When your son is a few years older, you should go back to the Speicherstadt and visit the Miniature-Wunderland, which is Germany's No.1 tourist attraction. Your son and the Child in you will absolutely love it!
We actually visited on this trip, he was absolutely in love. Jonathan took him and he could not stop making sounds like.... "ooohhhhh" "wooooowwwww" "cooooooolllll", it was absolutely adorable and we have never seen him react like that. It was stunning and mind boggling!
Fun fact: The No.1 ranking is based on a poll not among people who wanted to visit Germany, but among people who have visited Germany, so it isn't based on expectation, but experience.
@@TypeAshton it is really worth to visit this every few years, they just keep on building, I've been there nearly 20y ago for the 1st time and it was like 20% of the current size - if at all and there are so much hidden details, it's just incredible. Also letting kids search for the milka cows is great! :)
My goodness, you prepared yourselves scientifically for Hamburg's culinary specialties and discovered some extraordinary restaurants in the process. It all looked very good.
Second this. We are on our way "home", whatever this means after 15 years of cruising the world on our sailboat. Homeport: Hamburg. And even though I am very sad that our trip comes to an end now, I am grateful for this video because... never been to Oberhafenkantine! We have a new destination! Thanks! By the way: the one thing I have been craving all these years is "matjes". Whenever we were on vacation in Germany, one of the first things to eat was matjes (closely followed by Rotwurst/Blutwurst; aka blood sausage - the best being the Hessian "Ahle Rotwurst"). And: Rote Grütze - the word Grütze has "grits" in it. The red coulor comes from the red fruit, yes, but the somewhat more solid consistency from the starchy "grits", such as semolina, rice flour or even pearl barley.
Hello, dear family, every time I see a new video of you, I am happy how excited you are about Germany. Most Americans probably only know a few sightseeing destinations from Southern Germany, especially Bavaria, because the Americans stationed their occupying forces there after World War II. The western part of northern Germany was occupied by the French and the British, and the whole of the east by the Russians. But just as southern Germany does not only consist of Munich, northern Germany does not only consist of Hamburg. Germany is a melting pot of many German tribes but also many other nationalities. Poles, French, Italians, Romans, Spaniards and Turks have left their mark on German culture and cuisine. I hope I haven't forgotten anyone now. I think it would be great if you found out on your discovery tours through Germany how diverse this country is and if you could convey that to your compatriots on the other side of the Atlantic. I wish you all the best and a good time in Germany and Europe.
One thing you should try is „Grünkohl and Pinkel“. It is a typical to northern Germany. Unfortunately the season is only in winter (Nov-Mar). But if your up north during that time of year you should definitely try it. Locally we usually eat it at the end of a „Kohlfahrt“. That is where we get together in a group, take a longer walk through the flat lands of northern Germany, drink beer and play some games and fend the day with a large helping of Grünkohl with some Pinkel sausages and often other meat aswell.
Und das bitte nicht in Hamburg probieren, sondern in Bremen oder Oldenburg, je nachdem, ob man seinen Pinkel lieber mit oder ohne Fleisch mag. Für mich natürlich die Bremer Variante!
however Grünkohl and Pinkel is usually an autumn/winter dish after the first freezing. So you might need to revisit Northern Germany (Bremen is also a beautiful town with a big river running through it) ;)
Rote Grütze is a dessert of my childhood my granny cooked. i love to eat it with cold milk. just had it a few days ago. welcome to my beloved hometown of Hamburg, or as we just say: Moin!
Bei meiner Oma gab es die rote Grütze noch in der ganz klassischen Form: Der Saft durch ein sauberes Geschirrtuch gepresst, also ohne Fruchtstücke und Johannisbeerkerne, dann mit Sago abgebunden und wahlweise mit kalter Milch oder Vanillesoße.
Also, an interesting location for you guys might be the "Auswanderhaus" in Bremerhaven. It´s a very interesting museum about European emigrants to the USA. And it offers a huge database to explore your family heritage (if you at least know one name of your forefathers that emigrates into the USA.
@@TypeAshton In Bremerhaven, you had the chance to go to the Fischereihafen (not to confuse with the Schaufensterfischereinhafen) and find some business-focused and traditional fish shops that also sell to end customers. They provide fresh fish and Fischbrötchen, like the latter one in Hamburg. It's the total opposite of fanciness but it means to me how Bremerhavener are. These businesses are popular among the workers in the harbor. You, unfortunately, missed the Seute Deern by a couple of years, it was a traditional sailship that was located in the museum's harbor and had a very nice restaurant in it. It burned down in 2019 and sank.
I am an American that used to work on a ship for many years, that went to and from Boston, MA to the North Sea ports, including Bremerhaven. I spent a lot of time staying in Bremerhaven and I was a student in Germany of several years.
I am from Hamburg, and nothing against the sour fish but you need to try "Aalrauchmatjes" and "geräucherter Aal" (smoked eel). In addition, I strongly suggest coming back in Winter for the "Grünkohlzeit" or "Grünkohlsaison", which usually starts after the first frost. Oh, the "eu" in Streusel is pronounced "oy/oi". For really spicy food unfortunately you need to go either a Turkish restaurant or somewhere that has a spice challenge.
Mmmm YUM! Quite a few others have suggested the Grünkohl dishes. I think we would LOVE this because Ashton and I always look forward to this season and we buy it every week at the Supermarket.
@@TypeAshton if y'all are into gruenkohl and such i recommend a few things that are not super common everywhere. eat blattspinat, not ground up, try Mangold (chard) not seen everywhere, eat wirsing (savoy cabbage) prepared like spinach. Wirsing is my favorite, needs some Kuemmel/carraway in it.
if you are going more north (heading to the westcoast) to "Büsum, Husum ..... etc." you are in the real north of germany. its worth to explore the area and a must try is "Scholle, Findenwerder Art or Büsum Art". very traditional german seafood. a few years ago you could buy it directly from the boats that catched them. and again. your editing gets better and better. iam feeling a lil bit proud that you like the north where i have lived my entire life. but please you need to go more north and explore the landscape because Hamburg is for me already the south of germany ^^. greetings
Ah fun! We will definitely add this to our list of foods to try. After we left Hamburg we went exploring in Bremen, Bremerhafen and then into Ostfriesland near Norden. ❤️ BEAUTIFUL part of the country.
german cheesecake is made with curd, much less fat, not processed like cream cheese. franzbrötchen are made of Plunderteig (made with yeast dough) like a croissant (Hörnchen in deutsch). but actually created in Vienna, Austria. love the pickled and smoked fish!
I am sure you don't want to read this, but I write it anyway: Spicier food is just a way to hide the fact the main incidents of the dishes are not really fresh and good tasting. A way to make lesser appear to be more interesting. Really good food needs just some simple spices to give some additional contrast or uplift the natural tastes. So, if the food is spicy, thinking what it is used for to hide from you or what is missing from the main ingredients..
23:19 my 5 milliseconds of fame. I saw you filming this while I was also eating a fish sandwich. I'm very glad I found your channel and hope to keep following. I'm also exploring Germany, based also in the Black Forest region.
The croissant originated in Austria, contrary to what some people believe it to come from France. Rote Grütze, was one of my favorite desserts as a child. Everything you've consumed there, made me want to have it. My dad was from the Baltic Sea and he loved herring and smoked eel.
To add to your food experiences: Hamburg had been heavily destroyed during the second world war; it shares this fate with Berlin leaving both cities nearly entirely stripped of their pitoresque buildings, becoming more cultural interesting. But the north of Germany has to offer pitoresque cities as well as the south, e.g. Lübeck, Stralsund or Greifswald at the coast or near the coast and Lüneburg or Celle in lower saxony. In Lübeck you should have a look at "Cafe Niederegger" as a sweat threat.
Yes, my heart aches for the lost architectural history. We did more exploring in Bremen and Ostfriesland and saw some of the beautiful buildings there too. But we also had many mention Lübeck... I think we need to make a trip back ASAP?
Wismar nicht vergessen. Lübeck hat da doch noch mehr Kriegsschäden, die nicht mehr zu beheben waren. Trotzdem ist noch genug erhalten, um die faszinierende Geschichte dieser Stadt nachzuvollziehen. Unbedingt ins Hanse- Museum gehen, auch für Kinder ein tolles Museum. Der große Geheimtipp ist aber natürlich Lüneburg. Praktisch unzerstört und eine ganz klassische Hansestadt.
@@TypeAshton Yes, the cities of Lübeck, Lüneburg and Stade are also worth visiting since their medieval inner cities are mostly still intact and just beautiful. I can recommend the Lüneburg local brewery restaurant in the middle of its oldtown.
Thanks for your culinary testing efforts here in our stomping grounds. Looks like you’ve got lots of fans here, judging by the comments. It is refreshing to see northern Germany getting some limelight for a change! Cheers, Doc.
This was a really fun video and we REALLY enjoyed our time up North. In a couple of week's we are putting a whole video of some of the highlights of our trip together.... Part Hamburg, Part Bremen... Part "countryside".
When you visite the northwest, you should taste Grünkohl with Pinkel (or with Kassler and Kochwurst, or all together) and Mockturtlesuppe. Two very traditional northwest german dishes.
As a northern German/Thai person, I'm just.. really into fish. Sashimi is my favorite, but getting Fischbrötchen at the weekly local market is always such a treat. By the way, I never noticed that Franzbrötchen are a local thing! I love them, makes me a bit sad to know that you can't get them everywhere :')
Vicky, there are similar things in other regions, visit a local bakery and look around, you might find similar baked stuff like a "Zimtschnecke" or anything.
Nah, a Zimtschnecke is similiar, but not the same and I prefer Franzbrötchen. My mom is from Württemberg, they eat a lot of Zintschnecke there, is also tasty, but not on the same Level as a Franzbrötchen and quite different, the Franzbrötchen is more fluffy and Croissant like.
@@tzarcoal1018 You will get Franzbrötchen also in other regions of germany though they are naturally not as common as in Hamburg. Look for smaller often family run bakeries that are going more for quility than a high number of stores and you should find some - at least in every larger city.
I would definitely recommend to try the Bremer Knipp! Or if it's the season to eat Grünkohl und Pinkel(around February/March), now the June season is known for Spargel. Enjoy your stay in the north!
Oh nooo... Knipp is the worst crap you can accidentally order. Same with Bremer Pinkel, which is basically just Knipp too. I tried Knipp twice or so, never again. If you eat Pinkel, choose the Oldenburger Pinkel or Ammerländer Pinkel.
Really enjoyed watching your (culinary) experience of Hamburg. And I was so happy to bust the American mostly southern image of Germany. Thank you! And I had to laugh at your attempts to pronounce “Rote Grütze” and Jonathan’s attempt at “Speicherstadt!”
If you guys love spicy food, you have to come to Düsseldorf and it’s Japanese village. The village is deeply rooted in the cities heart and you have amazing authentic Japanese, Chinese and Korean restaurants that’ll give you kick you love😉 the have tasty spicy food, which is cooked spicy, not with added spice when serving (which can sometimes happen in Germany and is super annoying because you can definitely taste the difference). Enjoy Hamburg!🤗
That's right, they do have some pretty authentic and very tasty Japanese cusisine. On another note, Düsseldorf is very much overrated and they're so aware of it that they even call one of their districts "Oberrath" as in "overrated". It's one of these 1-time visit cities. So much that you won't see any signs pointing to Düsseldorf when you approach it from the South.
@@psibiza The districts are called "Rath" and "Unterrath" in the north of the city. "Overrath" doesn ´t exist. After all Duesseldorf is the capital of the state of NRW and the city with the church near the main station didn ´t become it back then. 😂😂
Another food which is typical north german is "Birnen, Bohnen und Speck". But I doubt, you would get that in a restaurant. Preparation is easy: you peel potatos, put them in the pot first, then green beans on top of it, pears halved and some really fatty meat (pig cheekpiece of stomach) and/or the typical "Kochwurst" (saussage for cooking, alternatively Mettenden mildly smoked) at the top. Cook for about half an hour and enjoy. Am living now in Hessia and good saussage to use for cooking are hard to come by here (at least for my taste).
@@TypeAshton As a Federal Republic Germany has evolved from very distinct regions with varied history and association to other nations and regional competition/rivalry is still very much alive. It's like a mini USA.
I was born and raised here (a bit northwest of Hamburg). My dad was a sailor. Starting as a fisherman. Later had been to 140 countries around the world. He always said that Nordseekrabben are unique. Nothing compares to that taste. They need to be fresh. The store-bought stuff is not the same. It does make a huge difference! Like with sweet peas or artichokes: you need to have it once, to compare it. Much into cooking, myself: I like to taste fishcake from different fishmongers. My favourites are from "Fischkiste" in Pinneberg and "Rellinger Fischladen" as well as the salmon fishcakes from EDEKA Struwe in Eidelstedt, Hamburg.
In Germany, when a menu says that a certain dish is "pikant" or "würzig", this means that actually spices were used in the process of cooking that dish, and "scharf", "sehr scharf" or "Vorsicht, scharf" usually means "may contain some chili peppers, but not really hot ones", even in Thai or Mexican restaurants. If you are looking for something really spicy, look out for joints that display the Scoville scale, there you might find what you are looking for.
My mother is from Hamburg but doesn't like fish. So the few occasions she cooked Hamburg dishes for us it was Pears, Green Beans and Bacon (it's cooked with very small, dense pears that are not so sweet) and Hamburger National - pork belly, potatoes and parsnips. But I haven't seen those in restaurants yet. Oh, and one typical Northern thing you have to try if you visit Hamburg in the winter is Grünkohl mit Pinkel - lit. "kale with piss" (Pinkel is a very fatty sausage made from muscle meat, bacon, gruel and onions). It's the seasonal dish everywhere between Lower Saxony and the Danish border. Although the meat served with it often differs. The most typical around Hamburg though is said Pinkel.
Hamburg- ist immer eine Reise wert … wie auch der gesamte Norden Deutschlands. Egal ob Ostsee- Nordsee. Weiterhin tolle Erlebnisse- auf Euer Entdeckungsreise. Liebe Grüße aus dem Sauerland 🌲⛰🌲
This video made me so happy. I used to live in Hamburg for 10 years of my life and enjoyed it deeply. At 0:30 flying over the buildings on the right - I worked there. Crazy to see. Thank you so much
For exploring the North-East, I'd advise you to do it by bike. There's a lenghty bicycle path along the coast spanning Rostock the Darß peninsula, Stralsund with the option of enleghtening the tour around Germany's largest island Rügen, via Greifswald (home to the only prtestant Dome and Sweden's oldest university and finally ending at the German border on the island of Usedom. It takes you along many of the most scenic parts of the German Baltic coast, through 3 larger and well-kept Hanse towns and the two most popular tourist islands. All that in the most beautiful German state Mecklenburg-Western Pomeria
Glad you made it to our corner of the country! Well, as any real northerner will tell you, Hamburg is basically the southern tip of the north, but still. With how "small" Germany is compared to the US, a lot of Americans don't expect the massive variety of local dishes. With local histories going back over a thousand years, you can find interesting things to eat wherever you go, and simply driving for an hour might put you in an entirely different region. It's great to see some of our specialties in the spotlight. I'm (sadly) not big on fish, so my personal favorite out of everything you had is definitely the Rote Grütze. It doesn't translate well, "Red Gruel" doesn't quite capture the same level of tastiness. It's a thick compote-like dish made from several different kinds of berries, usually with whole berries in it. It is most often served as you had it, with sweet vanilla sauce to counter the tartness of the berries. Fun fact: There is even ready-made rote grütze (and vanilla sauce of course) available in a lot of supermarkets, so if you want to have it as a dessert at home without doing any of the work, you can.
After we left Hamburg we traveled to Bremen, Bremerhafen, and then onward to the countryside to Aurich and Norden. It was SUCH an amazing trip and we hope you enjoy the upcoming episodes where we share some of our experiences in the North with you! ❤️
@@TypeAshton holy shit Aurich and norden. Didnt know Any Tourists finds their way There😂 Do you were in Oldenburg? Most beautiful City in Lower Saxony!
A dish you may want to try if you love seafood is "Pann-Fisch mit Bratkartoffeln", fish in a coarse mustard sauce usually served with traditional pan fried potatoes. Another one is "Heidschnucke" that's a sort of lamb from the Heide area south of Hamburg. What most Americans struggle with, is that the Federal Republic of Germany, like the United States is a bunch of different states which historical have pretty unique and local culture, food and drinks. There are even a lot of "traditional" german dishes that are uniquely different in different regions. For example the "Bratwurst", Kohlgerichte (Kraut dishes), Kartoffelsalat. Even classic coastal dishes like Hering nach Hausfrauenart (Hering with a creamsauce and potatoes) differ locally even at the coast, from the Matjes-Hering or Bismarck-Hering to different recipes of pickled cucumber, apple and onions used. Northern Germany with Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen, Hamburg, Bremen (Wattenmeer und Inseln, Nord- und Ost-Friesland, Altes Land bis Lüneburger Heide) und Mecklenburg Vorpommern, has a vast variety of traditional dishes based on the typical agricultural farmland of the area. From fish, lamb, chicken, pork and beef to all sorts of vegetables, fruits (apples, pears, berries) and of course bakery products from wheat, barley and rye. A typical thing for the area is all sorts of conservation techniques for food (pickling vegetables and fish, salting or smoking meat and fish, etc.) is still found in a lot of traditional dishes of the area. What German cuisine more or less imported from over the last century is spicy food. Traditional german cooking uses mostly salt, herbes and pepper... Though today's modern cuisine in Germany has adopted all kinds of styles from italian, spanish, greek and turkish influence to asian fusion, tex-mex etc. The "Salmon-Rolls" are the perfect example: no salmon native to German coasts, sesame-bread and the concept of a "roll" are a delicious fusion of influences, but the "Klassische Hamburger Spezialitäten-Platte" was spot on with traditional, local food. Enjoy the culinary specialties of Germany and maybe Europe in the future. 🍻🙂
I was born, raised and lived im Hamburg for about 38 years before I moved on. II got married to my lovely woce in Hamburg and our two daughters were born in Hamburg. I still love my hometown, the most beutiful city in Germany, and I return to Hamburg on a regular basis to visit my parents and brothers. I did not know about the restaurants that you have been to. So thank you for your great video. Next time when I am in Hamburg I will go to these resraurants. I hope that you also had a chance to see the Alster where I used to sail for a number of years. Love Jens
We would love it if you gave these restaurants a try and tell them that you saw our video. Sometimes filming can be intrusive to restaurants (even with their permission) and we really want them to benefit from the extra exposure. We totally enjoyed the experience and are happy to come back again.
Gday BFF, you guys have great appetites. The serves of food are so big. Hamburg looks like lovely city with a hearty selection of food choices. You look so content and relaxed on your lovely trip. Thanks for sharing all the delightful dishes with us. 😋😋
Oh the memories! I grew up in the area around Hamburg, Bremen, and Ostfriesland but then moved to West Texas about 40 years ago. Have you tried Schillerlocken? It's the skinned, smoked belly flap of the Dornhai (dogfish?). Soft and mild fish flavor. And, if you like tea, try some real Ostfriesentee mit Kluntjes but is has to be brewed and poured/served the Ostfrieslaender way. Happy travels. Love your channel: My favorites videos on Sunday mornings: Black Forest Family and Gone with the Wynns.
When visiting family in Ostfriesland, Ashton was welcomed into the home of one of her distant family menbers and treated to a "proper Ostfriesland tee ceremony". It was an experience she will never forget and we will feature it on an upcoming episode detailing our history.
I also remember Schillerlocken from my childhood. Even back then they were expensive and I would get them only as a special treat from my grandmother at the local market. 😊 Nowadays it is difficult to get them... and they are very very expensive.
We hope to showcase more in a second video debuting in a couple of weeks. We are going to group Hamburg, Bremen and some other Northern sites. Specifically, we will showcase the Miniature Wonderland, the Old Elbe Tunnel and St. Michael's crypt. ♥️
Not an expert, but there are two types of cheese cake in Germany: one that's basically made by putting stuff in the fridge, and another that is made in the oven; the one you had there is the "baked" variety
You may even find fruity cheese cake, my mother added raisins (but stopped this because my sister hates them), and you may also find apricot, tangerine or peach pieces inside.
A main difference is also the use of Quark as opposed to regular fresh cheese. Quark is a dairy food that's sort of inbetween fresh cheese and yoghurt, it's more solid and fatty than the yoghurt but has a bit of acidity and funk in it that you won't find in regular fresh cheese (it's also usually not salted).
Guys, thanks for this delicious Hamburg food review… now I feel I have to visit Hamburg asap.. wasn’t there for 20 years… This Oberhafen Kantine Holzbrett looked more than awesome… all Hamburg dishes as small Tapas, like in Spain… 🤩 Viele Grüße vom Niederrhein 👋👍
Lesser known but yummy traditional northern dishes: Bremer Knipp - fried grain and meat, with pickles and Bratkartoffeln; Birnen, Bohnen und Speck - boiled pears, beans and bacon; Bienenstich - "bee sting" - cream cake with candied almonds.
I'm watching this just *after* my dinner which is probably a good thing, otherwise I would have probably over-ordered on take-away... When it comes to German food seen from abroad, it goes back to what I have once read as the two Germanys. Because you see, Germany is one country, incredibly diverse, but really you can easily divide it into the Germany of the Sea, and the Germany of the Forest. You of course reside on the forest side, which is the Germany known abroad. It's Schnitzel and big beer glasses and loud and really culturally looking South and East, towards central Europe, the alps and beyond. Now I am from the sea side, being originally from Niedersachsen. It's the Germany that culturally, linguistically, historically has always looked North and West. We are somewhat closer to the Dutch and English, and our Nordic friends than to Austrians, Italians or Swiss. Somewhat quiter according to cliche, our food is also traditionally lighter (more fish, less Weißwurst). By the way, next month I am moving to the other side of Germany, to Karlsruhe, and it really feels like moving to a different country. I'll trade my current view of the sea for the Black Forest and my fish and chips for Schäufle. Isn't it amazing what sort of diverse culture you can have within really a day travel...?
You have finally arrived in the right part of Germany. 😉 You definitely need to eat kale. The kale season starts after the first frost in autumn (perhaps a kale tour with handcarts and bossels would be just the right thing for you - preferably in East Friesland).
Grünkohl! Der fehlt noch. Auch wenns eigentlich ein Wintergericht ist. Und als Ostfriese (direkt an der Grenze zu Holland) bin ich mal gespannt, wo ihr noch so vorbei schaut. Viel Spass in Norddeutschland :-)
Not quite a dish but the Miniatur-Wunderland in the Speicherstadt is probably also worth checking out. It is a model recreation of various landmarks throughout the world and is done immaculately.
YES! As Matti M states - Jonathan and Jack had a "dude day" and went there. They had a GREAT time - such a cool place. We are going to put together a video in a couple of weeks highlighting some of our favorite experiences while in the North.
Thank you for the great suggestion and for the nice compliment. We were more than pleased to spend our time eating our way through Hamburg. 😂😂 Next time, we will give these other dishes a try.
For your non-German viewers I'd have preferred a lil bit more detailed review and description of the Labskaus on the Hamburger Klassische Platte because I believe whenever you ask a German about the most iconic and traditional North German dish the most given answer would be : Labskaus 😀 How did you two like the Labskaus (with fried eggs on top) ?
Its not a dish in Hamburg, but from the south of hamburg. Its meat from the "Heidschnucke", a local type of sheep, processed to for example "Heidschnuckenbratwurst" or "Heidschnucken Burger". You can get it for example in the village of "Handloh" in the Cafe "Der Schafstall", which is btw. very close to the Heide Region, where you can absolutely do a great hiking trip in the "Büsenbachtal" before or after.
I really can't hear it anymore. This "Germany is Bavaria"... Pretzels, beer, lederhosen... Every US RUclipsr that comes over does the same fake castles tour, drinks at the Hofbräuhaus, and then spreads that is Germany. Once said a very famous of those: I didn't know that Germany had a coast. Thank you for visiting and showing the north.
Thanks for the video, it was much fun. I think one of Germany's most traditional shocking (I think for the most foreigner) food is "Mettbrötchen". Not regional but overall still popular. Really delicious with fresh onion rings, salt and pepper on top. But please, don't take any crappy "abgepacktes Hack" for it. ^^
I (Jonathan) really want to try Mett, but Ashton is not on board. We tried tartare in Prague and loved it... but something about raw pork sounds a little bit less appetizing. Either way, we will give it a shot.
@@TypeAshton completely different experience from beef tartare. try it. the onions and salt and pepper are on there for a reason. all 3 of them keep meat "safe". look it up, and then eat it. I am almost 60 and have never had food poisoning.
From Wikipedia: The Franzbrötchen was probably named in the style of the French (German 'französisch') model, the croissant, which is also made of pastry and became popular in Germany after Napoleon's troops had occupied Hamburg between 1806 and 1814. According to a different historical tradition, they produced a longish Franzbrot (German for 'French bread') which resembled the baguette. Legend has it, a baker in Hamburg had once seared such a Franzbrot in a pan of fat, which is considered the origin of the contemporary Franzbrötchen.
Maybe you visit someday Rostock. It‘s also in Northern Germany but in the east in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. I visited the city in 2018 and it was really great. I can recommend Warnemünde to you. Warnemünde has a port with ships for port sightseeing but also other activities like a ride in high speed boat. You can also go there for a walk as there is a nice hiking path. And if you are more interested in swimming you can go to the mearby beach.
So true! I love Warnemünde! You eat the fresh Fischbrötchen sold right of the boat. There’s that white sandy beach and much more to explore! Just love it!
If one of you love boats, you have to go to the big sail Festivals like the Hansesail in Rostock. The ships will go from the harbor out to the sea and back. Very cool if you love ships.
@@TypeAshton I forgot one point for recommendation: If you are in Rostock you can also do a day trip to Güstrow. Güstrow is a town of 30,000 people in the surrounding area of Rostock. In Güstrow you can visit Güstrow Castle. It contains a museum that exhibits several paintings of the former residents and also tells the history of the castle. In the center of Güstrow you can also find a chocolate shop. They offer different flavors such as bitter chocolate or chocolate combined with rum. You can reach the city by two S-Bahn lines (S2, S3) from Rostock. Be prepared: If you arrive Güstrow station and leave it, you might be a little bit shocked. The neighboring area of Güstrow station is a little bit run-down. At least that was the case in 2018.
Every area from Germany has his special kitchen. At the lower Rhine you Sauerbraten. Today is normal made with beef. Tradionaly with horsemeet (Pääd). And tradonaly we have a Kitchen, who is going with the year. Fresh vegetable or fruit. Asparagus, strawberries, Rhabarber. Or fresh Beans,Spezial meet or fish. Maischolle, Stint, Matjes. Or Easterlamb.
My grandmother was an avid gardener and she embraced cooking with local ingredients in really inventive ways... your description of asparagus, strawberries Rhubarb, green beans etc... makes my heart happy.
Das Essen sieht so lecker aus,es war bestimmt ein Genuß! Muss auch unbedingt mal nach Hamburg fahren,da ich Fisch über alles liebe! Danke für das schöne Video!😀😁😆🙃 Liebe Grüße aus Rheinland/Pfalz sendet euch Rudi
Hi Ashton, hi Jonathan, hi Jack happy Sunday! Looks delicious, hope you did not gain to much weight. I'll re- think my Plans for Lunch today. I also guess you had a great time in northern Germany. Best regards and until next Sunday Ralf
@@TypeAshton If you visit Hamburg next time, I recommend you to visit stunning Blankenese, a former fishermen's village in the west of Hamburg (nowadays "The Beverly Hills of Hamburg", many German celebrities and millionairs live in this quarter). They have a beautiful beach on Elbe-river, some great restaurants to eat fish (I recommend Restaurant Ahrberg) and a lighting tower from where you can see the ships going by. My grandparents had a house there on the beach (my father grew up in this quarter), sometimes I miss it. You can easily access Blankenese with S-Bahn 1. Here some TV impresssions of Blankenese: ruclips.net/video/VUFV7jaEs9M/видео.html
As a Dutch person, having frequented Amsterdam and been to Hamburg, the number of ~2.5K bridges in Hamburg sounded very high, so I had to check on Amsterdam for its number. It's not a race or rivalry, by the way - for me, at least. Just checking on my prejudices. Amsterdam has over 2,000 officially numbered bridges. Then there are some 100 "P" numbered ones (P for private). Plus 2,019 bridges or viaducts without number. And then there are water underpasses that some consider a bridge too: 2,463. And at least 54 locks. The grand total being about 7,000. Only ~930 of these have a formal name. Then there are almost 3.3K "bridges" inside buildings, over 2.1K scaffold bridges and over 450 playground bridges. And somewhere in the past over 700 bridges have disappeared. It's clear that whatever the number is, depends on (a) date, (b) definitions in civil engineering terms, and (c) definition in terms of "authorities" that supervise "bridges".
As a Hamburger, I always wondered where this number is coming from. Hamburg has a poor reputation for conserving its history and many of the city's waterways ("Fleete") were filled up from the 19th century onwards. So the number of bridges must have gone down considerably The number of 2500 probably includes every small pedestrian bridge on the hiking paths in the outskirts. Given the lange area of Hamburg compared to Venice, there is a large bias to the count. But the number 2500 is now in the wild and it seems to late for reason 🤦♂️
Bridges include railway and road bridges, of course. The town is a major railway hub for northern Germany. And beside the national network Hamburg has an impressive S- and U-Bahn network that runs overground mostly. It was cheaper to build it that way in cuttings than in tunnels. And then there are the many canals that link the tributary rivers of the Elbe to each other.
The number of bridges in Hamburg is from a local authority (Landesbetrieb Straßen, Brücken und Gewässer (LSBG)) and only about the bridges they are responsible for. They monitor if their bridges are in a good condition, privat bridges are not in their list.
@@Rick2010100 Effective 2021-01-01, the responsibility for about 800 "bridges and engineered buildings" changed over to the Autobahn GmbH. Still I see the number 2500 unchanged.
I come from the Lower Rhine Area (Dutch border). I think the best and most original regional food is very simple (but tastes great). This is an asperagus reagion but also potatoes with "Apfelmus" (Himmel un Ääd) or Mashed potatoes with "Endiviensalat" mixed together are great! We have the Frikandel, the "Fleischrolle Spezial", wunderfull "Pöffertjes" or "Reibekuchen". It's a cuisine influenced by the Netherlands (borderland since Julius Caesar).
Also for a German: Hamburg is, next to Munich, my absolute favorite city in Germany. So much atmosphere there as well as in the south of Germany. Both are totally different but wonderful.
Before I moved to Hamburg I only heard of Labskaus and thought it must be disgusting. Most people in the south compare it with something that's already been eaten and puked out again. But then the lady at the registry office gave me a book about Hamburg (mostly about the districts, cost of living, service hotlines...) and it had the recipe for Labskaus on it. I was like "Wait! So it's mostly mashed potatoes and corned beef? They're both my favourite food and a bit of beet root might taste nice in it." So it became one of my favourite Northern dishes and I cooked it for my family and friends in the Palatinate Forest too. And Franzbrötchen helped me a lot to come over all the pastry I missed from the South like Gewürzkuchen (gingerbread flavoured sponge cake), Granatsplitter (cake leftovers covered in chocolate) and Dampfnudel (dough ball cooked in a oil and salt water mix - not the steam raised one, it needs to have a nice brown salty crust at the bottom). The best Franzbrötchen I had in Lübeck though, because they have one filled with marzipan (almond paste). 🤤😋
thanks for this video. most expat food tours are very cliche. but you managed to capture a bit of the life of a native hamburger. beautiful and important locations that I like and appreciate very much.
Never expected such an emphasis on the food here in Hamburg. Although I've been living here for the last 10 years, I'd always prefer a thüringer or fränkische Bratwurst to a local one. ;-) But I love the Wasserschloss also, especially for breakfasts and brunchs!
The Wasserschloss was so lovely and their food looks excellent. We were just too full to get another full meal 😂 But you DEFINITELY need to try the Bratwurst at the Oberhafen Kantine... With all sincerity, it was one of the best I've had in a VERY long time.
As written you should move as well a bit to the northwest in direction to Bremen and Oldenburg. There traditionally you should taste "Grünkohl und Pinkel" and if you are brave one as well "Bremer Knipp" both dishes are mostly eaten throughout autumn and winter because they are really heavy
We spent about 3 days in Bremen after our tour of Hamburg and I am a bit sad that we didn't try those dishes! I guess we will just have to go back again. :)
First time watching you guys. Really good choice of restaurants and I like how open you are. Amazing video about my hometown. Your energy is so positive 😊 Visit again! Greetings from Hamburg
You should try "Mettbrötchen" for Breakfast, sadly its not the Season for "Grünkohl mit Mettenden" but "Mettenden" in itself are delicious, its a typical northern Sausage...
The Bavarians have mansplained to me by the way, that you see Bavarian stuff all over the world because they have the most tradition, while other areas in Germany lack in tradition. Don't know how much truth there is to that, but for sure they love their tradition in Bavaria. Thanks for another cool video. I hope some Americans see this.
Yeah, I think a lot of Hollywood movies also tend to show Bavaria as the 'typical' German landscape as well. I'm sure there are quite a few contributing factors to the stereotype of only one 'kind" of German food. I'm always very sad Spätzle hasn't made its way stateside. It's my favorite! 😋
Not a lot of truth. Especially as there is quite some diversity even within Bavarian culture, that many Bavarians themselves often forget. There is a big cultural difference between Franconians and Bavarians, but also there's Schwaben and the Oberpfalz as districts, but there are two different Bavarian districts (Oberbayern and Niederbayern) and three Franconian districts (Ober-, Mittel- and Unterfranken) all in Bavaria, and all differ quite from each other. And although the Bavarian capital Munich is within Oberbayern, it also has its very special culture and tradition. So there is just no "single" Bavarian tradition, to which one could really refer to and just as there's a huge diversity within Bavaria, it is quite similar to all the rest of Germany.
@@TypeAshton As a Bavarian I would never say we are the only ones with great traditions or food, not even the best or most. I think we Bavarians (minus the close-minded hillbillies!) are well aware and superhappy that Germany and of course the rest of Europe have so many different regions and unique (food) cultures, and we love to explore them just as much as tourists from the rest of the world!
As a German who lived most of his life somewhere near the Baden-Württemberg-Bavarian-border, I would say that these Bavarians talked BS. Bavarians have another culture but I don't believe, they have more culture. The only reason why the Bavarian stereotype got to be the German stereotype is because most of Bavaria was occupied by American soldiers, so they portrayed Germans in their media how they knew them - as Bavarians. Nordic german culture is way more like Scandinavian culture for example and for example my family comes from the Swabian Alps and there is a lot of tradition too, most Germans from further up north probably wouldn't even understand much of which is said by my family because of the dialect. And yeah, Bavarians are a bit full of themselves in general and a bit ... "eigen". :D
Thing is, Americans know more about Bavaria then the other regions because the American occupied zone after the second world war lined up almost exactly with Bavaria. So when the soldiers went home and talked about Germany, of course they talked about the things they had seen which was Bavaria.
I don't look at the previous comments, just give my recommendation for you to try....First "Birnen, Bohnen und Speck" a classic in my hometown Hamburg. Second is a little complcated. Go visit the "Fischmarkt" a market taking place in the harbour area on sundays from 5 am. Its more an event with market, bars and more. And its famous for the market barkers selling fish, bananas and other things. Now the dish... take a look on "Räucheraal" but don't buy it there. Go for a decent fishdealer.
Hi! We are Sascha and Ines, living in Nordenham near Bremerhaven. Thanks for uploading great videos. 🙂 Have you already tasted "Bremer Knipp" (a kind of rough sausage with fatty meat and groats) or Eel (smoked oder fried, both tastes very delicios!)? Both are real northern specialities and taste great with roasted potatoes. ❤️ Have a great start into the new week! 🍀
Very nice video. Some dishes to trey that are North German are Labskaus, Grünkohl und Pinkel, Aal in any form, Geräucherte Fische, Himmel und Erde, Erbseneintopf, Linseneintopf, Seelachs Brötchen, Butterkuchen.
Pickled herring is not everyone's taste. I love it with al lot of fresh onions (or pickles) on it, but I think you need to grow up (born 1959) with food like this. My hometown is close to Frankfurt, and we always had this herring Brötchen here. It is a fast snack for on the go. To pickle fish is a way to make it last for the winter. You need to try some pickled Brathering. 😊 A Brathering is when the fish is breaded and fried and then pickled. It is best with small boiled potatoes.
If there is an opportunity East Frisia with a nice tea time would be a suggestion, Krabben directly from the boat....... it is always fun to watch your vlogs,
Nice to see people looking into more than just bavaria. There is so much more. And even the north alone has much more than just Hamburg. And yes, despite east frisia being the leading tea consumer, the north also has a huge coffee culture. Those super soft buns aren't a usual thing here. They are available as well, but a proper german breadroll is soft and fluffy on the inside and has a light crunch on the outside. And the Kantine is leaning over more than the leaning tower of Pisa.
I live near Hamburg and love the city too. ❤️ You tried very nice restaurants, I get really hungry when I see your video.... 😋 Thanks a lot for the interesting content.
When your son is a few years older, you should go back to the Speicherstadt and visit the Miniature-Wunderland, which is Germany's No.1 tourist attraction. Your son and the Child in you will absolutely love it!
We actually visited on this trip, he was absolutely in love. Jonathan took him and he could not stop making sounds like.... "ooohhhhh" "wooooowwwww" "cooooooolllll", it was absolutely adorable and we have never seen him react like that.
It was stunning and mind boggling!
Fun fact: The No.1 ranking is based on a poll not among people who wanted to visit Germany, but among people who have visited Germany, so it isn't based on expectation, but experience.
@@Astrofrank uhm then it's not the no 1 tourist attraction because that is measured after numbers of tourists and not about some poll
@@TypeAshton Who couldn't stop making sounds: Jack or Jonathan? 😂😂😂
@@TypeAshton it is really worth to visit this every few years, they just keep on building, I've been there nearly 20y ago for the 1st time and it was like 20% of the current size - if at all and there are so much hidden details, it's just incredible. Also letting kids search for the milka cows is great! :)
My goodness, you prepared yourselves scientifically for Hamburg's culinary specialties and discovered some extraordinary restaurants in the process. It all looked very good.
This was a fun video to research (and taste test) for sure! So glad you enjoyed it.
By now they are more German than the Germans.
Second this.
We are on our way "home", whatever this means after 15 years of cruising the world on our sailboat. Homeport: Hamburg. And even though I am very sad that our trip comes to an end now, I am grateful for this video because... never been to Oberhafenkantine! We have a new destination! Thanks!
By the way: the one thing I have been craving all these years is "matjes". Whenever we were on vacation in Germany, one of the first things to eat was matjes (closely followed by Rotwurst/Blutwurst; aka blood sausage - the best being the Hessian "Ahle Rotwurst").
And: Rote Grütze - the word Grütze has "grits" in it. The red coulor comes from the red fruit, yes, but the somewhat more solid consistency from the starchy "grits", such as semolina, rice flour or even pearl barley.
Hello, dear family, every time I see a new video of you, I am happy how excited you are about Germany. Most Americans probably only know a few sightseeing destinations from Southern Germany, especially Bavaria, because the Americans stationed their occupying forces there after World War II. The western part of northern Germany was occupied by the French and the British, and the whole of the east by the Russians. But just as southern Germany does not only consist of Munich, northern Germany does not only consist of Hamburg. Germany is a melting pot of many German tribes but also many other nationalities. Poles, French, Italians, Romans, Spaniards and Turks have left their mark on German culture and cuisine. I hope I haven't forgotten anyone now. I think it would be great if you found out on your discovery tours through Germany how diverse this country is and if you could convey that to your compatriots on the other side of the Atlantic. I wish you all the best and a good time in Germany and Europe.
We LOVED exploring more of this region and hope to come back in the future. Such a wonderful landscape with a rich culture of its own.
One thing you should try is „Grünkohl and Pinkel“. It is a typical to northern Germany. Unfortunately the season is only in winter (Nov-Mar). But if your up north during that time of year you should definitely try it.
Locally we usually eat it at the end of a „Kohlfahrt“. That is where we get together in a group, take a longer walk through the flat lands of northern Germany, drink beer and play some games and fend the day with a large helping of Grünkohl with some Pinkel sausages and often other meat aswell.
Und das bitte nicht in Hamburg probieren, sondern in Bremen oder Oldenburg, je nachdem, ob man seinen Pinkel lieber mit oder ohne Fleisch mag.
Für mich natürlich die Bremer Variante!
@@vully70 Ich glaube dass Hamburg schon pinkellos ist.
@@vully70 Ich als Bremer präferiere ich die Oldenburger Variante... ;)
however Grünkohl and Pinkel is usually an autumn/winter dish after the first freezing. So you might need to revisit Northern Germany (Bremen is also a beautiful town with a big river running through it) ;)
Aber bitte nur mit Ammerländer Fleischpinkel. Die Bremer Pinkel kann man vergessen. ;)
German cheesecake is made with quark (a type of curd) while American cheesecake is made with cream cheese, hence the difference.
a big bowl of rote Grütze with milk is a veritable lunch in summer when it is really warm, glad you liked it!
Rote Grütze is a dessert of my childhood my granny cooked. i love to eat it with cold milk. just had it a few days ago. welcome to my beloved hometown of Hamburg, or as we just say: Moin!
Yes, and it's a single 'Moin.', ... 'Moin, moin!' ist too much talking. 😀
Gesabbel
Bei meiner Oma gab es die rote Grütze noch in der ganz klassischen Form:
Der Saft durch ein sauberes Geschirrtuch gepresst, also ohne Fruchtstücke und Johannisbeerkerne, dann mit Sago abgebunden und wahlweise mit kalter Milch oder Vanillesoße.
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@@geronimo6323 nützt ja Nix, Mut manchmal Jo Sinn!
Also, an interesting location for you guys might be the "Auswanderhaus" in Bremerhaven. It´s a very interesting museum about European emigrants to the USA. And it offers a huge database to explore your family heritage (if you at least know one name of your forefathers that emigrates into the USA.
Yes!!! We went and it was amazing. It will be featured in next week's video as we search for our family.
@@TypeAshton In Bremerhaven, you had the chance to go to the Fischereihafen (not to confuse with the Schaufensterfischereinhafen) and find some business-focused and traditional fish shops that also sell to end customers. They provide fresh fish and Fischbrötchen, like the latter one in Hamburg. It's the total opposite of fanciness but it means to me how Bremerhavener are. These businesses are popular among the workers in the harbor.
You, unfortunately, missed the Seute Deern by a couple of years, it was a traditional sailship that was located in the museum's harbor and had a very nice restaurant in it. It burned down in 2019 and sank.
The best crabs are the ones directly from the boat. But you have to get there early in the morning.
I am an American that used to work on a ship for many years, that went to and from Boston, MA to the North Sea ports, including Bremerhaven. I spent a lot of time staying in Bremerhaven and I was a student in Germany of several years.
I am from Hamburg, and nothing against the sour fish but you need to try "Aalrauchmatjes" and "geräucherter Aal" (smoked eel). In addition, I strongly suggest coming back in Winter for the "Grünkohlzeit" or "Grünkohlsaison", which usually starts after the first frost. Oh, the "eu" in Streusel is pronounced "oy/oi". For really spicy food unfortunately you need to go either a Turkish restaurant or somewhere that has a spice challenge.
Yes smoked eel and Grünkohl :D Highly recommended
Aal ist leider eine echt gefährdete Fischart inzwischen, weshalb ich echt davon abraten würde es zu essen egal wie geil es schmeckt :/
Mmmm YUM! Quite a few others have suggested the Grünkohl dishes. I think we would LOVE this because Ashton and I always look forward to this season and we buy it every week at the Supermarket.
@@TypeAshton if y'all are into gruenkohl and such i recommend a few things that are not super common everywhere. eat blattspinat, not ground up, try Mangold (chard) not seen everywhere, eat wirsing (savoy cabbage) prepared like spinach. Wirsing is my favorite, needs some Kuemmel/carraway in it.
@@uliwehner you are so right.
if you are going more north (heading to the westcoast) to "Büsum, Husum ..... etc." you are in the real north of germany. its worth to explore the area and a must try is "Scholle, Findenwerder Art or Büsum Art". very traditional german seafood. a few years ago you could buy it directly from the boats that catched them.
and again. your editing gets better and better. iam feeling a lil bit proud that you like the north where i have lived my entire life. but please you need to go more north and explore the landscape because Hamburg is for me already the south of germany ^^.
greetings
Oh yeah Scholle :D
Just you're mentioning "Scholle Finkenwerder Art" Finkenwerder is actually a part of Hamburg. 🙂
Ah fun! We will definitely add this to our list of foods to try. After we left Hamburg we went exploring in Bremen, Bremerhafen and then into Ostfriesland near Norden. ❤️ BEAUTIFUL part of the country.
Ja, war oft in Büsum, aber in 2 Wochen geht's endlich mal nach SPO 🤗
For us true Northerners the separation between the real North and the Rest of Germany is the Elbe
german cheesecake is made with curd, much less fat, not processed like cream cheese. franzbrötchen are made of Plunderteig (made with yeast dough) like a croissant (Hörnchen in deutsch). but actually created in Vienna, Austria.
love the pickled and smoked fish!
I am sure you don't want to read this, but I write it anyway:
Spicier food is just a way to hide the fact the main incidents of the dishes are not really fresh and good tasting. A way to make lesser appear to be more interesting.
Really good food needs just some simple spices to give some additional contrast or uplift the natural tastes.
So, if the food is spicy, thinking what it is used for to hide from you or what is missing from the main ingredients..
Right, German food is not spicy. And doesn't include cilantro.
Wow, das ist mal ein tolles Video mit echt typischem Essen 😍 Ich liebe Labskaus, Fischbrötchen und besonders Hamburg. Hamburg ist einfach eine Perle ♥
One can not praise the great sacrifices you guys make for science enough :D Especially Jonathan is a great experimentee for cheese cake taxonomy ;)
Hahaha we were happy to donate our waistlines to science.
23:19 my 5 milliseconds of fame. I saw you filming this while I was also eating a fish sandwich. I'm very glad I found your channel and hope to keep following. I'm also exploring Germany, based also in the Black Forest region.
Ah wow that is so cool!! What a funny coincidence of timing and neat to meet someone else based in the Black Forest as well.
The croissant originated in Austria, contrary to what some people believe it to come from France. Rote Grütze, was one of my favorite desserts as a child. Everything you've consumed there, made me want to have it. My dad was from the Baltic Sea and he loved herring and smoked eel.
Ohhh smoked eel yummie
To add to your food experiences: Hamburg had been heavily destroyed during the second world war; it shares this fate with Berlin leaving both cities nearly entirely stripped of their pitoresque buildings, becoming more cultural interesting. But the north of Germany has to offer pitoresque cities as well as the south, e.g. Lübeck, Stralsund or Greifswald at the coast or near the coast and Lüneburg or Celle in lower saxony. In Lübeck you should have a look at "Cafe Niederegger" as a sweat threat.
Yes, my heart aches for the lost architectural history. We did more exploring in Bremen and Ostfriesland and saw some of the beautiful buildings there too. But we also had many mention Lübeck... I think we need to make a trip back ASAP?
Wismar nicht vergessen.
Lübeck hat da doch noch mehr Kriegsschäden, die nicht mehr zu beheben waren. Trotzdem ist noch genug erhalten, um die faszinierende Geschichte dieser Stadt nachzuvollziehen. Unbedingt ins Hanse- Museum gehen, auch für Kinder ein tolles Museum.
Der große Geheimtipp ist aber natürlich Lüneburg. Praktisch unzerstört und eine ganz klassische Hansestadt.
lars meant *sweet treat not sweat threat xD niederegger makes the best marzipan
I add to this list Buxtehude City in the near of Hamburg. I really like the small harbour over there.
@@TypeAshton Yes, the cities of Lübeck, Lüneburg and Stade are also worth visiting since their medieval inner cities are mostly still intact and just beautiful. I can recommend the Lüneburg local brewery restaurant in the middle of its oldtown.
Thanks for your culinary testing efforts here in our stomping grounds. Looks like you’ve got lots of fans here, judging by the comments. It is refreshing to see northern Germany getting some limelight for a change! Cheers, Doc.
This was a really fun video and we REALLY enjoyed our time up North. In a couple of week's we are putting a whole video of some of the highlights of our trip together.... Part Hamburg, Part Bremen... Part "countryside".
When you visite the northwest, you should taste Grünkohl with Pinkel (or with Kassler and Kochwurst, or all together) and Mockturtlesuppe. Two very traditional northwest german dishes.
As a northern German/Thai person, I'm just.. really into fish. Sashimi is my favorite, but getting Fischbrötchen at the weekly local market is always such a treat.
By the way, I never noticed that Franzbrötchen are a local thing! I love them, makes me a bit sad to know that you can't get them everywhere :')
They are so, so delicious!
Vicky, there are similar things in other regions, visit a local bakery and look around, you might find similar baked stuff like a "Zimtschnecke" or anything.
Nah, a Zimtschnecke is similiar, but not the same and I prefer Franzbrötchen. My mom is from Württemberg, they eat a lot of Zintschnecke there, is also tasty, but not on the same Level as a Franzbrötchen and quite different, the Franzbrötchen is more fluffy and Croissant like.
@@tzarcoal1018 OK, thanks for the information!
@@tzarcoal1018 You will get Franzbrötchen also in other regions of germany though they are naturally not as common as in Hamburg. Look for smaller often family run bakeries that are going more for quility than a high number of stores and you should find some - at least in every larger city.
I would definitely recommend to try the Bremer Knipp! Or if it's the season to eat Grünkohl und Pinkel(around February/March), now the June season is known for Spargel. Enjoy your stay in the north!
Yummm! We were treated to a homemade meal from our family in Ostfriesland and she prepared Spargel for us and it was so, so good.
Oh nooo... Knipp is the worst crap you can accidentally order. Same with Bremer Pinkel, which is basically just Knipp too. I tried Knipp twice or so, never again. If you eat Pinkel, choose the Oldenburger Pinkel or Ammerländer Pinkel.
Really enjoyed watching your (culinary) experience of Hamburg. And I was so happy to bust the American mostly southern image of Germany. Thank you! And I had to laugh at your attempts to pronounce “Rote Grütze” and Jonathan’s attempt at “Speicherstadt!”
If you guys love spicy food, you have to come to Düsseldorf and it’s Japanese village. The village is deeply rooted in the cities heart and you have amazing authentic Japanese, Chinese and Korean restaurants that’ll give you kick you love😉 the have tasty spicy food, which is cooked spicy, not with added spice when serving (which can sometimes happen in Germany and is super annoying because you can definitely taste the difference). Enjoy Hamburg!🤗
That's right, they do have some pretty authentic and very tasty Japanese cusisine. On another note, Düsseldorf is very much overrated and they're so aware of it that they even call one of their districts "Oberrath" as in "overrated". It's one of these 1-time visit cities. So much that you won't see any signs pointing to Düsseldorf when you approach it from the South.
@@psibiza The districts are called "Rath" and "Unterrath" in the north of the city. "Overrath" doesn ´t exist.
After all Duesseldorf is the capital of the state of NRW and the city with the church near the main station didn ´t become it back then. 😂😂
@@frankderessener4477 quasi, Oberrath ist allerdings auch der Name von einem Teil Raths.
@@frankderessener4477clearly overrated
MMMM! This sounds great and right up our alley. We love this style of food.
Another food which is typical north german is "Birnen, Bohnen und Speck". But I doubt, you would get that in a restaurant. Preparation is easy: you peel potatos, put them in the pot first, then green beans on top of it, pears halved and some really fatty meat (pig cheekpiece of stomach) and/or the typical "Kochwurst" (saussage for cooking, alternatively Mettenden mildly smoked) at the top. Cook for about half an hour and enjoy. Am living now in Hessia and good saussage to use for cooking are hard to come by here (at least for my taste).
Even to a native Southern German, going up north (and vice versa, I'm sure) can feel like going to a different country.
It was really interesting how different the landscape, culture and even languages were. Really such an eye opening experience.
@@TypeAshton As a Federal Republic Germany has evolved from very distinct regions with varied history and association to other nations and regional competition/rivalry is still very much alive.
It's like a mini USA.
I was born and raised here (a bit northwest of Hamburg). My dad was a sailor. Starting as a fisherman. Later had been to 140 countries around the world. He always said that Nordseekrabben are unique. Nothing compares to that taste.
They need to be fresh. The store-bought stuff is not the same. It does make a huge difference!
Like with sweet peas or artichokes: you need to have it once, to compare it. Much into cooking, myself: I like to taste fishcake from different fishmongers. My favourites are from "Fischkiste" in Pinneberg and "Rellinger Fischladen" as well as the salmon fishcakes from EDEKA Struwe in Eidelstedt, Hamburg.
In Germany, when a menu says that a certain dish is "pikant" or "würzig", this means that actually spices were used in the process of cooking that dish, and "scharf", "sehr scharf" or "Vorsicht, scharf" usually means "may contain some chili peppers, but not really hot ones", even in Thai or Mexican restaurants. If you are looking for something really spicy, look out for joints that display the Scoville scale, there you might find what you are looking for.
My mother is from Hamburg but doesn't like fish. So the few occasions she cooked Hamburg dishes for us it was Pears, Green Beans and Bacon (it's cooked with very small, dense pears that are not so sweet) and Hamburger National - pork belly, potatoes and parsnips. But I haven't seen those in restaurants yet.
Oh, and one typical Northern thing you have to try if you visit Hamburg in the winter is Grünkohl mit Pinkel - lit. "kale with piss" (Pinkel is a very fatty sausage made from muscle meat, bacon, gruel and onions). It's the seasonal dish everywhere between Lower Saxony and the Danish border. Although the meat served with it often differs. The most typical around Hamburg though is said Pinkel.
Hamburg- ist immer eine Reise wert … wie auch der gesamte Norden Deutschlands. Egal ob Ostsee- Nordsee. Weiterhin tolle Erlebnisse- auf Euer Entdeckungsreise. Liebe Grüße aus dem Sauerland 🌲⛰🌲
Living close to Hamburg for almos 30 Years and I need a RUclips Channel of Americans to find the greatest Restaurants in my homecity :D
This video made me so happy. I used to live in Hamburg for 10 years of my life and enjoyed it deeply. At 0:30 flying over the buildings on the right - I worked there. Crazy to see. Thank you so much
That's awesome. I can see how they would be a great pit stop for a late-night/early-morning bite to eat. We really enjoyed eating there.
"Hamburg Philharmony" is the most photographed landmark all over hamburg!!!!!
For exploring the North-East, I'd advise you to do it by bike. There's a lenghty bicycle path along the coast spanning Rostock the Darß peninsula, Stralsund with the option of enleghtening the tour around Germany's largest island Rügen, via Greifswald (home to the only prtestant Dome and Sweden's oldest university and finally ending at the German border on the island of Usedom. It takes you along many of the most scenic parts of the German Baltic coast, through 3 larger and well-kept Hanse towns and the two most popular tourist islands. All that in the most beautiful German state Mecklenburg-Western Pomeria
im from hamburg and my favorite as a child was smoked eel. yummy. every morning going to the docks and getting fresh food. amazing.
Thank you for sharing! I‘m looking forward to visit Hamburg (im Juni) for a Musical. Super Empfehlungen! 🙏😊
OH fun!! We loved our trip to Hamburg and hope you have the best time.
The first restaurant with fish. I enjoy seeing.
Glad you made it to our corner of the country! Well, as any real northerner will tell you, Hamburg is basically the southern tip of the north, but still. With how "small" Germany is compared to the US, a lot of Americans don't expect the massive variety of local dishes. With local histories going back over a thousand years, you can find interesting things to eat wherever you go, and simply driving for an hour might put you in an entirely different region.
It's great to see some of our specialties in the spotlight. I'm (sadly) not big on fish, so my personal favorite out of everything you had is definitely the Rote Grütze. It doesn't translate well, "Red Gruel" doesn't quite capture the same level of tastiness. It's a thick compote-like dish made from several different kinds of berries, usually with whole berries in it. It is most often served as you had it, with sweet vanilla sauce to counter the tartness of the berries. Fun fact: There is even ready-made rote grütze (and vanilla sauce of course) available in a lot of supermarkets, so if you want to have it as a dessert at home without doing any of the work, you can.
After we left Hamburg we traveled to Bremen, Bremerhafen, and then onward to the countryside to Aurich and Norden. It was SUCH an amazing trip and we hope you enjoy the upcoming episodes where we share some of our experiences in the North with you! ❤️
@@TypeAshton holy shit Aurich and norden. Didnt know Any Tourists finds their way There😂
Do you were in Oldenburg? Most beautiful City in Lower Saxony!
Thank your for being so appreciative to North Germany where I was born raised. I cannot wait for your upcoming videos, so pleeeease hurry! :-)
Welcome to the most beautiful city in Germany!
Thank you! We loved visiting and hope to come back in the future.
A dish you may want to try if you love seafood is "Pann-Fisch mit Bratkartoffeln", fish in a coarse mustard sauce usually served with traditional pan fried potatoes. Another one is "Heidschnucke" that's a sort of lamb from the Heide area south of Hamburg.
What most Americans struggle with, is that the Federal Republic of Germany, like the United States is a bunch of different states which historical have pretty unique and local culture, food and drinks. There are even a lot of "traditional" german dishes that are uniquely different in different regions. For example the "Bratwurst", Kohlgerichte (Kraut dishes), Kartoffelsalat. Even classic coastal dishes like Hering nach Hausfrauenart (Hering with a creamsauce and potatoes) differ locally even at the coast, from the Matjes-Hering or Bismarck-Hering to different recipes of pickled cucumber, apple and onions used.
Northern Germany with Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen, Hamburg, Bremen (Wattenmeer und Inseln, Nord- und Ost-Friesland, Altes Land bis Lüneburger Heide) und Mecklenburg Vorpommern, has a vast variety of traditional dishes based on the typical agricultural farmland of the area. From fish, lamb, chicken, pork and beef to all sorts of vegetables, fruits (apples, pears, berries) and of course bakery products from wheat, barley and rye.
A typical thing for the area is all sorts of conservation techniques for food (pickling vegetables and fish, salting or smoking meat and fish, etc.) is still found in a lot of traditional dishes of the area.
What German cuisine more or less imported from over the last century is spicy food. Traditional german cooking uses mostly salt, herbes and pepper... Though today's modern cuisine in Germany has adopted all kinds of styles from italian, spanish, greek and turkish influence to asian fusion, tex-mex etc.
The "Salmon-Rolls" are the perfect example: no salmon native to German coasts, sesame-bread and the concept of a "roll" are a delicious fusion of influences, but the "Klassische Hamburger Spezialitäten-Platte" was spot on with traditional, local food. Enjoy the culinary specialties of Germany and maybe Europe in the future. 🍻🙂
I enjoy your purely thorough and scientific analysis of the food there! 😆
Happy to donate our waistlines to science. 😂
@@TypeAshton FOR SCIENCE!!
Starting a 2nd Ph.D.
I was born, raised and lived im Hamburg for about 38 years before I moved on. II got married to my lovely woce in Hamburg and our two daughters were born in Hamburg. I still love my hometown, the most beutiful city in Germany, and I return to Hamburg on a regular basis to visit my parents and brothers. I did not know about the restaurants that you have been to. So thank you for your great video. Next time when I am in Hamburg I will go to these resraurants. I hope that you also had a chance to see the Alster where I used to sail for a number of years. Love Jens
We would love it if you gave these restaurants a try and tell them that you saw our video. Sometimes filming can be intrusive to restaurants (even with their permission) and we really want them to benefit from the extra exposure. We totally enjoyed the experience and are happy to come back again.
Gday BFF, you guys have great appetites. The serves of food are so big. Hamburg looks like lovely city with a hearty selection of food choices. You look so content and relaxed on your lovely trip. Thanks for sharing all the delightful dishes with us. 😋😋
We were happy to donate our waistlines to science. 😂😂😂 Thank you so much (as always). ❤️
St. Pauli "neighbourhood" good way to put it :D
Oh the memories! I grew up in the area around Hamburg, Bremen, and Ostfriesland but then moved to West Texas about 40 years ago. Have you tried Schillerlocken? It's the skinned, smoked belly flap of the Dornhai (dogfish?). Soft and mild fish flavor. And, if you like tea, try some real Ostfriesentee mit Kluntjes but is has to be brewed and poured/served the Ostfrieslaender way. Happy travels. Love your channel: My favorites videos on Sunday mornings: Black Forest Family and Gone with the Wynns.
When visiting family in Ostfriesland, Ashton was welcomed into the home of one of her distant family menbers and treated to a "proper Ostfriesland tee ceremony". It was an experience she will never forget and we will feature it on an upcoming episode detailing our history.
Schillerlocken are not easily to come by anymore. The shark species used for producing those has been heavily overfished, so they are now protected.
I also remember Schillerlocken from my childhood. Even back then they were expensive and I would get them only as a special treat from my grandmother at the local market. 😊
Nowadays it is difficult to get them... and they are very very expensive.
When it's cold in winter you should try a grog, tea with rum, that stuff makes you warm in no time
Finally a video that is doing Hamburg justice and you didnt even scratch the surface
We hope to showcase more in a second video debuting in a couple of weeks. We are going to group Hamburg, Bremen and some other Northern sites. Specifically, we will showcase the Miniature Wonderland, the Old Elbe Tunnel and St. Michael's crypt. ♥️
Not an expert, but there are two types of cheese cake in Germany: one that's basically made by putting stuff in the fridge, and another that is made in the oven; the one you had there is the "baked" variety
You may even find fruity cheese cake, my mother added raisins (but stopped this because my sister hates them), and you may also find apricot, tangerine or peach pieces inside.
@@thorstenguenther my best friend makes her baked cheese cake with raisins, and it's to die for
A main difference is also the use of Quark as opposed to regular fresh cheese.
Quark is a dairy food that's sort of inbetween fresh cheese and yoghurt, it's more solid and fatty than the yoghurt but has a bit of acidity and funk in it that you won't find in regular fresh cheese (it's also usually not salted).
Moin. I live in Hamburg. Yesterday we visited Schwerin. Very beautiful town with a castle. Very impressive!
Guys, thanks for this delicious Hamburg food review… now I feel I have to visit Hamburg asap.. wasn’t there for 20 years… This Oberhafen Kantine Holzbrett looked more than awesome… all Hamburg dishes as small Tapas, like in Spain… 🤩 Viele Grüße vom Niederrhein 👋👍
Oberhafen Kantine was certainly our favorite for the unique building and delicious food platter. However they are all amazing.
Lesser known but yummy traditional northern dishes:
Bremer Knipp - fried grain and meat, with pickles and Bratkartoffeln;
Birnen, Bohnen und Speck - boiled pears, beans and bacon;
Bienenstich - "bee sting" - cream cake with candied almonds.
I'm watching this just *after* my dinner which is probably a good thing, otherwise I would have probably over-ordered on take-away...
When it comes to German food seen from abroad, it goes back to what I have once read as the two Germanys. Because you see, Germany is one country, incredibly diverse, but really you can easily divide it into the Germany of the Sea, and the Germany of the Forest. You of course reside on the forest side, which is the Germany known abroad. It's Schnitzel and big beer glasses and loud and really culturally looking South and East, towards central Europe, the alps and beyond.
Now I am from the sea side, being originally from Niedersachsen. It's the Germany that culturally, linguistically, historically has always looked North and West. We are somewhat closer to the Dutch and English, and our Nordic friends than to Austrians, Italians or Swiss. Somewhat quiter according to cliche, our food is also traditionally lighter (more fish, less Weißwurst).
By the way, next month I am moving to the other side of Germany, to Karlsruhe, and it really feels like moving to a different country. I'll trade my current view of the sea for the Black Forest and my fish and chips for Schäufle. Isn't it amazing what sort of diverse culture you can have within really a day travel...?
I have family in Hamburg; and I love this city!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You have finally arrived in the right part of Germany. 😉 You definitely need to eat kale. The kale season starts after the first frost in autumn (perhaps a kale tour with handcarts and bossels would be just the right thing for you - preferably in East Friesland).
We've heard of a lot of kale dishes here, but unfortunately we were a bit too late. Perhaps we just need to go back in the late autumn/winter. :)
@@TypeAshton Definitely 😉
What I remember off north German kitchen is boiled potatoes pickled haring and cream dill sauce and smoked mackerel, plus lots of Sekt
Grünkohl! Der fehlt noch. Auch wenns eigentlich ein Wintergericht ist.
Und als Ostfriese (direkt an der Grenze zu Holland) bin ich mal gespannt, wo ihr noch so vorbei schaut.
Viel Spass in Norddeutschland :-)
oh yess.. kale mit kassler oder bregenwurst.. (oder beides..)
und was ist mit lecker mettbrötchen.. tell americans they eat raw meat in germany!..
Welcome to Germany & Greetings from Düsseldorf.
Not quite a dish but the Miniatur-Wunderland in the Speicherstadt is probably also worth checking out. It is a model recreation of various landmarks throughout the world and is done immaculately.
Jonathan and Jack went there :D
YES! As Matti M states - Jonathan and Jack had a "dude day" and went there. They had a GREAT time - such a cool place. We are going to put together a video in a couple of weeks highlighting some of our favorite experiences while in the North.
Your best vlog ever. I loved it. Next dish you must try. Nordseescholle mit Krabben und Bratkartoffeln. My absolut favorite dish.
Thank you for the great suggestion and for the nice compliment. We were more than pleased to spend our time eating our way through Hamburg. 😂😂
Next time, we will give these other dishes a try.
For your non-German viewers I'd have preferred a lil bit more detailed review and description of the Labskaus on the Hamburger Klassische Platte because I believe whenever you ask a German about the most iconic and traditional North German dish the most given answer would be : Labskaus 😀 How did you two like the Labskaus (with fried eggs on top) ?
One recommendation: try Scholle. I think the English name is plaice. It is in season right now and delicous.
Its not a dish in Hamburg, but from the south of hamburg. Its meat from the "Heidschnucke", a local type of sheep, processed to for example "Heidschnuckenbratwurst" or "Heidschnucken Burger". You can get it for example in the village of "Handloh" in the Cafe "Der Schafstall", which is btw. very close to the Heide Region, where you can absolutely do a great hiking trip in the "Büsenbachtal" before or after.
I really can't hear it anymore. This "Germany is Bavaria"... Pretzels, beer, lederhosen... Every US RUclipsr that comes over does the same fake castles tour, drinks at the Hofbräuhaus, and then spreads that is Germany. Once said a very famous of those: I didn't know that Germany had a coast.
Thank you for visiting and showing the north.
Glad you enjoyed the video!
YES!!!! Hamburg, my hometown ❤❤🤍🤍
Thanks for the video, it was much fun. I think one of Germany's most traditional shocking (I think for the most foreigner) food is "Mettbrötchen". Not regional but overall still popular. Really delicious with fresh onion rings, salt and pepper on top. But please, don't take any crappy "abgepacktes Hack" for it. ^^
I (Jonathan) really want to try Mett, but Ashton is not on board. We tried tartare in Prague and loved it... but something about raw pork sounds a little bit less appetizing. Either way, we will give it a shot.
@@TypeAshton Don‘t be afraid of Mett! It‘s absolutely delicious!
@@TypeAshton completely different experience from beef tartare. try it. the onions and salt and pepper are on there for a reason. all 3 of them keep meat "safe". look it up, and then eat it. I am almost 60 and have never had food poisoning.
Only from the Fleischtheke with Onions and fresh Brötchen! Mett muss fresh sein! 😉🤣
Mettbrötchen is also called Bauarbeitermarmelade, construction worker Marmelade. It's so delicious but you should get it fresh in a bakery!
From Wikipedia: The Franzbrötchen was probably named in the style of the French (German 'französisch') model, the croissant, which is also made of pastry and became popular in Germany after Napoleon's troops had occupied Hamburg between 1806 and 1814. According to a different historical tradition, they produced a longish Franzbrot (German for 'French bread') which resembled the baguette. Legend has it, a baker in Hamburg had once seared such a Franzbrot in a pan of fat, which is considered the origin of the contemporary Franzbrötchen.
Maybe you visit someday Rostock. It‘s also in Northern Germany but in the east in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. I visited the city in 2018 and it was really great. I can recommend Warnemünde to you. Warnemünde has a port with ships for port sightseeing but also other activities like a ride in high speed boat. You can also go there for a walk as there is a nice hiking path. And if you are more interested in swimming you can go to the mearby beach.
Oh that sounds lovely! Jack LOVED all of the boats in Hamburg and we want to see more of the coast.
So true! I love Warnemünde! You eat the fresh Fischbrötchen sold right of the boat. There’s that white sandy beach and much more to explore! Just love it!
If one of you love boats, you have to go to the big sail Festivals like the Hansesail in Rostock. The ships will go from the harbor out to the sea and back. Very cool if you love ships.
@@TypeAshton I forgot one point for recommendation: If you are in Rostock you can also do a day trip to Güstrow. Güstrow is a town of 30,000 people in the surrounding area of Rostock. In Güstrow you can visit Güstrow Castle. It contains a museum that exhibits several paintings of the former residents and also tells the history of the castle.
In the center of Güstrow you can also find a chocolate shop. They offer different flavors such as bitter chocolate or chocolate combined with rum.
You can reach the city by two S-Bahn lines (S2, S3) from Rostock. Be prepared: If you arrive Güstrow station and leave it, you might be a little bit shocked. The neighboring area of Güstrow station is a little bit run-down. At least that was the case in 2018.
Yeah, come to Rostock. We would love to welcome you here. Greetings from Rostock ☺️
Every area from Germany has his special kitchen. At the lower Rhine you Sauerbraten. Today is normal made with beef. Tradionaly with horsemeet (Pääd). And tradonaly we have a Kitchen, who is going with the year. Fresh vegetable or fruit. Asparagus, strawberries, Rhabarber. Or fresh Beans,Spezial meet or fish. Maischolle, Stint, Matjes. Or Easterlamb.
My grandmother was an avid gardener and she embraced cooking with local ingredients in really inventive ways... your description of asparagus, strawberries Rhubarb, green beans etc... makes my heart happy.
Das Essen sieht so lecker aus,es war bestimmt ein Genuß!
Muss auch unbedingt mal nach Hamburg fahren,da ich Fisch über alles liebe!
Danke für das schöne Video!😀😁😆🙃
Liebe Grüße aus Rheinland/Pfalz sendet euch Rudi
Vielen Dank.😀
Hi Ashton, hi Jonathan, hi Jack happy Sunday!
Looks delicious, hope you did not gain to much weight. I'll re- think my Plans for Lunch today. I also guess you had a great time in northern Germany. Best regards and until next Sunday Ralf
Happy Sunday Ralf! We definitely left Hamburg with happy hearts and full tummies. But yeah... We definitely had a salad upon returning. 😂😂
@@TypeAshton If you visit Hamburg next time, I recommend you to visit stunning Blankenese, a former fishermen's village in the west of Hamburg (nowadays "The Beverly Hills of Hamburg", many German celebrities and millionairs live in this quarter). They have a beautiful beach on Elbe-river, some great restaurants to eat fish (I recommend Restaurant Ahrberg) and a lighting tower from where you can see the ships going by. My grandparents had a house there on the beach (my father grew up in this quarter), sometimes I miss it. You can easily access Blankenese with S-Bahn 1. Here some TV impresssions of Blankenese:
ruclips.net/video/VUFV7jaEs9M/видео.html
That sounds amazing! Thank you for the recommendation. We keep a list of places to visit in the future and I just added this.
@@TypeAshton and you should try to get tickets for a soccer match of FC St Pauli. The atmosphere in the stadium is amazing.
I recommend Dresden for your next City Trip. The people and the City deserve such a lovley and hearty review from you great people. ❤
I'm from Hamburg and... didn't know quite a few of your recommendations. AH! Now I got some homework from you guys :)
Mir läuft das Wasser im Mund zusammen!!
As a Dutch person, having frequented Amsterdam and been to Hamburg, the number of ~2.5K bridges in Hamburg sounded very high, so I had to check on Amsterdam for its number.
It's not a race or rivalry, by the way - for me, at least.
Just checking on my prejudices.
Amsterdam has over 2,000 officially numbered bridges. Then there are some 100 "P" numbered ones (P for private). Plus 2,019 bridges or viaducts without number. And then there are water underpasses that some consider a bridge too: 2,463. And at least 54 locks. The grand total being about 7,000. Only ~930 of these have a formal name. Then there are almost 3.3K "bridges" inside buildings, over 2.1K scaffold bridges and over 450 playground bridges. And somewhere in the past over 700 bridges have disappeared.
It's clear that whatever the number is, depends on (a) date, (b) definitions in civil engineering terms, and (c) definition in terms of "authorities" that supervise "bridges".
As a Hamburger, I always wondered where this number is coming from.
Hamburg has a poor reputation for conserving its history and many of the city's waterways ("Fleete") were filled up from the 19th century onwards. So the number of bridges must have gone down considerably
The number of 2500 probably includes every small pedestrian bridge on the hiking paths in the outskirts. Given the lange area of Hamburg compared to Venice, there is a large bias to the count. But the number 2500 is now in the wild and it seems to late for reason 🤦♂️
Bridges include railway and road bridges, of course. The town is a major railway hub for northern Germany. And beside the national network Hamburg has an impressive S- and U-Bahn network that runs overground mostly. It was cheaper to build it that way in cuttings than in tunnels. And then there are the many canals that link the tributary rivers of the Elbe to each other.
The number of bridges in Hamburg is from a local authority (Landesbetrieb Straßen, Brücken und Gewässer (LSBG)) and only about the bridges they are responsible for. They monitor if their bridges are in a good condition, privat bridges are not in their list.
@@Rick2010100 Effective 2021-01-01, the responsibility for about 800 "bridges and engineered buildings" changed over to the Autobahn GmbH. Still I see the number 2500 unchanged.
Hamburg 2.500
Wien 1.716
Amsterdam 1.281
Berlin 960
Venedig* 400
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It looked so good I had to make my supper early. I didn't know Hamburg had so many bridges! High maintenance.
I come from the Lower Rhine Area (Dutch border). I think the best and most original regional food is very simple (but tastes great). This is an asperagus reagion but also potatoes with "Apfelmus" (Himmel un Ääd) or Mashed potatoes with "Endiviensalat" mixed together are great! We have the Frikandel, the "Fleischrolle Spezial", wunderfull "Pöffertjes" or "Reibekuchen". It's a cuisine influenced by the Netherlands (borderland since Julius Caesar).
Also for a German: Hamburg is, next to Munich, my absolute favorite city in Germany. So much atmosphere there as well as in the south of Germany. Both are totally different but wonderful.
We also really enjoyed Hamburg and can't wait to visit again in the future.
Before I moved to Hamburg I only heard of Labskaus and thought it must be disgusting. Most people in the south compare it with something that's already been eaten and puked out again.
But then the lady at the registry office gave me a book about Hamburg (mostly about the districts, cost of living, service hotlines...) and it had the recipe for Labskaus on it. I was like "Wait! So it's mostly mashed potatoes and corned beef? They're both my favourite food and a bit of beet root might taste nice in it." So it became one of my favourite Northern dishes and I cooked it for my family and friends in the Palatinate Forest too.
And Franzbrötchen helped me a lot to come over all the pastry I missed from the South like Gewürzkuchen (gingerbread flavoured sponge cake), Granatsplitter (cake leftovers covered in chocolate) and Dampfnudel (dough ball cooked in a oil and salt water mix - not the steam raised one, it needs to have a nice brown salty crust at the bottom).
The best Franzbrötchen I had in Lübeck though, because they have one filled with marzipan (almond paste). 🤤😋
thanks for this video. most expat food tours are very cliche. but you managed to capture a bit of the life of a native hamburger. beautiful and important locations that I like and appreciate very much.
Stade, Lüneburg and Rostock are very nice cities of North-Germany.
We plan to come back again very soon now that we have more family roots in the area. We will be sure to tour these places in the future.
Never expected such an emphasis on the food here in Hamburg. Although I've been living here for the last 10 years, I'd always prefer a thüringer or fränkische Bratwurst to a local one. ;-)
But I love the Wasserschloss also, especially for breakfasts and brunchs!
The Wasserschloss was so lovely and their food looks excellent. We were just too full to get another full meal 😂
But you DEFINITELY need to try the Bratwurst at the Oberhafen Kantine... With all sincerity, it was one of the best I've had in a VERY long time.
@@TypeAshton I will certainly do that!
As written you should move as well a bit to the northwest in direction to Bremen and Oldenburg. There traditionally you should taste "Grünkohl und Pinkel" and if you are brave one as well "Bremer Knipp" both dishes are mostly eaten throughout autumn and winter because they are really heavy
We spent about 3 days in Bremen after our tour of Hamburg and I am a bit sad that we didn't try those dishes! I guess we will just have to go back again. :)
😂😂rote Grütze mit Vanillesoße
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First time watching you guys. Really good choice of restaurants and I like how open you are. Amazing video about my hometown. Your energy is so positive 😊
Visit again!
Greetings from Hamburg
Awesome to hear from a local! Thank you so much and we are thrilled you enjoyed the video.
PLEASE visit Flensburg some time! You'll love it too..
We would love to!
You should try "Mettbrötchen" for Breakfast, sadly its not the Season for "Grünkohl mit Mettenden" but "Mettenden" in itself are delicious, its a typical northern Sausage...
Wie wahr wie wahr ..................
The BEST YOU have ever done!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!
The Bavarians have mansplained to me by the way, that you see Bavarian stuff all over the world because they have the most tradition, while other areas in Germany lack in tradition.
Don't know how much truth there is to that, but for sure they love their tradition in Bavaria.
Thanks for another cool video. I hope some Americans see this.
Yeah, I think a lot of Hollywood movies also tend to show Bavaria as the 'typical' German landscape as well. I'm sure there are quite a few contributing factors to the stereotype of only one 'kind" of German food. I'm always very sad Spätzle hasn't made its way stateside. It's my favorite! 😋
Not a lot of truth. Especially as there is quite some diversity even within Bavarian culture, that many Bavarians themselves often forget. There is a big cultural difference between Franconians and Bavarians, but also there's Schwaben and the Oberpfalz as districts, but there are two different Bavarian districts (Oberbayern and Niederbayern) and three Franconian districts (Ober-, Mittel- and Unterfranken) all in Bavaria, and all differ quite from each other. And although the Bavarian capital Munich is within Oberbayern, it also has its very special culture and tradition. So there is just no "single" Bavarian tradition, to which one could really refer to and just as there's a huge diversity within Bavaria, it is quite similar to all the rest of Germany.
@@TypeAshton As a Bavarian I would never say we are the only ones with great traditions or food, not even the best or most. I think we Bavarians (minus the close-minded hillbillies!) are well aware and superhappy that Germany and of course the rest of Europe have so many different regions and unique (food) cultures, and we love to explore them just as much as tourists from the rest of the world!
As a German who lived most of his life somewhere near the Baden-Württemberg-Bavarian-border, I would say that these Bavarians talked BS. Bavarians have another culture but I don't believe, they have more culture. The only reason why the Bavarian stereotype got to be the German stereotype is because most of Bavaria was occupied by American soldiers, so they portrayed Germans in their media how they knew them - as Bavarians. Nordic german culture is way more like Scandinavian culture for example and for example my family comes from the Swabian Alps and there is a lot of tradition too, most Germans from further up north probably wouldn't even understand much of which is said by my family because of the dialect. And yeah, Bavarians are a bit full of themselves in general and a bit ... "eigen". :D
Thing is, Americans know more about Bavaria then the other regions because the American occupied zone after the second world war lined up almost exactly with Bavaria. So when the soldiers went home and talked about Germany, of course they talked about the things they had seen which was Bavaria.
I don't look at the previous comments, just give my recommendation for you to try....First "Birnen, Bohnen und Speck" a classic in my hometown Hamburg. Second is a little complcated. Go visit the "Fischmarkt" a market taking place in the harbour area on sundays from 5 am. Its more an event with market, bars and more. And its famous for the market barkers selling fish, bananas and other things. Now the dish... take a look on "Räucheraal" but don't buy it there. Go for a decent fishdealer.
I love to see Jonathan tryin food. Its always a pleasure :) :)
To add a little thrill I would recommend Labskaus.....pure tradition.
We did give it a try at the Oberhafen Kantine - but Jack was having a bit of a meltdown and we had to scrap the footage.
@@TypeAshton Pretty brave though...lol
Hi!
We are Sascha and Ines, living in Nordenham near Bremerhaven. Thanks for uploading great videos. 🙂
Have you already tasted "Bremer Knipp" (a kind of rough sausage with fatty meat and groats) or Eel (smoked oder fried, both tastes very delicios!)?
Both are real northern specialities and taste great with roasted potatoes. ❤️
Have a great start into the new week! 🍀
Barfusspark, Wildpark schwarze Berge, Stadtpark Planetarium usw.
Very nice video. Some dishes to trey that are North German are Labskaus, Grünkohl und Pinkel, Aal in any form, Geräucherte Fische, Himmel und Erde, Erbseneintopf, Linseneintopf, Seelachs Brötchen, Butterkuchen.
Nach dem aufwachen am Sonntag ein Kaffee und TBFF, Tag ist gerettet.
Ah, das ist so, so nett. Wir sind ehrlich gesagt so demütig, dass so viele uns zu einem Teil ihrer Sonntagsroutine machen. Ich danke dir sehr.
Pickled herring is not everyone's taste. I love it with al lot of fresh onions (or pickles) on it, but I think you need to grow up (born 1959) with food like this. My hometown is close to Frankfurt, and we always had this herring Brötchen here. It is a fast snack for on the go.
To pickle fish is a way to make it last for the winter. You need to try some pickled Brathering. 😊 A Brathering is when the fish is breaded and fried and then pickled. It is best with small boiled potatoes.
If there is an opportunity East Frisia with a nice tea time would be a suggestion, Krabben directly from the boat....... it is always fun to watch your vlogs,
Nice to see people looking into more than just bavaria. There is so much more. And even the north alone has much more than just Hamburg.
And yes, despite east frisia being the leading tea consumer, the north also has a huge coffee culture.
Those super soft buns aren't a usual thing here. They are available as well, but a proper german breadroll is soft and fluffy on the inside and has a light crunch on the outside.
And the Kantine is leaning over more than the leaning tower of Pisa.
If you guys want to visit the shortest river in Germany and also a really nice Kathedral you are welcome to visit in Paderborn!
All foods looks yummy... 😋😋😋
I live near Hamburg and love the city too. ❤️ You tried very nice restaurants, I get really hungry when I see your video.... 😋
Thanks a lot for the interesting content.