Today was the day that we picked up the car. For those of you who have just stumbled upon my blog, my Aunt and I, through a convergence of forces both found ourselves with time off at the same time. She has just retired from a long career and I have just finished culinary school. One of her dreams was to buy a car for European delivery and then drive around Europe for a period of time. Our trip is going to last about 8 months.
Back to the food, which is what I am going to write about here, unless you all want something more. Mercedes-Benz is very efficient and very pleasant when it comes to flying 9 hours to pick up a car to drive around only to have to then drop it off and wait 6 weeks before it comes to its home in America.
The factory is located in Sindelfingen, on the outskirts of Stuttgart, Germany. We started off with a factory tour, which I only mention because it was so cool. Normally I don't find cars all that interesting, but the way they run things there. Wow! The business side of me was very impressed. Oh yeah, and I guess seeing a car made from start to finish. That was neat too.
After the tour, we had lunch. One might think that the food at a factory is going to be blah, but it was the first well seasoned meal that I had in Germany since arriving two days early (and might I mention, properly cooked meal). That's a big thing for me...properly seasoned food.
I had the veal ravioli, but it wasn't a traditional ravioli like one usually thinks off- you know, square with crimped edges. It was covered with a thin layer of pesto, asparagus, mozzarella cheese and surrounded by "asparagus broth" which was more like cream of asparagus soup. It was topped by a homemade cracker that had little dried flowers in it. Let me tell you, it was tasty. So very tasty. The pasta was tender, but not soggy. The filling was moist and flavorful and the soup was so good that I would have liked my bowl were I not in a restaurant.
My Aunt had the lamb two ways. She told me that it was very good and well seasoned as well. I didn't taste it since I was too involved with my own.
Back to the food, which is what I am going to write about here, unless you all want something more. Mercedes-Benz is very efficient and very pleasant when it comes to flying 9 hours to pick up a car to drive around only to have to then drop it off and wait 6 weeks before it comes to its home in America.
The factory is located in Sindelfingen, on the outskirts of Stuttgart, Germany. We started off with a factory tour, which I only mention because it was so cool. Normally I don't find cars all that interesting, but the way they run things there. Wow! The business side of me was very impressed. Oh yeah, and I guess seeing a car made from start to finish. That was neat too.
After the tour, we had lunch. One might think that the food at a factory is going to be blah, but it was the first well seasoned meal that I had in Germany since arriving two days early (and might I mention, properly cooked meal). That's a big thing for me...properly seasoned food.
I had the veal ravioli, but it wasn't a traditional ravioli like one usually thinks off- you know, square with crimped edges. It was covered with a thin layer of pesto, asparagus, mozzarella cheese and surrounded by "asparagus broth" which was more like cream of asparagus soup. It was topped by a homemade cracker that had little dried flowers in it. Let me tell you, it was tasty. So very tasty. The pasta was tender, but not soggy. The filling was moist and flavorful and the soup was so good that I would have liked my bowl were I not in a restaurant.
My Aunt had the lamb two ways. She told me that it was very good and well seasoned as well. I didn't taste it since I was too involved with my own.
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