Cullinary Delights 29/09/05

All is well in the land of big beers and sausages. I'm just finishing my second week at the school here in dortmund, and am about to have 2 weeks' holiday. The thing that has struck me most about the food here is the quality of the kebabs. Let me talk you through the German Döner Kebab...
First of all one takes a rather large chunk of turkish pide bread, which is then toasted gently and sliced in half. Your choice of succulent tender pieces of spit-roasted beef or chicken is then lovingly laid in generous proportions inside. Here is where the magic happens... Garlic and chilli sauce of the highest middle-eastern quality is ladled on top of the meat, followed by your rudimentry kebab vegetables of onion and lettuce. In addition to this, the cheery turkish chap will then stack sweet corn, finely chopped cucumber and tomato on top of this creation, then top it off with fetta cheese and a jalapeno pepper to boot. The result, my friends, is a veritable flavour sensation, that leaves you with a warm and fuzzy feeling inside... all for only 3 euro. As you can imagine, I have become somewhat of a fixture at the local turkish grill. The food aside, I have been enjoying myself by spending as much time as possible outside of my seedy student house.
Last week I went to the soccer with one of the teachers at my school, and thoroughly enjoyed myself, I don't know whether it was the quality of the play and atmosphere inside the 85000 seater stadium or the 1 litre beers that most appealed to me... The important thing is, Dortmund won, and I got drunk... Everyone's a winner! So I've now got 2 weeks off, during which I had originally planned to go to the oktoberfest. However, the 200euro train tickets to Munich and back didn't quite appeal to me. Instead I've taken the cheaper option, and am going to Amsterdam for a couple of days, with a few crazy English assistant teachers, and Jonno Worthley. That should be fun. Aside from that, I am taking it as it comes, with the world being my oyster for the next two weeks. Anyway, I'm off to lunch now, I'm thinking I need somethig warm and hearty... maybe another kebab... I hope everyone is doing well, and hope to hear from you soon.