Bärlauch, or bear's or wild garlic, is a very seasonal thing in early spring. It's great for pesto, mix it with cream cheese and stuff a Cordon Bleu with it, make a creamy soup, lots of options. However, what you've had on your potato salad at Figlmüller was Vogerlsalat, field salad, dressed with pumpkin seed oil. Equally tasty, but something completely different :)
@@NearFromHome yes, that would be the field salad. It's also called lamb's lettuce or nut lettuce in English (hinting at the nutty flavor you mentioned, albeit that also comes from the pumpkin seed oil). Bärlauch has a much more garlic-y, pungent flavor.
@@NearFromHome what you tastet was schnittlauch. Bärlauch is short seasonal and grows mostly only in the woods, but schnittlauch ypu could plant at home and it grows the whole summer and comes back the next year! A fresh slice of bread with butter and fine chopped schnittlauch is suuper delicios ;D
Alternatives to Naschmarkt (just as good as a market, just less restaurants): Yppenmarkt, Brunnenmarkt, Karmelitermarkt, Rochusmarkt. Greetings from a viennese. Also Naschmarkt is usually more expensive than the others, but there are things you only get at Naschmarkt.
My Wife and i have travelled to Germany, Austria and Switzerland many times in the past. As i have aged i find it difficult to travel as i once did. I find your videos both informative and entertaining. I now live vicariously through your Videos. Thanks!
It’s lovely to hear that :) this channel is a labour of love and it’s always nice to hear that others find value in what we are doing. I hope you get to over and enjoy some more great beer and food! - do you have any places in Switzerland you’d recommend or remember most fondly? We still haven’t begun our series over there yet. But one day! Hopefully soon.
Viena is a hoot! The grounds of the Schonbrunn palace is a fun place to see. The tour of the palace is okay not great. The Hoffburg and Belvedere are probably better. And the food is great
Thank you for the consistently great videos. You both do such an awesome job, keep up the good work. I always look forward to watching. We just got back from our Eurotrip (including Vienna) last month. Would have loved to watch this prior to our trip as we missed a few spots you recommended. Cheers!
It never occured to me that people don't know Bärlauch. It is everywhere in the woods where I grew up, every restaurant has Bärlauch during the season. I personally don't like it but I get why people like it.
Yes! its so common here, but we definitely don't have it in the US or England. It's so cute to see all the kids and their grandparents collecting it every spring.
Please dont pick any plants or mushrooms unless you are absolutely sure, what it is. You probably know that, but not everybody is aware. Some plants are protected and illegal to pick and some have poisonous doppelänger (like Maiglöckchen for Bärlauch). Great video. If you ever make Schnitzel yourself, try cutting a potato to about 10mm thick slices, and treat it like a Schnitzel. Cover the potato with flour, then with egg yolk and then Semmelbrösel and fry it. We call it Grundbirnschnitzl, children love it, most vegetarians too and it's a nice fingerfood, when you're not quite full, but don't want another whole Schnitzel.
The salad at Figlmüller wasn't Bärlauch, it was "Vogerlsalat" (Feldsalat, lit. 'bird salad', valeriana locusta, sometimes also called lamb's lettuce, cornsalad or nut lettuce in Englisch). This is very different from Bärlauch, wich has a much more pungent, spicy flavor, compared to the earthy, grassy and nutty notes of Vogerlsalat (and the nutty flavor was probably amplified by the pumpkin seed oil too). Regarding the Sachertorte, and where to get a slice: basically everywhere _except_ Café Sacher :-) 1. it's actually not the original recipe (that one you'd get at Café Demel, where the inventor Eduard Sacher was working at the time), 2. they cater to an international market and ship their cakes worldwide, so they make it quite dry (to make it last longer and survive shipping), 3. it's insanely overpriced.
I didn't think the leaves were Bärlauch. They were definitely salad leaves. There was a garlic-y but herby taste in the potato salad, so i thought maybe it might be flavoured with Bärluach. interesting. We loved the cake at cafe Sacher, but that was almost five years ago, so maybe we have amore refined cake palate now. lol
The Oberlaa café chain that you can find all over Vienna has some wonderful cakes and also a great variety of confectionery. I've never seen anyone mention them, all UA-camrs are going on about Sacher or Demel which already overflow with tourists... Oberlaa is much cheaper and very high quality. The original Oberlaa café is actually situated on the city outskirts, next to the U1 metro station Oberlaa and the Therme Wien spa.
I will add it to the list. We want to return eventually to make a video rating as many cafes as possible! It's hard to discern which are actually good AND local. Thanks!
Nice video as always, thank you. I think I would love to visit vienna one day, and probably would look out for some "the third man" or other classic filming locations
Great video! You made me want to go to Demel and Cafe Central and compare their Sacher Torten 😄 I haven't been to either place in ages anyway, so it's about time!
Once we travelled in our rental car from Zurich to Lucerne Switzerland. I have a habit of turning on to roads not planned for, much to my wife`s dismay. I had a deal with her that we would drive for 1 mile, and if it did not turn into something interesting we would turn back. On our way to Lucerne and Interlaken i found such a road. We kept rising in elevation and the scenery grew more beautiful mile by mile. We got to the top and there was the small village of Fueli-Ranft. We found a Zimmer-Frei and stayed for 2 days. We could lie in bed and look out at the Alps. We have returned 1 more time to take in the Solitude and Alpine beauty.
Great videos covering Vienna, guys, I am happy that you had a good time. Your enthusiasm is contagious! As someone who has lived in Vienna for more than 20 years I totally agree with you that DEMEL's Sachertorte is one of the best in Vienna! I would never recommend queuing for either Hotel Sacher or Café Central. But since both locations are ranked high on international travel guides the queuing will continue! 😄
I totally agree. I didn’t even realise Cafe Central was so popular honestly. We never actually planned on going, we just walked by while filming the walking tour in our other video, there wasn’t a line, it looked pretty, and so off we went. I wouldn’t recommend waiting in line either, however, it is super pretty and so if that’s what you are looking for “conveniently located and pretty” then who am I to judge.
@@NearFromHome It's true, Café Central is a beautiful location in Palais Ferstel. You also showed the lovely Ferstel Shopping Passage in the other video and you should see the stunning ball room upstairs! It's gorgeous. Good for you that there was no line. Sometimes I pass there in mid-morning and guests are already queuing outside, no matter how the weather is. We made the observation though, that this phenomenon has a lot to do with the tiktok and Insta-hype. "Influencers" dictate many travellers' sightseeing plans.
@@inLmgb we will check it out next time! It is unfortunate, what TikTok and insta has done. There are so many other great cafes in Vienna. Cafe Sperl was by faaaar our favourite.
Very nice video! Just a small correction: What you got on top of your potato-salad was actually not Bärlauch but Vogerlsalat, in Germany it's called Feldsalat or Rapunzel - related to the fairy tale of the same name. Also it looks like the dressing was made with pumpkin oil :) Keep it up!
Thanks so much! Camille was suggesting that maybe there is Bärlauch chopped up in the potato salad, not that the greens on top are Bärlauch. I think she might have not been clear, because a lot of people have commented this.
When I was in Wien in 2019, I visited Cafe Landtmann near the University; I had a coffee that was very alcoholic, and a slice of Torte that was awesome. I visited the Cafe for a somewhat different reason: it's where Sigmund Freud routinely took his afternoon tea. The coffee was unforgettable, as was the Torte! The first restaurant looked familiar; was it the Plachutta's Gashof zur Oper?
Well the Einspänner is not supposed to be mixed. The cream is just to protect the black coffee beneath from the ambient air. The coffee is actually supposed to be drunken black through the cream cap so that the sealing stays intact..and in your mouth you then got foremost black coffee with just a little tiny bit of cream. Originally that was the traditional horse carriage driver´s "coffee to go" and was drunken at the coach box filled in the carriage driver´s own jug/glass with handle (they used it for coffee, wine, beer, water and Schnaps...by the way a "Einspänner" coffee + a shot of cherry rum is then called "Fiaker" instead which was the carriage driver´s "Winter coffee to go")...That´s why it isn´t served in a cup but in a glass with handle. And because the carriage drivers were always busy the coffee got the cream cap because they had to drive their carriages with both hands on the ribbons so the coffee was put down beside while driving and the cream cap therefore had solely the purpose to keep the coffee hot while they had to drive their customers. from A to B. By the way "Einspänner" actually means "one horse carriage"...a "two horse carriage" is "Zweispänner" and a "4 horse carriage" is "Vierspänner" and so on. By the way the "Viennese Melange" is not like a Cappuchino ..the Cappuchino is like the Viennese Melange...the Melange is way older than the Italian Cappuchino. And actually the Cappuchino has its origin in Vienna as well, at least "the concept".. Originally it was brought to Italy by the Austrian soldiers stationed in Northern Italy as the region was still part of the Austrian Empire. BUT originally it was back then a "Mocha with cream + chocolate sprinkles" and is still served in Vienna in the traditional Coffee houses with the Original name "Kapuziner" in that way.. After Northern Italy got lost the Italians changed the recipe but not the concept and meanwhile the Espresso machine was invented as well so it became in Italy an espresso instead of the mocha and instead of cream it got the milk foam as like the Melange + instead of Chocolate sprinkles they started to use cacao powder which makes all in all the making a bit cheaper and faster due to the espresso machine and due to sparing cream + chocolate but using "substitutes" instead.
@@_introvertlife3692 I know :) I live in Munich. My channel is based in Bavaria, and the gravy schnitzel I’m referencing in particular is from a previous video about my favourite local restaurant. You should check it out if you want to see the gravy crimes in action for yourself. They truly are horrifying. But so so tasty.
You always pride yourself on doing the non-touristy stuff so next time you'll have to try Schnitzelwirt. They serve the best schnitzel ever. I went to Drei Mühlen on your recommendation and Schnitzelwirt is even better, although having a cold Augustinerbräu tapped from a wooden fass is something special indeed. Cafe Sperl is one of our favorites. A certain Austro-German leader who also spent a lot of time in Munich was known to frequent the establishment. We always spend a lot of time at Cafe Ritter as it's close to our favorite bargain hotel, the K&T Boardinghouse (an unfortunate name for a nice place). You were a little harsh on the Naschmarkt. It was always busy when we visited but not obnoxiously so. It's a good place to score some nice paprika for goulasch. Did you notice all the Jugundstil buildings nearby? Camille likes cemeteries and dark themes so she'd enjoy the Kaisergruft.
Thanks! :) Idk if we necessarily don't non-touristy stuff. We just don't ever want to blindly feature an activity just because it's the thing to do. Will go to Schnitzelwirt and Cafe Ritter next time next time! We wanted to go to the Kaisergruft, but didn't have time. :O We also didn't like that the Naschmarkt was narrow and wedged between two busy roads. As far as European markets go, we just found it disappointing.
If you want to visit a proper market and not a tourist attraction you have to check out other markets. Brunnenmarkt for example or different weekly markets - where you would actually get local produce.
Is the produce at Naschmarkt not local?? We were mostly annoyed that is was so crowded an between two busy roads. We want to go back for some daytrips, so we will check out the Brunnenmarkt. Thanks!
Thanks for the video - so many ideas for my trip in Sept. I thought you might have gone for a beer or coffee at The Gloriette at Schonbrunn, just to feel a bit special (or is that a bit too cliched?)
Ah, I’m not above a bit of mainstream :) this video has plenty of it! But I’m not big into palaces and they don’t like you filming inside so I just skipped the whole thing instead to go wandering through the woods for some bärlauch, lol.
Check out Lindau and Bregenz my friend if you havent yet. You are missing something. Take the swiss eurocity-train from Munich to Zürich and you are there in less than 2 hours. Just book a couple of days in advance and its less than 30€ one way. The DB train is way less comfortable, stops everywhere and is almost 1 hour slower. Now its going to be summer and thats the season to visit lake constance (Bodensee).
@@NearFromHomei dont even know about that. But there is the flower island all year round. A very famous tourist and local attraction. But its like 25 bucks to enter or something. Its near the city of constance on the other side of the lake. You get there with the quick car ferry from Meersburg which is also a nice city. Thats more the middle to west area of the lake and a bit longer drive from Munich. I think it might be a bit complicated to go there by train since most trains only go to Friedrichshafen and you have to change trains in Lindau even to go there. There might be a connection to Meersburg from Friedrichshafen but im not sure. To go to constance directly by train you have to go through swizerland or all around the lake in germany. So you should take the ferry in general. I mean you could also take a boat ride over the lake but it takes hours to go there from Lindau. From Friedrichshafen which is on of the bigger cities at the lake it might be shorter. Lindau is like 2 hrs train (swiss Eurocity) or 90 min by Autobahn plus the stretch in munich to the Autobahn. Its the one that goes strait west from Munich. And from Lindau its like 20-30 min per train to Friedrichshafen. But you might also want to go to Bregenz in Austria, 5km from Lindau. There is a mountain with a cable car from which you get a stunning look over the lake. And if the air is really clear you might even be able to see the lake to a distance like Constance from up there but its very small on the horizon. This is the east coast and also the side with the best sundown.
It's so funny that you got the "dictionary definition" of a perfect Austrian Schnitzel so wrong!! 😃 What you had there was a flounder of a thinly pounded pork Schnitzel "Viennese Style" with "adhering breading". Figlmüller makes good business with it just because it's so big that it is overlapping the plate. Once it made it's way to the top of tripadvisor (by praise of mostly American tourists), it was destined to have long lines queuing for a taste of it. I am glad you were happy with this Schnitzel though, and it surely isn't bad, don't get me wrong. But even a perfect pork Schnitzel "Viennese Style" looks different, the meat pounded slightly less thin, therefore juicier, well seasoned and covered in a cloud of golden breading. Yes, the breading should not totally adhere but lift off the meat, since the perfect Schnitzel was swimming in a pan of clarified butter, swirled around with love... hmmm!! 😘That's the art of making perfect Wiener Schnitzel, be it made of veal (as the original should be), of pork, chicken or turkey. (And yeah, sorry, no gravy to go with it 😏but you can surly order some on the side if you want to). I would love for you to try some other old Viennese restaurants when you return!
One day I’ll learn my lesson to stop showing people myself eating Schnitzel 😂 No topic in my entire channels history has been so contentious. lol. This trip to Vienna in all honesty though was merely to tick all the big boxes, we will most definitely returning and in those trips I expect to actually dive off the beaten path. If you have any recommendations I am all ears!
@@NearFromHome Oh, I know that the perfect preparation and looks of Schnitzel are very controversial! 😂 It may only be topped by the endless discussions on how to make the best Kaesespaetzle (the famous little cheese dumplings). It seems like wars could be fought between Austrians (Western part) and Southern Germans, all claiming to have the one and only winning recipe! 😜 Let's just say there are many variations of schnitzel, but the "original Viennese Schnitzel" has to be made of veal and be covered in gorgeous golden breading.
@@NearFromHome There are some really nice old restaurants ("Wirtshaus" or "Beisl" in German) where we often enjoy traditional cuisine and great ambiance. For example "Zu den 3 Hacken" or "Kaffee Alt Wien" in the first district (both almost a must), "Gmoakeller" near Schwarzenbergplatz, Gasthaus Gruenauer in the 7th district, or Gasthaus Rebhuhn in the 9th district. The latter is situated next to a lovely little quarter with almost French flair and a nice range of restaurants and cafes, called "Servitenviertel". Definitely worth a visit and only a short walk or tram ride from the first district.
Did you have an opportunity to try the Pork Knuckles and unique beer at the Schweizerhaus Beer Garden . It is located at Prater Park. My wife and I accompanied our friend, living in Vienna, to honor one of our friends that paased during our visit. Also Trzesniewski , a small street Finger Sandwich restaurant about 1 City Block from St. Stephen's Cathedral 18:2418:24 .
We did not! Camille doesn't eat meat, and Ben doesn't love pork, so idk if we will be eating pork knuckle on the channel. We did miss out on beer, so when we return, we will check out the beer garden and sandwhich place.
Hey Ben & Camille! That was a cool tour through the (well known) inner districts of vienna! Can´t wait for you to explore more of my favorite austrian city.
hate to be "that guy" but just as a warning to other vegeterians trying the "Kartoffelsalat" (Potato Salad) - Most traditional potato salads (and including the "official recipe" for figlmüllers version) call for "beef broth", making them obviously not vegetarian. I'm not sure what they serve in the restaurant though.
Sorry, but the breading should not stick to the meat and be puffy. Foreigners always get it wrong. Ahhh, no sauce. That's German and Vienna isn't in Germany. She really craves real meat. You should go to Meissl und Schadn to get a real schnitzel. Want Sacher Torte? Go to Café Sacher Wien. Where else?
I wish! Unfortunately that’s all we had time for in Vienna. However, I am currently sitting outside the best brewery Nürnberg with a flight of three unique beers that I’m about to film for an upcoming video :)
Shhhh! Don’t tell them that Gayle, the Austrians take their schnitzel so seriously! I’ve gotten so much flack over the years for saying I like my schnitzel in Munich with gravy and they will never leave me alone! We must be careful with our accurate yet polarising schnitzel opinions.
Naschmarkt--->nogo area. Its a trap. For tourists. Nothing else. More interessting Brunnenmarkt. Schnitzel-->eat your gravy horror Schnitzel in Germany, where there is no understanding, what that dish is about. The coating wouldt be considered perfect if it makes big airpockets away from the meat, wich is accomplished by souffleing the piece in hot Butterschmalz all the time. And not throwing it in the fryer. The salad topping is lambsears salad with pumpkinseedoil and not Bärlauch. Real Viennese food is something different than what you expect, wich would be Fiakergulasch, Beuschel and Tafelspitz and other really tasty things. But for that you need to find good restaurants and not trust tripadvisor or whatever you use. How about find someone from Vienna and ask them?? Is that so absurd? Also....as someone already mentioned: No Sacher, no Sperl ect. Tourist Traps. Nothing else. Kurkonditorei Oberlaa. Thank me later.
@@NearFromHome Why wouldt I do that? To contribute to more overtourism? If you want to explore a city, do it. Make contact with the locals. What you are doing, is just feed the tourist trolls. No thanks. But thanks from the Tourist Traps and YT. Well done.
Bärlauch, or bear's or wild garlic, is a very seasonal thing in early spring. It's great for pesto, mix it with cream cheese and stuff a Cordon Bleu with it, make a creamy soup, lots of options.
However, what you've had on your potato salad at Figlmüller was Vogerlsalat, field salad, dressed with pumpkin seed oil. Equally tasty, but something completely different :)
Maybe they meant it was seasoned with Bärlauch. They picked some leaves, so they clearly know it looks different than Vogerlsalat.
OK, my taste buds are not he sharpest, but I definitely tasted something garlic-y but also herby.
@@NearFromHome yes, that would be the field salad. It's also called lamb's lettuce or nut lettuce in English (hinting at the nutty flavor you mentioned, albeit that also comes from the pumpkin seed oil).
Bärlauch has a much more garlic-y, pungent flavor.
@@NearFromHome what you tastet was schnittlauch. Bärlauch is short seasonal and grows mostly only in the woods, but schnittlauch ypu could plant at home and it grows the whole summer and comes back the next year! A fresh slice of bread with butter and fine chopped schnittlauch is suuper delicios ;D
Alternatives to Naschmarkt (just as good as a market, just less restaurants): Yppenmarkt, Brunnenmarkt, Karmelitermarkt, Rochusmarkt. Greetings from a viennese. Also Naschmarkt is usually more expensive than the others, but there are things you only get at Naschmarkt.
Thanks so much! We will eventually return, so we'll check those markets out!
My Wife and i have travelled to Germany, Austria and Switzerland many times in the past. As i have aged i find it difficult to travel as i once did. I find your videos both informative and entertaining.
I now live vicariously through your Videos. Thanks!
It’s lovely to hear that :) this channel is a labour of love and it’s always nice to hear that others find value in what we are doing. I hope you get to over and enjoy some more great beer and food! - do you have any places in Switzerland you’d recommend or remember most fondly? We still haven’t begun our series over there yet. But one day! Hopefully soon.
Useful, thanks. Will be in Vienna in a few weeks.
Thanks for watching!
Viena is a hoot! The grounds of the Schonbrunn palace is a fun place to see. The tour of the palace is okay not great. The Hoffburg and Belvedere are probably better. And the food is great
We visited Schönbrunn and did a tour. We really liked it! We need to see more of the palaces next time!
Thank you for the consistently great videos. You both do such an awesome job, keep up the good work. I always look forward to watching. We just got back from our Eurotrip (including Vienna) last month. Would have loved to watch this prior to our trip as we missed a few spots you recommended. Cheers!
Thanks so much! That really means a lot :) There's always next time!
It never occured to me that people don't know Bärlauch. It is everywhere in the woods where I grew up, every restaurant has Bärlauch during the season. I personally don't like it but I get why people like it.
Yes! its so common here, but we definitely don't have it in the US or England. It's so cute to see all the kids and their grandparents collecting it every spring.
Please dont pick any plants or mushrooms unless you are absolutely sure, what it is. You probably know that, but not everybody is aware. Some plants are protected and illegal to pick and some have poisonous doppelänger (like Maiglöckchen for Bärlauch). Great video.
If you ever make Schnitzel yourself, try cutting a potato to about 10mm thick slices, and treat it like a Schnitzel. Cover the potato with flour, then with egg yolk and then Semmelbrösel and fry it.
We call it Grundbirnschnitzl, children love it, most vegetarians too and it's a nice fingerfood, when you're not quite full, but don't want another whole Schnitzel.
Yes, we would never go foraging without a guide.
Will try the veggie schnitzel. That sounds good!
The salad at Figlmüller wasn't Bärlauch, it was "Vogerlsalat" (Feldsalat, lit. 'bird salad', valeriana locusta, sometimes also called lamb's lettuce, cornsalad or nut lettuce in Englisch).
This is very different from Bärlauch, wich has a much more pungent, spicy flavor, compared to the earthy, grassy and nutty notes of Vogerlsalat (and the nutty flavor was probably amplified by the pumpkin seed oil too).
Regarding the Sachertorte, and where to get a slice: basically everywhere _except_ Café Sacher :-)
1. it's actually not the original recipe (that one you'd get at Café Demel, where the inventor Eduard Sacher was working at the time), 2. they cater to an international market and ship their cakes worldwide, so they make it quite dry (to make it last longer and survive shipping), 3. it's insanely overpriced.
I didn't think the leaves were Bärlauch. They were definitely salad leaves. There was a garlic-y but herby taste in the potato salad, so i thought maybe it might be flavoured with Bärluach.
interesting. We loved the cake at cafe Sacher, but that was almost five years ago, so maybe we have amore refined cake palate now. lol
The Oberlaa café chain that you can find all over Vienna has some wonderful cakes and also a great variety of confectionery. I've never seen anyone mention them, all UA-camrs are going on about Sacher or Demel which already overflow with tourists... Oberlaa is much cheaper and very high quality. The original Oberlaa café is actually situated on the city outskirts, next to the U1 metro station Oberlaa and the Therme Wien spa.
I will add it to the list. We want to return eventually to make a video rating as many cafes as possible! It's hard to discern which are actually good AND local. Thanks!
Nice video as always, thank you. I think I would love to visit vienna one day, and probably would look out for some "the third man" or other classic filming locations
:) Thanks
Finding filming locations is always really fun.
Great video! You made me want to go to Demel and Cafe Central and compare their Sacher Torten 😄 I haven't been to either place in ages anyway, so it's about time!
Hahahah what a great excuse to eat cake ;)
Once we travelled in our rental car from Zurich to Lucerne Switzerland. I have a habit of turning on to roads not planned for, much to my wife`s dismay. I had a deal with her that we would drive for 1 mile, and if it did not turn into something interesting we would turn back. On our way to Lucerne and Interlaken i found such a road. We kept rising in elevation and the scenery grew more beautiful mile by mile. We got to the top and there was the small village of Fueli-Ranft. We found a Zimmer-Frei and stayed for 2 days. We could lie in bed and look out at the Alps. We have returned 1 more time to take in the Solitude and Alpine beauty.
so cute! I love finding hidden gems by accident!
Great videos covering Vienna, guys, I am happy that you had a good time. Your enthusiasm is contagious!
As someone who has lived in Vienna for more than 20 years I totally agree with you that DEMEL's Sachertorte is one of the best in Vienna!
I would never recommend queuing for either Hotel Sacher or Café Central. But since both locations are ranked high on international travel guides the queuing will continue! 😄
I totally agree. I didn’t even realise Cafe Central was so popular honestly. We never actually planned on going, we just walked by while filming the walking tour in our other video, there wasn’t a line, it looked pretty, and so off we went. I wouldn’t recommend waiting in line either, however, it is super pretty and so if that’s what you are looking for “conveniently located and pretty” then who am I to judge.
@@NearFromHome It's true, Café Central is a beautiful location in Palais Ferstel. You also showed the lovely Ferstel Shopping Passage in the other video and you should see the stunning ball room upstairs! It's gorgeous.
Good for you that there was no line. Sometimes I pass there in mid-morning and guests are already queuing outside, no matter how the weather is. We made the observation though, that this phenomenon has a lot to do with the tiktok and Insta-hype. "Influencers" dictate many travellers' sightseeing plans.
@@inLmgb we will check it out next time!
It is unfortunate, what TikTok and insta has done. There are so many other great cafes in Vienna. Cafe Sperl was by faaaar our favourite.
Very nice video! Just a small correction: What you got on top of your potato-salad was actually not Bärlauch but Vogerlsalat, in Germany it's called Feldsalat or Rapunzel - related to the fairy tale of the same name. Also it looks like the dressing was made with pumpkin oil :) Keep it up!
Thanks so much! Camille was suggesting that maybe there is Bärlauch chopped up in the potato salad, not that the greens on top are Bärlauch. I think she might have not been clear, because a lot of people have commented this.
When I was in Wien in 2019, I visited Cafe Landtmann near the University; I had a coffee that was very alcoholic, and a slice of Torte that was awesome. I visited the Cafe for a somewhat different reason: it's where Sigmund Freud routinely took his afternoon tea. The coffee was unforgettable, as was the Torte! The first restaurant looked familiar; was it the Plachutta's Gashof zur Oper?
Cool!
The first restaurant is Figlmüller!
Well the Einspänner is not supposed to be mixed.
The cream is just to protect the black coffee beneath from the ambient air. The coffee is actually supposed to be drunken black through the cream cap so that the sealing stays intact..and in your mouth you then got foremost black coffee with just a little tiny bit of cream.
Originally that was the traditional horse carriage driver´s "coffee to go" and was drunken at the coach box filled in the carriage driver´s own jug/glass with handle (they used it for coffee, wine, beer, water and Schnaps...by the way a "Einspänner" coffee + a shot of cherry rum is then called "Fiaker" instead which was the carriage driver´s "Winter coffee to go")...That´s why it isn´t served in a cup but in a glass with handle.
And because the carriage drivers were always busy the coffee got the cream cap because they had to drive their carriages with both hands on the ribbons so the coffee was put down beside while driving and the cream cap therefore had solely the purpose to keep the coffee hot while they had to drive their customers. from A to B.
By the way "Einspänner" actually means "one horse carriage"...a "two horse carriage" is "Zweispänner" and a "4 horse carriage" is "Vierspänner" and so on.
By the way the "Viennese Melange" is not like a Cappuchino ..the Cappuchino is like the Viennese Melange...the Melange is way older than the Italian Cappuchino.
And actually the Cappuchino has its origin in Vienna as well, at least "the concept"..
Originally it was brought to Italy by the Austrian soldiers stationed in Northern Italy as the region was still part of the Austrian Empire.
BUT originally it was back then a "Mocha with cream + chocolate sprinkles" and is still served in Vienna in the traditional Coffee houses with the Original name "Kapuziner" in that way..
After Northern Italy got lost the Italians changed the recipe but not the concept and meanwhile the Espresso machine was invented as well so it became in Italy an espresso instead of the mocha and instead of cream it got the milk foam as like the Melange + instead of Chocolate sprinkles they started to use cacao powder which makes all in all the making a bit cheaper and faster due to the espresso machine and due to sparing cream + chocolate but using "substitutes" instead.
Well those carriage drivers much have not had beards! Or cameras to film them :)
Guys want CRISPY schnitzel but also want GRAVY.
I f*cking can‘t.
No. I said Austrians want crispy schnitzel. I want gravy. Which is why I’ve gotten hell in the comments, lol.
@@NearFromHome then you should travel to germany there they do the incriminating gravy thing
@@_introvertlife3692 I know :) I live in Munich. My channel is based in Bavaria, and the gravy schnitzel I’m referencing in particular is from a previous video about my favourite local restaurant. You should check it out if you want to see the gravy crimes in action for yourself. They truly are horrifying. But so so tasty.
@@_introvertlife3692 gravy on schnitzel in Austria is one of the biggest crimes someone can commit. It’s a big NO go here.
@ des was i eh
When we were in Vienna we had the Torte at the Sacher Hotel. Surprised you did not mention it!
It's hard to decide what to mention and what to leave out. The videos are already y little one :)
You always pride yourself on doing the non-touristy stuff so next time you'll have to try Schnitzelwirt. They serve the best schnitzel ever. I went to Drei Mühlen on your recommendation and Schnitzelwirt is even better, although having a cold Augustinerbräu tapped from a wooden fass is something special indeed.
Cafe Sperl is one of our favorites. A certain Austro-German leader who also spent a lot of time in Munich was known to frequent the establishment. We always spend a lot of time at Cafe Ritter as it's close to our favorite bargain hotel, the K&T Boardinghouse (an unfortunate name for a nice place).
You were a little harsh on the Naschmarkt. It was always busy when we visited but not obnoxiously so. It's a good place to score some nice paprika for goulasch. Did you notice all the Jugundstil buildings nearby?
Camille likes cemeteries and dark themes so she'd enjoy the Kaisergruft.
Thanks! :) Idk if we necessarily don't non-touristy stuff. We just don't ever want to blindly feature an activity just because it's the thing to do.
Will go to Schnitzelwirt and Cafe Ritter next time next time! We wanted to go to the Kaisergruft, but didn't have time. :O
We also didn't like that the Naschmarkt was narrow and wedged between two busy roads. As far as European markets go, we just found it disappointing.
If you want to visit a proper market and not a tourist attraction you have to check out other markets. Brunnenmarkt for example or different weekly markets - where you would actually get local produce.
Is the produce at Naschmarkt not local?? We were mostly annoyed that is was so crowded an between two busy roads.
We want to go back for some daytrips, so we will check out the Brunnenmarkt. Thanks!
@@NearFromHome not really local in today anymore. The fruit and vegetable vendors get it mostly from outside of the country.
Murren Switzerland which can only be reached by Cable Car has unforgettable Mountain views!
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Thanks for the video - so many ideas for my trip in Sept. I thought you might have gone for a beer or coffee at The Gloriette at Schonbrunn, just to feel a bit special (or is that a bit too cliched?)
Ah, I’m not above a bit of mainstream :) this video has plenty of it! But I’m not big into palaces and they don’t like you filming inside so I just skipped the whole thing instead to go wandering through the woods for some bärlauch, lol.
Check out Lindau and Bregenz my friend if you havent yet. You are missing something. Take the swiss eurocity-train from Munich to Zürich and you are there in less than 2 hours. Just book a couple of days in advance and its less than 30€ one way. The DB train is way less comfortable, stops everywhere and is almost 1 hour slower. Now its going to be summer and thats the season to visit lake constance (Bodensee).
Yes! we have been wanting to visit Lindau for some time! There is a flower festival on Lake Constanz we are especially interested in. :)
@@NearFromHomei dont even know about that. But there is the flower island all year round. A very famous tourist and local attraction. But its like 25 bucks to enter or something. Its near the city of constance on the other side of the lake. You get there with the quick car ferry from Meersburg which is also a nice city. Thats more the middle to west area of the lake and a bit longer drive from Munich.
I think it might be a bit complicated to go there by train since most trains only go to Friedrichshafen and you have to change trains in Lindau even to go there. There might be a connection to Meersburg from Friedrichshafen but im not sure. To go to constance directly by train you have to go through swizerland or all around the lake in germany. So you should take the ferry in general. I mean you could also take a boat ride over the lake but it takes hours to go there from Lindau. From Friedrichshafen which is on of the bigger cities at the lake it might be shorter.
Lindau is like 2 hrs train (swiss Eurocity) or 90 min by Autobahn plus the stretch in munich to the Autobahn. Its the one that goes strait west from Munich. And from Lindau its like 20-30 min per train to Friedrichshafen.
But you might also want to go to Bregenz in Austria, 5km from Lindau. There is a mountain with a cable car from which you get a stunning look over the lake. And if the air is really clear you might even be able to see the lake to a distance like Constance from up there but its very small on the horizon. This is the east coast and also the side with the best sundown.
It's so funny that you got the "dictionary definition" of a perfect Austrian Schnitzel so wrong!! 😃
What you had there was a flounder of a thinly pounded pork Schnitzel "Viennese Style" with "adhering breading". Figlmüller makes good business with it just because it's so big that it is overlapping the plate. Once it made it's way to the top of tripadvisor (by praise of mostly American tourists), it was destined to have long lines queuing for a taste of it. I am glad you were happy with this Schnitzel though, and it surely isn't bad, don't get me wrong.
But even a perfect pork Schnitzel "Viennese Style" looks different, the meat pounded slightly less thin, therefore juicier, well seasoned and covered in a cloud of golden breading. Yes, the breading should not totally adhere but lift off the meat, since the perfect Schnitzel was swimming in a pan of clarified butter, swirled around with love... hmmm!! 😘That's the art of making perfect Wiener Schnitzel, be it made of veal (as the original should be), of pork, chicken or turkey. (And yeah, sorry, no gravy to go with it 😏but you can surly order some on the side if you want to).
I would love for you to try some other old Viennese restaurants when you return!
One day I’ll learn my lesson to stop showing people myself eating Schnitzel 😂 No topic in my entire channels history has been so contentious. lol. This trip to Vienna in all honesty though was merely to tick all the big boxes, we will most definitely returning and in those trips I expect to actually dive off the beaten path. If you have any recommendations I am all ears!
@@NearFromHome Oh, I know that the perfect preparation and looks of Schnitzel are very controversial! 😂 It may only be topped by the endless discussions on how to make the best Kaesespaetzle (the famous little cheese dumplings). It seems like wars could be fought between Austrians (Western part) and Southern Germans, all claiming to have the one and only winning recipe! 😜
Let's just say there are many variations of schnitzel, but the "original Viennese Schnitzel" has to be made of veal and be covered in gorgeous golden breading.
@@NearFromHome There are some really nice old restaurants ("Wirtshaus" or "Beisl" in German) where we often enjoy traditional cuisine and great ambiance. For example "Zu den 3 Hacken" or "Kaffee Alt Wien" in the first district (both almost a must), "Gmoakeller" near Schwarzenbergplatz, Gasthaus Gruenauer in the 7th district, or Gasthaus Rebhuhn in the 9th district. The latter is situated next to a lovely little quarter with almost French flair and a nice range of restaurants and cafes, called "Servitenviertel". Definitely worth a visit and only a short walk or tram ride from the first district.
@@inLmgb thank you! :D
@@betlamed lol
Did you have an opportunity to try the Pork Knuckles and unique beer at the Schweizerhaus Beer Garden . It is located at Prater Park. My wife and I accompanied our friend, living in Vienna, to honor one of our friends that paased during our visit. Also Trzesniewski
, a small street Finger Sandwich restaurant about 1 City Block from St. Stephen's Cathedral 18:24 18:24 .
We did not! Camille doesn't eat meat, and Ben doesn't love pork, so idk if we will be eating pork knuckle on the channel. We did miss out on beer, so when we return, we will check out the beer garden and sandwhich place.
Hey Ben & Camille!
That was a cool tour through the (well known) inner districts of vienna! Can´t wait for you to explore more of my favorite austrian city.
Thanks! We want to go back and do that and some day trips around the city .)
hate to be "that guy" but just as a warning to other vegeterians trying the "Kartoffelsalat" (Potato Salad) - Most traditional potato salads (and including the "official recipe" for figlmüllers version) call for "beef broth", making them obviously not vegetarian. I'm not sure what they serve in the restaurant though.
I did not know that! I'll check next time. Thanks!
Sorry, but the breading should not stick to the meat and be puffy. Foreigners always get it wrong. Ahhh, no sauce. That's German and Vienna isn't in Germany. She really craves real meat. You should go to Meissl und Schadn to get a real schnitzel. Want Sacher Torte? Go to Café Sacher Wien. Where else?
Next video will be about beer in Vienna 😅
Maybe next time! 😎
I wish! Unfortunately that’s all we had time for in Vienna. However, I am currently sitting outside the best brewery Nürnberg with a flight of three unique beers that I’m about to film for an upcoming video :)
Had the schnitzel when I was there in Aug 2023. I was disappointed but the potato salad was great! The schnitzel in Bavaria was so much better.
Shhhh! Don’t tell them that Gayle, the Austrians take their schnitzel so seriously! I’ve gotten so much flack over the years for saying I like my schnitzel in Munich with gravy and they will never leave me alone! We must be careful with our accurate yet polarising schnitzel opinions.
@@NearFromHomeRight, im vegan and haven’t eaten a schnitzel since I was about ten. But still as Austrian I do feel offended 😂
@@llleiea hahahahahahah
And that's why you don't wanna have a vegetarian around you when you wanna enjoy something...
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gotta be careful when picking bärlauch to not pick a similar looking poisonous plant which starts growing a bit after bärlauch does. ;)
Will do! We have actually never harvested it. Every year I say I will make time for it, but never do.
Naschmarkt--->nogo area. Its a trap. For tourists. Nothing else. More interessting Brunnenmarkt. Schnitzel-->eat your gravy horror Schnitzel in Germany, where there is no understanding, what that dish is about. The coating wouldt be considered perfect if it makes big airpockets away from the meat, wich is accomplished by souffleing the piece in hot Butterschmalz all the time. And not throwing it in the fryer. The salad topping is lambsears salad with pumpkinseedoil and not Bärlauch. Real Viennese food is something different than what you expect, wich would be Fiakergulasch, Beuschel and Tafelspitz and other really tasty things. But for that you need to find good restaurants and not trust tripadvisor or whatever you use. How about find someone from Vienna and ask them?? Is that so absurd? Also....as someone already mentioned: No Sacher, no Sperl ect. Tourist Traps. Nothing else. Kurkonditorei Oberlaa. Thank me later.
A little derogatory for someone who didn’t offer any restaurant recommendations themselves ;)
@@NearFromHome Why wouldt I do that? To contribute to more overtourism? If you want to explore a city, do it. Make contact with the locals. What you are doing, is just feed the tourist trolls. No thanks. But thanks from the Tourist Traps and YT. Well done.