Restaurants and German cuisine
The compactness and cosmopolitan nature of the city means, that the variety of restaurants is greater here, than in any other German city; national cuisine gives way here even to Greek dishes, Turkish, Balkan, Indian and Italian, and in many places you can eat your meal for less than 15 DM.
Almost all the better bars also serve meals, often cheap, though in venues serving Neue Deutsche Kuche (the German equivalent of nouvelle cuisine) prices seem high for the quality of the food. You can eat the cheapest in Italian places, Yugoslav, especially Greek. There is always something for vegetarians in all of them, but for something other than a salad one has to go to one of the series of vegetarian restaurants. With more money to spare, try French and Japanese venues. The law requires, for restaurants to display a menu with prices next to the door, Ruhetag is also given (day off).
German restaurants
German restaurants are usually expensive for this, what they have to offer and it is worth going only to places away from the city center, where the game is served (at equally wild prices). You are better off, who share the German inclination towards the solid, fatty foods, whose indigestion is compensated by fresh vegetables and salad. Pork is a staple in the German menu, prepared in a dozen ways and from almost every part of the pig's anatomy. Pork is also the main ingredient in sausages, which are not only a popular snack, but are also considered a serious dish. Kassler Rippen (smoked and cured pork slices) in Eisbein (pig's hooves) is a Berlin delicatessen, although fatty Eisbein is more of a winter specialty, similar to Boulette, kind of like a German hamburger. The Konigsberger Klopse can also be found in many menus (meatballs in caper-lemon sauce), from Konigsberg. Extraordinary things are also made of potatoes here, e.g.. Potato puher (flour and grated potatoes rolled into a ball) lub jacket potatoes with quark and linseed oil, a turbulent combination of jacket potatoes, homogenized cheese and linseed oil, which is best washed down with beer or schnapps.
Desserts in German restaurants are a disappointment, if they exist at all. Red fruit jelly (cold or warm jelly with cold vanilla sauce) is one of the few original desserts. Besides, you can get fresh fruit and compote, cheese and ice cream; gourmands should rather go to the cafe, where they serve delicious pastries and cakes, which Germany loves.
SNACKS
The cheapest way to satisfy your first hunger is to buy Currywurst with fries for a few brands in one of the many Imbiss booths. In many butchers, you can buy meat snacks at low prices, and there are many cheap burger bars and pizzerias around the Zoo Station.
For something more specific, but not much more expensive you can go to one of the four Imbiss restaurants, where the meal costs from 5 DM do 12 DM, and at lunchtime to one of the two university canteens, theoretically only for students of German universities, but practically for everyone, who has a Żakowski appearance, and without any problems with the ISIC card.