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Berlin's traditional raw pork tartare: finely minced raw pork shoulder seasoned with onion, salt, pepper and caraway, spread on a fresh Schrippe bread roll and topped with raw onion rings.
Hackepeter (or Mett in northern Germany) has been a Berlin and German staple since the 19th century, when meat was preserved by salt-curing and the freshest, leanest cuts were eaten raw. The dish is famously breakfast or morning-snack food in Berlin: butcher shops (Fleischereien) sell Hackepeter by the gram from a glass counter, often pre-shaped into a small hedgehog (Igel) with onion rings forming the spines. The structural rule is freshness: Hackepeter must be eaten the same day it is ground. The cliché serving format is a Brötchen mit Hackepeter with raw onion.
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Max und Moritz on Berlin's Oranienstrasse has cooked Prussian tavern classics since 1902 in the original ceramic-tiled dining room; the Klopse and rouladen.
OrderThe Koenigsberger Klopse with caper-cream sauce; the beef rouladen with red cabbage in winter.
TipClosed Monday lunch. The original 1902 dining room is the seating to book; phone two weeks out.
Lutter und Wegner on Berlin's Gendarmenmarkt has cooked the city's traditional Wiener Schnitzel since 1811; the wood-panelled room runs the long lunch.
OrderThe Wiener Schnitzel with cucumber-potato salad; the Berlin sauerbraten in winter.
TipSunday lunch from 12:00 is the easier seating than weekday dinner. Bookings two weeks ahead by phone.
Zur Letzten Instanz in Berlin's Nikolaiviertel has cooked Eisbein and Sauerbraten in the same 1621 tavern room since Berlin itself was young.
TipBook the small low-ceilinged room rather than the larger hall; it is the original 17th-century space.
Hackepeter (Mett) makes more sense with someone from Berlin explaining it. These are the classes and tours we have checked, with booking links.
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