The Bristol Hotel is an excellent place at which to
take a mid-day meal. The lunch costs Bristol, Unter
2.50 marks. Hors d\ oeuvre are 1 mark den Linden
extra, and there is an extra charge for sweets, A
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table d'hote dinner is served for 6 marks, and supper,
after 9 p.m., costs 5 marks. The younger members ]
of the British Embassy generally breakfast at the
Bristol, and I invariably find that the restaurant in )
every capital to which the younger members of the ]
British Embassy go for their mid-day meal, is sure to
be one to be recommended to the travelling Anglo-
Saxon.
I have nothing but good to say of the restaurant of
the Palast Hotel. This is the hotel at which I made
The Palast my stay when I went to Berlin, and
Hotel, Pots- in its restaurant, with walls of grey,
damerplatz and marb}e pillars and large windows,
and ceiling with arabesques of gold on it, I ate
many a good dinner. The dinner of the day at 5
marks I invariably found quite satisfactory, and Herr
Eduard Gutscher, the proprietor, gives the kitchen his
personal superintendence. The following may be
taken as a specimen of the usual dinner. There is
also a very full a la carte card.
Consomme Judith.
Potage claire-Fontaine.
Supreme de fogas a la Cecil.
Selle de veau garnie a la Champigny. Sauce Tomate.
Cassolettes a la financiere.
Caneton de Nantes.
Salade. Compote.
Choux fleurs, Sauce vierge.
Riz a la Bizier.
Patisserie.
Paillettes.
Fruits.
The young princes, the sons of the Kaiser, often
give their private dinner parties at the Palast.
The restaurant of the Continental, managed by
Berlin 223
M. Klicks, a well-known restaurateur, is much fre-
quented at supper-time. The charge Continental,
for supper is 4 marks, the lunch costs Neustadtische-
3 marks, and the dinner 6 marks. kirchestrasse
The restaurant of the Central Hotel is rather more
lively than most of the others, and has a pleasant
savour of Bohemianism. A good Hun- The Central,
garian band always plays there during Friedrichstrasse
the evening from 7.30 to 12.30. This restaurant is
pleasanter to dine or sup at than to lunch at. The
dinner costs 5 marks, and the supper 4 marks.
The restaurant of the Savoycan be recommended, and
the prices there are : lunch 2.50 marks, The Savoy,
dinner 5 marks, supper 3.50 marks. Friedrichstrasse
The Monopol room of the Hotel - Restaurant
L’Schaurte is a pleasant dining place. Its prices are :
lunch 2.50 marks, dinner 5 marks, The Monopol,
supper 3.50 marks. I append an every- Friedrichstrasse
day dinner menu which ought to satisfy the most
exacting customer. The second soup is a Consomme,
with quenelles. The fish dishes are Sole Normande
and Turbot au Gratin.
Haringsfilet nach Daube.
Mulligatawny-Suppe.
Kraftbriihe mit Einlage.
Seezungenfilet auf normannische Art.
Steinbutt in Miischeln gratiniert.
Eng. Roast-beef.
Yorker Schinken in Burgunder.
Spinat.
Homard de Norvege. Sauce Ravigotte.
F ranzos. Poularde.
Fasan.
Salat. Kompot.
Sellerie.
Furst Piickler Bombe.
Kase. Friichte.
Nacbtisch,
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The above may be taken as a specimen of the
5-mark dinner at any good Berlin restaurant. It used
to be the custom at the Monopol to charge guests who
drank no wine i mark extra for their dinner. I do
not know whether this is still done.
Hotel de Rome, The Hotel de Rome an excellent
Unter den restaurant, and many dinners of cere-
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The Bristol Hotel is an excellent place at which to take a mid-day meal. The lunch costs Bristol, Unter 2.50 marks. Hors d'oeuvre are 1 mark den Linden extra, and there is an extra charge for sweets, A
222 The Gourmet's Guide to Europe
table d'hote dinner is served for 6 marks, and supper, after 9 p.m., costs 5 marks. The younger members ] of the British Embassy generally breakfast at the Bristol, and I invariably find that the restaurant in ) every capital to which the younger members of the ] British Embassy go for their mid-day meal, is sure to be one to be recommended to the travelling Anglo- Saxon.
I have nothing but good to say of the restaurant of the Palast Hotel. This is the hotel at which I made The Palast my stay when I went to Berlin, and
Hotel, Pots- in its restaurant, with walls of grey,
damerplatz and marble pillars and large windows, and ceiling with arabesques of gold on it, I ate many a good dinner. The dinner of the day at 5 marks I invariably found quite satisfactory, and Herr Eduard Gutscher, the proprietor, gives the kitchen his personal superintendence. The following may be taken as a specimen of the usual dinner. There is also a very full a la carte card.
Consomme Judith.
Potage claire-Fontaine.
Supreme de fogas a la Cecil.
Selle de veau garnie a la Champigny. Sauce Tomate.
Cassolettes a la financiere.
Caneton de Nantes.
Salade. Compote.
Choux fleurs, Sauce vierge.
Riz a la Bizier.
Patisserie.
Paillettes.
Fruits.
The young princes, the sons of the Kaiser, often give their private dinner parties at the Palast.
The restaurant of the Continental, managed by
Berlin 223
M. Klicks, a well-known restaurateur, is much frequented at supper-time. The charge Continental, for supper is 4 marks, the lunch costs Neustadtische- 3 marks, and the dinner 6 marks. kirchestrasse
The restaurant of the Central Hotel is rather more lively than most of the others, and has a pleasant savour of Bohemianism. A good Hun- The Central, garian band always plays there during Friedrichstrasse the evening from 7.30 to 12.30. This restaurant is pleasanter to dine or sup at than to lunch at. The dinner costs 5 marks, and the supper 4 marks.
The restaurant of the Savoycan be recommended, and the prices there are : lunch 2.50 marks, The Savoy, dinner 5 marks, supper 3.50 marks. Friedrichstrasse The Monopol room of the Hotel - Restaurant L’Schaurte is a pleasant dining place. Its prices are : lunch 2.50 marks, dinner 5 marks, The Monopol, supper 3.50 marks. I append an every- Friedrichstrasse day dinner menu which ought to satisfy the most exacting customer. The second soup is a Consomme, with quenelles. The fish dishes are Sole Normande and Turbot au Gratin.
Haringsfilet nach Daube.
Mulligatawny-Suppe.
Kraftbriihe mit Einlage.
Seezungenfilet auf normannische Art.
Steinbutt in Miischeln gratiniert.
Eng. Roast-beef.
Yorker Schinken in Burgunder.
Spinat.
Homard de Norvege. Sauce Ravigotte.
F ranzos. Poularde.
Fasan.
Salat. Kompot.
Sellerie.
Furst Piickler Bombe.
Kase. Friichte.
Nacbtisch,
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The above may be taken as a specimen of the 5-mark dinner at any good Berlin restaurant. It used to be the custom at the Monopol to charge guests who drank no wine i mark extra for their dinner. I do not know whether this is still done.
Hotel de Rome, The Hotel de Rome an excellent Unter den restaurant, and many dinners of cere-