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This is not a Foodie Blog. I am not a Foodie but I do love a good, warm meal. This post is all about what I have been tasting around while living here in the southern part of Germany, Bayern, or locally known as Bavaria. Sometimes I think that Bavaria is another land, because it is so much different from different parts of Germany, in many aspects.
Anyway,from an expat view, here´s what you can expect to taste if you happen to visit Bavaria, either for business or pleasure. Of course, food comes along always from many different reasons. From navigating and exploring all the nature wonders, lakes and German castles and palaces—people would eventually take a break, and sit together to enjoy a meal. What is a typical Bavarian meal?
In German, we call Food as “Essen“. We say ” Mahlzeit, or “ Guten Appetit ” before eating, it means like “enjoy your meal” or simply enjoy eating .Germans eat normally 3 meals a day, plus there´s something in between small meals like Brotzeit, ( Bread) and ” Kaffee und Kuchen” -or Coffee and Cake.
Major meals during the day are ” Frühstuck“, (Breakfast), Mittagessen ( or Lunch) and Abendessen or (Dinner, also called as Abendbrot).Here in Bavaria, there´s also a famous delicacy for breakfast. It´s the Weißwürst with Breze, a white sausage eaten with freshly baked Pretzel and with sweet mustard. It´s being served only until 11 o´clock and can be eaten in weekend food stalls or in restaurants. Others enjoyed it with Beer as well.I have never tried it myself since I am not really a big fan of sausages.
Bavarian weißwürst with Breze and sweet mustard (senf) 
Our normal breakfast at home, breads, fruit slices and Musli or cereal 
We prefer warm breakfast such as cooked eggs or omellete 
Typical German breakfast —ham, bacon, Cheese, scrambled eggs, and some “Dunkel” breads and “Semmel” -Buns . Germans loved Marmalades and Butter. Preferred drinks are coffee, Tea and orange Juice.
Germans are bread lovers . They do eat LOTs of Bread.
They dont mind too much carbs.They adore their hard crusted buns, croissants, and dark loafs or Dinkel.
Eating bread almost every day was really a shock to me. I am used to eat rice 3x a day before, but coming here, my taste buds were altered. At first I find their buns so hard, sturdy and I can even throw it like a stone. I grew up having soft breads and toasts so I can´t believed it that now, I got used to eating bread as well for lunch or dinner. There are so many different kinds of bread here, almost more than a thousand varieties!
I try other kinds once in a while when I´m in the bakery to discover new flavors. In every kilometer is a nearby Bakery (or Bäckerei) which sells different kinds of rolls, dark breads with lots of seeds, and even gluten -frei ones and they are open everyday as early as 7 o´clock up to 6 o´clock in the evening.
If you´re in Bavaria, you will definitely see a lot of Beer garden culture. People loved to meet in here, with friends and family, special occasions, watch football or just leisurely idle away on Silent sundays. Yesterday I was in a Beergarden and there´s a special dish from Yugoslavia. We tried the “Pola-Pola” which made of meat in skewers,Cevapcici, fresh salads and rice with sauce. It totally delicious!
German Beer culture 
Beer is served and enjoyed with almost every side dishes 
Bavaria´s intimidating Beer culture 
How long can you finish one Maß or Mug of Beer? 
Dark beer from a world renowned Monastery Brewery in Bavaria
Below is a typical huge platter here in Bavaria. For bigger groups and families, they prefer a big servings consisting of sliced hams, bacon ( or Schinken), breads, slices of fresh salads, tomatoes, radishes and fruits cuts like melons. This is very tasty and I specially loved the spreads and Ementaler cheese.
Of course, Bavarian dish is not complete without Sausages. Just like Breads, there are thousands variants of Sausages. I am not so fond of eating them. Only some occasional Bratwürst when we do BBQ´s and the curry wurst that my daughter love.So when you come to Bavaria or anywhere in Germany, you will definitely see some Sausages in the menu. To fully experience Bavarian food, you´ve gotta try eating Wursts at least!
Other famous Bavarian dishes are Schnitzel, Gulasch, a pork or beef stew with dark sauce ,Rouladen (rolled meat) Knödel or a ball made up of some kind of noodle and their Spätzle. Bavarian food is commonly paired with potatoes, (fried or cooked), and side dishes of Sauerkraut and fresh Salad mixes.
Knödel with Gulash 
Turkey breasts with cooked Brocolli and Potatoes 
Sausages with Fries 
A happy child means a well-fed child!
Chicken breast slices with salad is actually my favourite to eat in restaurants. 
German salads are mostly with Vinaigrette, with lots of Essig ( vinergar) so make sure you tell the waiter when you order if you don´t prefer this dressing. 
Sauerkraut or fermented Cabbage is Bavaria´s ultimate side dish aside from Fermented cucumbers and Olives
I was introduced to Spätzle and we loved it. Our favourite local restaurant to go is the Weißbrauhaus zum Herrenbrau and they really served delicious dishes. Spätzle taste like noodles or pasta, only that the form is smaller and either it is fried or cooked with mushrooms and onions,we loved them both.
Bavarians loved to enjoy sitting in restaurants and eating out. Over here, there are lots of restaurants and some Asian restaurants as well, but not really arabic ones.Young people loved to snack on Döner Kebabs and sausages with a bun.
Most of Bavarian sweet desserts are made of traditional cakes and pastries. A local version of Kaisersmarrn is always a good choice served with apple sauce, vanilla ice cream or berries.Over here, we love trying their different fruit cakes ( or Blechkuchen) and Apfel strudel with vanilla ice cream.German desserts is also notorious for using many heavy creams and mascarpone with their Bayerische creme top with pistashios and fruit slices.
I noticed that Germans ( or rather Bavarians) loved their cakes to have almonds and always fruity and not so much icing. Some other variants are Mohnkuchen ( Poppy seeds) cakes, Quarkbällchen, Schwartzwald Torte ( Black Forest ), Marmor Kuchen and many types of Pudding.I find their version of cheesecake made with sour cream also better than oversweetened ones.
My Ho Blueberry cheesecakememade 
Some strawberry Eclairs on lazy weekends 
Delectable chocolate Tart is a perfect companion for Sunday Tea time 
Coffee loving country
Aside from frequenting to sit in Cafés and restaurants to enjoy Coffe and Cake, people around here also loved baking at home. Honestly,I have learned to baked many goodies since I came here. In Supermarkets, you can find different kinds of baking inspirations to make your own dessert or something for birthdays.I have learned the value of homemade cakes .This is so different from the culture that I´ve grown up where everything about cakes and pastries can easily be bought in store.
German afternoon delight : Coffee and Cake culture
Then there´s this thing we called “Abendbrot”. When we don´t have a big appetite for dinner, we opt to eat soup and bread, or simply bread slices with some fresh cheese, ham or bacon slices, or with tomatoes. It is a light meal at night.
One thing worth of mentioning is all about customer service in Germany.They don´t have it. I have the impression that service is quite dull and very cold. They are not the ones who would greet you gladly and cater to you in the most approriate way. They are very direct and I guess, it´s just the way they are. Most restaurants accepts payments by card ( esp. during Corona times ) or less contact, but then in many areas, paying with cash is always preffered.
I have discovered new dishes since I came here and I eventually have learned to cooked them. I must say that I have finally got a taste of German Culture, both gastronomically, and culturally.I haven´t actually tried any unique street food here since street food vendors are not so common here.
Have you ever tasted German or Bavarian dishes? How was your experience?
Is the grass really greener in Bavaria?
Prost, how I learned to drink Beer in Germany
Germany, more than Dirndls and Lederhosen
Until then on my next expat adventure! Tschüss!
justbluedutch 
That is a very informative post 😊. You described the typical German food but you probably have learned that Germans do not eat those every day. It would be too heavy ! We for example have a lot of Italian dishes and also love Asian food. Only on Sundays we eat the German breakfast. On other days there is müsli, joghurt and fruit. Only for Abendbrot we eat bred with sausage and cheese and also vegetables.
But you should try Weißwurst. It is delicious even if you are not a sausage lover 😉.
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Ahhh danke! my thoughts exactly. Only that I can really summarize German foods to potatoes, sausages and meat..:-)) We don´t eat these things often either. But from time to time, we loved to indulge in some local dishes as well—and at least I don´t need to cook! :-))
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