Kaiserschmarren and Tafelspitz

Easy day today. On the train from Koblenz the other day, we met an old German couple who were enroute to their chalet near Rossenheim, Austria. They were rather animated by our destination of Zell Am See and they enthusiastically suggested before disembarking that we try five Austrian dishes while we are here. We managed to find two so far, both of which were excellent. The first is something called Kaisertschmarren. It wasn't on any of the menus we read, but one waitress saw us studying her menu, and she asked if she could help translate. We asked if she had any Kaiserschmarren, and she did. It's a sweet dessert dish which resembles an omlette and tastes like a custard fried lightyly with raisins, chopped up into bite-size pieces, sprinkled with icing sugar, and served with a bowl of fresh chunky plum sauce. Good thing we only ordered one, because Michele and I were both full after sharing one as a morning snack with coffee. We didn't need lunch after that. The second recommended dish we found is called Taffelspitz which is a main course of tender boiled meat served with spinach, potatoes, carrots,turnip and three kinds of horseradish. We might get lucky and find the other recommended dishes as well, but there is one which I transcribed from the German couple as Kagrelschweist, but no one seems to know what that is, so we may not discover that one. The clouds finally drifted off this evening, and we were able to see surrounding peaks which, up until now, have remained obscured by heavy mist. What a difference the sun makes to the landscape.