Brezel Company Café Neukölln — Restaurant in Berlin

Enh, it was ok. I am trying hard to love native German cuisine but just keep getting disappointed. Its not that I am against simple or unseasoned food; well considered and well made simple food can blow complicated food out of the water. But I just keep running into food that was not made with any sensual enjoyment of its simplicity. I had pretzel with avocado and, I think, chive butter. I was looking forward to biting into a tangy dark salty crust and then sinking my teeth into a succulent and tender fresh pretzel with a nice rich crumb and that special pretzel taste, but it was just kinda there. The outside was not particularly crisp or tangy, and the inside was not particularly tender or succulent, it was just sort of dry bread. Come on, Germany! Show me you can cook as well...

We went there for a small afternoon snack, but should have gone a bit further... We ordered 2 cafe latte and 2 types of pastry. We maybe should have tried the bezel but we wanted something sweet. I have to say that it has been a long time since I was so dissapointed by the food. The coffee was watery and bitter. The cake didn't have any texture and was just bland and the quark pastry was like having something defrosted from the supermarket. We didn't even finish our food. I have to say thought that it was cheap, 7 EUR for 2 large coffee and 2 pastries, however in the end it was expensive as we went on to a proper...

Actually, the Brezels are not the best product the Brezel Company can offer - for my taste they are too doughy, mostly not crisp at the outside, but for Berlin standards not bad. The best you can buy there is a Seele, a Swabian specialty with caraway seeds and salt. Get it pure or buy it as a sandwich with a variety of toppings. In Berlin, I only know two places doing it so well. Staff...