Das Schildchen

July 27, 2008

Erfurt isn’t lacking in restaurants serving local cuisine. Schildchen is one of them, and it’s worth the search through the maze of the city’s medieval streets.It actually is very centrally located, but it’s tucked away at the crook of an alley, making it hard to find, if you don’t know where it is. Once inside, the homey atmosphere and candlelit interiors make it a good place to have intimate conversations. The location makes it so easy to do.

The menu has a lot of meat and potatoes, and the card itself can be hard to read because the print is in old German script, which was used in Germany till the 1930s. They do have excellent salads, and I have to say that they know their meat well. The chicken that came with my mango curry salad was sumptuous.

It would be a good idea to pre-order food if you belong to a large group, since it took our odd group of 30 ages to get served. The place will set you back €5 to €10, and the beer is about 2€. It is certainly worth a try if you like your meat right.