In coming to a foreign land, even one as close to the UK as Germany, you kind of feel a bit stupid…read morefor going to the kind of restaurant you'd get at home. We ummed and ahhed over the idea of getting Chinese food in Berlin, wondering, what *is* the German view on this type of cuisine? How will it taste? Are we running a risk?
Pah! One look at the menu which resembles the opening credits of the Star Wars movies and we were convinced this was the right place to eat. And I can safely say this was like no Chinese food we'd ever experienced before. An ice cold Tsingtao and a plate of veggie dumplings, steamed pak choi and sticky rice, consumed alfresco on a balmy Berlin evening... I was happy indeed. The sauce was fragrant, the pak choi not soggy in the slightest and the dumplings themselves were tender, crisp around the edges and packed to the rafters with greens and fresh delicious veg. This felt wholesome and indulgent at the same time, and that's not an easy combo to achieve.
Unfortunately, we didn't do what we were supposed to do and check out the disco bathroom with its unnerving and entertaining flashing coloured lights. I can't believe we forgot about that! Oh well, looks like another trip over to Germany's in order then...