German Food at Bauernhaus

Last night was a special event held by the cheeky wee scamps over at the TW Foodies Facebook page, and hosted by chief scamp AVD. This was the second such event held under the TW Foodies banner, and only my first visit. I am a fan of German food especially sausage, big, man-sized sized sausage, (Oh Lord, not again) and good bread.

Many of our party were unknown to me except AVD, to my left was movie and noted history buff Boo Lion who was back for another round. To my right were the Deep South’s most effective Drill Instructor Mizz Patty Mudd and Doctor Colossus. I will just say that novel you wanted to write, or even that symphony that needs finishing, get Mizz Mudd on board and it will be finished in days. Hours even.  Dr. Colossus is Italian and recently re-confirmed to me that are indeed Italian grandmothers who cannot cook. The good doctor made no mention of his own grandmothers, so I can only surmise that they too can cook well and are a credit to all nonnas the length and breadth of Italy.

After Mizz Mudd forced the whole room (patrons and wait staff alike) to do 50 push ups on our knuckles because “reasons” actually does it even matter? What Mizz Mudd says goes. After that and eating bread we were served goulash as pictured here.

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Early readers may remember that Boo Lion is a vegetarian so his was more mushroom-based compared to our beefy broth.  No complaints here, and in fact within my sub section of the group, it was one of the highlights.  Next up was the salad, which comprised of two options, the Caesar salad (which I didn’t get a picture of- but the lady across from me said she liked it) or the Tomato and Onion which was amazing. As you may see from the photo it was essentially just those two ingredients with a generous helping of balsamic vinegar- wonderful stuff. I am not a lover of salad by any stretch of the imagination.

Main course time and we were served Wiener schnitzel, two Käsekrainer (cheese sausages) and Badische Schupfnudeln (Potato noodles) which are some of the most German of words possible next to “Jugendherbergen” and “Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte” or the sentence “Ich habe im meinem Beruf Schule eine jahren sitzenbleiben”. I am in need of protein at the moment, so a main course that was essentially all meat was good for me, some more veg on the plate would have been preferable- but it is German cuisine. As the weather is turning to spring, it could be a bit heavy for some right now. In the dead of winter, however, I can see it being just the thing. For dessert, we had Apple Pudding Cake- as a dessert fiend I loved it, it wasn’t the most generous of helpings, but not everybody has as sweet a tooth as me.

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During the course of the evening, topics included some virus or something which is affecting the world, Taiwanese ghost houses, and sci fi. A nice antidote to what is going on elsewhere for me in the Meat World.

Would I go again? Hmmmm it is in Muzha, which, while down the road from me, is sort of like the Bermuda Triangle. I never remember where anything is, or how it comes together. Maybe I’ve been hypnotized to forget about anything in Muzha except the zoo. I did like it, but couldn’t be sure if vegetarians would have as good a time as I did (though it was a special event, and maybe not representative of the menu as a whole). So maybe I’ll get Mrs. Bao to tag along because she does like a good pork knuckle. <Insert innuendo here>

I actually submitted this to Mizz Mudd in handwritten form before I typed it up, but as she doesn’t speak German well and was unhappy with my penmanship, I now have to go on a 12000km run as punishment. Assuming I make it back from Kazakhstan by next weekend, I’ll be back.

Menu for the evening came to 800NT

Beer and wine were available at 200NT a glass or bottle. Fruit Beers at 250NT. I’m not a drinker so I’m not sure how they were.

 Location

No. 35, Lane 220, Section 2, Xinglong Road, Wenshan District, Taipei City, 116

WanFang Hospital MRT is your best bet

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