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E08, B03.

All vegetarians and vegans may have to look away. I’m referring to two signature meals which are done best in the capital city, although variations can be found anywhere in the country.

First: currywurst. Grilled pork sausage cut up into chunks, slathered with ketchup, curry powder, and other seasonings; and toss in some fresh-made crispy fries. Here, I can also ask for “rot-weiß” or red-white for the common ketchup-mayo combo. Some might just have the sausage, some might have it with a crusty roll, but today, I’m feeling “Pommes, rot” (fries, red), which I order from Konnopke’s Imbiss, a city institution located underneath the tracks just south of Eberswalder Strasse U-Bahn station.

Second, the Döner. A tall spit of chicken or beef, slowly rotated next to flame, and finely shaved into strips. In-house bread-pocket with sesame seeds, toasty and crusty; spread with garlic- and hot-sauce; add lettuce, cabbage, onion, diced tomato and cucumber; meat; more sauce; a quick spritz of lime juice. This one from Ali Baba is a “monster”; compare its size next to a 1-Euro coin. Good thing it’s dinner time and I’m hungry. I make easy work of the Döner, and it’s washed down smoothly with a mango Ayran yogurt-drink. I do like me some Ayran, especially when the Döner is “extra scharf” 🌶️

I made all images above with an iPhone15 on 16 May 2025. I received neither request nor compensation for this content. This post composed within Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.