Eating out for breakfast still isn’t a huge thing in Germany. You’re hard pressed to find a cafe that opens before 9am, which is tough when you’re suffering from jetlag and have been up since 5am. Maybe it’s just not part of the German lifestyle or mentality? As my German dad said, “I think going out for breakfast is decadent.” LOL
Some cafes do serve breakfast foods til quite late though, such as MUTTERLAND. They have a couple of different outlets around Hamburg, and our closest was in Eppendorf.
DS started with an espresso which, in Germany, always comes with a little sweet something. Usually it’s a cookie or biscuit, this time it was a little piece of delightful lemon cake! Such a nice surprise.
I’ve always had a huge thing for breakfast / brunch served on a high tea stand. It just makes your breakfast look SO epic and (yes maybe my dad is right) decadent! As soon as we saw it on the menu, DS and I immediately agreed to get the Breakfast for 2 – Two orange juices, two bread rolls, two croissants, two slices of wholemeal bread, cheese, cold cuts, ham, two hard boiled eggs, two small fruit salads, two small bowls of yoghurt, jam, honey and butter (€29.80)
Let’s break it down…
Of course, Germans love their bread, so they had to have a healthy selection of breads! The bread rolls were kind of weird though, like they hadn’t risen properly!? They looked really flat, like cookies.
Then there’s plenty of stuff to put ON your bread – ham, cheese, other cold meats…
…plus jam, butter and honey if that’s your thing! Germans also seem to be into their hard boiled eggs more than Australians. I’ve found it’s more common to get hard boiled eggs than scrambled / poached / fried.
And just so you’re feeling like you’re not just eating carbs, we each had a beautiful little fruit salad with some natural yoghurt. I feel like having pomegranate seeds in your salad is so special, I rarely eat them back in Sydney!
The one criticism I have of MUTTERLAND was their service. We walked in and stood there for several minutes, with waiters walking past us and paying us no attention at all. Then we were told there weren’t any free tables, but instead of putting us on the waiting list for example, the waitress seemed extremely annoyed when we asked how long it would be. She had such a bad attitude, like we were asking an impossible question. Even when a table did come up quite quickly, they didn’t service us for ages. It’s a shame when the service isn’t great, but luckily the food made up for it!
MUTTERLAND
LENHARTZSTRAßE 1
HAMBURG, GERMANY
https://www.mutterland.de
