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Berlin Kartoffelsalat is the city's vinegary potato salad: waxy potatoes sliced warm, dressed with hot broth, vinegar, mustard and onion; in Germany we have verified places to eat it in Berlin. Start with where to eat Kartoffelsalat in Berlin.
Berlin Kartoffelsalat is the city's vinegary potato salad: waxy potatoes sliced warm, dressed with hot broth, vinegar, mustard and onion. Served with Buletten or Wiener Schnitzel.
Berlin's Kartoffelsalat tradition diverges sharply from southern German versions: the Berlin form uses no mayonnaise, instead dressing waxy potatoes with hot stock and vinegar while still warm so they absorb the dressing. The technique dates to 19th-century Prussian kitchens and remains the orthodox Berlin Imbiss accompaniment for Buletten, Currywurst and Schnitzel. The Charlottenburg-style adds chopped pickles; the working-class East Berlin variant skips them. Borchardt and Lutter und Wegner serve the cucumber-potato variant (Gurkenkartoffelsalat) with their Schnitzel; bakeries and butchers sell take-away tubs daily.
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