Brief Interlude - Part II

Yet another interlude while we wait for our furniture to arrive. I could go on about the insurance requirements or the condo association (which is actually called The Syndicate – not joking) or the climb up and out of the Rollingergrund, but I won’t.

This post is all about FOOD! Glorious food!

I know you've seen this sandwich before, but it's so ubiquitous I couldn't resist

After eating in restaurants for two to three meals a day, we were so very ready to get into our place and start cooking. It’s amazing what will inspire you after eating out constantly for well over a month! It’s always the simple things you miss. Our very first meal in the apartment was…Tacos! Man we miss good ol’ Mexican food. I rounded the ‘international aisle’ of the local supermarché at least four times before I spotted the Euro-style taco kit. I knew these existed because I saw the 'Old El Paso' kit in the grocery over by the hotel. These 'NEW!' beauties were hidden between the Felafel and the Fish Sauce...We’re still getting used to all the new brands here.

Frittata w/ Salad

Grilled Veggie Sandwich - Avec Merlot!

We’re very pleased they sell textured soy protein (fake ground beef) and all types of Quorn products. So far we’ve also created an ad-hoc Pizza Genovese, Frittata with Garden Salad and a warm Veggie Sandwich with fries! Even though its rapidly becoming winter, I am still quite excited at the prospects down at the farm market. Held on Wednesdays in Place Guillaume (great photo, I can't take credit, though), the market offers all types of fresh produce as well as dairy (plus game and homemade sausages – if your into that kind of thing) and even flowers and nursery plants!

Look at the crazy colors of Heather! - more on this later ;)

I certainly don’t want to give the impression that Luxembourg’s restaurants are terrible. Far from it…even as vegetarians, we’ve been able to track down a wide variety of food. The scene is actually quite diverse. We’ve enjoyed some really good Thai – although you have to order the vegetarian curry off the menu. The Nepalese restaurant down by the Gare is amazing – can’t wait to go back now that we have a fridge…the portions are huge! Then there are the more traditional Brasseries and Cafes. These are great lunch places for soups and sandwiches, etc. 

Luxembourg's only pure Vegetarian restaurant - Mesa Verde. Looks like a dog's breakfast, but tasty nonetheless.

Pizza - C'mon!!

Baked Gnocci alla Pesto!

One interesting note is the abundance of Italian restaurants. By far these outnumber all other cuisines in the Ville. Pizza is the food version of that little black dress…it just goes with everything! Most Italian restaurants have excellent house-made pasta as well. 

Probably our best find to date is actually a Luxembourgish restaurant in The Grund – at least I think its Luxembourgish…could be German. With a name like Bosso’s, it’s anyone’s guess. Anyway, they have an extensive vegetarian menu full of Flammekuechen (a type of flatbread pizza with a ‘crème fraiche’ sauce), Zwei Kartoffeln (literally two whole potatoes stuffed with all kinds of yummy stuff), Spaetlze  (cheese or mushroom) and of course Eieromelets! I did mention that the Luxembourgers are culinary geniuses, didn’t I? An omelet with French fried potatoes for dinner…wow!

Zwei Kartoffeln...

...rather sorry salad, though. I think my arteries grew three sizes that day!

Paris Mushroom Spaetzle!!

Now I’ve made myself hungry. Please pray that our belongings arrive soon…it’s like a McGuiver episode around here at dinner. We have two frying pans, one spatula, a butcher knife and paper or plastic options for plates, cups and flatware. We’re nothing if not resourceful :-)

Check out the cutlery drawer - We've since been to the US Air Base, and I am happy to announce we now have pots and pans!

Cocktails Anyone!?