As an austrian, watching your video brought back so many good memories of my childhood... We were one of the few families that downright "celebrated" breakfast on weekends. My father would get up early and buy fresh, warm bread and Semmeln at the bakery nearby. Meanwhile my sister and me prepared the coffee for mom and dad and set the table. Then finally, when papa got back we cut the bread and the rolls, put them into a basket and decorated a huge serving plate with cheese, ham, sausages, salami and all kinds of vegetables. EVERY. SINGLE. WEEKEND. No wonder I struggled with obesity my entire life - the food was just too damn good! 🥹
Your mum looks much younger than you 😉 A few of the most famous variations of Austrian ☕Kaffeehauskultur: Melange - Kapuziner - Franziskaner - kleiner / großer Brauner - Einspänner - Verlängerter - Fiaker - Mokka / kleiner/ große Schwarzer - Biedermeier - Eiskaffee ...
Great summary! In every aspect. Living in Germany for over forty years and have been visiting Austria quite a few times, I would say, very accurate. I love Austria! (as me being a tourist)
Watching your channel makes my husband and I happy:). You are so upbeat, informative, speak so clearly etc. your videos are high quality too. We love watching you:)
Right about the breakfast outside big hotels. It's mostly a few bread rolls (Kaiser semmel, is the simple roll with a star). Then you get jam and maybe some slices of cheese and ham. Same in Italy, they just dont eat much for breakfast.
Wow, this is a really accurate depiction of Austrian breakfast culture and great tips! One thing worth mentioning - don't be disappointed if you won't find any of the typical Austrian Donut ("Krapfen") when you visit outside of Carnival ("Fasching") Season. Krapfen and Fasching is very much linked to each other, the season always starts on 11th of November at 11:11and ends in February (exact date depends on the year). I guess you may find them outside of the Fasching's season as well in like supermarkets, but definitely not in huge quantities and high quality ones.
You can always have the second breakfast like the Kaiser! It was warm and called Gabelfruhstuck. =fork breakfast! He always had Tafelspitz then. Google.
The breakfast coffee is lousy at many hotels, brewed in urns. Dont expect the crew to deliver any Vienna Coffee specialities. And if you see orangensaft, it's NOT oJ it's watered down frozen orange cocentrate.
Thank you, Mark. A great taste of Austrian breakfast possibilities. Appreciate your insights, always helpful to have accurate, helpful advice before we travel.
When I’ve gone to the Netherlands, I’ve been surprised at the thickness of the bread in sandwiches. It’s too filling and I wind up eating it open faced just to get the majority of it down but oh gosh, the quality of bread you get (everywhere!) over there is just amazing. It makes me want to put the leftover slice of bread in my pocket for later. 😂 So crusty and delicious!
You missed the best breakfast in Vienna - weisswurst from a cart. They take the fresh roll and impale it on a heated spike - toasting THE INSIDE. A squirt of mustard, and then jam the wurst in ... portable and delicious.
@@christophflattinger2262 There surely was when I was there; I admit I didn't look in the supermarkets (as I said, it was a street vendor). Buut OK whatevs.
@@citylumberjack9169 it's quite a cultural thing between east and middle/west Austria: upper austria, salzburg and tyrol have much more in common with bavaria than the hungary/czech/slovak influenced region of Vienna/Burgenland and lower austria. Things that are common everday (hence super markets/grocery) must not apply for every state. Vendors or Würstelstandl often opt for sausages like: Waldviertler (darker, bigger girth, more spices), Buren (spicey &hot, with corse lard) or any other type of bratwurst bevor they'd use a white saussage... Curios which/where that could have been?
Question for you: in the US, once food is put out for service (and gets to a table?), my understanding is that the leftovers cannot be served again and must be tossed. What is the rule for Austrian/German breakfast buffet cold cuts? Are the leftovers tossed? Or are they served again the next morning?
I prefer hard-boiled eggs because it's so practical. You can heat the (uncooked) egg in the microwave as long as you have pre-boiled rice to mix the egg with.
