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| - I have many memories of German food, since my first vacation on my own as an adult was 2 weeks in Germany and Austria a zillion years ago. There was something about going into a gasthaus that just made the food so much better - generally they were the first floor of someone's house turned into a tiny restaurant and everything was prepared as ordered so it was always fresh. Never found anything as good in the States, although I tried.....
Well, DH found a coupon at Restaurants for the Zur Kate so we thought - why not? It was only a few bucks - what did we have to lose?
Authentisch does not even begin to describe this place!
It probably holds 40 or so. There was a live accordian player (when he played the chicken dance, I so wanted to get up and dance but DH and DS held me back :(. The decor is right out of a German village. And the servers are all dressed in dirndls. So far, ok, they have the look down of a gasthaus.
Next the menu. Wurst and schnitzel. Not much else - just about 15 variations on each. But that's okay. That is more than enough to choose from.
Zur Kate doesn't try to be anything other than what it is. No appetizers. No extra sides. Your dinner comes with a starch (German potato salad, home fries, spatzl, and two other choices - I am drawing a blank on them) and a vegetable (sauerkraut or red cabbage).
They also have a Friday and Saturday special that rotates, depending on the week.
DH ordered the special - Rolladen with German potato salad and sauerkraut. The Rolladen was tender and juicy. The potato salad was good. The sauerkraut was really mild - we are used to very tart kraut so that was a disappointment but the meat and salad made up for it!
DS ordered the Knackwurst with kraut and homefries. The Knackwurst was huge. And the home fries were real home fries - a little salt and pepper and they were so yummy.
I saved the best for last. I ordered the Jaeger Schnitzel with spatz; and red cabbage. The Schnitzel was pork, not veal, but that was fine - it was freshly breaded and fried. Crispy yet moist inside. The mushroom gravy was so very good (not fully of MSG and base - otherwise I would be too sick to write this ;). The spatzl were lightly sauteed/fried and covered in gravy. And the cabbage was excellent.
We shared a piece of homemade Black Forest cake and it was so good. The cherry filling was tasting of Kirsch or another liquor. The cake was homemade. The whipping cream was real. Yum.....
Portions: very large.
Quality: very good.
Prices: very reasonable
Service: attentive - I loved the fact that they brought us a liter of Diet for my son and I to help ourselves.
Would we return: you bet! We are heading back in two weeks for the goulash and strudel.
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