Just had a really delicious hot dog here in Hamburg. How is this possible?

[Burney]

Bog-standard bockwurst, senf, ketchup, roasted onion bits and sliced gherkins - so nothing out of the ordinary. And yet, as a culinary experience, it was miles ahead of anything you get in England. Why? The only possible differences were that the bun had a bit more chew to it than the flabby things you get in England and the mustard was proper German stuff. Beyond that, however, I can see no reason it should have been so superior. And yet it was.

[Sir C]

Bog-standard bockwurst, senf, ketchup, roasted onion bits and sliced gherkins - so nothing out of the ordinary. And yet, as a culinary experience, it was miles ahead of anything you get in England. Why? The only possible differences were that the bun had a bit more chew to it than the flabby things you get in England and the mustard was proper German stuff. Beyond that, however, I can see no reason it should have been so superior. And yet it was.

Hmm, you say, 'bog-standard bockwurst', but wursts of all descriptions are better in the Vaterland, that's just a FACT.

[Pat Vegas]

Bog-standard bockwurst, senf, ketchup, roasted onion bits and sliced gherkins - so nothing out of the ordinary. And yet, as a culinary experience, it was miles ahead of anything you get in England. Why? The only possible differences were that the bun had a bit more chew to it than the flabby things you get in England and the mustard was proper German stuff. Beyond that, however, I can see no reason it should have been so superior. And yet it was.

Does that mean you'll get an amazing burger in Frankfurt?

[Luis Anaconda]

Bog-standard bockwurst, senf, ketchup, roasted onion bits and sliced gherkins - so nothing out of the ordinary. And yet, as a culinary experience, it was miles ahead of anything you get in England. Why? The only possible differences were that the bun had a bit more chew to it than the flabby things you get in England and the mustard was proper German stuff. Beyond that, however, I can see no reason it should have been so superior. And yet it was.

The roll is a very important thing - can't actually remember the last time I had a hot dog in England though.

Shall probably be in Hamburg in a couple of weeks - anything of interest there apart from the Reeperbahn?

[Sir C]

The roll is a very important thing - can't actually remember the last time I had a hot dog in England though.

Shall probably be in Hamburg in a couple of weeks - anything of interest there apart from the Reeperbahn?

I lived in a sort of hippy commune in Hamburg for a few weeks in the late 80s. Skt Pauli was really quite scary at night. There was a neighbourhood Portuguses restaurant that would give you half a dozen oysters followed by pork and clam stew, with as much vinho tinto as you could manage, for 30 marks :cry:

[eastgermanautos]

The roll is a very important thing - can't actually remember the last time I had a hot dog in England though.

Shall probably be in Hamburg in a couple of weeks - anything of interest there apart from the Reeperbahn?

Now I don't think that the roll is that important. I think you can get by with the cheapest wonder bread. I base this, not on the world of hot dogs, but on the world of bar-b-que. I went to a bbq place in the deep south and that sh!t was delicious. But they gave you white wonder bread and a sprite.

[Burney]

The roll is a very important thing - can't actually remember the last time I had a hot dog in England though.

Shall probably be in Hamburg in a couple of weeks - anything of interest there apart from the Reeperbahn?

Not really. It's quite a handsome city away from St Pauli - which is where I was staying. There's St Pauli's sub-Selhurst Park stadium next to the massive Nazi flak tower, but when the big funfair at the Dom is closed - as at present - it's just a big wasteland around there, really.
The Reeperbahn is just a bit depressing - teenage hookers annoying the **** out of you by grabbing you and refusing to take 'Nein danke' for an answer.

[Luis Anaconda]

Not really. It's quite a handsome city away from St Pauli - which is where I was staying. There's St Pauli's sub-Selhurst Park stadium next to the massive Nazi flak tower, but when the big funfair at the Dom is closed - as at present - it's just a big wasteland around there, really.
The Reeperbahn is just a bit depressing - teenage hookers annoying the **** out of you by grabbing you and refusing to take 'Nein danke' for an answer.
Sounds dreadful :sherlock:
St Pauli fans are an interesting bunch - make Milwall look like Eton schoolboys. When they play 1860 it is a particularly lovely time to get out of Munich

[Sir C]

Not really. It's quite a handsome city away from St Pauli - which is where I was staying. There's St Pauli's sub-Selhurst Park stadium next to the massive Nazi flak tower, but when the big funfair at the Dom is closed - as at present - it's just a big wasteland around there, really.
The Reeperbahn is just a bit depressing - teenage hookers annoying the **** out of you by grabbing you and refusing to take 'Nein danke' for an answer.

It's nice down on the Alster, and Vier Jahreszeiten remains, in my view, one of Europe's finest grand hotels. I was once served roast hare there for breakfast, which was novel.

[Burney]

It's nice down on the Alster, and Vier Jahreszeiten remains, in my view, one of Europe's finest grand hotels. I was once served roast hare there for breakfast, which was novel.

Yes. And the botanical gardens around the Glacischaussee are lovely as well. Like I say, a handsome city away from St Pauli.