German Food Overview

Bakeries

• Found almost everywhere in Germany
• Germans love bread and buns
• Bread: heavier and heartier compared to other European countries
• Common items:
  • Big loaves of bread
  • Ready-to-eat sandwiches
  • Pastries
  • Cakes
• Popular items:
  • German pretzel (resembles arms folded in prayer)
  • Butter pretzel (popular in southwest Germany)
  • Pretzel bread
  • Berliner donut (filled with jam, popular during New Year’s Eve and Carnival)
  • Milk rolls (soft milk bread, often with raisins or chocolate)
  • German cheesecake (made from quark)
  • Croissants (often enjoyed with Nutella or jam)
  • Pudding pretzel (sweet pretzel with yellow pudding)

Traditional German Restaurants

• Serve classic German dishes:
  • Rouladen
  • Sauerbraten
  • Hasenpfeffer
• Flammkuchen (thin bread dough with sour cream, onions, and bacon)
• Schnitzel (breaded fried meat, usually with potatoes)
• Tilman’s Toasties (breaded meat, cooked in a toaster)

Fast Food & Street Food

• Common international fast food chains: McDonald’s, Burger King, Subway, Pizza Hut
• German options:
  • Various types of sausages (Wurst)
  • Currywurst (sausage with curry ketchup and curry powder)
  • Pommes Frites (French fries with various toppings)
  • Nordsee (seafood fast food chain)
  • Döner kebab (introduced by Turkish immigrants)
  • Asian fried noodles

Drinks

• Non-alcoholic:
  • Coffee (most popular)
  • Apple juice
  • Sparkling water
  • KiBa (banana and cherry juice)
• Alcoholic:
  • Beer (very popular)
  • Riesling white wine
  • Mezzo Mix (cola and orange soda)
  • Fritz Cola (various flavors)

Desserts and Sweets

• Black Forest cherry tart
• Spaghettieis (vanilla ice cream shaped like spaghetti)
• From supermarkets:
  • Haribo
  • Hanuta
  • Pick up
  • Mr. Tom
  • Toffifee
  • Yogurette
  • Duplo
  • Merci
  • Ritter Sport
  • Dickmann’s
• Savory snacks:
  • Erdnussflips (peanut-flavored chips)
  • Crisp sticks
  • Beefy (sausage stick)
  • Haribo chips
• Supermarkets also: various sausages, deli meats, baked goods, and ready-made meals
• Note: difficult to find good peanut butter

Too Good To Go App

• Sells leftover food at cheaper prices
• App offers a “magic bag” with unknown contents
• Make sure to bring containers if necessary

Final Thoughts

• German cities offer a variety of foods to explore
• Every city has unique offerings in terms of food and quality
• There’s much more to discover beyond the common items listed

Remember to take your time to explore and enjoy the culinary diversity!