A lot of people who come to Berlin ask me what they should eat. Where “the real German” goes to eat and what would be considered typically Berlin-esque that one has to eat when you come to this city. Well, if you do not want to end up in a gory and greasy currywurst bude (shack), you should initally refrain from jumping into any restaurant or eatery that claims to be “German”. Because, German food is not that good. Or is it?

It might not be the ‘goodest’ of foods, but as a Dutch national, sometimes I miss the typical Dutch food from home. Apart from the cheese, the pindakaas (peanutbutter) and pannenkoeken (pancakes), the things I miss the most is the naughty Dutch fried foods. I never realised that a frikandel, a kroket or a berenklauw would be so impossible to get in a country not too far away from the Dutch border. But sadly, the fried meats and fries one normally gets and eats in the Netherlands are nowhere to be found in Berlin. Except for one little magical place in Berlin Friedrichshain, around the corner from Ostkreuz, called De Molen (the mill).

Most expats in Berlin are more than aware of the presence of the eatery and rock’n roll establishment called White Trash. Located on the far end of the Schönhauser Allee, on the Rosa-Luxemburg Platz, it is centrally located in the middle of Berlin Mitte and bordering on Prenzlauer Berg. White Trash is a kind of cult restaurant, with its residence inside a former Chinese restaurant, of which they kept most of the tacky decorations and supplemented it with sparkly lights and other fun trashy objects – ranging from glittery skeletons to old school paintings of dark dogs.

One and a half hour away from Berlin lies the small yet popular spa resort of Bad Saarow. Regardless of how cool and fabulous Berlin may be, we all need a weekend away from time to time and after years of roaming through the busy city streets. Bad Saarow is a cosy village built around a large beautiful lake and stuffed with trees, greenery and wildlife. And it has been a well-known spa resort for centuries, due to the authentic thermal wells and baths that this village has to offer. But they also do some real good food.

Since there is a large lack of information on the internet of which places have wireless internet (wifi) in which Bezirk in Berlin, I thought it time to start collecting our own list of internet-able places in Berlin, organised per area. The start-off is with the popular hip and fashionable hood of Friedrichshain.

Extremely centrally located right in the middle of Mitte, on the crossing of the Neue Schönhauser Straße, the Alte Schönhauser Straße and the Münzstraße (close to the COS shop and the Adidas flagship store), one finds the restaurant Adebar. But Adebar is not just a restaurant, it is also a hotel.

Valentine’s Day is almost there, once more. For the second time, this year Good Food in Berlin also comes with a personal collection of the most suitable restaurant for a special, romantic and potentially succesful evening for anyone alone or not so alone during Valentine’s in Berlin.

Berlin loves new and exciting concepts and Pret a Diner is surely a cool concept. We have heard and seen pop-up restaurants before: usually small-scale organisations that come to some of the most fashionable and fabulous cities of the world to build a restaurant for a couple of weeks. With some guerrilla marketing, eclectic déco and special exciting menus, the pop-up places always know how to lure some of the city’s supposedly hip posse to the table. Pret a Diner is one of these initiatives, trying to tempt hungry culinary minds to an old factory building turned restaurant. But how is the food?

Berlin is a great city for languidly strolling around the town’s beautiful streets and enjoying its culture. And Berlin is also one of the best cities to explore all culinairy possibilities the capital has to offer by going for a long and elaborate breakfast – and take all the time you want, until it morphs into a lunch or a brunch. And we have selected some of the most luxerious, cute, budget and fabulous restaurants for doing just that.

In Berlin Mitte, on the Hackescher Markt, there are many dangers looming during lunch time. Where will you eat? What will you eat? One of the many possible answers lies around the corner from the Münzstraße, where Dolores suprises with burritos for lunch.