Wien Essen

While not the incredible street food scene of Southeast Asia, Wien has a lively variety of food available for walking nosh.  One of my favorites is Leben Kässe, or, as pictured above, Lebenkässemmel.  The Semmel is the roll and makes the snack portable.  Pipi's is the best place in town for Leber Kässe and the locals queue up at the tiny shop in the Stadt. 

This meaty treat is really not liver cheese.  The original recipe called for lots of liver in the ground up and formed meat loaf, but these days it is usually pork and beef. There are various names and ingredients mandated by the German food laws, but here in Austria they are a bit more relaxed than our Deutsch neighbors.  My Austrian pals would chuckle at that jibe.

We do lots of cold nosh here.  A typical dinner (Abendessen) would look like this. Cheese, vege, pickles, wurst und Brot. 

Out on the streets, you are never far from a wurst or Schnitzel stand, often run by one of my Turkish Brothers.  

If you need a sit-down snack, Kebap and Turkish Pizza joints, or Imbiss, are everywhere.  The joint near my U-6 station serves a mean Lamm Kebap. 

Mmmmmm.  

Add in the holiday stands and a hot drink or a snack is always close at hand. 

Lots of calories to ward off the cold.  That's the ticket. 

If you count the chestnuts or potatoes roasting on an open fire, you're set.  Okay, it's a gas grill thingy, but it still works.  

I will concede that the food runs toward the meaty and heavy end of the spectrum, but it keeps a wandering Brother on his feet during these chilly days.  Today, however, the sun is shining. I must away up the river path to the farmers market in Liesing for some fresh fish.  A Haus Mann has his work to do.  

From a chilly and sunny Wien, Ciao for Now!