This cafe was recommended by my tour guide in Germany for its "incomparable" cakes, so I wanted to…read morecheck it out. It certainly lived up to the talk; the food was just amazing. The prices may look a little steep for a cafe like this, but the quality makes it more than worth it. I had a Spinattörtchen which was easily the best spinach quiche-like thing I've ever eaten - besides lots of spinach, it was filled with soft Emmentaler cheese which gave it such a distinct flavour and unique gooey texture. The side salad it came with was also very good: fresh vegetables in a creamy dressing.
I can't remember exactly what the cake I got was called. It had layers of cream and pastry with berry jam, topped with a streusel crust. Although this isn't the sort of flavour I usually go for, I liked the look of the different layers. It was difficult to eat with a fork because the pastry was a lot sturdier than the cream, but the quality of the pastry and even the purity of the simple whipped cream was really excellent. I don't think I've ever had a streusel that I liked this much.
The dine-in experience was a little confusing to me, since you order the cake at the counter in front, but for everything else it's a regular table service model, with a waiter that comes to take food and drink orders and brings the bill. But I am Canadian visiting Germany for the first time so I cannot reasonably expect to understand the service models here. We had to wait a while to pay after we were finished eating because our waitress got very busy, but otherwise the service was good - it wasn't too much of a wait for my tart and drink to be brought out, and the waitress was really nice. We were sitting outside when it suddenly started pouring, and she was ready to make a space for us inside. I wish I had more chances to visit so that I could try more cakes because they all looked fantastic.
