For our 5-year wedding anniversary my husband and I decided that
instead of spending the money to go on a trip, as I had anticipated but
we both got caught up in too much recent traveling, why not spend the
money doing something we'd only heard the rich n famous doing, right
here in Munich?!
Actually he kind of surprised me with the first folly: day of pampering at the
Blue Spa in the
Bayerischer Hof Hotel
right in Munich's city center. We spent the whole day lounging by the
pool with a sliding glass roof (its a little too chilly to have it open
now) and a terrace overlooking the Frauenkirche, Munich's landmark
church, and the city center. The sun's warm rays and the spectacle of
fall leaves on the trees outside made us want to stay right there. When
we weren't oooing and awwing at all our surroundings, we were melting
into our couples massage in one of several aroma-y massage rooms, or
glowing with dew in one of the three immaculate saunas.
Hugos,
a refreshing blend of prosecco, "Holunderblüten" syrup (very common
here, in English its called elderflower, maybe you can find it or
try
making your own if you're feelin kooky), mint, and a little lime, on the sunny terrace made our splurgalicious day complete.
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| Ahhhhhspaaaaaaa! |
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| Pretending to be a serious buyer of art. |
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| Still pretending.. |
The
next night we had a dinner reservation at my all-time favorite
restaurant not only just in Munich, but probably in the WHOLE WILD WORLD
(as my German husband says),
Schweiger2 at Restaurant Showroom.
Its like an artistic adventure for the tummy! Its upscale, fancy
schmancy but still somehow maintains an intimate, down-to-earth
atmosphere with friendly, professional servers. The cook has a little
table-side chat with you to let you know there is no menu, its all one
exquisite "Überraschung" (surprise) after another..anywhere from 3 to 9
courses. Now would be a good time to let him know about that peanut
allergy, or if there's anything you just don't like. Beware, you may
think you don't like Blütwurst, but the chef sure does and if you're
brave enough to eat it anywhere, it should be here! Our first time
there he snuck it into some little tortellinis combined with chocolate
(eew? noooooo!) and this time it was more obvious, and of course
delicious! I can't believe I'm admitting this..but it's true!
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Here we have several tooteetoos...with a sprinkle of lalala..
and some scrumptious deer carpaccio and filet. I was surprised to see
a few peanuts keeping all these fancy things company, but they held
their own ground. |
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| Another scrumptious course.. |
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| One little two little three little suppes (pumpkin variations) |
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| Soup slurpie! |
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I think this was the main course, but who can keep track?
Salmon & trout caviar with soy beans and other gemuse.. |
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| Or was this the main course...tada..the Blütwurst! With a friendly scallop for a hat. |
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| What's
left of one dessert, with a stinkin good assortment of cheeses in
background, and the note we exchanged with our adorable waitress who is
soon moving to DC to be with her American boyfriend...aww, we assured
her these German-American multi-culti relationships are the way to go! |
All of this accompanied by a wunderbar bottle of my new fave (Austrian) wine,
Graupert
with a cute cow that the farmers who make the wine decided to put on
the bottles..the smaller the cow the better the wine quality. I have
been on a Grauburgunder kick lately and this is the best so far! Did
you know 'Grauburgunder' = Pinot Gris?
