It is said that there are people from Munich who have already realized that there is not only Lake Garda in Italy, but also other beautiful areas. That was a bit polemical, of course, because there is probably no other German city that has as many Italian bars of all kinds as Munich and the surrounding area. It is said to be more than 500. Delicatessen from Italy is not yet so well represented, even if the Eataly in the Schrannenhalle is a shopping center for the Italian way of life and nutrition right in the middle of the city. Not far away now has the Cremone Factory opened a shop specializing in groceries from Tuscany. owner Marco Cremone comes from an estate near Pisa that produces, among other things, organic olive oil. You can now get that at Frauenstraße 17, as well as various Italian craft beers, 20 different bruschetta pastes, organic wines from Pisa from the Torre a Cenaia winery, various types of grappa, pasta, sausages and meat from Tuscany (Cremone Factory, Frauenstraße 17, Monday to Saturday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., before Christmas until 8 p.m., telephone 01 51-21 07 92 53, www.cremonefactory.com).
is significantly more regional Susanne Mueller on road; since the beginning of October she has had her own stand called Kraut and Mueller on the Viktualienmarkt, between the beer garden and Frauen-/Reichenbachstraße, and not so easy to find as it is on the back of the main street. She specializes in fermented and pickled vegetables and canned fruit. There are also specialties from the Upper Palatinate, such as black smoked beer, Zoigl beer and gingerbread (Kraut und Müller, Viktualienmarkt, Department VI, Stand 13, Tuesday to Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., telephone 01 76-84 33 59 54, www.krautundmueller.de).
Since April of this year, the Frankfurt star chef Jan Hoffman is a guest at the Seehaus in the English Garden, where he cooks vegetarian (and vegan upon request) menus under the obvious title “Flora”, but also menus with fish and meat (“Fauna”). Hoffmann is known for cooking particularly sustainably and regionally, he fully utilizes all ingredients. His December menus are the last ones at the Seehaus for the time being, but he may be back next year (Jan Hoffmann in the Seehaus, Kleinhesselohe 3, until December 23, Tuesday to Saturday evenings, menu 83 and 93 euros, reservation at [email protected]; www.kuffler.de/de/seehaus).