'So, do you eat mostly potato pancakes and sausages?' my father occasionally asks when we speak on the phone. In fact, potato pancakes – or Kartoffelpuffer – are seldom seen outside fairs, where they're served with large dollops of applesauce (Apfelmuss) and whipped cream. Sausages, on the other, are as omnipresent as stereotypes would lead you to believe, and come in many forms: grotesque, cooked open-air on a huge lap-tray bourne by a man in a wheelchair, the fuel for the grill in a tank strapped to the back of his chair; or tongue-in-cheek elegant, served with champagne at the Saturday Kollwitzplatz market.
It is possible that, leaving the KaDeWe, you will feel a bit numb remembering the 8 EUR you spent on a particularly fetching jar of salt; you might wonder if you’ll actually give the truffle oil to Clara for her birthday, or keep it for yourself and make do with a bouquet of wildflowers. You will be hungry, and you will want simple food. Sausages, say. And this is where Witty's at Wittenbergplatz trumps the grotesque and ironic offerings of the city, briskly serving up tasty organic Bratwurst, Wiener, and Berlin's own contribution to the Welt of sausages, Currywurst. If you feel a lingering hankering for the frou-frou, there is sate sauce and garlic mayonaise. And Witty's pleasures will cost you between 2.80 and 3.40 EUR, a steal after KaDeWe's lobster.
Witty's, Wittenbergplatz 5 (map)
(Note that Witty's is an outdoor food stand with some umbrellas and tables to stand at but nowhere to sit down.)
Witty's truly is great! Currywurst with pommes is my favourite. All organic and very yummy :)
Posted by: Rhian | September 29, 2008 at 12:06 PM