German and Benelux Members

[RotiJala]

Hallo, everyone. I'm living in Switzerland -- does that count even if I'm Malaysian?

I do like several German, Swiss and Belgian (yay, Siroopwaffeln!) foods.

[Pets'R'us]

Welcome Roti Jala!!

Does not matter where you live...I am Dutch and moved to England last year...

[RotiJala]

Thanks, Pets 'r' Us, for the welcome.

Does anyone else like Berlin Potato Soup in which there's lots of majoram and a bit of bacon? My other half and I like it very much and cook it once a month.

[Pets'R'us]

I love potato soup!!
In Holland we make the potato soup also with the bacon but use parsley...not marjoram, but that surely sounds nice, Does the marjoram not over power the soup ??

[RotiJala]

Great! It's a very distinct and lovely flavour. We drop in a tied posy of it during cooking and, when serving, we float some fresh leaves on the soup. It complements all the other ingredients very well.

If you think majoram is rather strong, just use less.

[sugar maple]

Hi there! I'm a Canadian living close to Hannover in Germany.

[RotiJala]

Hi, Sugar Maple. (Oh, I love maple syrup!)
Welcome to this site and thread!
Any German (or Canadian) recipes you'd care to recommend?

Have you heard of the Nanoimo Bar (a kind of cookie) or something that sounds like it in Canada?

[sugar maple]

RotiJala wrote:

Have you heard of the Nanoimo Bar (a kind of cookie) or something that sounds like it in Canada?

Absolutely - Nanaimo Bars are famous. There are recipes all over the net if you want to take a look.

[Lalaloula]

Hey everyone,
Im not sure if this thread is still active, but just wanted to say that Im German living in Hamburg, Northern Germany. Anyone else here from that region?
Have a great day everyone!
Kind regards
Loula

[Pets'R'us]

Hi Lalaloula!
Yes the thread is still active...quiet but active LOL
Hopefully other members in Germany will see your post!

[Tea Girl]

Lalaloula wrote:
Hey everyone,
Im not sure if this thread is still active, but just wanted to say that Im German living in Hamburg, Northern Germany. Anyone else here from that region?
Have a great day everyone!
Kind regards
Loula

Hi Loula! I am not from Hamburg, but I live in Germany, in the Ruhrgebeit. I have visited Hamburg twice, sadly, only for a couple of days both times. It is a great city, with very good fish restaurants, that I hope to visit again in the future. Especially good fish is hard to come by around here.

[sugar maple]

Hi Lalaloula!

I'm Canadian and live near Hannover.

[Lalaloula]

Hi everyone,
thank you for your nice answers! Im so glad to have found this thread!
Yes, Hamburg is a lovely city with many many gorgeous restaurants and a lot of things to visit and discover. I dont have a lot of space in my appartment, so I cant offer a place to stay, but if anyone of you would like to come for a visit, Id be more than happy to provide you with some inside knowledge and a meal or two. Just let me know in advance.
The Ruhrgebiet is very nice as well, I think. Ive only been there twice and sadly not for long, but I liked it there a lot. Its quite different from the north, but not in a bad way...
Hope to talk to you soon again. Have a great day!
Kind regards
Loula

[Tea Girl]

Lalaloula wrote:
Hi everyone,
thank you for your nice answers! Im so glad to have found this thread!
Yes, Hamburg is a lovely city with many many gorgeous restaurants and a lot of things to visit and discover. I dont have a lot of space in my appartment, so I cant offer a place to stay, but if anyone of you would like to come for a visit, Id be more than happy to provide you with some inside knowledge and a meal or two. Just let me know in advance.
The Ruhrgebiet is very nice as well, I think. Ive only been there twice and sadly not for long, but I liked it there a lot. Its quite different from the north, but not in a bad way...
Hope to talk to you soon again. Have a great day!
Kind regards
Loula

Next time we go up there, I'll have to remember to ask you for restaurant advice. We never ate at some place there that was bad or even just average, but maybe we are missing some hidden gems.
I haven't travelled to the North that much, as that the people in this region have the habit of going to the Netherlands instead to go to the sea as it is closer, but the few places I visited were nice. I had a bit of harder time understanding people, but it was awhile ago and my German is much better now and can actually understand some other accents than those from this region.

[Lalaloula]

Make sure you do give me a shout before coming up here. I might be able to show you one or two very good restaurants. I love eating out here!
Oh, I can definitely understand your language/accent troubles. Even I (who speaks German as a mother tongue) have problems understanding some of the people in the Ruhrgebiet or Bavaria. Its like they were speaking some completely different language. But well, most of them do speak some sort of high German so whenever Im completely lost I just smile and ask them politely if they could repeat it in a less accent rich speak.
Maybe you've said it already, but if it's not rude, I'd luv to know how come you're in Germany now. When did you move here? Do you find settling in alright? I truly hope you like it here!
Have a great day everyone!
Warmest regards
Loula