"General: In Leipzig. As a Wessi adviser, it already swallowed me to Leipzig in 1990. My forehead had already found out where you could eat and eat properly in the evening, beyond the HO. I remember two addresses: The Thüringer Hof and the Gosenschänke Without concerns in Gohlis. Gohlis is a district in the northwest of Leipzig and impresses with endless streets with founding architecture, but also villas near the zoo, where high Russian officers are supposed to have lived at GDR times. The Gosenschänke is housed in an Art Nouveau building and has a beer garden with a courtyard character, but is accessible from the rear street. When I re-entered the Gosenschänke after more than 25 years, the memory came up and nothing styling has changed. If you like historical restaurants, you have to return to the restaurant once! Also the special beer, the gose, which must not call itself beer, because it contains lactic acid, which ensures the acidic taste, is something special. Unusual for the Pilstrinker, but refreshing and also without the many aromatics with which it appears on the map as a mixed drink (Berliner Weiße as a rough comparison is not wrong, edible. In addition to the ambience and the goses' specialties, the Gosenschänke promotes with Saxon cuisine. A real regional cuisine has not actually produced Saxony. There are bonds to Bohemian, Thuringian and Franconian cuisine, which is offered as “sächsisch” in many Leipzig locations. Because of eating alone, you don't have to visit the gosen cups, but read more. The audience observed seemed to be quite local (in passing too well to hear). The price-performance ratio is acceptable for a cult place and is worth four stars. On the homepage you will find all the knowledge and sights of Gosenschänke: [here link] Service: In the service area (in the beer garden, self-service is at the separate “Schmankerlbude” with gratitude, three forces were active in the black polo shirt with gosenlogo. Our young, male waiter was friendly and the waiting times were fine; only one gose was waiting for it and had to be “annoyed”. In the neighboring table, a young woman was approached and clearly communicative, which fits well to the house. Experienced at our table is worth satisfactory three stars. The pure gose is from two brewers: A Döllnitzer Rittergutsgose and the Leipzig Gose. For 0.3 l, € 2.80 is due, the half comes to € 3.90. With fruit nectar the prices rise to 3,10/4,40 € and with liqueur it goes up to 4,40/6,50 €. I first tried the Döllnitzer Gose and then the Leipzig production. The latter less acidic and my favorite. There are also “real” beers from Saxon (Krostitzer and Bavarian (Erdinger Braustätten). A bottle of water 0.75 l requires 5,50 € and the wine selection starts at 3,90 € for simple land wines. Food: The map is manageable and the traditional main foods with haxe, schnitzel, raccoon and sülze remind of classic brewhouse kitchen (though sausages are missing). From the small appetizer menu we chose the Soljanka (4.50 € and the spicemeat (5.50 €). My Soljanka was only warm when I started to spoon a photo, but I had gone through the serving. As expected, the soup was slightly acidic, which caused the spice cucumbers with their broth and the Klack's smash. For this purpose as inserts of paprika and sausage strips and beef pieces. A bottle of Worcester Sauce from Dresden was added to the small soup terrine for post-season seasoning, two slices of different bar breads and a lemon quarter. I was satisfied and the soup watch shows on four stars. The sausage meat is also a classic of the GDR cuisine, a ragout fin based on pig or chicken meat. Served in a small run-up form and with a tasteless cheese. The opinion at the table was: Can one eat. Magere chicken meat in a thick, bright sauce without special spicy notes, could also go through with asparagus and/or champignons as a chicken freezer. My permanent companion then got the gosesulze with roast potatoes and homemade Remoulade (9,90 €). After several kilometers of walking of the daily program after a protein reconciliation, and the overgrilled pigshaxe with sauerkraut and salt potatoes seemed to be able to satisfy this (14.50 €). She liked my constant companion, I was too kind and not dedicating enough. The roasted potatoes thoroughly browned (no bacon, no onions and the remoulade with fine cucumber and onion pieces good. The salad corner was not on the plate. The portion size can be overlooked. My haxe was a pretty trunk (crude weight: 800 grams per card, which was before serving in the Salamander, who had to scrape the rind or blow bubbles. Unfortunately, the haxe was not pickled and also not pre-baked in broth. Also tastefully I am not a friend of the unspoiled variant and so I have applied a lot of the abundant mustard on the plate mustard and really sharp horseradish to my haxen meat. I should've just asked if the haxe's gone or not. A highlight of the “dry” sauerkraut with perfectly balanced sweetness and acidity; Juniper berries were witnessed by careful preparation. The sauce would have been tasty and the salt potatoes would not have had to be. The overall rating is very good with 3.5 stars. Ambience: The guest room with its wood interior (the floor, panelling, bare tables, the historical counter and the bright, arched ceiling is a small anode. There is something to go back to 1905! To the beer garden there is a covered terrace, which continues on the right side. The beer garden itself is located half a level deeper. In terms of construction, the outdoor area is “grown” and positively described with “rustic”. Our beer garden set had at least one back and upholstery could be picked up. You have to see the Gosenschänke as a complete work of art and any modernization would take her something from the charm. Cleanliness: Only the women's toilet in the outdoor area was visited and found for good fit. Otherwise, it was annoying that the haxe attracted many green-smoothing flies, which only migrated with the cooling of the haxe to other tables."
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