Hamburg: Speicherstadt Food Tour, 7+ Tastings & Labskaus
Eat your way through Hamburg's historic Speicherstadt and old town, tasting Franzbrötchen, Fischbrötchen, Labskaus and a mystery Secret Dish with a local guide.
Whole plaice pan-fried in butter, served with crispy fried bacon (Speck), tiny North Sea brown shrimp and parsley potatoes. The Elbe-island Finkenwerder signature, peaks in May with Maischolle.
Finkenwerder Scholle is named for Hamburg's Finkenwerder peninsula on the southern Elbe, historically the city's fishing-cutter base. The plaice-with-bacon combination dates to the late 19th century when Finkenwerder's fishing community paired the day's catch with the island's smoked pork. The dish is at its peak in May when the young Maischolle arrives at Hamburg's fish markets. Today Deichgraf on Deichstrasse, Fischereihafen Restaurant on the Altona working harbour and Anno 1905 in Finkenwerder all serve the canonical version with bacon sauce, brown shrimp and boiled potatoes through plaice season.
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Fischmarkt Altona ★ 4.7
altona · Grosse Elbstrasse 9, 22767 Hamburg
Fischmarkt Altona on Grosse Elbstrasse in Hamburg has run every Sunday morning since 1703 and is the city's defining harbour market, with 70,000 weekly.
Fischereihafen Restaurant ★ 4.3
altona · Grosse Elbstrasse 143, 22767 Hamburg
Fischereihafen Restaurant on Grosse Elbstrasse in Hamburg-Altona has cooked classical Hanseatic seafood since 1981, with daily catch from the harbour below.
Deichgraf ★ 4.2
neustadt · Deichstrasse 23, 20459 Hamburg
Deichgraf on the historic Deichstrasse in Hamburg's Neustadt cooks traditional Hanseatic dishes on the city's oldest canal-side street, rebuilt.
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