Visiting Goethe University Frankfurt for work, for nine weeks. Staying in the suburb of Bad Homburg about 15 minutes drive from the Riedberg Campus. Lovely town center with a walking street (Louisenstrasse). A couple of nice meals so far, lunch at a lovely Italian restaurant in an old bank building (Vecchia Banca) and a very pleasant Sunday brunch (Im Kofler).
My preconceived notions about Black Forest (Schwarzwald) ham have already been shattered. It is not necessarily the highly-processed product that we often see in the US. The artisanal schincken bear a closer resemblance to prosciutto or jamon Iberico, with care taken in the curing/smoking and aging. A sign that people do love schincken is the 16,000 Euro slicing machine in the widow of one of the shops:
There’s a small Whole Foods-like organic supermarket (Alnatura) with reasonable but limited selections, though I’m inclined to shop at one of the fruit vendors on Louisenstrasse
I’m looking forward to discovering places for wurst, schnitzel, apfelwein, … This take-out stand looks like a must. The name says it all.
I’m a fan of the mild (and cheap) Schinkenspeck. Too bad you’re not around for asparagus season! 9 weeks is a mighty long time to spend in the Frankfurt hinterlands for sure!
