Die Rundbar: delicious!
Located in district seven, the most hipster area of Vienna, the street Zollergasse It is a meeting point for both locals and tourists looking for lively establishments where they can taste different foods from around the world.
And it is that, in its few meters in length, they concentrate the busiest bars and restaurants in the city. We go through it from top to bottom.
The locals refer to it as “the street of Viennese gastronomy”, and in it locals with more than three decades of antiquity coexist with others that have just opened their doors less than a year ago.
We start the route at ** Health kitchen ** (at number 14), a temple of healthy food. Your motto? Healthy and fast food, always maintaining a healthy life. Their recipes are made from a wide variety of natural ingredients, with the egg as one of the protagonists, in all its aspects.
Continuing down the street, at number 8, is the famous **Café Europa,** a local with more than 30 years of life and non-stop cooking from morning to night, which closes in the wee hours of the morning. For this reason, it is not uncommon to find a good atmosphere despite the cold Viennese nights, whether you go for dinner or to taste one of their 250 cocktails from the menu. It is, without a doubt, a safe bet.
Next door is **Liebling**, a local vintage decor, with totally different furniture and tables that, too, is always lively, especially during the late weekend breakfasts.
Across is located ** Ganz Wien **, maybe one of the most envied for its terrace in the middle of the street –whenever the weather allows it–, where people line up to enjoy their delicious breakfasts. And when night falls, you might get lucky and catch a live music concert.
The last place on the street, at number 5 and before reaching the pedestrian avenue, is ** Kaffemik **. It is a small and elegant place with a striking blue counter, which offers a varied selection of coffees from independent roasters. The funny thing is that each month they present a different one, organizing a small tasting.
AROUND THE WORLD
Lovers of international gastronomy also have their spaces in this small street. We start at a corner, ** Gasthaus Sapa **, right on Lindengasse.
specialized in food Vietnamese, It has an extensive menu of soups with all kinds of ingredients, although its great specialty is rolls made from rice paper with various fillings for all tastes.
At number 2 is the ** Bao Bar ** which, as its name suggests, is specialized in this type of bread. We recommend you to choose one of their two bestseller: either chicken Steirer with wasabi, sesame, honey, red cabbage and cucumber, or the so-called 'Deluxe', with avocado, lime, red cabbage, and kimchi sauce.
Pizza addicts also have a space, the ** Bross Pizza **. It is a small place set up by two childhood friends, and whose formula for success lies in combine pizzas with rich bloody marys or craft beers.
The favorite, or at least the one that everyone talks about, is L'Atomica, based on spicy chorizo –brought from Spain–, mozzarella, caramelized red onion and a spicy sauce with a special formula.
LINDENGASSE, ANOTHER TOP GASTRO STREET
It crosses with the previous one, and is also characterized by hosting several gastronomic points that must be taken into account. One of them is ** Tart'a Tata **, specifically at number 35, a delicious and highly requested traditional french bakery which, by constantly making cakes and pastries, gives off a delicious smell that permeates the entire environment.
Without a doubt, it is a perfect option if you feel the need for a little sweetness in the body. It will take you a while to decide between lemon tart, blueberry tart or chocolate tart, They are the three irresistible.
Also noteworthy is **Die Rundbar**, at number 1, a small bar whose aesthetic takes you back to the wonderful 50's, and that it is considered the perfect place to have a cocktail any night, or enjoy its lively Sunday brunch.
Finally, on the corner of Neubaugasse street, is ** Rauch Juice Bar **, the temple of natural juices. In it you can also take fruit shakes with special complements and vitamins, or cold fruit infusions.
Indispensable to try its three specialties: Italian Kiss, Ruby Dragon or the peculiar Adidas Runners Special.
ASIAN FLAVOR IN HIPSTER SPACE
A few blocks from this street is the ** Hotel am Brillantengrund ** (Bandgasse, 4), known as the one with the bikes for its small interior store, where they organize outings and all kinds of topics related to this sport.
It also stands out for its exquisite cuisine based on filipino recipes –Pinoy food, they call it–, with Austrian touches. It is a family restaurant, in which its owner Marvin Mangalino and his mother They delight guests and tourists every day.
They are good examples fish served in a cast iron skillet; their natural juices to refresh, such as melon; the assorted rice ; the Filipino steak called Bistek, or the famous “Siopao” hamburger , whose recipe includes chicken meat or tofu, served in a bath.
AL RICO WIENER SCHNITZEL
You cannot leave the Austrian capital without eating the best-known dish of its gastronomy, the famous steak Wiener Schnitzel , a simple recipe very similar to the traditional escalope.
tell the story that was the favorite dish of Emperor Franz Joseph I, especially the veal one, since today it has been extended to the pork and chicken version.
In addition to the already classic restaurants ** Schnitzelwirt ** (Neubaugassee, 52) and ** Figlmüller ** (Bäckerstraße 6), has joined the podium ** Meissl & Schadn, ** (Schubertring 10-12), a restaurant in where you can enjoy a fillet with the tastiest part of the veal and which, moreover, offers the possibility of signing up for one of its cooking courses to know, first-hand, the tricks necessary to cook the perfect Wiener Schnitzel.