At Café Cord’s New Orleans Breakfast, diners butter their toast to the sweet jams of live jazz and blues performers. It’s an antidote to lazy Sundays, and much tastier than heading to mass “for the music.” Breakfast options include hearty meats and cheese platters (€ 7.50), as well as such lighter fare as muesli with granola and fruit salad (€ 8.50). Café Cord serves breakfast from 10 am to 4 pm, and is located at Sonnenstrasse 19.
The walls of the local pub seem to grow tighter, inch by inch, in the last weeks before Biergarten season. At Hotel Maritim (Goethestr. 7), the Bistro and Piano Bar are blowing off the winter doldrums with Andalusian breezes as they feature Spanish spirits in March and April. The offerings are centered around Sandeman sherries. Since 1790, the brand has delighted connoisseurs with sherries, madeiras, port wines, and wines. Each blends tradition, innovation, and an enduring concern for quality. The Maritim bartenders have concocted special sherry cocktails to feature Sandeman products, and the chefs have come up with complementary Spanish dishes to give diners a true Taste of Spain.
Opera was first and most substantially nourished in Italy. Now, its fans can succor on spaghetti as the Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten stages a Pasta Opera. Four courses of Italian cuisine will accompany three acts of opera by Rossini, Verdi, Mozart, Offenbach and more, sung by soprano Julia Regehr and three others. The meal begins with typical antipasti: Frutti di mare with crispy celery, grilled vegetables, mozzarella balls, cherry tomatoes, Milan salami, Serrano ham, figs, and fried basil. The first course is a fettucelle and penne dish with pesto genovese, tomato sauce, and shredded parmesan. The main course of grilled guinea fowl over pomegranate jus, young vegetables, and lemon risotto is capped off by a Mascarpone torte and berry compote for dessert. Shows will take place on February 25, March 18, April 4, and May 20 at 7 pm. Tickets cost € 89.50 per person and may be reserved by calling 0700 77 88 66 44.
