To Brau or Not to Brau, That Is the Question
Posted on October 9, 2008
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Posted by Sierra
Hello, and welcome to the European Restaurant Review! And here’s your host … Sierra Hieronymus!
Thank you, thank you, please hold the applause. Today’s review is Augustiner Brau in Salzburg, Austria. Don’t let the name fool you. This isn’t a dark, dank bar with a sign on the door saying “No minors allowed inside!” It’s a bright, friendly biergarten/buffet/market with tons of minors (like myself) running around on the busy days.
The street entrance on Augustiner Strasse seems normal, but you quickly descend the steps. (Optional entrance: parking lot the size of the Henry Ford Museum’s with steps leading up to the Biergarten.) The first thing to do is get something to drink. Pass the vendors with food and continue to the shelves with tons of mugs on them. Grab a mug, rinse it out at the mug washing station, and buy a drink. Hold onto the receipt, because you’re going to need to hand it to the person near the barrel(s) to get whatever you paid for: a bottle of soda, a mug full o’ beer, etc. Bonus Tip! If you’re thirsty but don’t want to pay, then merely fill a mug with water.
Next, find a place to sit. There are rooms inside, but it’s nice to sit outside, down the steps, and in the Biergarten.
NOW it’s time to get food. Start by walking by all the vendors. There’s all sorts of foods—cream horns, corn salad, meat, cheese, schnitzel, knödel, slices of radish. Take your pick of meal, order it, pay, and sit down. Enjoy it. Feel free to have dessert. May I recommend a cream horn?
Mom had half a ham hock, sauerkraut, and apfelstrudel. “It was very hammy” she most fondly recalled, “but it didn’t make me hock. The apfelstrudel had chunks of apple, and very crispy crunchy crust.” Dad had knödel with sauerkraut and nothing for dessert. “Sauerkraut was tasty but not as creamy as Volksfest’s,” he said. “The knödel had a bit of meat and fat that added some sweetness. I wouldn’t call it spicy, but it had enough spice to balance the sweetness. The shell was pleasantly doughy. Very good!” I had a schnitzel burger, corn salad, and a cream horn for dessert. “The burger had stuff on it, but the schnitzel part was good,” I said. The corn salad was corny and onion-y. The cream horn was deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelicious!”
When you have to leave, throw your garbage away and leave the rest on the table. Climb up the stairs and remember what a great time you’ve had.
Well, that’s all the time we have today. Log on next week for another European Restaurant Review!
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Sierra, you’ve definitely inherited good genes! Great job of making me hungry and jealous.