“I just want to try these Nürnberger sausages” or obesity in Germany

“Don`t worry, I also gained some weight here in Munich. Almost everyone does. You return home and everything will be okay”, – told me Natasha, a Russian girl who has lived in Munich already for 3 years. Meanwhile, obesity is a real problem in Germany, declared as a major issue by the federal government. Various Read More

Et Voilà – Carlos Maio

” … have the opportunity to delight my clients with my own creations” Carlos Maio aka Pipas Maio is a brave guy that risked it all in his dreams. The Cuisine is his passion and as a young cooker his efforts have been rewarded by the professionals in the field. After going through for more Read More

The Art of the Dinner Party

I never expected to say this, but one of the main things I’ve taken away from my first semester in Munich is the art of the dinner party. Dinner parties have been central to the creation and maintenance of close bonds with other exchange students. They have been the source of countless great conversations; funny Read More

To drink or not to drink?

I often found myself asking this question during my time here in Munich. To drink or not to drink? Most of the time I ended up drinking so much beer that I almost forgot it is okay to so “no” to a beer once in a while. Ofcourse drinking was not the most important factor Read More

There is no such thing as a Vietnamese who dislikes food

There is nothing that makes me more happy than food, and I’m not exaggerating. My Vietnamese parents raised me with an important motto in life: live to eat, not eat to live. They actually mean it as growing up I’ve never been short of good food and was never denied a chance to try out Read More

Is eating a “100 years old egg” in Berlin a crime?

Today I am twenty years old. Each day I have a lunch and a dinner like most of us have in our European countries. Every month I will eat fifty-six meals. During a year, my stomach and intestines will digest almost 2968 lunches and dinners. That is a lot, I know. But most of the Read More

Focus on Coffee

If someone asked me about cultural groups or subcultures 5 years ago I would share my opinion about goths or hipsters or whatever. Now I am constantly living in big cities and I position myself as capital city resident, so I have my opinion slightly changed. There are still those traditional subcultures, but society in Read More