llmurphy17
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We went in December so I am not sure if the atmosphere is always like what we experienced but it was alot of fun. Food was ok but it felt like you were part of a big happy family festival.



Just to show an example of the Americanization, somehow the wonderful Bavarian dish Allgäuer Käsespätzle turned into the mundane American macaroni and cheese.
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Just what we need - the "ugly American" showing up in a WS restaurant!!
I certainly hope this is what their "escort out" looked like:
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funny, but one could serve that same mundane mac & cheese in another country, & it would appear unusuallol
i'm curious what Allgäuer Käsespätzle is tho........?
& since you seem to enjoy the more unusual dishes (the main reason for our lack of enjoyment with much german food ~ aside from the incredible potato salad my grandmother used to make~ is the heaviness. we prefer more delicate, or at the very least unusual, flavorings).........would you mind sharing your favorites?
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now, all i'll need are opinions on marrakesh, & we're done! lol
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We were there the same night and I know for a fact that they had 1 L steins as we each had oneWe were at Biergarten on Friday night, January 4th, 2008. It was the best meal for our entire trip.
I am a veggie so don't eat a lot of the items at Biergarten, but I like the tomato salad, cucumber salad, spelt salad, all of which are pretty authentic. Plus the roast potatoes, potato salad, roast veggies. The 'pretzel bread' is a reasonable imitation of Laugensemmeln so I like those, and if I recall they have unsalted butter, which I cannot seem to find in the US (I buy butter from Denmark or France in better grocery stores, but can't stand the salted butter served at the table at restaurants)
I did not see a single container of butter at any of the buffets. They have all changed to margarine.
I hope you don't visit in the summer! Melted butter everywhere! The regular sit-down places appear to still have butter. I *think* Narcoossee's may have had unsalted butter.Well that IS disappointing!! I remember reading that Chefs de France may have stopped serving unsalted butter as well..... maybe I will just need to bring my own small packets of President butter along!![]()
We were there the same night and I know for a fact that they had 1 L steins as we each had one. We're from Wisconsin and really enjoy German food, bier and dancing. The entertainment started up just after we ordered our bier and my DD and I polkaed with other families. I have never seen the dance floor so full of people! Mostly kids, mind you but still full.
The place was slammed and very busy. We also waited a long time in line and then for our table. They were OUT of buzzers. The good news was that the food was plentiful and hot and the bier was good. We stuffed ourselves.
We were about 2 hours behind you at 7:00 pm and we ended up missing the start of IllumiNations. Luckily, we had already seen it twicerobinb:
Wow! I see you on the DIS all the time, and we were at Biergarten on the same night! Wow!