If a German restaurant doesn’t serve German beer can you call it a German restaurant? That is the question. The difficulties involved in getting affordable German beer in to Myanmar might explain why there have thus far been a dearth of Teutonic eateries in Yangon, where French, Italian, Thai and Vietnamese outlets now abound. This has now changed, with the launch on November 2 of Mahlzeit (Meal Time), in Sanchaung township.
Although there are nine locally-brewed beers on the menu, don’t expect any of the German beverage German restaurants are famed for worldwide. Nor does the place look like a Bavarian beer house, thankfully.
“As we don’t have German beer we have to focus on German food first,” said Magnus Scherr, 35, Mahlzeit’s affable general manager. Mr Scherr, a professional chef with 15 years of cookery under his belt, was lured to Yangon 10 months ago by Uniteam Marine (Yangon) Ltd — a seamen training and recruiting company that has been operating in Myanmar for the past 25 years.
His initial mandate was to run a training kitchen in Uniteam’s new office building on Pan Hlaing Road. But when Scherr saw the industrial-size, spic-and-span, fully-equipped kitchen, his ambitions turned to opening a local bakery and restaurant. The owners agreed. Uniteam’s management shifted to the same building recently, so a restaurant on premise no doubt appealed. The US Peace Corps and Telenor also rent office space in the office building, giving Mahlzeit a captive lunch crowd.
On the menu are some good old German favorites, such as crispy pork knuckles with dumplings and sauerkraut, sausage platter, Vienna Snitzel and a choice of Flammkuchen (Alsatian pizza with cream cheese and onions as toppings.) The array of breads that come with each meal are especially welcome, in dough-deprived Yangon.
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Although there is no German beer on tap, the inventive Scherr has come up with a special bread made from the residue from the local Carlsberg brewery.
“It is a full meal, already fermented, that I have made a nice bread out of,” Scherr said. Alas, too bad you can’t drink it.
Frontier rating:
Food: 4
Service: 4
Hygiene: 5
Atmosphere: 3.5
Adress, website and phone:
84 Pan Hlaing Street, Sanchaung Township
Mobile Tel: 09-7845-1250.
Website: www.mahlzeit-myanmar.com
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