Eating Our Way Through Nuremberg 🇩🇪 | German Comfort Food & Local Favorites

In this video, we're taking you on an amazing food tour through Nuremberg, Germany and trust us, you'll want to come hungry. We'll start by tasting Nuremberg's world-famous bratwurst at several local spots, each with its own twist on this iconic dish. Then, we'll slow down with delicious cake and coffee at a few cozy bakeries, because Kaffee and Kuchen is serious business here. And we'll finally enjoy the dish we've been dreaming about for years, a perfectly roasted Schäufele or pork shoulder that defines German comfort food. If you love authentic German cuisine, this is one Nuremberg food tour you don't want to miss. We'll wrap up the day with something special, a flight of Nuremberg's historic red beer at a local restaurant and brewery that brought this centuries-old recipe back to life. All right, so for our first meal here in Nuremberg, we're at the Nuremberger Bratwursthäusle. And look at this, we have Nuremberger Bratwurst and I have six of them with sauerkraut and Nuremberger Bratwurst. They're very, they're very small, kind of like breakfast sausages in the United States. They can only be no more than seven to eight or nine centimeters long. And they have to, they come from pork meat that's no more than 35% fat or maybe 30% fat. And they're flavored with marjoram and marjoram. And look at this. These are so good. I can't wait. I've had these before. It's been a long time. That sauerkraut is outstanding. I have a red beer, which is traditional local beer here in Nuremberg. And Betty has the same thing except she has potato salad and the potato salad is also great. So we're having a great meal here in Nuremberg. Guten Appetit. All right, so it's time for dessert. We finished our Bratwurst and they were excellent. You could smell them cooking. They smell so good. Now for dessert, we've got apple strudel with vanilla salsa, vanilla sauce and zahne cream. And we're going to split one of these. But man, look at this. It's warm. I can feel the heat coming from the plate. Oh my God. That is good. That is so good. The vanilla sauce and the cream kind of mix together. And with that warm apple strudel. Oh my gosh, that is delicious. Maybe we should have gotten two of them. I don't know. All right, so we're splitting a plate of the Nuremberger Bratwurst for dinner because we're still kind of full from lunch. And we're at Bratwurst Roslein, which is supposed to be the Bratwurst restaurant in the world, so they say. And so we got some more Nurembergers. We got a potato salad and sauerkraut. Now there's some legends as far as why the Nuremberger Bratwurst are this size. And so they can only be between 20 and 25 grams. That's the weight. We talked about the length earlier. Seven to eight centimeters, I think. Seven to nine centimeters. And one of the legends is why they're this size, why they're so small, is because supposedly in the medieval days, when they would close the city at night, lock the city walls, you would still have people who lived outside the walls that were hungry and wanted Bratwurst. So when they made them this size, they could slip them through holes in the wall and people would pay for them and get them. So true or not? Probably, probably not. But it's a good legend, I guess, as far as why the Nuremberger Bratwurst are so small. But they really are tasty. They're some of my favorite. And they have to be cooked over beechwood. That's another thing. You can smell the smoke throughout the city, the beechwood smoke. And that's where they cook them on. And it's really quite tasty. They're really pretty special, the Nuremberger. So let me compare this, the Roslein Bratwurst, to the Bratwurst Heusel we were at earlier today. I don't know. It has a great flavor. I think the other one might have been a little bit better. But this is still really good. I mean, I don't think I've had a Nuremberger Bratwurst I didn't like. So you can't really go wrong, I think. But I think the other one was a little bit better. But this is still very good. Yeah, the potatoes I had earlier was definitely better. Yeah, sauerkraut was better too. This is really good. It's not bad. I'm not complaining. But if I had to compare it between this one and the other place, I'd say the first place was a little bit better. But this is quite tasty. So, bon appetit. Cake and coffee time. And we are at Cafe Olay, right in front of the marriage fountain, which is very interesting. It tells the story of, kind of goes in the cycle of married life, where you fall in love and all the strife. And then it ends in a not so great ending. That's not like Betty and my marriage. But maybe some people live that way. I don't know. But we have cake and coffee. I have bean and stitch, which means bee sting. One of our favorites with nice roasted almonds on top. And Betty has strawberry cheesecake. I have a regular coffee crema. And Betty has a matcha latte. So normally raspberry cake has like this gelatin and raspberries and like a cream layer. But this one has like a chocolate layer right before like this delicious crust. So when I took a bite out of it, I was really surprised and Lee agrees. It's really quite delicious. So I would highly recommend coming here to Cafe Olay for cake and coffee. Really delicious. Right. Good evening. So we are at the Golden Post Horn here in Nuremberg. And we were here many years ago. And one of the most delicious meals I've ever had in my life we had here. It's called and it's a roasted pig shoulder still on the bone. Absolutely delicious. All off the bone, crispy layer of fat on the outside. It's so delicious. Melts in your mouth. So I think about it all the time. And I'm dying to know, is it still as good now as it was five years ago? And then Betty has a dish that we used to eat a lot when we lived in northern Bavaria called sauerbraten. It's like a sour beef roast. We love it. Haven't had it in a long many, many years. So we're excited to see if it's still as good to remember. And we've got the good Nuremberg red beer to wash it all down with. So should be a great meal. We're very excited. And thanks for joining us here in Nuremberg. All right. So here it is. Five years of waiting. Oh, listen to that crispy. Oh my goodness. Oh wow. Oh boy. That is really good. So look at that. It's just like the shoulder blade. And then the meat just falls off the bone. You've got the crispy pork rind here. That's really good. Worth the wait. And we'll try Betty's sauerbraten. We'll let you know how that tastes. But we've got that potato canoodle, potato dumplings. Always good. Betty loves them. She likes them more than I do, honestly. But a delicious meal here in Nuremberg. Okay. So we just finished our dinner here at the Golden Post Horn. And the schäufele was delicious. Fall off the bone. Nice crispy rind on the outside. Delicious and juicy. And the kartoffelklose, the kartoffel dumplings, the canoodle. Honestly, some of the best I've had. I don't know. I really liked it. Betty's sauerbraten was quite delicious. It was really unique because they had, they used like, so Nuremberg is like the home of Lebkuchen, which is like gingerbread. And they use Lebkuchen somehow in the sauerbraten gravy. So it had like a really unique taste. It was quite, quite flavorful. Really good. Now my question is, how come no place else in Germany makes schäufele except here in Franken, in Franconia? I've never had it anywhere else. And to me, it's kind of like hoxhans. So most people have had hoxhans if you've visited Germany. Big pork knuckle. But to me, schäufele is better than hoxhans. I think it's tastier. It's not quite as big, but I think it's better. My favorite time of the day, cake and coffee. And we are at Der Beck. And I have a list of just a small coffee, just a small coffee this afternoon, not a very big one. And I have a pistachio cake. And Betty has marzipan. And she has a cafe latte as well. So I'll try my pistachio cake. That's good. So it's like cheesecake with a little bit of pistachio cream on top and a nice crust at the bottom. So that's quite tasty. And I'll sneak over here and try some of Betty's. We love marzipan. If you saw our video on Lubeck, you know how much we love marzipan. If you haven't seen that video, go back and check it out. Oh man. Yep. That is something special. That's really good. So great cake and coffee afternoon here in Nuremberg. All right, so we are at the the Haus Brauerei, the Altstadthaus. And so, you know, Nuremberg traditionally is home to red beer. And this is really big in the Middle Ages. I think they started brewing it in the 1300s or something like that. And it was under strict brewing regulations. But it kind of fell out of favor with more of more like a lager beer, what they call Helles, a light beer, traditional lager. But it was resurrected in the 1980s. And this place, the Haus Brauerei Altstadthaus, played a key role in bringing it back and brewing it. And I guess there's been kind of a dispute between this place and one of the the larger breweries in town. So we got a flight of three red beers. And they are the original Nuremberger Rotbier. That must be this one, the Rote Weisse. It's a little bit light. And the Rote Bock. So three different types of red beers to sample. And then we've got some food coming as well. So I'll give it a go. So my red beer, the original Nuremberger Rotbier Zum Wohl. It's very, very tasty. I do enjoy it. I think it's quite good. So I'm gonna have a nice dinner and some nice beer here in Nuremberg. But he's gonna split these with me. I'm not drinking them all by myself. So don't worry about that. All right. So for our last dinner in Nuremberg, we had to get the Nuremberger Bratwurst. But a little different take on it. So this is called the Blaue Zipfel. And it's the the Nuremberger Bratwurst. And it's in like a vinegar sauce with onions. And so let me take a bite of one of these. So it's good. It's definitely different. Then I like I like the has a nice tangy, tangy taste to it. To be honest, I prefer the other ones like the regular grilled bratwurst to this. But this is pretty good. And it's if you're tired of eating just regular grilled bratwurst, then this is something to switch to. And for this weather, it's kind of good because it's getting cooler. And it's all it's kind of like a little, little soupy almost. And we've got a nice piece of bread to go with it. So it is it is good. You know, the roasted bratwurst, in my opinion, are better. But this is quite tasty. What an incredible day of eating our way through Nuremberg. From those famous bratwurst to the delicious cakes and that unforgettable Schäufele. This food tour was everything we hoped for and more. We know that Lebkuchen is a must try when you visit Nuremberg. But luck wasn't with us on this trip. So if you're visiting this wonderful city, be sure to stop by Lebkuchen Schmidt for an original Nuremberger Lebkuchen. They bake it fresh all year round. We've had it before and it's amazing. Have you tried any of these Nuremberg specialties? Or do you have a favorite German dish? Let us know in the comments. We love hearing your experiences. And if you know someone who would enjoy this video, share it with them and spread the food travel inspiration. Don't forget to like and subscribe for more delicious adventures around Germany and beyond. Prost!