Koeln

Cologne, Allemagne, est renommée pour sa cathédrale gothique, son carnaval animé et ses spécialités locales comme "Himmel un Ääd" et "Rievkooche", reflétant son riche patrimoine culturel.

Pizzeria Il Valentino

Pizzeria Il Valentino

Herzogstraße 14, 50667 Köln, Koeln, Germany

Pizza • Pizzeria • Europäisch • Italienisch


"General As part of the birthday present, I invited my mom to the Italian, she had been in charge and opted for the small pizzeria Il Valentino in the city centre. Location Park situation Near the city centre you get to Pizzeria in the Herzogstraße by a side street, although you can park badly here, but you can travel well with the Öffis. The restaurant is located on a corner opposite a hairdresser. Thus, when waiting for food, you can also observe people cutting in the hair. Ambience The Il Valentino is two-storey, in the entrance area below just seems to have been converted a pub. On the right is the large wooden counter with marble plate, on the left there is a long bench with red upholstery and semi-high wood panelling, here are also the windows. In front of the counter is a huge wood oven from which you can also get its delicious pizza. Rather unusual in the guest room, but it doesn't bother. The counter is waiting with a large gastro coffee machine and some spirits. The tables are held in the same dark wood as the counter and fit to the long, red upholstered bench The walls have been embellished in red wiping technology. Current highlights of the map are presented on several slate boards. Everything seems simple. Here you can go after a day of shopping in the city. I found it very simple and I don't really like the wiping technique on the walls. For a nice candlelight dinner I would choose something else. To our arrival, the guest room was a bit empty except a few tourists, as it was very early. As time progresses, the space filled noticeably. Some couples, or even single men, who gave themselves a little wine. For later hours, a reservation is certainly useful, as there are not many tables in the basement. In the upper floor there is enough space for a larger group. The floor is yellow and the furniture is back in brown wood with red upholstery. The walls are painted here in Mediterranean orange. We were served by a friendly young waitress. And once chose Aqua Panna 0,75 mL to 4,50 € and once white wine in the carafe 0.5 L to 13,50 €. Both were brought to our table well cooled flight. As an appetizer we chose Carpaccio at 8,50 €. The Carpaccio was of good quality, cut hauchfein and appealed with plenty of fresh rocket, balsamico and freshly planned parmesan. My mother likes to eat Carpaccio and was thrilled as she had eaten the same dish at another Italian in the same week much worse. To this was served a crushed bread and a pepper mill. As the main course, it should be pizza. You can also order the smaller variant with a diameter of 26 cm, which we can look at the side table (small pizzas of more than 30 cm! also should not regret. My mom wanted to make herself a little extraordinary and ordered: Pizza Bresaola (with smoked ham, rucola and parmesan at €7.50 and I chose the Pizza Fantasia (with mushrooms, spinach, minced meat and salami instead of ham at €6.90. Both pizzas were hot and very luxuriantly served the edge crispy, coated with sufficient but also not too much tomato sauce. We had the water in our mouth and so it tasted! Here the pizza tastes and the goods are fresh! I haven't eaten such a delicious pizza for a long time. In addition to the usual pizzas and pastries, there were also some meat dishes that would irritate me. Cleanliness The toilets are upstairs. There was nothing to complain about. Service PLV The whole family is still working with us and you can see that. You'll be kindly worried and you'll be asked if everything's okay. It's just given attention to whether the guests feel comfortable and that's why the restaurant is well visited. We thanked each other with a good tip. The PLV is very good, you can even take the pizza home for 1 € less. Here you can also spend a nice evening with little money. FAZIT The service, food and PLV are certainly the absolute plus points here. Unfortunately, the ambience is not so beautiful that one would organize a great celebration here. That's better. However, it is rewarded by friendliness and fresh products. My recommendation to go to downtown for a pizza or to spend an evening with the friend. We like to come back!"

Phaedra

Phaedra

Elsaßstraße 30, Köln, Germany, 50677, Koeln

Wein • Getränke • Mittelmeer • Griechisch


"General We wanted to visit one or other Christmas market in Cologne during the Advent season. It should be a Saturday and start at noon; because we suspected that there were fewer visitors. With the choice of the market in the urban garden, we were also right: it was carefully examined at the entrances that wanted to enter (out and vaccination status). The offer also consisted not only of “clothes” and so we could actually acquire some beautiful things. Then light rain began. Nevertheless, we drove to the cathedral. Only samples were made to Corona. The stands also offer little beauty for us. We looked at the clock and saw that we had some time left. Because only at 4:00 the restaurant opened. So we drove to Chlodwigplatz – it already rained a bit stronger – and looked briefly at the market and then founded us on Alsace Street 30. We were a little too early; but it was already easy and small works were done (small towels for the toilets fold for example. The waiter kindly let us in and immediately looked at our documents. Then we were turned to our place. So we were the first. Other guests followed later and filled the restaurant gradually. The counter is immediately in the eye at the input. There are many bottles on the back wall. Finally, there are also quite neat cocktails here. The kitchen can also be seen, because behind the counter follows: a wide opening lets the chefs see at work. Theke and view into the kitchen The small guest room is equipped with brown tables. They're naked. The decoration is largely dispensed with. Fabric napkins and cutlery are just as covered as the glasses. View of the entrance The outer walls are visible as brick walls. The walls are brightly painted on the street. It looks like a guest house. You will receive a card on a clamping board and a tablet with a daily card. Place with tablet cleaning Everything worked well maintained. The toilets are flat to reach. The man's cabin is pretty narrow. There is probably more room for the ladies. Everything is clean and neatly equipped (small towels for example. Service The staff was friendly and cared for us. The wines were short and well explained. The map(s) There is a small map with individual dishes, divided into mezze, appetizer, snack, dessert and on a small computer screen the current menu, a wine tasting and the wine map. We chose three courses from the map and the menu in four courses with wine tasting. The menu is offered daily. Some days before – when booking by phone – other parts were named in the menu. My wife had already been looking forward to the mother's breast; but she doesn't like **** and the Risotto didn't want her so much. So she chose three dishes from the map and was satisfied with it. 4 gear menu: Phaedra’s 4 gear menu (58,– € Thun gear 1: medium grilled Japan tuna with tomatoes pine nut Pesto, Kalamata olives, wild herbs and ripe balsamico The tuna pieces were excellently prepared and had a delicious taste. The little salad fits well. A very harmonious and tasty entry into the rainy afternoon at the door. Likes 2: Risotto with roasted wildcat The rice was kept slightly with bite and otherwise creamy and pleasantly costed. Cheese was used discreetly or not at all. This made the flavors of the other ingredients good. The shrimps were juicy and pleasantly seasoned. Schmorbraten Gang 3: Variety Shoulder from the Black Angus Rind with Shiitake mushrooms, winter vegetables and potatoes Pastinaken Stampf The meat was tender and soft – I like the gant when the sauce is strong – and that was the case here. My wife would not have liked it; because she doesn’t like “soft”. For example, we rarely make Gulasch or Bœuf bourguignon at home. Certainly I would have preferred to have had the "wax" of the Pre-Card, but the dish was also successful and delicious. I would particularly like to praise the spicy Stampf of the Supplement. Chocolate and Vanilla Gang 4: Callebaut 70% chocolate espuma with Tahiti vanilla ice cream, Fleur de Sel and chocolate strawberry trim I like dark chocolate - and then inside was still the delicious vanilla ice cream. It was a round finish from a good menu Calamaretti dish 1: Frittierte Calamaretti mit Sepia Aioli, Lemon und Kapernblatten aus Santorini (12,00 €) This plate from the area of Mezze was very popular with my wife. I had doubts before the small Squid tubes could be too soft for them. But they were really crispy. The dark sauce was of course not her case. But she was in a separate bowl and therefore I tried her with bread and found her quite neat. The self-baked bread was crispy on the outside and airy on the inside and absorbent. A bowl of fine olive oil was also ready. Filet Rind Court 2: Irish Hereford Cattle Filet with Port Wine Jus, Mangold, (Pastinaken Cream and Potato Lauch Gratin (45,00 €) The fillet was really well built and had a proper thickness. My wife loved it very much. It was almost too much for them. So I could try to agree with her. Since the sauce was under the flesh, it had no problems with it; because she doesn't like a lot of sauce. Therefore, she had also ordered the Pastinaken cream and received more vegetables. The Gratin was also successful because it was a little chess and creamy inside, but not soft or powerful. That's why she was hungry. But there's a bullet of ice. Sorbet Court 3: Ball Basil Lemon Sorbet (3,50 € The Ewis was pleasantly green and actually shows the aroma of basil. The fine herbal note also corresponded to the lemon content. This led to a successful combination of sours and bitters, which arrived harmoniously on the palate. Pavlos Robola Skiadopoulo Grampsas Winery Ionian Islands Winebegleitung 26,– € (3x 0.1l and 1x 0.05l Lagos Chelona – Natur Rosé – 2020 Roditis Refosco Mavroudi Asprouds Markogianni Winery Olympia The white wine was an interesting change to Riesling or Burgundy for my wife. The Rosé wine was strong and fits well with Thun. Viognier from Greece was also new to me. The taste was not as pronounced as, for example, in Condrieu. But he's harmonized with Risotto. But there was a Burgundy from France. He was fine, but I could have imagined more powerful representatives. In dessert wine, I couldn't complain about too little sweetness. But he looked good. Value for money The prices for the dishes are not too high (where the fillet is already dimensioned correctly. However, the sections are not tiny, but are dimensioned well. Conclusion 4 – happy again. There are fine Mediterranean cuisine. Even if the boss is a Greek, “Gyros” is not offered. The homepage says: “In the pots and pans of the Phaedra melts, the best of the culinary worlds of Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal and the south of France, broth and broth. Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, Israel or Turkey also contribute to proposals and elements. With all the creations that bring together the boss and owner Konstantin Tzikas, Red Thread is always the Mediterranean with its nutritional culture that has existed for thousands of years. German is the best precision here – Tzikas has worked with Franz Keller in the “Adler Wirtschaft”. And I can only confirm these statements. (1 – certainly not again, 2 – hardly again, 3 – when it returns, 4 – again happy, 5 – necessary again – after “Kuechenreise” Date of visit: 04.12.2021 – afternoon – 2 persons My pleasant experiences are also in [here link]"