TXTransplant
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- Jun 28, 2012
My sleep schedule is still off...it's 1 am here, and I'm awake. So, I figured I'd write a few words about dinner last night before we hit the road and are wifi-less.
Dinner was at the Golden Sheep, a restaurant/Biergarten on the pedestrian strasse. The guides had taken our meal orders the night before, offering us two appetizers, three entrees, and two desserts from which to choose. There was also a separate kid's menu, but JT chose from the adult options.
The restaurant is lovely and quaint, with a very German-rustic decor...lots of carved furniture and wall art, heavy doors, etc. We walked through most of it to get our private room, and it was quite crowded. There were several other large groups of diners.
One thing I will say about German food is that it is very simple and hearty. The words gourmet, German, and cuisine are not ones that I would be inclined to put together in a sentence. With that said, we are definitely NOT going hungry. For an appetizer, I had a salad with a bacon and goat cheese medallion and JT had potato soup (which was not creamy like in the U.S., but more of a broth). The entree choices included a chicken dish, a pasta dish (the vegetarian option), and what I guess was an "ethnic" dish featuring some sort of pork stomach sausage.
I had the chicken, which came with a mushroom wine sauce, zucchini, and potato croquettes (essentially fried mashed potato tots), and JT had the pasta, which was topped with a mushroom sauce. The pasta was nothing to write home about (although, JT's bowl was pretty much licked clean), and since my portion was more than enough, I shared with him. Beer and wine were complimentary. I had both - a beer/lemonade mix, which was very refreshing, and some sort of German red wine that was a blend of dry and sweet.
Dessert consisted of chocolate ice cream for me and an orange pie/cake slice with vanilla ice cream, caramel sauce, and fruit for JT. Both were very good. I don't eat a lot of ice cream in the U.S., in part because nothing in the U.S. even comes close to the ice cream you get over here. It's just so creamy and full of intense flavor! Needless to say, my chocolate ice cream was very tasty!
Dinner took a while. We left the hotel and 530 and didn't get back until almost 9. While we waited for our entree, the guides and restaurant staff put together a little presentation/musical demonstration. One of the kids on our trip has had some significant medical/health problems. He was asked to give a demonstration of a musical instrument - a sort of wind-up organ that plays different German tunes. Someone from the restaurant guided him/led the presentation. At the end of the demo, he received a diploma for music (Heidelberg is home to the oldest German university), and the guides gave him a card and special pin for his lanyard. It was a very sweet gesture by the guides, and the family was completely surprised.
The rest of the group also received another pin, this one featuring an image of Goofy in a suit of armor and featuring the words "Heidelberg Haunts". I'll take a picture of a lanyard with all of the pins and post it once we receive the last one.
Dinner was at the Golden Sheep, a restaurant/Biergarten on the pedestrian strasse. The guides had taken our meal orders the night before, offering us two appetizers, three entrees, and two desserts from which to choose. There was also a separate kid's menu, but JT chose from the adult options.
The restaurant is lovely and quaint, with a very German-rustic decor...lots of carved furniture and wall art, heavy doors, etc. We walked through most of it to get our private room, and it was quite crowded. There were several other large groups of diners.
One thing I will say about German food is that it is very simple and hearty. The words gourmet, German, and cuisine are not ones that I would be inclined to put together in a sentence. With that said, we are definitely NOT going hungry. For an appetizer, I had a salad with a bacon and goat cheese medallion and JT had potato soup (which was not creamy like in the U.S., but more of a broth). The entree choices included a chicken dish, a pasta dish (the vegetarian option), and what I guess was an "ethnic" dish featuring some sort of pork stomach sausage.
I had the chicken, which came with a mushroom wine sauce, zucchini, and potato croquettes (essentially fried mashed potato tots), and JT had the pasta, which was topped with a mushroom sauce. The pasta was nothing to write home about (although, JT's bowl was pretty much licked clean), and since my portion was more than enough, I shared with him. Beer and wine were complimentary. I had both - a beer/lemonade mix, which was very refreshing, and some sort of German red wine that was a blend of dry and sweet.
Dessert consisted of chocolate ice cream for me and an orange pie/cake slice with vanilla ice cream, caramel sauce, and fruit for JT. Both were very good. I don't eat a lot of ice cream in the U.S., in part because nothing in the U.S. even comes close to the ice cream you get over here. It's just so creamy and full of intense flavor! Needless to say, my chocolate ice cream was very tasty!
Dinner took a while. We left the hotel and 530 and didn't get back until almost 9. While we waited for our entree, the guides and restaurant staff put together a little presentation/musical demonstration. One of the kids on our trip has had some significant medical/health problems. He was asked to give a demonstration of a musical instrument - a sort of wind-up organ that plays different German tunes. Someone from the restaurant guided him/led the presentation. At the end of the demo, he received a diploma for music (Heidelberg is home to the oldest German university), and the guides gave him a card and special pin for his lanyard. It was a very sweet gesture by the guides, and the family was completely surprised.
The rest of the group also received another pin, this one featuring an image of Goofy in a suit of armor and featuring the words "Heidelberg Haunts". I'll take a picture of a lanyard with all of the pins and post it once we receive the last one.
. Your next hotel is the castle - very different experience. Each room is different. The hotel in Rothenberg is very quaint. I loved the staircase and the breakfast buffet there has a waffle iron & champagne. 
