Saturday, March 30, 2019

"Grazing Streets" in Frankfurt

Many are familiar with the famous "Fressgaße" (loosely, "Grazing Street") in Frankfurt (actually Kalbächer Gasse and Große Bockenheimer Straße) as a spot that has been known for shopping and eating since the turn of the 20th century. But Frankfurt is an ever-expanding city that has a whole lot more than just one street of "grazing" to offer!

Since the weather has turned BEAUTIFUL and inviting us all to head out for a spring stroll, I thought I'd post today about three streets that have a lot to offer by way of food and casual shopping. There are SO MANY more than this, so please share your thoughts in the comments! I've included maps to help you find them...

1. Oederweg

Take the ubahn to Eschersheimer Tor and walk north along Oederweg and there are all sorts of great places...I have eaten at Vipho (Vietnamese), Kowloon City (Chinese/Dim Sum), Gokio Bros. (Korean Fried Chicken) and all three are excellent, but there are many other restaurants there (Tex-Mex, Burgers/Steaks, Indian Street Food...many looked good). If you just keep walking north on that street, there are cute shops and stuff too. We walked north and eventually walked West on side streets to get back to the Gruenebergweg Ubahn stop to head home, but you could keep walking north if you have time as it looks like there's lots of cute stuff.

2. Weissadlergasse

This cute (short) street is adjacent to my favorite sushi place in the city, SuperKato. There are several adorable cafes and restaurants on this street. I haven't been to any of those but I think there's one that sells a bunch of soups that looked really interesting called Souper! Die Suppenküche. There's also a Tex-Mex Cantina. To get here, you could go to several different ubahn stations and walk...it looks like the closest might be Willy-Brandt or Hauptwache (which isn't shown on this map screenshot but is just North, adjacent to the Goetheplatz). I like this area because there's lots of shopping (not just on Neuekraeme, which is that street that leads to the Roemer). One of my favorite places in all of Frankfurt is nearby...the Kleinmarkthalle. My Frankfurt universe rotates around Kleinmarkthalle. 🙂  Definitely worth a visit...it's a market but there are places to eat inside and even more upstairs, as well as a wine bar that's so much fun.

3. Kaisserstrasse

The area of this street that runs between Willy-Brandt Platz and the Hauptbahnhof has a lot of good restaurants and is fun to walk. They also hold a lot of markets on this street (closer to the Hauptbahnhof end) when the weather is warmer. On this street I have been to Urban Kitchen (reliable cuisine from all over the world), EatDoori (Indian Street Food), and Kabuki (Japanese Tepanyaki--very expensive, special occasion type of place but AMAZING FOOD AND EXPERIENCE). There are a lot of other places to eat on this street, and for shopping walk along Kaiserstrasse towards Willy-Brandt Platz (Northeast) and just continue walking until it turns into Rossmarktstrasse. You'll end up in the Hauptwache/Zeil area. Or you could follow Goetheplatz North to get to the "Rodeo Drive" of Frankfurt, Goethestrasse.


Happy Grazing, and enjoy the weather!!






Friday, March 8, 2019

Hello Again and Check me out on Facebook and Instagram!

Hello there!


If you've landed on this page after doing a quick Google search, took a quick look over it, and then thought "Well, shoot...this is just one of those neglected blogs that the owner never does anything with............"

You'd be pretty much right. BUT! That doesn't mean I'm not doing ANYTHING! Quite the contrary...it's true that running The Global Fork catering company (not to mention my household...in a foreign country...with a big international move coming up...) DOES keep me pretty busy and I've neglected posting here around much of that, nor have I been good at providing you with the cool tips and tricks that I enjoy sharing. However, I am much better at keeping in touch with all of you out there via Facebook and Instagram.

SO! Head on over to your lil' appies there on your phone and search for @TheGlobalFork on Facebook and @ChefAlaina on Instagram. (You should also be able to find me under The Global Fork on Insta.) There you'll get nearly daily updates on the goings-on over here in my kitchen...oh and in all the yum yum restaurants I'm able to frequent, as well...all across the world!

Speaking of restaurants, I've started putting together some restaurant guides that will be useful to you folks here in Frankfurt, so look for those COMING SOON!

And as always, please feel free to comment or message me with your burning questions, catering quote requests, etc. etc. etc.!


Thanks,
Alaina