Food and wine

"the wine is here"

There are many vineyards and wineries within the city limits of Vienna and many of them are within walking distance of Daniel and Maggie’s house. The restaurants that serve the wine are called heurigen. If a pine bush is hanging outside it means that they have the new wine. They serve delicious food to go with the wine—you pick out what you want at the front before you sit down. There is a casual atmosphere with wooden tables. On Sunday, the 28th, the three of us had a delicious dinner at the Wagner--a heuriger up the street from Maggie and Daniel's apartment. We didn't get any pictures that night. There are some pictures of just Maggie and me eating there a different night. After we went to the zoo, all three of us ate at a well known restaurant with a famous chef—Plachutta. We ate their specialty which was boiled beef called Tafelspitz. First you eat the broth it was cooked in with vegetables as a soup. Then the meat with different accompaniments like horseradish, creamed spinach. It was really good. I got the cookbook and hope to learn to make Tafelspitz, goulash and schnitzel. Another big favorite of mine was leberkäse a sandwich made with “liver cheese”. I thought this was the same as liverwurst, but after looking it up on the web found out it is made up of corned beef, bacon and onions. Anyway, you can get these fantastic hot sandwiches at many fast food places or even grocery stores. They are so good, you can’t even imagine. I found a picture on the web

Maggie and me at the heuriger--I was really happier than I look


Maggie about to drink at the heuriger and Maggie at a fancy restaurant for goulash

Lebercaese--really good