As soon as you don’t pay attention for a few weeks, a lot is happening again when it comes to Munich’s gastronomy. So has the Vietnamese restaurant Rainbow on Corneliusstrasse closed at the beginning of August. What will follow is not clear. At least you know that Mongkok at Kapuzinerstrasse 39, which called itself a “pan-Asian restaurant” because it served everything from sushi to hot pot to dim sum that we in this country associate with the huge continent of Asia. The restaurant is supposed to be Mongkok Leon follow, of which the tavern sign already exists above the entrance. “Tavern sign” fits quite well, because according to this, Leon is a “Japanese Izakaya & Noodles”, and Izakaya is what the Japanese call their simple taverns.
There are also innovations from the Indian restaurant Madam Chutney from Frauenstraße, which is praised for its excellent street food cuisine. Apparently people are taking the term “street food” a little more seriously, because a small snack bar is soon to open at Sendlinger Straße 45, almost at Sendlinger Tor.
And for another Bavarian restaurant that is expected to open in Tal 38 at the end of the year or beginning of 2024, we now know what it is called: Haxnbäurin namely. Constantine Wahl and Stephan Kuffler are opening it in the former Sterneckerbräu, and the name is of course a reference to that Haxnbauer at the Platzl, which the Kufflers had to give up during Corona and which will soon be available as Ham grill opens again.
You can find 100 restaurant reviews in the new issue
So it’s good to be up to date with developments in the Munich scene. The restaurant guide also has it Delicate food (optionally also “Delicatessen”) in its new edition. Last Monday, after almost four years of break due to the pandemic, the current issue was published Café Luitpold introduced, where the new head chef also appeared Michael Hüsken presented. The 132-page magazine contains articles on the 100th birthday of Loriot, who was also a great culinary expert, a brief presentation of the Munich craft beer scene, and it presents the most important and best pizzerias in the city. However, the restaurant reviews make up the largest part of the magazine; 100 mostly new restaurants, bars and cafés in Munich are discussed, as well as 13 other restaurants from the area (Delikat Essen 2024, 132 pages, 9.60 euros, available in book and magazine stores, www.delikatessen-muenchen.de).