Monday, July 11, 2011

FOOD: I Love Pizza. Really?

I haven't said anything about the FOOD!  Traditional Austrian food is similar to German - sausages, potatoes, good goulash.  A Beisl is similar to a tavern or pub - they serve traditional simple food, good beer and a warm atmosphere.  We have been to a few nice ones so far.  The main problem is that I get tired of this rather heavy food fairly quickly, so we decided to mix in ethnic food.  We ate one night at a Turkish restaurant called Cafe Kent which was excellent, just the other night we ate at an italian place.  The food was very good, but it was short on atmosphere (very cafeteria-like).  But last night we hit the mother lode of Indian cuisine at a place called (I am not making this up) I Love Pizza.  They are located here in the 2nd district and have an extensive listing of pizzas, but also do the most divine indian food.  We ordered our food spicy, not hot and it was perfect.  The interior of the restaurant is simple, but atmospheric enough.  The food is ordered in meals - I got chicken in a creamed spinach sauce, which was not bland at all.  We were even eating the rice plain it was so nicely spiced.  The cost for 2 beers, a pizza we split as a starter, and two entrée meals was 38 euro with tip.  Which is another advantage to Vienna - the food is not outrageously expensive.  We have mostly eaten in the outer districts, which are less expensive than the inner district, but even there I think the food is much less expensive than last year in Belgium and the Netherlands.  

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