🇩🇪 Essen Food Adventure: Pork Knuckle & Beer Heaven!

✨ Just a short trip from Düsseldorf, Essen surprised me as the historic heart of the Ruhr Valley – where textbook industrial landscapes meet mouthwatering German feasts! 🏭 Daytime Discoveries: Stood in awe at the Zollverein Coal Mine (UNESCO site that looks like industrial art) Geeked out at the Red Dot Design Museum (yes, THAT award's HQ!) 🍖 Evening Feast at Der Löwe: Crispy pork knuckle so big it could feed a small village House-made sausages with mustard that packs a punch 🌭 Liver cheese (sounds weird, tastes amazing) Beer flight: Golden pilsner + smoky dunkel = perfect pair 🏮 Vibe Check: Rustic wooden tables under vintage miner's lamps Walls lined with 19th-century factory blueprints Lively chatter mixing German, English, and happy chewing sounds #EssenEats #GermanFoodComa #RuhrValley 😋😋