Showing posts with label health food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health food. Show all posts

Saturday, 14 June 2008

Diwan

Style:
Organic/Health and International

More:
Completely organic, from the food to the kitchen soap; even the electricity comes from an eco-friendly source

Reviews:
Qype has very good reviews (in German) about almost everything in this place: the food, the quality. Almost everything, because a couple of reviewers have noted that the service is slow; and one more claimed that the size of his breakfast did not match the price.

Andy Lynes writes on the Independent that Diwan is "so green that the Lammsbräu pilsner beer is organic. Med-style dishes include orange and carrot soup with chilli and coconut foam served with prawns."

The Basics: Bergmannstraße 59, 10961 Berlin-Kreuzberg (Südstern)

URL: http://www.bio-diwan.de/

Accessible?

Child-Friendliness?

Related Tours/Sites:
Kreuzberg 61
Could be integrated with the Kreuzberg Tour and with customised Berlin tours

Nearby Hotels/Accommodation:

4 ****

Winter's Hotel Berlin Mitte
3 ***
Hotel Ludwig van Beethoven
Hotel Riehmers Hofgarten

2 **
Motel One Berlin-Mitte
Hotel Columbia
Meininger City Hostel Tempelhofer Ufer

Thursday, 6 March 2008

Weilands Wellfood

The Basics:

Two branches. The original one:

Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 1 , 10785 Berlin-Tiergarten
+49 (0)30-258 99 717

The second one:
Platz vor dem Neuen Tor 5, 10115 Berlin-Mitte
+49 (0)30-288 79 670

URL: Weilands Wellfood

Accessible?

Child-Friendliness?

Style:
Organic/Health food (relatively) fast food

Related Tours/Sites:
First Branch: Potsdamer Platz
Could be integrated with the Weimar Berlin, Third Reich Berlin Tour, Jewish Tour in West Berlin or with customised Berlin tours

Second Branch: Mitte, near the Natural History Museum and the Hamburger Bahnhof
Could be integrated with the Third Reich Berlin Tour, with a guided/escorted visit to one of the two above mentioned museums or with customised Berlin tours

More:
Organic ("bio") and health food restaurant. Vegetarians would probably be happy to know that if they don't mind eating with carnivores, there are many vegetarian dishes on the menu.

Reviews:
BioBerlin is a German Language blog discussing all aspects of healthy living and eating in Berlin. Although we personally haven't been to the restaurant, we agree with BioBerlin about this being an oasis in Potsdamer Platz, only from knowing the other cheesy places in this otherwise culinary desert. We'll free translate the main points of BioBerlin's review: The restaurant is somewhat hidden near the Casino in Potsdamer Platz. The idea behind it: healthy, fresh cuisine. There are wholegrain pastas, salads, also the regular mundane stuff but very tasty wok-dishes. The most important thing is that all dishes are fresh, healthy and low in calories. The coolest thing: the meat is organic! They don't write it anywhere, and only after we've asked, they said that the meat as well as many other ingredients are organic, including for example an organic beer. The food was good, it was quickly prepared, the service was very cordial. The prices are affordable: the main dish costs 7 EUR.