Question for foodies!

I'd consult a serious food book, like the Michelin Red Guide. Michelin is most famous for its star system (which only goes up to three by the way) but the guide includes "value" places as well, and they are both affordable and good picks.

We had a great lunch at Palais des Anges in Colmar.

The places you list, except one (Colmar), are in Germany, so they would be covered by the Red Guide to Germany.

Michelin also has a website that lists recommended restaurants. Try that, it's free:

http://www.viamichelin.com

You should understand that most of the places recommended by Michelin will not be cheap, especially in France. It's easy to spend 50 Euros or more at a recommended restaurant in the "good value" category, and a 3-star will set you back 100 Euros or more.

Tyler my man, that is exactly why I posted the question on here. I can easily look up sites on the web or scour the various guidebooks. And I have done just that. And I know too well that price doesn't equal quality, even in France. What I want is the hole in the wall place that someone stumbled upon and had a fantastic time. If someone asked me for my favorite meal in Hanau, Germany I would tell them about a little Italian restaurant on Lamboystrasse and suggest the tortellini carbonara, or for a late night snack in Nuremberg I would suggest the gyro stand near Jakobplatz. Oh, and Grier, this is the second time you have recommeded Palais des Anges in Colmar. I will absolutely try it!

Tyler, I lived for several months in Salzburg, and I seem to remember it being in Austria, not Germany. That being said, I can't help much with a restaurant recommendation since I lived with a family when I lived there and almost never ate out. One place that I did love, though, was called Cafe Hartl, on the street behind the post office. They had the very best pizza in town, to an American college student.

Nancy, is that on Georg Kropp Straße?

Rob, I'm not sure I'm a foodie and I hope you're not disappointed in Palais des Anges but we had a wonderful simple lunch of quiche or omelet and salad. The gruyere omelet was to die for. Simple food done well. Enjoy!

"The gruyere omelet was to die for. Simple food done well."

Is exactly what I'm looking for! Thanks.

Ummm, maybe. I can't remember the name of the street - it's been too long. But it was a tiny cafe that you had to walk down a couple of steps from street level to get to. They only had a few varieties (you didn't choose your various toppings, like you do here), but it was wonderful.

In Salzburg there is a little restaurant called St Paul's on the Fortress side of the old town. The backhendl mit kartoffelsalat und preiselbeeren (fried chicken with potato salad and berry preserves of all things!) was the best meal I've eaten this year. Seriously, it was spectacular. My wife loved everything she ordered as well.

Wash it down with a Steigl Radler Putigamer (refreshing, not heavy beer mix). Menu is only in German, but the most expensive item was about 14 Euros.

Pete

Also, make sure you hit the Salzburg market on a Thursday morning (it's only on Thursdays). Treat yourself to something freshly baked like a poppyseed roll and a few pieces of wurst. Great lunch.

A good foodie source for restaurant ideas is the chowhound website. It's been so long since I've been in Austria and Germany that I don't have any recommendations, but the chowhound site should help.

Pete, I found St. Paul Stube on Herrengasse on the web. Looking at the menu I can't find "backhendl mit kartoffelsalat und preiselbeeren". I wonder if they changed the menu since you were there?

Lexma, the chowhound site looks great! Thanks for that.

Just pulled up an old thread we had about German food. You might enjoy it Rob, along with getting a few hints.

Hey Jo, I followed that thred when it originated. Great reading! Although the specific responses are slow coming, you can see that I have a couple of specific locations and menu items to try! Just what I was looking for. Foodies Unite!

Rob, I think I found the same website: http://www.paul-stube.at/ Yes, that's the place I was thinking and it looks like the menu has been updated. Still recommended :)

Pete

I have no restaurant recommendation, but if you are there at the end of April the white asparagus may be in season. Most restaurant will have added an extra page added to their menu with asparagus dishes. I had it at least once a day when I was there last spring.

Rob:

When in Salzburg, try Hotel Restaurant Weisses Kreuz. We really enjoyed the little restaurant's Balkan menu. As much as I love the traditional food from that region, it's nice to do something different just to change it up.

Have a great trip.

Charlie

Umm, I love asparagus.

Charlie, looking at the web, it appears that Restaurant Weisses Kruez is closed. Bummer.

I'll second this previous recommendation --> "In Salzburg there is a little restaurant called St Paul's on the Fortress side of the old town. The backhendl mit kartoffelsalat und preiselbeeren (fried chicken with potato salad and berry preserves of all things!) ..."

I'll also second the recommendation for doing market day on Thursday in Salzburg.

Another in Salzburg for me is St Peter Stiftskeller for the Goulaschsuppe

In Munich... atmosphere and beer wins out over food... I've always gone for a wurst, cheese or cold cut plate at whatever outdoor table I can get -- and spend my energy on the beer menu... that said... It is well worth your time to make sure you have Weiss Wurst while in Munich. My fave place for it is the Wirtshaus over near the Deutches Museum -- http://www.wirtshausinderau.de/ (if you are new to the white wurst... peel it to eat it, have it as a brunch meal, pretzels and mustard as the side, with a weisse beer)