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.
Rote Gruetze is the north German red-berry pudding, a thickened compote of red currants, raspberries, cherries and strawberries served cold with vanilla cream or milk.
Rote Gruetze dates to 17th-century North German peasant cooking, when the late-summer berry harvests overlapped. The Hamburg version uses red currants, raspberries, cherries and strawberries thickened with potato starch (formerly with semolina); served cold with vanilla cream, vanilla sauce or full-cream milk. Every Hamburg dessert menu in July and August carries Rote Gruetze; Old Commercial Room and Deichgraf use the canonical Hamburg recipe.
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Old Commercial Room ★ 4.4
neustadt · Englische Planke 10, 20459 Hamburg
Old Commercial Room opposite the Michel in Hamburg has cooked Hanseatic harbour food since 1795 and is the city's canonical Labskaus address.
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.
Learn to cook it, or eat it with a guide
Rote Gruetze makes more sense with someone from Hamburg explaining it. These are the classes and tours we have checked, with booking links.
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