Restaurant Aigner

Restaurant Aigner is a culinary institution since it opened more than 13 years ago. The cuisine is German-Austrian. Thirteen of us including 1 baby and a toddler landed there last night after a full day of touring Berlin. They were very busy and it was nice that they had our table ready with flowers and a candelabra. None of the other tables had them.

Not everyone ordered appetizers. Alma ordered the French Fries with Bearnaise sauce. She had me try one and I ended up having more than a few. It was so good. I would take Bearnaise over ketchup anytime! Ross had the Steak Tartare. It was delicious though his only complaint was it would have been better if they prepared it themselves rather than leaving it to him to mix it all up. I totally agreed.

I was excited to see Wienerschnietzel on the menu. The majority of the people ended up ordering the Meatballs. Aimee had the Tongue with bone marrow. Raymond had the Pepper Steak, someone else had the chicken.

Service was a bit slow. It took awhile for us to get our food. This seems to be the pattern in restaurants here in Berlin. Again, the wait gave the baby and toddler a chance to exercise their lungs. They didn't really cry, they were just too excited about everything.

There were interesting items in the dessert menu. "Kaiserrrschmarrn" Viennese dessert which is a shredded pancake that got it's name from the Austrian emperor Franz Joseph I who was fond of it. This was served with a vanilla ice cream, apple sauce and cranberry cream. It was delicious. It reminded me of a dutch baby. I especially loved the cranberry cream. The ice cream was not bad either. Someone else had the Chocolate Cake with a warm liquid center served with vanilla ice cream. Aimee had the Catalonian Cream with blueberries in black currant sauce. This was like a creme brulee. I was told that it was very good.

Restaurant Aigner is at Franz Strasse 25 10117 in Berlin, Germany.