Mettbroetchen appears as a signature dish in 1 Germany cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Mettbrötchen · Hamburg
Raw seasoned ground pork (Mett) piled on a sliced Brötchen with rings of raw white onion and a turn of black pepper. The North German butcher-counter snack, eaten at room temperature.
Mett (raw seasoned pork) has been a German butcher's staple since at least the 18th century, regulated under modern food law: the pork must be processed and chilled the same day, and contains less than 35 percent fat. The Mettbrötchen is a Northern German butcher-counter and bakery snack rather than a Hamburg-specific dish, but Hamburg butcher counters and St Pauli Imbiss windows serve it the same way; Erika's Eck in the entertainment district is the cult late-night Mett stop.
Where to eat in Hamburg:
- Erika's Eck
- Fischmarkt Altona