food food and more food!

Food. Every meal is an adventure. Every single time we visit a restaurant its like a whole new world. From the people, the language and the food- its just crazy, strange, amazing, scary, exciting, delicious, suspicious, but mostly just plain old good!

The salads here are WONDERFUL. Unlike in America, you don’t get to “pick out” your dressing. You get the “house” dressing every time. i have yet to find one i didn’t LOVE. They almost all have corn and kidney beans in them, strangely wonderful. Their lettuce is also different but I’m not sure why. Oh oh oh! And sometimes they put weird little things under ur salad. Like a little surprise. My favorite is the cold herby potato things. And sometimes there is coleslaw under there, or sauerkraut. I avoid the sauerkraut. Trust me.

I also LOVE jagershnitzel. Sorry spell check isn’t working for the German words. Its pork grilled with a mushroom sauce over it. yum. Okay. Just yum.
The Chinese food here- ROCKS. But get this. Most surprising thing of all? ITALIAN. I don’t enjoy Italian food really. Pizza hut? Yeah. But macaroni grill, or the olive garden, not so much. I can’t eat bread or pasta- so where’s the attraction? Omg. The Italian food here is out of this world. It’s the CHEAPEST thing you can buy. 1st of all. Isn’t that enough? No wait there’s more. Its sooooooooooo flippin good! The pizza oh the pizza. I wanna do a pizza dance. They come out huge, and hot. And u get ur very own, like giant platter size of pizza. But don’t worry, its so thin when you hold it up, it flips under so far the only thing left in ur hand in the crust!!!! So it may seeeeeem huge, but oh its perfect size!

The other best part about Italian food? The Italians, oh they come from Italy. And ask anyone here- who LOVES kids?????? the Italians LOVE kids. they play with their hair, they pinch their cheeks, they coo over them. lots of smiles, and happy faces. And then they bring them so many things. Heck- i wouldn’t be surprised if they brought the keys to their house to my kids. they get coloring books, and pencils, ice cream, and toys, kisses and hugs. There is only one place here i can get chocolate milk for my kids. That would be ANY Italian restaurant. It’s not on the menu- but i just ask in my broken German, “cold chocolate milche?” They actually melt their own chocolate down, and CREATE it for them specifically. *sigh* i love Italian people.
Then there’s the Greek food. Oh please don’t get me started. Kebobs! And more Kebobs!!!!!! Delish! I’m very hungry. Can u tell?

Bad thing about eating out here? There aren’t many child options. Mostly my kids end up eating cola and pamos. (fries)
U cannot get a glass of water without carbonation. You could ask for tap water but they look at you like ur nuts. That’s gross! Who drinks tap water? Us nasty Americans that’s who. Oh and its not free, the water. U pay and a lot. It’s cheaper to have Bier (beer) than water. That’s why everyone here is always drinking! I’m figuring it all out. Refills- what’s that? No such thing. u drink- you pay- every time. Full price. You also pay for your condiments. Like ketchup. I’m thinking about bringing a small bottle with me in my purse. In kays words- u get what you get and u don’t throw a fit. You order it, you get it just like it is on the menu. There’s no changing things around. This is NOT burger king and you will NOT have it your way. And insulted they will be if you don’t eat all of ur food. So even if you don’t like it, u must ask for a box to bring it on home. so no feelings are hurt. Oh and this isn’t true for all restaurants but some i have been too have only 5 things on the menu. That’s it!
That about covers the food page. Whew. Im now starving. Too bad i don’t know how to get to any Italian restaurants right now. LOL!!!!! I really don’t!

ps. found one and went today...it was AWESOME!!!!! :) and they deliver to the gate, and its about 5 minutes away....