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Riding school Munich –Today we ate at Café Reitschule, or as it's more commonly known, at the riding school. We'd been there before, or rather, we'd been invited, and we weren't really impressed with the food. The meat was tough, and the rest was acceptable—but not what you'd expect from such a well-known establishment. So today we gave Café Reitschule another chance—for breakfast!…and today we were (almost) not disappointed.
We were pleasantly surprised by the extensive menu, daily specials, and separate vegetarian menu. We ordered our drinks, which arrived quickly. The cappuccino was very good, as was the Diet Coke. 🙂 I ordered breakfast, and my companion ordered Wiener Schnitzel with fried potatoes, preceded by celery soup. The soup was excellent. A plate with carrot and zucchini balls was brought to us, and the soup was poured into it right at our table, submerging the vegetables. It was incredibly delicate and intensely flavorful. The Wiener Schnitzel was delicious, but the fried potatoes were unfortunately awful—still half-raw and therefore inedible. However, the waiter handled the criticism with composure and apologized.
I ordered breakfast for myself – a toasted sesame bagel with cream cheese, arugula, onions, and capers, which I was able to easily omit. The bagel arrived folded and garnished with arugula salad. I had to (or rather, I was "allowed") to "assemble" my own bagel – the cream cheese was served as a separate portion on the plate, and the salmon was also served separately in layers. It tasted very good; the salmon was fresh, the cream cheese tasted exactly as cream cheese should, and the bagel was excellent. So, my breakfast was a complete success, or rather, a real treat. The Bircher muesli had a very peculiar taste at first, or rather, it didn't taste like what you'd expect from Bircher muesli. After a few spoonfuls, however, I really enjoyed it and finished the whole bowl. (For those in the know: The Bircher muesli at Backspielhaus tastes very different.)
As for the interior of the riding school, the initial reaction is "Oooooh!" followed by "Meh." The building itself is very beautiful, very spacious, and opulent. Great ceilings and lighting, a rather nice lounge area, and a lovely, green-lit bar, but the basic, horrible black furniture is utterly ugly – not at all chic and totally canteen-style. So the ambiance is mediocre, the breakfast is good, and the fried potatoes are bad. I'd come back for breakfast, but not for anything else for now.
Card payment is possible. 51 euros for two dishes with a drink is steep, but it wasn't a complete disaster.
Place visited: Café Reitschule Munich
Address: Königinstraße 34, 80802 Munich
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