Berlin

How did I manage to stay in Berlin for four days without having Currywurst?! ... but then, I shouldn't complain. The reason for not having the opportunity to grab a Currywurst was simply the sheer amount of lovely Bohemian style cafes with their good value meals and breakfast buffets.

But there is more to Berlin than cafes. In the area in and around Prenzlauer Berg you can find practically everything your stomach could ever ask for. Especially Asian treats. We popped into a tiny sushi place one night. Three tables and one Lebanese sushi chef. It was the first time I tasted deep fried sushi. Ok, admittedly, it wasn't served with 24-carat gold leaves like the one on the pic... but even the less posh version was very satisfying. For us and our purses.

It was freezing cold in Berlin, so we welcomed the idea of going to _the_ Vietnamese restaurant in the capital, Monsieur Vuong, for some soup and lecker tea. And how lecker it was. Freshly squeezed lime juice and lime peel - plenty of - muddled with big pieces of ginger, shreds of Kaffir lime leaves, some lemongrass and cane sugar.

Newly hooked on Vietnamese cuisine we went for a second helping the day after. Well, actually we wanted more fried sushi, but the passionate and apparently moody chef Gingi refused to serve customers that day. So we went for beef broth in a lovely environment instead.

And as for the Currywurst... We will just have them back here in the UK. After all, KaDeWe sells about every kind of sausage there is. Anyway, all an ordinary Bratwurst needs to be transformed into a Currywurst is a generous splash of curried ketchup and a little bit of curry powder sprinkled over it.