Auberge de Temple GmbH — Restaurant in Johannesberg

We booked a cooking course through the Genussakademie Frankfurt, taking place in the Auberge de Temple in Johannesberg (near Aschaffenburg). We had no idea what to expect, neither from the hotel nor from the cooking class.||I’ll start with the cooking class. ||We were greeted warmly as we arrived and were sent directly to the “kitchen”, a room built specifically for classes, roomy, lots of sunlight and very modern. Punctually at one o’clock we got down to work. There were 11 people in the class, the limit being 12. The theme was a 5-course menu featuring shell fish (crayfish and lobster), right down to the crayfish ice-cream.||Ludger Helbig, our star chef and trainer for the day guided us through the preparation of the soup, papaya chutney, the risotto etc., calmly and in a very pleasant, friendly manner. He had time to answer all questions. What I enjoyed most about the seminar is that we were not forced to participate in preparation. If a participant wanted to just watch and observe, no problem at all. While the others dived in to tear the legs of the crawfish, I watched and observed. The seminar went to 5 o’clock, at which time I was exhausted. I was very satisfied with what I learnt, especially thankful for the little kitchen tips and tricks you can pick up from such a course. ||The hotel||The Auberge de Temple is a small jewel of a hotel, full of color, art work and warmth. There is not one white wall in the hotel, all rooms beautifully decorated with great taste and humor. Our room was the same, nothing cheap, nothing shoddy. Fine tiles on the bathroom floor, an exquisite shower, a good firm mattress. Very personable and comfortable. If you do book a room, try to get a room to the back of the hotel. We were on the main drag, which was quite loud. Much worse was the clanging of the church bell once an hour through the whole night. Some people enjoy this sound; I don’t.||We would not hesitate to book another class with Mr. Helbig. For anyone looking for a very special, personable, small hotel, I would highly recommend the...

We booked a cooking course through the Genussakademie Frankfurt, taking place in the Auberge de Temple in Johannesberg (near Aschaffenburg). We had no idea what to expect, neither from the hotel nor from the cooking class.||I’ll start with the cooking class. ||We were greeted warmly as we arrived and were sent directly to the “kitchen”, a room built specifically for classes, roomy, lots of sunlight and very modern. Punctually at one o’clock we got down to work. There were 11 people in the class, the limit being 12. The theme was a 5-course menu featuring shell fish (crayfish and lobster), right down to the crayfish ice-cream.||Ludger Helbig, our star chef and trainer for the day guided us through the preparation of the soup, papaya chutney, the risotto etc., calmly and in a very pleasant, friendly manner. He had time to answer all questions. What I enjoyed most about the seminar is that we were not forced to participate in preparation. If a participant wanted to just watch and observe, no problem at all. While the others dived in to tear the legs of the crawfish, I watched and observed. The seminar went to 5 o’clock, at which time I was exhausted. I was very satisfied with what I learnt, especially thankful for the little kitchen tips and tricks you can pick up from such a course. ||The hotel||The Auberge de Temple is a small jewel of a hotel, full of color, art work and warmth. There is not one white wall in the hotel, all rooms beautifully decorated with great taste and humor. Our room was the same, nothing cheap, nothing shoddy. Fine tiles on the bathroom floor, an exquisite shower, a good firm mattress. Very personable and comfortable. If you do book a room, try to get a room to the back of the hotel. We were on the main drag, which was quite loud. Much worse was the clanging of the church bell once an hour through the whole night. Some people enjoy this sound; I don’t.||We would not hesitate to book another class with Mr. Helbig. For anyone looking for a very special, personable, small hotel, I would highly recommend the...

Up in the hills above The city of Frankfurt, Germany there is a quaint town called Johannesberg where it so happens my host brother from my exchange year in Germany now lives with his family. I had the great fortune of being invited to his 25th anniversary wedding celebrationat this restaurant and inn. While it is always nice to be able to go somewhere without any expectations, this place was on par with many one Michelin star restaurants I have enjoyed. From the curried pumpkin cream soup to the Magret de Canard to the wonderful Cappuccino to top off the meal, everything was very well executed. The service was impeccable and The waiter even offered to allow me to take the corkscrew home, which unfortunately I would never of gotten on the plane.if you ever find yourself in Frankfurt with the ability to go about 40 minutes up into the hills, I highly recommend this place. I also got a great look at the rooms and while I understand there are only a few, they are impeccably adorned with large bathrooms (very unGerman-like) and I will make every effort to overnight there on...