I love to eat. More importantly, I love to try and decipher what it is that I'm eating.
And this is the basis of this new blog. Not to give out new recipes, but to feature some of the stuff I have been eating (and drinking) in Germany, my new home. To be clear, this is the perspective of a new resident, still very much in touch with her Malaysian-Borneo-Bidayuh taste buds. And not meant to be critical analysis of whichever restaurant I was at.
I love food 😍 In fact, I respect it. So much so that I love the differences of how each restaurant (and its cook/cooks/chef/chefs) interprets any generic recipe.
Take Peter Pane, a new burger joint just newly opened in the city. Core business: burgers. They have beef, chicken and vegan choices. On top of those choices, you have choices of the buns or bread to go with them: sourdough, full corn and classic.
I dropped by earlier this week, due to a craving for burgers. No, I don't usually eat burgers but seeing their burger pictures plastered on their display windows just kinda birthed that craving (yes, great marketing job to the people at Peter Pane).
So here's mine. Classic beef burger in a classic bun.
I ordered coleslaw as a side and my drink was Mango Mint.
My first impression was: the bread's a little pale and looks dry. Pale? Yes. Dry? Not at all. Yes, proves that looks are deceiving.
Next, the beef patty was great - nice and thick, and meaty (if you know what I mean). Yes, I like my meats to feel like meat, and not some sloshy something. Served with some vegetables and held together with a long stick that resembles a super long toothpick. Together, the bread and meat were a good mix. Buns were soft enough to munch without being too spongey and sticky to the teeth, and beef patty was generous enough to actually deserve the name "burger".
The taste of the beef patty, though, was something I personally felt a little lacking. It tasted of meat, and good quality meat too. But it lacked a kick. It's like wanting to buy a pair of heels and discovering that the one you really want doesn't come in your size, so you settle for another pair that's almost exactly the design of your dream shoes. You love them, but you never forget the one that got away.
That's how I felt with Peter Pane's burger that day. Good but somehow, something was missing.
So, I got to experimenting with what they gave us for complements. Their range of sauces.
L to R: BBQ, Curry-Mango, Light (Mayonnaise), Tomato
I found my Utopia :) BBQ + Curry-Mango sauce in my burger gave it the kick I wanted. Would have been better if I had chili sauce (note to self: bring own chili sauce next trip) but yes, those two sauces combined made my burger pop much better.
Burger issue solved. Next, the coleslaw.
Again, looks are deceiving. It was a little messy drollop of vegetables in dressing, nothing fascinating or outstanding. I took the first spoonful and became a fan. It had a tinge of sourness to it (vinegar? apple cider? lemon juice?) that made just makes you want to have another spoonful. So yes, the coleslaw's got my vote.
My drink of Mango in Mint was refreshingly refreshing, despite its unusual colour. Mango drinks are typically yellow-ish so when I got mine in clear, you have to forgive my initial misgivings. It was enjoyable, definitely. A nice sparkly, sour-ish flavour tinged with a slight minty after-taste. Considering the fact that I am not a mint fan, me saying positive things about this drink is huge 😎
Price: I would say mid-range. It isn't really cheap (the simplest burger cost 7,90 Euro) so be ready to spend about 12 Euro for a meal for one (tip excluded). But it isn't expensive by Germany standards too. And for what I tasted, it's a fair enough price.
Safe to say, I enjoyed my Burger Moment at Peter Pane, Erfurt. I would recommend this to someone who's looking for a satisfying burger moment too. Would I go back? Maybe. I'd say there's a 70% chance of me returning. For a different burger, but yes, with that coleslaw 😋
Oh, and yes, the burger to be eaten with chili sauce, please.
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