Chay Village, Berlin Germany

For my birthday this year I decided to try the other Vietnamese vegetarian restaurant in Berlin, Chay Village>. I couldn't find a menu online, but I was hoping that they would have pho since it is my favorite meal. When I looked at the menu I was a little worried it would be the same disappointment that Chay Viet was since the menu's are very similar. We started with the fresh rolls which I love, but at Chay Viet they lacked any flavor. These were so good! They had a very nice flavor with mint, basil, noodles, tofu and veggies inside served with a great peanut sauce. Really these were some of the better fresh rolls we have had and we will have to get them when we go back again.



We also ordered one of the steam buns as well, I love steam buns and they are hard to find here. It had lots of veggies, sprouts and mushrooms in it and was really tasty. I love steam buns!


They did have pho so I ordered that and hoped that it was better than Chat Viet. Really the last pho I had there was barely edible so I was hoping that since the other two dishes far exceeded them, this would as well. I was not disappointed, the pho was amazing. The broth was delicious, the noodles soft, the tofu tasty and some other mock meats, one of which was like a sheet of something that I have never had before and was skeptical of but it was really delicious. Overall I loved it and if Chay Village was closer to my house I would eat there like every day for lunch.


We also ordered the Bun Xa - rice noodles, salad, spicy tofu with roasted leeks with a vinegar sauce. This was also very good. Originally we were going to share since I was worried the pho wouldn't be very good, but since it was amazing Raymond had this to himself, though I tried it. It was a little spicy, but not too much and the sauce was better than other we have had.

Overall - Chay Village was amazing. Very delicious Vietnamese food and we will definitely be heading back again soon. Definitely check it out if you are in Berlin.

Max Pett, Munich Germany

While we were at Max Pett for breakfast we spied on their normal menu. We saw a few things we really wanted to try so we made a reservation to come back for dinner. We started off with the Potato Gnocchi. This was really tasty, really creamy with zucchini, broccoli, and carrots and a great texture. Delicious.


We also tried the red beet coconut soup. This was incredible! A little sweet, but still rich and delicious. I could have eaten many many bowls of this. I am going to have to try and recreate it at home.


While we were waiting for our mains they brought around samples of sausage with mustard and pickles for everyone to try. Very tasty.


For our mains we first tried the Palak Tofu - spinach, cherry tomatoes and tofu in a peanut curry sauce served with rice, mango chutney and papadam. This was also very good. The peanutey sauce was delicious, it had a hint of heat, and was spiced nicely. The only down side was the papdam was really greasy.


The other main we tried was the cheese spaetzle with a side salad, which was really what I came back to try. I have been trying to find a vegan version for a while, but it seems like most places do not offer it. This was amazing as well! So tasty. Raymond did complain that he wanted more fried onion on top, but he agreed that the cheesy flavor was really good and the spaetzle had a great texture. So tasty. The salad was also very good with a great vinaigrette.


We were not going to get dessert as we were pretty full after all of that food, but as we were waiting for our server to come back we saw a sundae come out for another customer and it looked amazing. We were short on time so we had to eat quickly, but we got a hot raspberry sundae with wafer cookies and it was very good.

Overall - I really enjoyed our dinner here. We almost didn't go to Max Pett at all based on some not so good reviews, and since it is more expensive than most places the food should be amazing. Some of the reviews stated how slow the service is, which is true but they only have one lady serving the entire restaurant. She was really working hard to try and get to everyone, but she can only go so fast. Really I think they would benefit from hiring another server, but the food is amazing and if you are not in a hurry and know it might take a while it is worth the wait. Definitely check it out if you are in Munich.

Chay Viet, Berlin Germany

I really want to like Chay Viet. I mean it is a vegetarian Vietnamese restaurant. Last time we ate here we had one good dish and two not so good dishes (the pho was barely edible which was extremely disappointing). Since the restaurant is near my husbands work we decided to give it another try for dinner one night. We started with Bun La Loc - soy veggie fillet bundles with rice noodles, salad and sauce. This was....just not good. I mean the rice noodles were still a little hard like last time so they were hard to eat, the flavors were just off and it was just really bad.


We also tried one of the curries as really how do you make a bad curry? Well I am not sure how they did it, but they succeeded. It was water and had no flavor which is strange as well curry should be flavorful at the very least. It was really very disappointing.

Overall - Skip Chay Viet. No matter how much I want to like it, the food is just not good. It has been pretty empty in there both times we have stopped by and it is no wonder since we will not be going back there again.

Max Pett, Munich Germany

For breakfast our last day on vacation we decided to try Max Pett. I didn't see anything much about breakfast on their website, but some of the reviews I read mentioned it. We opted to try the Bavarian breakfast - sausages and a pretzel with mustard. This was good, but not the best I have had. The sausages were good, they came in a casing you had to take off. The mustard was sweet and not too bad (I am not a big mustard fan so I didn't eat much of it). The pretzel however was...well it was really hard and not as good as the ones we got elsewhere. I was disappointed in the pretzel as well..I love soft pretzels.



We also tried the American breakfast - scrambled tofu, crepes, and corn flakes and bread. The crepes were tasty especially with the berry jam that came with the plate. The tofu scramble had tomato and ham and sausage and was really good, very nice flavors, but there was hardly any of it. The corn flakes are corn flakes and were fine. Overall I liked this option much better than the first, but I wish you would get more food, especially since it is more expensive.

Overall - I enjoyed Max Pett, but I think they are probably better for dinner rather than breakfast.

Sfizy Veg, Berlin Germany

While looking for vegan places to try in Berlin I stumbled across Sfizy Veg in Neukölln. Their menu is kind of crazy - they have a ton of pizza options, calzones, pasta, bruschette, etc. Seriously they have way too many options it is hard to choose what to get. We decided to try out the three cheese pizza first. Something simple to get a taste of their normal pizzas This was really tasty. Raymond even liked it and he usually doesn't like a lot of vegan cheese. The dough is delicious and it is a lot of pizza.



We also tried the Chicken Masala - spinach, chickpeas, potatoes, tempeh chicken, broccoli and spices with some dough puffs sauce and cheese. This was a mess to try and eat, even with a fork and knife. It was however delicious! I liked it better than the three cheese one even though it was a little odd. I mean I never would have put Indian food on my pizza, but now I think I might try it next time I make a pizza at home. It was incredibly good. A little spicy, but really tasty. So so good.



We were way too full from our pizza to get dessert there, so we got a piece of peanut butter chocolate cake to take with us and eat later. I was very excited for this, especially after the delicious dinner we had but unfortunately it was not very good. The cake was kind of dry and the frosting didn't have much flavor and was a little like greasy. Like it coated your mouth and it just wasn't very good.

Overall - Definitely stop by Sfizy Veg if you are in Berlin. Really I think if you only go one place in Berlin this should be the place. It is tiny inside, and can take forever to get the food (if you come in right after everyone just ordered - they must not have a large kitchen) but it is well worth the wait. I wish we would have known about this place sooner - we are definitely going to be going back to try out more of their crazy pizzas. As Raymond said it is real pizza. It is also a lot of food. 

Yam Vegan Deli, Munich Germany

Our first day in Munich we woke up and headed down to Yam Vegan Deli for some food. It is a tiny place and everything was kept in a display case so we picked out a few things to try. First was veggie bread with dip - a sweet potato bread with beet dip and greens. I was expecting this to be really good, but it was just alright. The bread was dry and not as flavorful as I would have expected.



Next up was the tofu sandwich - hummus, cucumber, greens, tofu, sun-dried tomatoes, on a nut bread. The bread had such a strong flavor it overpowered everything else and that was all you could taste. Without the bread it would have been a very good sandwich as the fillings were super good by themselves, but the bread was way too strong.



Finally we tried the chocolate banana torte. This was really good. A nice balance of chocolate and banana and was creamy and delicious.

Overall - Everything seemed like it was going to be amazing, but unfortunately it either didn't have much flavor or was way too strong of a flavor. The torte was delicious and if we were in the area we might stop by for it again, but otherwise I would probably skip it.

Royal Kababhaus, Munich Germany

Royal Kababhaus is a doner place that is very proud of the fact that it has vegan doner. There are signs all over about it and it seems to be quite popular. The guy running the place was so happy and friendly, even though he spoke so quickly we had a hard time understanding him. They have a seitan doner cooking just like the meat counterparts. They have a few different sauces to choose from that are vegan, hummus, beet, ginger, and a few others that I don't remember. The doner came with sauce, seitan, lettuce, cabbage, onion served in bread. I was a little skeptical about trying this out as it is at the train station and well I don't know. Doner places are everywhere and we have Voner in Berlin which has a similar doner. This one however was so tasty! I liked it way better than Voner or any other doner we have had. The seitan was really good and the sauces delicious.

Overall - Definitely check out Royal Kababhaus if you are in Munich. The people are very friendly and the doner is delicious.