Restaurants serving foods other than traditional German foods

Where can I go to eat in restaurants offering other types of foods?

Anywhere and everywhere. German food has become difficult to find in Germany IME, which has perplexed and disappointed me to a certain degree. Same answer to your grocery question.

The world, and the cities in it, have become cosmopolitan with regard to food, music, art, clothing and other things.
You can now find almost any type of cuisine in both large and smaller German cities. And, yes, they even have vegetarian restaurants in what once was meat-and-potatoes Germany.

Where can I go to eat in restaurants offering other types of foods, ( salads w grilled chicken or salmon or shrimp or steak).

As noted above- just about anywhere. This is like asking where you can find Italian or Chinese food in the US. Oh, and you can find those even in small towns, too. My little Bavarian village had Italian, Greek, Mexican and Chinese, in addition to traditional Bavarian.

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Where can I shop in large German cities for fruits or other foods?

I would suggest a grocery store, supermarket, or food market.

Most mid-level restaurants, even the “traditional” ones, will offer a “Fitness Teller” ( healthy plate) with a grilled chicken breast or other protein, and salad. Or just go to an Italian restaurant——they are all over.

Where can I shop in large German cities for fruits or other foods?

In every supermarket, e. g. Rewe, Edeka, Lidl, Aldi and others. Some of them are called discounters but a recent price testing based on food basics showed that there was not 1 Cent difference.

In most German food restaurants you will also find salad variations. You will also find a lot of grill restaurants and steak houses, some of them as a chain with branches, e. g. Block House.

As fast food I recommend to try a Döner Kebap whcih is a quarter round bread with choice of meat and salad and a dressing. If you prefer a salad look at dean&david branches.

Worth a try are also various sausages from a grill, e. g. Thüringer Rostbratwurst.

My wife and I have a great meal at an Indian restaurant at least once per trip. They normally have vegetarian dishes as well as beef, lamb, chicken. Many years ago, before my first visit to Germany, I was worried I wouldn't like the food. I was very, very wrong.

Salmon, chicken, and steak are all traditional German foods. But you can find pretty much anything in the major cities. Indian, Asian, British, American, Moroccan, Japanese, Chinese, Turkish, etc. The salads are a bit different. Ranch is not a thing. Pickled foods are a bit more common, as are veggies you probably don't encounter as much (cabbage, beets, turnips, shallots, etc). I usually get my produce at the open air markets, and every town has one. Usually on Saturdays in the bigger places, weekdays everywhere.

The restaurants have their menu's posted outside, so you can tell what they have before entering.

There is no across the board "Traditional German" food. Each region has its' own, though you can often buy certain menu items in other regions. Like Käse Spätzle, which is basically German mac and cheese, but way better. Frankfurt Grüne Sosse, somewhat similar to sour cream and chives on potatoes, but with more herbs and a hard boiled egg. Also served on a schnitzel if you like, making it a Frankfurt Schnitzel, but more commonly served on potatoes. Mushroom dishes are popular, pumpkin ravioli is popular too. Look on the vegetarian / vegan options in pretty much every menu and you may be surprised at what the cook has created. One chain, Hans im Gluck, has at least 6 vegetarian burgers and 6 vegan burgers, as well as regular burgers. Sweet potato fries can be found in many restaurants. Flammkuche is widely available across Germany, though it comes from the Alsace region. My favorite has mushrooms, spinach and mango on it.

That said, Frankfurt has restaurants from around 80 nationalities here, so you can have your choice. Lots of African, Indian, Middle Eastern, Asian, Israeli, moving on towards niche restaurants serving Peruvian, Cuban, or Mongolian.

This is a link to a popular chain restaurant, ALEX. It is found in many cities in Germany. I don't know where you are going but an ALEX is never far away: https://www.dein-alex.de/mainz/speisekarte

It gives you an idea of what modern German food is like - light and influenced by many other cultures, including the sorts of things you mention (salads, chicken, etc). I switched the page view to English, but if that didn't work for you, search for the little British flag on the lower left side of the screen when it is scrolled to the top.

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In Munich like every other German city, you'll find that most locals don't eat 'typical German food' (which doesn't exist, as Ms. Jo already mentioned) every day. There's probably hardly a national cuisine from all over the planet you won't find. So nothing should be easier than eating what you're looking for. And yes part of the German food tradition as well are salad, salmon, chicken, and steak.

As for the question about fruit, it's basically been answered several times already. In Munich, you'll find a fruit paradise at the Viktualienmarkt - fresh fruit as far as the eye can see.

I lived in Germany for four years and loved the Yugoslavian restaurants. That country is no more, but the cuisine is great.

Also, I was born in Texas and love Mexican food, but the Mexican restaurants in Germany do not do justice to their Mexican food.

Love the Goulash soup in Germany.

There are actually some very good, very authentic Mexican restaurants in Frankfurt, owned and run by Mexicans.
Things change, especially in the past 30 years. Generalizing about something that might have been true 30 years ago, doesn't help people on the forum that are looking for up-to date information.

If you are in a large city there are Vietnamese, Thai, Indian and authentic Italian restaurants. Even in Bavaria and Salzburg there are wrap and bowl cafes everywhere. In most grocery stores there will often be a deli where you can buy sandwiches.

But I urge you to try Bavarian foods at least once in a beerhall. I generally hate pork in the US but went on a food tour and had the most delicious Bavarian pork. I still dream about it and can’t find it in the states.