{"id":4638,"date":"2017-06-01T21:13:27","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T19:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?p=4638"},"modified":"2017-06-01T21:13:27","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T19:13:27","slug":"restaurants-with-character-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?p=4638","title":{"rendered":"Restaurants with Character &#8211; Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">It is easy to find okay food in Berlin. It is even easy to find good food. Or international food. Hipster caf\u00e9s or coffee spaces at every corner. I am looking for something more, some spots with great atmosphere, traces of history or some other bonus features. But to kick things off: a nice looking but mediocre serving of sushi.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4639\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=4639\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4639\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4639\" class=\"wp-image-4639\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/1703_berlin_food_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">okay sushi<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4640\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=4640\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4640\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4640\" class=\"wp-image-4640\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/1703_berlin_food_02.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4640\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">avocado bagel &#8211; hipster stapel<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">What would Berlin be without an avocado bagel? But anyways, let&#8217;s move on to the rooftop of a project house <strong>Sharehouse<\/strong> in <strong>Neuk\u00f6lln<\/strong>, harboring apartments for refugees and even a caf\u00e9 and bar. With a prime position to see Berlin&#8217;s skyline, aka just the TV tower.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4641\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=4641\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4641\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4641\" class=\"wp-image-4641\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/1703_berlin_food_03.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">rooftop of project caf\u00e9 Refugio<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">A favorite of mine, the <strong>Tadschikische Teestube<\/strong> (<em>Tadjik Tea House<\/em>) with authentic colorful Sowjet furniture from the 70s, a gift as a sign of German-Sowjet friendship, it is now on display in this cute tea house not far from the <strong>synagoge<\/strong>. Enjoying a Russian tea ceremony while sitting on round cushions and colorful carpets, with a large selection of Russian (and other) teas and delicacies. Five stars for ambience.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4642\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=4642\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4642\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4642\" class=\"wp-image-4642\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/1703_berlin_food_04.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tadjik tea house<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Another recently discovered gem is <strong>Cl\u00e4rchens Ballhaus<\/strong> (<em>Cl\u00e4rchen&#8217;s ballroom house<\/em>), a rough looking, worn in ballroom with cracked mirrors, a few dusty pieces of furniture and a black grand piano in the corner. A great place to dance in the evenings, but around noon, the kitchen serves up great German dishes for a romantic candlelight lunch.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4643\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=4643\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4643\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4643\" class=\"wp-image-4643\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/1703_berlin_food_05.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cl\u00e4rchens Ballhaus &#8211; ballroom dancing and mirrored saloon<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4644\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=4644\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4644\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4644\" class=\"wp-image-4644\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/1703_berlin_food_06.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1703_berlin_food_06.jpg 500w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1703_berlin_food_06-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">candlelight lunch &#8211; maybe a tad too salty for my liking but still good<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4645\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=4645\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4645\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4645\" class=\"wp-image-4645\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/1703_berlin_food_07.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">beautiful mirrored room<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4646\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=4646\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4646\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4646\" class=\"wp-image-4646\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/1703_berlin_food_08.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">restaurant at lunch time &#8211; ballroom at night<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">And because I haven&#8217;t gotten enough of tea yet (I do love tea!), another quiet oasis not far from the last two places included in this post. <strong>Nannuoshan<\/strong> is the name of a well designed, calm place that is perfect for enjoying a cup of <em>Gongfu Cha<\/em> (tea made according to a certain tea ceremony) or maybe join one of their seminars to learn more about tea! They serve a variety of Chinese teas.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4647\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=4647\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4647\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4647\" class=\"wp-image-4647\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/1703_berlin_food_09.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">tea flower<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Full and content, I look forward to the next time visiting Berlin &#8211; more food is waiting for me!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;\">March 10th &#8211; 13th 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[90,101,128,326,486,844,932,992,1168,1184,1239],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1703_berlin_food_00.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4638"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}