10 Underrated German Dishes You Need to Try 🇩🇪 *Forget Schnitzel!

What's up guys, we are Diana and Phil. Diana is from the United States and I am from Germany and in this video we're going over Germany's 10 most underrated foods at least in our humble opinion so Germany is quite known for some specialties from hearty meat and potato based cuisine to of course its famous bread. but some German food is still not getting the recognition it deserves. so this is what we'll do. we each go through five German dishes that we think are underrated and we are starting with the least underrated and working our way up to the most underrated. and remember this is not necessarily a list of how good or bad a food is. instead these 10 dishes are even better than their reputation. so here we go. number one Rinderrouladen. Okay, I'm gonna start out a little fancy. Rinderrouladen are not as well known as some of the standard German dishes like Schnitzel or Bratwurst, but this is quality-wise as good as German cuisine gets. It's thin beef rolled into a roulade with onions, pickles, mustard and seasonings on the inside. So it's basically quality meat elevated to the next level. And it's on the more expensive side, but if you crave a great, very German meat and potato or dumpling style sit down dish, this is one you should absolutely try and it's not getting the attention it deserves, so it is underrated. Number two, Kartoffeln mit Quark. I know, I've lived in Germany too long. Call me basic, I don't care. Sometimes when we leave Germany for an extended period of time, I just crave some Kartoffeln mit Quark. There's something about potatoes from Germany and yes, Quark, the weird German something between cream cheese and sour cream and milk. Add some dill on top and mmm. Sometimes I add a little bit of garlic. Some Germans are gonna roast me for that, but... I like it. It's a nice simple dish to get me through life in Germany. Maybe an egg with it, maybe fish on the side, maybe just the potatoes with quark. In German households it's a very common dish from the past, but not very hyped in recent years. Maybe it's because of its simplicity? Nevertheless, it is underrated and definitely worth trying. Number three, Haxe. Haxe is pretty well known and we featured it quite a bit on our food channel but i think it's still underrated because it's less famous than Schnitzel or Bratwurst but i think it's the pinnacle of germany's barbecue style meat heavy cuisine Probably the best piece of pork meat you can find in this country. It also comes with great sides like Bratkartoffeln, highly recommended. Just a hearty, satisfying battle. You will be sleepy and sweaty, but you will be happy. Just don't make any plans afterwards. Despite this being probably the most famous German dish on this list, I think it is still underrated. That is how good it is. Number four, Herrentorte. Everyone knows black forest cake. It is the most famous cake from Germany. Some may even mention fruit cakes like Apfelkuchen or Erdbeertorte. However, one of the most underrated German cakes that most tourists never try is Herentorte. It literally translates to gentleman's cake. but consumed by all. It is a traditional multi-layered German specialty known for its rich dark chocolate exterior and it's less sugary. The layers are a thin sponge cake alternating with layers of a tangy cream, sometimes with alcohol, sometimes it's marzipan inside, sometimes it's a fruit wine. To me it's one of the top three German cakes. It's less sweet, there's a rich dark chocolate top layer, and it doesn't have as much cream as the typical German cake. So it's one of More real cakes than just a torta in my opinion. Number five, Nürnberger Rostbratwürste. Overshadowed by sausages like regular bratwurst and currywurst, bigger sausages aren't always better. People from Nuremberg can tell you. So the Nuremberger Bratwurst are from Nuremberg, who would have thought, and they are basically just smaller seasoned bratwursts. Very flavorful, more fun to eat, because they are always plural and they work on a plate and in a bread roll. They are quite well known within Germany, but internationally I think they deserve more recognition, so underrated. Number six Maultaschen. When people think of German savory dishes, most of the time it's schnitzel or schweinshaxe or Käsebrezel. You have to get into the regional dishes to try Maultaschen and it's awesome. Maultaschen are a type of dumpling more similar to a fat ravioli since it has pasta on the outside and often stuffed with minced meat, spinach, and herbs on the inside. It's a dish from Swabian Cuisine and it's delicious. And one of my go-to German comfort dishes. It's a dish often overlooked, so I would definitely say it's underrated. Yeah. Number seven, spaghetti ice. Now we're getting into the really underrated territory. When I mention spaghetti ice, people laugh or brush it off as a gimmick. i mean sure the ice cream was italian but germany came up with the spaghetti ice. spaghetti ice. an ice cream creation that looks like spaghetti with tomato sauce and parmesan cheese. the visuals are one thing but the ingredients just work so amazingly well together. simple vanilla ice cream pushed through a grinder to look like spaghetti then strawberry sauce on top that resembles the tomato sauce and then shredded white chocolate sprinkles on top of that to look like parmesan. it tastes divine and it is fun to eat so underrated. oh and shout out to its even more niche brother the spaghetti ice. german culture. making stuff up. number eight nussecke. If you've watched this channel before you probably know that this is one of my favorite German bakery items, Nussecke. It literally translates to nut corner and Nussecken are multi-layered pastries in a triangle shape. It's a short crust pastry with a thin layer of some type of fruit jam, often apricot, then a nice caramelized mixture of nuts on top, often almonds, finished with some dark chocolate around the edges and oh I am obsessed. it's so good. it's often served during the colder months and very common during christmas time. the chocolate edges make it a bit difficult for bakeries to handle without temperature controlled displays in the hotter months and the chocolate starts to melt in the package on the way home. can happen. that's not fun. but anyone who visits us here i make them try it. my mom really enjoyed it when they visited us here and it has a good reputation but still very underrated. yeah i agree. Before we go into our most underrated dishes, let us know Let us know in the comments if you agree with this list and what your list would look like. Also subscribe for our next video where we will do the opposite and go through the most overrated German dishes. If you want to further support us, you can do that at patreon.com slash ianandphil where we make additional monthly videos for certain tiers. Shout out to our family tier patrons Ethan Mitchell, Hessen Metro, Tarek Malkosh, Lee Lim, Jessica Saransack, Jamie De Vries, Parker Dobke, Michelle Asbell, Bill and Crispina, Brad Greenhow, Micah and Sandra, and Jeff and Reggie. Dankeschön! My most underrated is the Doner Kebab. The Doner Kebab is not underrated within Germany, as it is Germany's most popular fast food. But internationally, it is still extremely underrated, and I don't know why. Americans brush it off as not interesting a lot of times. They often think of Greek gyros style first, you know, like a pita gyros. Then many confuse it with Turkish kebabs on a stick, or they see the poor attempts of Döner Kebabs that places outside of Germany offer. In the past, it was one of the best- bang for your buck foods as well and yes there are a lot of mediocre ones out there and also for americans calling it a sandwich it almost feels like an insult to me in my opinion because it's so much more it's like the father of all hearty sandwiches you know the american audience gets so excited for sausages and bread but instead you should get excited about döner kebabs I know I sound like a broken record, but internationally it is so underrated. Especially if you visit Berlin, which a lot of people do, that are interested in German culture. That thing, the Döner Kebab, that is German culture. So, that's the most underrated. Rant not over. Number 10, Strammer Max. This is a very simple dish, but this dish is what I want when I have a hangover. Oh yeah. To me this is the perfect brunch dish. It's not a dish you often find at restaurants, mostly at pubs or bars in Germany, but it's essentially German bread, a mandatory layer of butter with ham or Mettwurst, and then a nice fried egg on top. There are variations with onions, cheese, pickles added as well. Some people even like it with Leberkäse or even just Mett. I would honestly choose a Strammer Max over an avocado toast any day of the week. I just like a fried egg that oozes over some nice German bread. So in my opinion, it is one of the most underrated dishes people don't talk about much. And let me know what variation That's actually a good one, and I wonder how many people even heard about that. But I agree, that's underrated. I like that there's a... You should eat that way more. I like that there's a name for the dish. Like, that's just... it's awesome. Those are 10 dishes that, in our opinion, are underrated. There are a lot of appropriately rated dishes, in our opinion, like schnitzel, raw pork, or mett, bratwurst, or even flammkuchen. I think they're appropriately rated. Write down your list below and tune in for Germany's most overrated food next week. As always, thank you so much for watching. We'll see you next time. Adios. Tschüss, tschüss. Auf Wiedersehen. Like regular bratwurst. Regular bratwurst. The German is coming out. Herbs on the inside. I said herbs. Herbs. Herbs. Herbs. I'm losing my accent, mate. Oh. Oh, crikey. Okay. Well, hold on. This is so weird. The more I say it, the weirder it gets.