The dinner at the hotel restaurant was better than we expected (well, except for the price, but that was to be expected).
The salad with cold grilled asparagus (green, for those wondering) was decent.
Then we had what is essentially the German version of macaroni and cheese, though the menu didn’t even call it by that name. The common name is Käsespätzle (=cheese späztle, a kind of noodle, which you can now find in some U.S. grocery stores). The version tonight added leek (yay), chard (boo), and topped it with pieces of fennel sausage (yay, but not traditional) and pieces of walnut (OK, but not traditional — carmelized onions are traditional). The cheese was fontina, also not traditional, and too mild for my taste. When we lived in Tübingen, Germany, we would have it with a very strong mountain cheese, which was fantastic.
Now, D’s daughter has lived in Munich for several years. I wonder what she would make of this version of Käsespätzle.
We finished up with the apple strudel that I didn’t get in Bolzano. Well, not as good as the one I could have gotten in Bolzano, but a reasonable facsimile.
All in all, a decent dinner.