexy in the goose pose :]

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