FoodNet

The gourmet's guide to Europe

1903

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Presented as published in 1903. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
The Falstaff Restaurant in the Theaterplatz has always had a reputation for good sound German The Falstaff, cookery. It is now an annexe to Theaterplatz the new Westminster Hotel in the Goetheplatz, of which Herr Emil Kathe is proprietor. Buerose, on the first floor of No. 29 Goethestrasse, Buerose should be mentioned as a quiet res- 29 Goethe- taurant, where there are specialties of strasse jJQrs ^ ceuvre anc[ excellent oysters. The Palmen Garten is a pleasant summer restaurant a little way out of the town, on the Bockenheimer- Palmen Garten, strasse. It has a fine dining-hall, and Bockenheimer- you may sit at little tables while the strasse regimental band discourses excellent music. The cooking is of the sound German cuisine. It is a very pleasant spot to visit on a hot day. Fire- works form part of the programme of amusements on fete days. The Rathskeller is a restaurant which is in the Romer, the group of houses which form the Town Hall buildings. Lovers of good beer will find at the Haus Alle- mania, Schillerplatz, if they ask for a Schoppen of the Miinchener Hofbrau, exactly what they have German Towns 197 been craving for ; and the Pilsener at the Kaiserhof Restaurant in the Goetheplatz is equally good. One has to sample several glasses of each before one can definitely make up one’s mind as to which is the best. The Kaisergarten in the Operaplatz is a pleasant beer garden much frequented in summer. AFTER DINNER Frankfort prides itself on its Opera House. It has two other theatres, and there is generally a concert in the evening both at the Palm Garden and the Zoolo- gical Gardens. There is a restaurant attached to the former establishment, and a cafe. Dusseldgrf The best restaurant in Dtisseldorf is that of the Park Hotel on the Corneliusplatz. It is one of the best on the Rhine, and was opened in park Hotel, April 1902 on the occasion of the Corneliusplatz Dtisseldorf Exhibition ; it is a fine building, and has pretty grounds and ornamental water adjoining it. It is frequented by the highest German nobility. Luncheons are served at 3 marks, dinners at 5 marks. Suppers for 3 marks are served at prix fixe , or one can order a la carte. The Moselle wines are exceptionally good. The restaurant, handsomely decorated in the style of Louis XIV., is opposite the Opera House and overlooks the Hofgarten. At the Thtirnagel Restaurant, also in the Cor- neliusplatz, you are likely to find the artistic colony in session. The restaurant dates back Thiirnagel, to the year 1858. There is a good Corneliusplatz collection of wines in the cellars, and a word may be said in favour of its cookery. 1 9 S The Gourmet's Guide to Europe AFTER DINNER Two theatres and a variety hall, the Apollo, are the choice Dtisseldorf offers after dinner. The Apollo sometimes provides operettas. The Rhine VaiTey