Sandra Keros
Munich: A beautiful city where you can eat well, relax and enjoy more for less - compared to much of western Europe - when it comes to food and accommodations. Cost? About 1/2 to 3/4 of what we normally pay to eat "weeknight well" in San Francisco.
My strategy? Either one of two ways:
(1) Eat a big breakfast, a huge salad for lunch and dinner at a good restaurant, (split huge portions).
(2) Eat a big breakfast, split a big meaty entree for lunch and have a light dinner.
Since your schedule can likely change around lunchtime, you can adjust to meet either strategy.
* Healthy Choices*
(A) The food is of such overall astounding quality and looks so appetizing you leave very satisfied at the end of a meal.
(B) No need to ask for organic or pasture-raised dairy or meat - they grow/raise food the right way (unless you're going to American fast food chains).
(C) Eat real food in quantities that satisfy you. For instance, meat and dairy products here are full-fat, the way nature intended, so you can eat less and feel really satisfied.
* Second - The Economical Part*
(A) Because food is of such excellent quality and portions are huge, eat only two meals per day and split the hugely portioned meat or whole fish entrees at better quality restaurants.
(B) Stay at a hotel that serves a full breakfast and save a lot by not having to eat three full meals a day. H'Otello is phenomenal serving a choice of scrambled or hard-boiled eggs, fresh fruit, bacon, brats, cheeses, four different kinds of meusli, homemade tart yogurt with fresh berries, cottage cheese, croissants as light as air, perfect pretzels and breads as rich, dense and flavorful as you can get, tea with fresh Acacia honey, coffee or cappuccino made to order...whew...hope I didn't leave anything out!
(C) Eat a light lunch and a hearty dinner or a hearty lunch in the late afternoon and skip dinner altogether. At a biergarten or cafe you can ask for a plate of steamed veggies and cheese or a king-size salad with veggies and cheese.
(D) Bring fresh fruit like apricots and apples back to your room for mid-afternoon jet-lag hunger pangs to hang on until dinner.
(E) Dare I say it, but the municipal water is great. Pure enough to go directly into tropical fish tanks, you can save more money.
Favorite restaurants:
Spatenhaus -
O Eins - fabulous Austrian main courses - Weinerschnitzel, Zander (local lake fish) and unforgettable desserts - Kaiserschmarrn, Salzburger Nockerln.
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