Time for Leavenworth!

Guten Tag!!

It is Autumn and the evenings tend to get chilly quickly. It is the season for eating tantalizing Bavarian food and listening to happy German Christmas music!! Spending Winter in Germany would be an amazing experience, but not everyone can afford for it. However, if you can experience an incredible get-away or want to feel as you have gone to Germany, you can do that in Washington state. Do you want to enjoy a little Germany adventure here in Washington? I am going to introduce you a day trip to the town called Leavenworth, two hours car ride from Seattle, also known as “German Village”.

Leavenworth, is a fascinating Bavarian village in Washington. If you want to take a break from the blue, cold, and wet weather of Seattle, take a beautiful two hours drive towards east through the mountains to Leavenworth. This German Village located between mountains has nicer weather than Seattle. In this town, you do not even feel you are in the U.S. 

There are a lot of pastry and bakeries along with many German restaurants and beer gardens. There is the one authentic German bakery called Bavarian Bakery. This bakery is run by German owner who is also known as a great baker. There is always a big line of people who want to try real German bread.  During Christmas time, their Christmas tree is decorated with their original pretzels. This bakery is also doing delivery service, therefore, many people in Seattle area can enjoy real German taste.

Bis Dann!

Randy

Hast du Hunger?? Come to Schultzy's!!

Hallo!

So today I took a nice little walk to the restaurant Shultzy's! This restaurant is located on the Ave in University District! The big double doors and great lighting make this restaurant a cozy, friendly, and great place to eat!

There was great decoration of flags and wonderful beer steins all around! The big wooden seating made it feel more like an authentic Bavarian restaurant. The menu itself offered a diverse set of beer, food, and lots of vegetarian options. I ordered a bratwurst sandwich. It was one of Shultzy's number one sellers! It came with delicious grilled sauerkraut and onions on a nice sausage roll! The sides included awesome french fries (which didn't need any ketchup!) and a nice house made coleslaw! Overall I would rate this restaurant 5 bratwurst out of 5!

Now, you may be wondering what do German restaurants in Seattle have to do with anything? Well, this blog will be about German culture in Seattle and general info on German culture. It can be used as a resource for anyone wanting to travel to Germany someday! If you're not sure about what German food is or if you like it or not, you can use my blog as a guide and help you get a feel for what German food is and how it differs from America!

In our German class we have been talking about multicultural Germany and how it works in today's times. From our discussions we have found out that there have been many fads in Germany that came from elsewhere. For example, Currywurst is a German Bratwurst with curry on it that started out from the Turkish people. And if you ever travel to Berlin you will have to try Donners. Delicious meat sandwiches that are also from Turkey but popularized in Germany.

So what does this have to do with Shultzy's? Well some German food has become very popularized in America. The Hamburger is probably something Americans make on a daily basis and originally started off from Hamburg, Germany. So with this blog I hope to show the transatlantic connection between Germany and America not only through the hearts of the people, but more importantly, the stomach!

Danke und bis bald!
Randy

Beer, Brats, und BRATZ!

Guten Tag!

Hey everyone! So my name is Randy Siebert and I will be blogging every Wednesday about great German restaurants in the Seattle area! Many Americans share a connection with Germany. Many of us have a heritage that includes German decent. And with my food adventures I hope to show you the delicious connection between the U.S.A and Germany. We might be an ocean away from each other, but we all enjoy great food!

So the plan is to go and try a new German restaurant every Wednesday! And hopefully by the last post, I will be able to rank all of the restaurants I tried from best to not so good.

This week I decided to choose something a little more local to the University of Washington. I had heard good things about "Bratz" German restaurant and thought now was the time to try! Located on 50th & Brooklyn, Bratz was a little far and not in the best location. But what it lacked in location, it made up for in food! I ordered a delicious Curry Wurst with Pommes (French Fries). The sausage was cooked perfectly and there was just the right amount of curry! It brought me back to the delightful afternoons in Berlin stopping by the little Curry Wurst stands and enjoying a nice Berlin Curry Wurst. Bratz had a nice and very authentic seating available. Petite German flags on every table with a colorful poster of Pilsner Beer and a wide selection of different German music playing in the background. I would give Bratz 3.5 Bratwurst out of 5! Great German food with a wonderful atmostphere. Go check it out!





*The rating system consists of Bratwurst in place of stars. The best a restaurant can get is 5 Bratwursts, while the worst would be zero.

Tchüß!
Randy