Hannover (2)

Hannover, Germany - Day 2

Had dinner the night before at Trip Advisor's #3 restaurant in Hannover. To our surprise, it was almost full house when we reached. Fortunately they managed to find us a table in a cozy corner. Love the warm setting. I took the menu 2 (as below w/o dessert) while S had 2 types of suckling pig (last photo). Overall, food was alright.. My fav, weirdly enough, was the big flat mushroom that accompanied the beef. Heh.

Name: Basil

Location: Dragonerstraße 30, 30163 Hannover, Gemany

Expenditure: 80€ with wine

Lunch at Trip Advisor's #1 restaurant. It was wet and gloomy the 3 days we were there, so didn't have a chance to dine outdoors. But you can guess that the selling point of the restaurant is it's view of the Maschsee Lake. This time, we were surprised that we were only 1 of 2 groups of diners there! Maybe it's the weather. I don't know.

Anyway, food was alright also.The calamari starter was tasty but overcooked, tuna sashimi not bad, venison was too sweet and tough, while the plate of 4 fishes was not bad too. Mushroom soup not in the photos but it was just baddd. I'd say the best dish goes to the dessert. 3 types of crème brulée: passion fruit, chocolate, vanilla. Nice.

And so the waiter who had been serving our table the whole time comes over to clear the plates and asked (as always) whether the food was good. I know they always expect the "yeah it's good!" answer, but I refused because I really didn't like the meat. In an attempt to give an honest opinion, I told him that the meat was a little dry. He just stood there, no response or anything... Awkward silence! Then he left the table, yakked something to the chefs, and NEVER returned. Was a little stunned. Left me wondering if the dessert contained "special" ingredients. Haha.

Nonetheless, it's good to note that the prices are very reasonable.

Name: Die Insel

Location: Rudolf-von-Bennigsen-Ufer 81, 30519 Hannover, Germany

Expenditure: 75€ with wine

After that, drove to the city centre to do some shopping and more eating. Nothing much in Hannover really. But for us, contented enough to just look look see see. Oh, but I finally found my pork knuckle and sauerkraut! Albeit a bit too salty. On left: Restaurant called "Bayerische Butschait", cheap & good. On right: Ernst-August-Platz where all the main shopping areas are. There's also an interesting kitchen shop called "One Kitchen".