Cafe review: Cafe Lotti

If you love pink and flowers and good food, you would love this place :) The small pink cafe is own by a young girl in her 20s -basically she made her pink dreams come true by opening this cute cafe :D

Food:Again I only went for breakfast but she also does snacks and lunch. Apparently they are a bit cheaper on a week day. Everything she serves in the cafe is from her village Amberg (something like cheese from her family friend, ham from her great cousin or something like that) and they taste nice too. I dont know where she gets her bread but the Croissant was divine (difficult to find good ones in Munich)! YUM!

Drinks:Coffee was good (also roasted in her village). They also have other hip mixed drinks.

Location:Not really too central but also not a busy street. The interior is ueber girly :D and has good light. The toilet was almost too overwhelming with goodies you can use (to relax, to make up, to fix ur hair etc) and you can see she makes a lot of effort. We made reservations for breakfast and got the last table. I dont know if it is always crowded but if you want to be sure to get a seat make a reservation for breakfast on the weekends!

Cafe Lotti
Schleissheimerstr. 13
Open MO-SUN 10.00-18.00
http://www.cafe-lotti.de/

冷やし中華 Hiyashi Chuka

A typical summer dish in Japan is Hiyashi Chuka, which literally means Cold Chinese (noodles). Basically it is a cold noodle dish with lots of colorful topping. The most traditional combination is tomatos, cucumber, eggs and ham. It comes with yummy sauce too.

During the last days Munich had summery weather and I decided to make Hiyashi Chuka for dinner. In Japan we would use special Chinese noodles for this dish but since I am living in Munich it's not easy to get a hold of them. I use normal spaghetti pasta with a bit of a twist.

Here is my quick way of making Hiyashi Chuka


Noodles:
Overcook the spaghetti (1-2 minutes more than the usual) in the way you usually cook, but add a tbs of "Natron" to make the pasta a bit more like Chinese noodles. After the noodles are boiled, make sure to rinse them with cold water. It gives the nice texture to the pasta.


Topping:
Basically you can have any topping you like. The more color the merrier. I put ham this time but of course it could be a vegeterian version as well :) I like sprinkling some sesame seeds on the very top.

Sauce:
Lemon juice
Sesami oil (can also add a bit of sesami or even Tahin)
Soysauce
Vinegar (sour ones are better than something like Balsamico)
You can adjust the ratio according to your liking.

I am sure I would be making this dish quote often during summer months ;)