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NaNiWa – Noodles & Soups (Japanese Cuisine)

03 Monday Oct 2011

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A good friend recommended this place to me during one of my trip to Dusseldorf, Germany. (Thanks Lyn !!) She told me that this restaurant serve really good Ramen and I was certainly craving for noodle and soup after days of pork, pork and more pork in Germany.

So, we took the train Oststraße and from there took a short walk to reach the restaurant.

We got there just in time for early lunch as Lyn say it is crazy during peak hours. Manage to reach there around 11:45am (and already there was a mini queue outside the restaurant). Fortunately, we manage to secure a table after 15mins of wait. Around 12:30pm, the crowd and queue got really crazy. phewww… !! Lucky we had Lyn to bring us around Dusseldorf.

I was really impressed to see many Japanese eating there. This is definitely a plus point when you are dining Japanese food. We ordered one Curry Rice, 2 Shio Ramen and another ramen which I forgot the name. And of course, how can you have Ramen without gyoza, right? (It’s like ordering steak without fries) So, we ordered 2 plates of those!!! 

 

Overall the meal was really satisfying and authentic (considering you are eating it somewhere in Europe and not inJapan). Not to mention, it was relatively not too expensive. The bill was less than EUR 40 for the 3 of us. If you order just the noodle soup – it is about EUR 8-10 (depending on what you order). If you were to order this in Japan, it would probably come up to the same price. It is definitely one of the few restaurants that I will visit whenever I drop byDusseldorf.

 

Naniwa Noodles & Soups
Oststraße 55
40211 Düsseldorf
T (0211) 16 17 99
F (0211) 36 77 407

Mon – Fri 11:30 – 22:30
Sat Sun & Holiday 11:30 – 22:30
Closed on Tuesday

Casa Gustosa – Dusseldorf, Germany (Great steak!)

30 Monday May 2011

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Thanks to a great friend – Lyn for introducing hubs and me here for dinner. A quaint little shop tuck away along Nordstrasse in Dusseldorf, Germany. If you have not been looking, you would have easily walk pass this restaurant.

Once we are in, we were greeted warmly by the owner as Lyn knows him and also she speaks perfect German. Luckily, the waiter there could also speak English. Hence, hubs and I actually went back to this same restaurant 3 times during our 2 weeks stay in Dusseldorf.

 

Some of the dishes we tried

 Tomato brochette – toasted crispy bread with freshly chopped tomatoes drenched with olive oil (heavily scented with the black olives. Best I ever had.

 

Goat cheese salad – it’s ok. Not exactly my cup of tea. But some would love it for the strong cheese taste.

 

Grill prawn Salad – love the lightly grill freshness taste of the prawn sprinkled with dash of paprika and salt for flavor.

 

 

Stuff Chicken breast with some cheese (I forgot) – hence, you know it was not a very memorable dish to me.

Now, for the highlight of the evening. The grill Entrecote – Oh la la… It is definitely the BEST steak I ever had (till date: Oct 2010)

The meat was done to perfection for medium – look at all the juice. Meat was well marbled so each bite was amazing and bursting with BEEF ! This was the main reason why i return back to this restaurant for 3 times. :p

 

For those of you who are around Dusseldorf area, why not drop by this restaurant and give it a try.

 

Casa Gustosa

Nordstrasse 29

40477Dusseldorf

Tel. 02 11/9 54 23 97

Metzingen – Shopping Town

21 Tuesday Apr 2009

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At long-last, the Day 2 which I was suppose to post (after my Frankfurt – Heidelberb post , which was about one months back ;oP )

Day 2:

Metzingen – A little city with a population of 22,000 located south-west of Germany.
Started of as a wine cultivating town to a textile oriented town, today, Metzingen is famous for its factory outlet a.k.a. Bargain Hunter’s Paradise!!

FACTORY outlet !! Muahaha… ;o)

Metzingen

 

Apart from that, Metzingen is also the home of HUGO BOSS.

They were the first to start the their factory outlet in Metzingen and soon followed by tons of other brands such as Joop, Burberry, Swatch, Polo Ralph, Escada, Adidas, Bally, Diesel and many many more.

  

For the list of all the factory outlets available, check out

http://www.metzingen.de/ceasy/modules/cms/main.php5?cPageId=521HuGo BoSs

I was only there for a short while  less than 2 hours 

(esh..  I feel like I have to justify myself cause I can so picture my boy lifting one of his eyebrow and ask “‘short while? really? meh…. :oP ).

Hence, I have only manage to visit some of the shops. Of course one of them is Hugo Boss!

How can you be in Hugo Boss’s headquarter and not visit Hugo Boss.

That wouldn’t be very nice now, would it? ;o)  And of course I have a get a little something too. (hehehee…)

 

There are some discount and great buy on certain items in certain store.

Overall, I would say, non-discount items on these stores are actually priced 20-30% cheaper than the outside shops.