Kopps

June 11, 2012

The house we're spending the around fourth dimension inwards on this trip is Berlin, which may or may non last related to the xl or then veg*n places serving upwards delicious treats there. Even alongside 10 days we're going to accept to pack things in. We arrived inwards the early on eventide on Mon in addition to went for a quick stroll around our neighbourhood earlier dinner.

The primary aim was dinner, which we'd booked at nearby Kopps. We were pretty excited - it promised slightly high-end dining, traditional High German dishes in addition to an solely vegan menu.

The infinite itself was sleek in addition to trendy, alongside lots of windows, a prissy bar surface area in addition to a slightly overbearing tabular array of fifteen correct side past times side to us. The large group, along alongside drowning out our conversation, meant that the staff were run off their feet, leaving us to hold off 10 minutes or then for menus to arrive.

We didn't holler back to enquire for English linguistic communication menus in addition to were forced to rely on Cindy's Grade 8 High German to larn us by. Thankfully, Cordon Bleu agency Cordon Bleu inwards whatever language.

This was specified equally a 220g Cordon Bleu, in addition to was served alongside braised ruddy vino shallots, glazed carrot in addition to mashed potatoes (15.5€, $20). The cordon bleu was wonderful - a fantastic mock-meat patty, crisply crumbed in addition to stuffed alongside a layer of garlic in addition to herb mush. The ruddy vino sauce on the shallots added a rich sweetness to the whole dish, in addition to the squeeze in addition to carrot were both exceed notch - in that location were fifty-fifty picayune dehydrated garlic discs dotting the spud. It's prissy to accept a slightly fancy mock-meat process - it doesn't ever need to last served on massive burgers alongside oodles of chips (although it tin be, concur your breath for 24 hours to encounter approximately fine examples!).

Our 2nd primary was the braised soya roulade, alongside habitation made apple tree in addition to red-cabbage, potatoes in addition to tasty gravy (13.5€, $17). 

This was all really rich. The cabbage was slathered inwards approximately other ruddy vino sauce in addition to had actually soaked it upwards - I loved it, but I holler back it was a chip besides intense for Cindy's palate. Luckily she had the perfectly cooked spuds in addition to wonderful soy rolls to autumn dorsum on. The gravy had a strong, deep flavor in addition to my only disappointment was that I couldn't soak plenty of it upwards alongside the potatoes.

Given the lineament of the mains, in that location was no way nosotros were skipping dessert. Having clearly realised over the eventide that nosotros had no existent German, the waitress kindly brought us the English linguistic communication card to guild from. Again nosotros went for an fifty-fifty separate of ii dishes, starting alongside the creamy mousse au chocolat alongside nighttime berries (4.8€, $6).

I'm non certain how they brand their vegan mousse, but Kopps certain create larn it creamy - this had a divinely rich texture, a prissy chocolatey flavor in addition to was at to the lowest degree equally skilful equally it looks.

The other dessert was the intriguingly named lemon polenta (with marinated rhubarb in addition to strawberry mousse, 5.5€, $7).

Lemon polenta turned out to last a lemon flavoured polenta cupcake, which had a strangely coarse texture in addition to was a smidgen on the dry out side. Luckily, the lashings of strawberry mouse in addition to the refreshing marinated rhubarb overcame this youngster concern. This wasn't equally skilful equally the mousse, but was all the same a pretty satisfying dessert.

Kopps was a revelation: an solely vegan house doing High German inspired nutrient in addition to doing it very, really good in addition to at pretty damn reasonable prices. We've been told their brunch is a must-do, then you lot won't last waiting long at all to encounter approximately other review of them on here.

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Everyone loves Kopps! Just focussing on reviews written inwards English, I've establish consistently positive write-ups. Check out: Know where to go, The Food in addition to The City, Know where to go, ForeignerinBerlin, Know where to go, Vegan Gourmet Caravan, Know where to go, A Finn inwards Berlin.

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Kopps
Linienstraße 94, Berlin
030 432 097 75
mains 11.8 - 15.5€ (AU$15 - 20), desserts 3.8 - 5.5€ (AU$5 - 7)
http://www.kopps-berlin.de/

Accessibility: Street tables are relatively accessible, but to larn within you lot accept to brand your way upwards a small-scale flying of steps. Once you're in, things are a picayune on the crowded side (although this was mayhap due to the aforementioned large group). Ordering in addition to payment happens at the table.