One of the things we like best about Berlin so far are the open air markets. It's here the small producers come out to show off their wares, and where you can enjoy a grocery shopping experience outside of the usual supermarket confines. To me it feels very continental and there's something about the buzz of seeing all the lovely fruit and veg set out and the vendors passionately extolling the virtues of their homemade bread, cake, cheese, or what have you, that is just plain fun.
Our favourites so far have been the market in Winterfeldplatz. This is located in the Schoneburg/Tiergarten area of the city in a small square, and surrounded by lots of little cafes to rest up after buying the weekly shop.
Another favourite is our local market in Kollwitzplatz, literally five minutes from our apartment. This little market is completely organic, with all the products from clothes to bread being 100% organic. One of the vendors has THE best waffles ever - made with buckwheat flour and served hot with cinnamon sugar, or Nutella if you are feeling decadent.
Last in this selection, but definitely not least, is the Turkish market in
Kreuzberg. This buzzy area is known for its Turkish population, first- and second-generation and the market has that Middle-Eastern feel. You can get dried pulses, couscous, rice to Turkish sweets to freshly made flatbreads, olives galore and big bundles of fresh mint or coriander.
We actually bought most from this fella here. The market covers a range of Middle-Eastern food. This man's stall was called simply 'Die Greche', or 'The Greek'. He had an amazing range of olives and seafood to hummus, baba-ganoush and sundried tomatoes. He was quite the character and ended up giving us as many free samples as stuff we ended up buying. Delicious!
And of course, after all that walking around, looking at things and sampling, we needed a little something to keep us going. In my case, a type of fried Spanakopita (pastry filled with spinach and feta), which was very good though quite filling. Check out that grease on the paper!
One of the things we like best about Berlin so far are the open air markets. It's here the small producers come out to show off their wares, and where you can enjoy a grocery shopping experience outside of the usual supermarket confines. To me it feels very continental and there's something about the buzz of seeing all the lovely fruit and veg set out and the vendors passionately extolling the virtues of their homemade bread, cake, cheese, or what have you, that is just plain fun.
Our favourites so far have been the market in Winterfeldplatz. This is located in the Schoneburg/Tiergarten area of the city in a small square, and surrounded by lots of little cafes to rest up after buying the weekly shop.
Another favourite is our local market in Kollwitzplatz, literally five minutes from our apartment. This little market is completely organic, with all the products from clothes to bread being 100% organic. One of the vendors has THE best waffles ever - made with buckwheat flour and served hot with cinnamon sugar, or Nutella if you are feeling decadent.
Last in this selection, but definitely not least, is the Turkish market in Kreuzberg. This buzzy area is known for its Turkish population, first- and second-generation and the market has that Middle-Eastern feel. You can get dried pulses, couscous, rice to Turkish sweets to freshly made flatbreads, olives galore and big bundles of fresh mint or coriander.
We actually bought most from this fella here. The market covers a range of Middle-Eastern food. This man's stall was called simply 'Die Greche', or 'The Greek'. He had an amazing range of olives and seafood to hummus, baba-ganoush and sundried tomatoes. He was quite the character and ended up giving us as many free samples as stuff we ended up buying. Delicious!
And of course, after all that walking around, looking at things and sampling, we needed a little something to keep us going. In my case, a type of fried Spanakopita (pastry filled with spinach and feta), which was very good though quite filling. Check out that grease on the paper!
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1 comment:
ahh, the good life,
that spanakopita looks like my kinda food (even if it is meatless)
i thought baba ganoush was a comedian from new jersey
love, peace and good eats
the ben
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