Month: March 2019

Pavarotti- “Che gelida manina” Fiamma Izzo d’ Amico “Si, mi chiamano Mimi”

Cheese Vienna

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How to say Cheese in Vienna

https://www.google.com/search?ei=k2ecXLK4C9C0swXil6fwDQ&q=best+german+cheeses&

Rauchkäse – a German variety of smoked cheese, known for being semi-soft with a smoky brown rind. The most famous variety is Bruder Basil, named for dairy entrepreneur Basil Weixler. Romadur – This is a cow’s milk cheese with pungent flavor. It is one of the most popular cheeses in Germany

10 German Cheeses
https://www.germanpulse.com/2018/04/12/10-german-cheese-essentials/

https://germanfoods.org/german-food-facts/german-cheese-and-dairy-guide/

https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-cheeses-of-germany/list-of-cheeses

https://www.igourmet.com/germancheese.asp

http://www.germanfoodguide.com/cheese-search.cfm

https://tastessence.com/what-are-different-types-of-german-cheese

https://culturecheesemag.com/cheese-bites/top-cheeses-top-ten-cheese-countries
Rauchkäse literally means “smoked cheese”

https://germangirlinamerica.com/smelly-german-cheese/
Smelly German

Words Matter Vienna

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A Catalog of essential phrases

Hello
Goodbye

Please
Thank you

Ask for food

Numbers

Things you plan to eat
Sausage
Coffee
Onions
Mustard
Pickles

Grocery Vienna

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Food Stores

https://www.quora.com/Where-can-we-get-the-best-street-food-in-Vienna

enter any Spar, Billa or whatever and go to the sausage counter

tell them to make a roll with “that” sausage (pick any you like – and there is a huge selection .. also a huge selection of hams and bacons)

he salesperson will take a fresh roll (crunchy and perhaps still slightly warm from the oven) and cut fresh sausage to fill it for you – if you want to ask to add a small pickle or some mustard that perfectly fine (instead of the standard roll, you can akso pick another one if the bread counter has them on stock)

the cheese counter will do the same thing with any cheese you want to have …

just ask for “Eine Semmel mit xxxx Wurst” (and if you want more then one, that is not a problem either

many supermarkets will also have some hot food like a Leberkäse or similar
https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=QW2cXOj7OsfYtQXVvq3QBg&q=leberkäse&
bologna sausage

Coffeehouses Vienna

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http://www.pilotguides.com/articles/vienna-street-food/

Pilot recommends:
Café Hawelka (Dorotheergasse 6) – an institution in itself, the Hawelka has been run by Mr. & Mrs. since the end of the 2nd World War. Very dark and smoky, you get a feeling of turn-of-the-century intellectual Vienna.
Kleines Café (Franziskanerplatz 3) – a lovely place to come in summer, as the seating outside is in the pretty Franziskanerplatz. The service is friendlier than many other places and you can get good food here too. The atmosphere is bohemian.
Café Alt Wien (Backerstrasse 9) – Covered in posters advertising everything from concerts to demonstrations, the Café Alt Wien feels like a good place to come if you’re plotting a revolution. It dispenses with the tuxedoed-waiter idea too.

Sausage Vienna

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The Sausage Stand

http://www.pilotguides.com/articles/vienna-street-food/
Wurstel mit senf – Classic Frankfurter sausage served with a dollop of sweet (suss) or hot (scharf) mustard (senf) and a semmel, a white bread roll.
Debreziner – a thin, spicy, peppery sausage
Bratwurst – fatter version of the Frankfurter
Weisswurst – meaning ‘white sausage’, this is even fatter than the Bratwurst.
Kasekrainer – a.k.a. the ‘pus-filled’ sausage this is similar to a bratwurst but injected with cheese. Careful when eating as the cheese invariably spurts out everywhere – definitely a favourite.

Leberkase – although not really a sausage, it’s worth a mention. Most sausage stands sell ‘liver cheese’ – its like a loaf of baked sausage meat and cheese.
A recommended stall to be initiated into the Viennese school of sausage is Wurstelstand Leowhich is situated outside the Blau Stern café, at Doblinger Gurtel 2, 9th District. The lovely Leo will even juggle with his sausage equipment while-u-wait!