We picked up our friends at their hotel around noon and took them to our favorite weekly market (one final visit for us as well) for lunch. The fish griller was once again sold out entirely & in good spirits, so we bid him farewell until next summer, the gods willing.
My dude had already gotten in line at the Thai truck
for their dumplings when I discovered one of my absolute favorite Thai dishes, hoa muk pla.
They make a fantastic version of it, and I hadn’t had it in eons. Our friends had never heard of nor had the dish before either, so it was wonderful to introduce them to it and share it together.
The dumplings were fabulous as ever.
From there, we took them to the KaDeWe food emporium — always a fun thing to do with visitors, and they grabbed a pistachio croissant for dessert they enjoyed very much.
(not the pistachio croissant, but a decadent chocolate croissant I’d hoped they might get
)
We then made our way to the center, i.e. Potsdamer Platz, The Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe, Brandenburg Gate, and the Reichstag, then strolled down Unter den Linden up Friedrichstraße (another former border checkpoint) before making our way back to our hood…. where it was time to introduce them to one of Berlin’s iconic street foods: currywurst with fries, mayo & ketchup — extra-spicy, of course 
This desperately called for an ice cream chaser from a popular and very good place en route to our pad / their hotel. My PIC and I chose gianduja with whole roasted hazelnuts & a hazelnut banana sorbet, a little light on the banana, unfortunately, but extremely creamy & delicious.
We’re now waiting for our other buddy to get in from Amsterdam so we can continue our culinary tour.
