Wake up and love Butter Cafe in Munich!

https://www.yelp.com/biz/butter-münchen

According to Dude Food G. on Yelp, this Butter place found on Blutenburg Strasse in Nuehausen, Munich is really cool. You know right from the beginning that this is not your normal everyday cafe. Butter is the diamond in the ruff waiting to be discovered. This place has babies, art, coffees, music, food and is full of life’s positive vibrations. These guys are a couple of psychologists dressed as music loving ravers.

If you just need a coffee to blow out the cobwebs from the previous nights Augustiner Helles, then Butter is perfect. If you need a veggie or meaty sandwich to go with your coffee than Butter is perfect. If you need a ginger, apple, carrot fresh juice than Butter is perfect. If you need a shoulder to cry on and a doorway to block than Butter is probably not for you.

Stop in and say “Aloha dudes” to the guys from Butter from the Dude of Food.

Butter

Blutenburg Strasse 90

Nuehausen, Munich

Open 8am http://alles-butter.de

Learn about Apples with the Dude of Food

The Dude of Food is one of those folks that really had no idea there are so many varieties of apples to choose from. I read in National Geographic that apples have been modified by grafting for the last 100 years. I do know that apples are sprayed with edible wax before they get to the market for preservation.

For example who knows the difference between a Benton Red and a Blue Pearmain apple? There are Scott Winters, Seek No Further, Esopus Spitzenburg, Zabergau, Empire, Twenty Ounce, Wolf River, Ribston Pippin, Opalescent, Nodhead, Deane 9 ounce, Wagner, Rolfe, Starkey and Orange Pippin’s. That is a list of some names of just the red apples!

In green apples you can choose from Winter Banana, Bramley’s Seedling, Tolman Sweet, Stark, Calville Blanc d’hiver, Pound Sweet, Gary Pearmain, Rhode Island Greening, Crisps, Granny Smith’s and more!

Then you get into the mixed green and red apples! Whew, the Dude of Food is thinking about having an apple martini right now.

Apples are a food that have been grafted and modified for years and who knew? The Dude of Food now wonders if avocados are the similar?

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The Dude of Food really likes Joe Matos Cheese Factory in Santa Rosa, CA

The Dude of Food met the chief of cheese, Joe Matos, in Santa Rosa. Joe has been making cheese since 1979.

https://joematoscheeseco.com

To get to Joe Matos Cheese Factory you will need to go to the end of a small discreet road in Santa Rosa. Inside his shop you will find a sweet woman at the counter and tons of cheese wheels behind her. The aged cheese is really good. It was a pleasure to meet you Joe Matos and the Dude of Food thanks you for meeting me and for all that you do. Keep up the great work Joe.

The Dude of Food discovers California’s Best Sushi

http://www.hanajapanese.com

If you love sushi then all you need to know is the above web address. This will lead you to a place called Hana Japanese Restaurant and the Best Sushi in California!! I had never heard of black throat mackerel and normally don’t like mackerel but this black throat mackerel is great. The blue fin tuna belly was so good I had seconds. Same with the black throat mackerel.

The special thing in a spoon was really good. It was all good. The chef is one of the best in the industry at his craft and has taught many other chefs. My bill was $100. for lunch and the Dude of Food could have easily gone bigger but my meal was awesome tasting and well worth the splurge.

If you are ever near Santa Rosa or in Rohnert Park, CA, go to this place and see for yourself what quality sushi is supposed to be like.

Arigato Team Hana.

The Dude of Food hangs out at Third Street Aleworks in Santa Rosa

This place is cool. Not all crowded like the Russian River bar. Third Street Aleworks has a cool staff, good beers and they also make a good pizza.

https://drink03st.com

The Dude of Food visits St. Florian’s Brewery in Windsor, CA

The Dude of Food went to visit the crew at St. Florian’s Brewery.

The place is staffed with good people and had many diverse beers to choose from.

I liked the IPA’s best and want to add this brand to my food portfolio for the world markets.

See their beer selection list – http://www.stfloriansbrewery.com/our-beers/

The Dude of Food creates a great new oatmeal-tapioca breakfast treat.

Tired of the same old thing for breakfast? Gave up on your quest to eat healthier 10 days after your New Years resolution? Perhaps you are a hockey player and have no front teeth to bite a burrito with. What ever the case may be, the Dude of Food has created an awesome new way for people of all ages to enjoy a pretty healthy breakfast.

The Dude of Food decided that he wanted to try a German packaged cereal thing he saw on a market shelf in Munich. The package was made by a guy named Dr. Oetker and was called Griesbrei. As you can see below the label is in German as were the directions for preparation. I had a heck of a time trying to decipher exactly what the proper measurements and times were when it came to try and prepare it. I only know like 5 Bavarian words; prost, liebe, obatzda, steckerl fische und Oida! Anyways to make an interesting long story short, the stuff was like a cross between creamed wheat and tapioca pudding. I liked it and mentioned it to my Bavarian friends. Oddly, they all said the same thing, “You like baby cereal?”

Well since the stigma is that this griesbrei stuff is too sweet for a proper adult breakfast the Dude of Food had another idea and decided to try mixing tapioca pudding with oatmeal.

Now, in the German market the small packet of Dr. Oetker Griesbrei was like .89 euro or about 93 cents at the time. If you can find it in the states or online it is $3.99 a packet or more!

So the Dude of Food prepared 1 cup of oatmeal. Separately I made tapioca pudding. Just as it was time to turn off the oatmeal to cool down I added a little bit of warm homemade tapioca pudding and stirred it all together. Ratio was something like 2/3 oatmeal to 1/3 tapioca. there is no rule here, so mix to desire. Spooned into a bowl, I topped the mix off with a little bit of cherry preserves as seen in the photo above and put it to the taste test. The results = excellent.

Get ready world, a brand new and delicious little some-some for breakfast is here. Get some.

The Dude of Food introduces his plate of arms design.

Every grand family has a coat of arms, so while sitting in Prague, the Dude of Food created his own plate of arms. This was just a layout as the final version would be a plate covered with various nigiri sushi and the plate would be encircled in tacos. The 2 knives would be replaced by crossing chop sticks and the fork would be replaced with a forearm and open hand.

What does your family crest look like?

Below are some other famous family crests and coat of arms.

coa__house_of_bonaparte_by_firelord_zuko-d4gs56a — **Napolean Bonaparte family crest**

The Dude of Food finds the best pizza in Europe, at the Dusseldorf airport!

The Dude of Food had just left Munich. It was with a painful heart that he dragged himself away from Minga, a city that he loves. He had prepared for the long flight back to LA by staying up all night on his last visit in town before he left. He knew he had a 1 1/2 hour layover in Dusseldorf Airport’s Terminal ‘C’. Upon arrival to Gate 32 Terminal C a vision similar to an oasis housing a food mermaid revealed itself to this hungry traveler. A restaurant at the next gate (34 Terminal B) had a sign announcing food and beer that read Zigolini.

This small restaurant named Zigolini offered some good looking pastas and pizza for a reasonable price. The Dude of Food asked for a large beer. The guy next to me received a veggie pizza and that was it. I took one look and needed a pizza also. I asked for a sausage and bacon pizza. There is no exaggeration in saying that this may be one of the best pizzas ever!

The next time I flew through Dusseldorf it was a no brainer to go back. Zigolini was still there waiting for me in all her delicious glory. The only thing that was different was the sign now reads Marche. You can read more about Marche at http://www.marche-restaurants.com.

Muhamad Ali, the head chef and designer, personally told the Dude of Food that the restaurant is still called Zigolini even though the sign has changed. The receipt still reads Zigolini. Chef Ali has one of the best secret recipes ever and is a sweet guy that loves sharing with his customers. His pizzas are simply amazing and he will happily add the ingredients you may want if you don’t see the combination you like on the menu.

This pizza was better than nearly all I’ve ever had in Firenze, Rome, Germany, New York, Chicago, LA or maybe even ever! Certainly this is the Best Valued and Best Tasting Airport Food that the Dude of Food has ever encountered. If you are ever near the Dusseldorf airport and have some time to kill, the Dude of Food highly recommends that you go see for yourself about the pizza at Zigolini Italian Food and chef Muhammad Ali.

Veilen danke Muhammad Ali und Zigolini. Keep up the great work Dr. Ali.

Zigolini

Dusseldorf Flughafen Terminal B by Gate 34 Airside 40474 Dusseldorf

The Dude of Food encounters a market apocalypse!

empty aisle 2

When the Dude of Food walked into this closing local southern California market he didn’t expect to feel like he missed the party. There is something really ominous about walking around an empty market. Even if you are full from just having eaten, this sight has a way of making you feel hungry. Even now when I look at the photos I feel myself getting hungry.

The Dude of Food found his mind racing as he wrote this, as it seemed like some sort of Twilight Zone episode, and had to prepare some left over Chinese food to make sure all was right in the world.

He remembers wandering around the echoing, desolate market while enduring hunger pains that grew worse after witnessing aisle after empty aisle. As he walked through this empty space he began to think maybe everyone already knew something that he didn’t and they hurried out for a some life saving reason.

The haunting thought proceeded to grow and he had to remind himself to not touch anything, don’t breathe deep and certainly do not rub the eyes for fear of getting cooties. He realized he had seen enough as he reached the back of the empty place and swiftly walked to the exit.

The Dude of Food has always wanted to run a market and would love to have a small store of empty shelves to stock with quality goods for a neighborhood. Someday.