Berlin Food Adventures

Berlin Dispatch: The Way to (Good) Junk Food

February 23, 2012
Berlin Dispatch: The Way to (Good) Junk Food I didn't believe the taxi driver when he told me the pizza at Zeus - a tacky storefront near the party streets in Friedrichshain in what used to be East Berlin - was worth stopping for.

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Berlin Dispatch: An Old Snack Bar & A New Chicken Restaurant

February 6, 2012
Berlin Dispatch: An Old Snack Bar & A New Chicken Restaurant A Berlin cab driver from Kazakhstan leads the way to a well-known chicken stand in Kreuzberg - and its brand new sister restaurant across the street.

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Berlin Dispatch: A Grill Haus for All

January 30, 2012
Berlin Dispatch: A Grill Haus for All A return visit to a Berlin cabbie's favorite Turkish grill shows a new side of the restaurant.

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Curry to a Berlin Soundtrack

January 2, 2012
Curry to a Berlin Soundtrack A music-loving cab driver leads the way to good curry and great naan at a hip snack bar next to a used record shop.

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Thai in Berlin? (Part 2)…Or, a Gustatory Losing Streak

November 30, 2011
Thai in Berlin? (Part 2)…Or, a Gustatory Losing Streak Sometimes the trip in the taxi is the best part of the adventure. Sometimes it's the food. This time, the journey overshadowed the flavors at the end.

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Thai in Berlin? (Part 1)

November 22, 2011
Thai in Berlin? (Part 1) The ladies in the kitchen at Sakorn have a secret, and it's not Pad Thai.

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Scenes from a Balkan Taxi (& Food) Adventure

October 10, 2011
Scenes from a Balkan Taxi (& Food) Adventure Took what was maybe the greatest taxi adventure of all this fall, with the coolest cab driver in Berlin. Here's some of what we ate & saw over 10 countries and 6,663 kilometers from Berlin to Istanbul and back.

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On the Road to Istanbul, with Zorba the Berliner

September 1, 2011
On the Road to Istanbul, with Zorba the Berliner Taxi Gourmet is taking a pause this September for a road trip to Istanbul with the coolest cab driver in Berlin. We'll eat like crazy and travel on the cheap - and we hope you'll come along for the ride.

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Berlin Dispatch: The Changing City & the Best Ice Cream You Haven’t Tasted Yet

August 8, 2011
Berlin Dispatch: The Changing City & the Best Ice Cream You Haven’t Tasted Yet A cab driver mourns the death of Berlin as he knows it and leads the way to delicious strawberry ice cream.

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