Kaiserhof!

OH MAN! This week's brunch was un-freaking-believable. Our friends from New York were in town, so before hitting up the zoo we decided to finally go to Kaiserhof in Ocean Beach. We've driven past it many times and the reviews were glowing, so with a bonified German visitor with us, we figured she could point us in the right direction of deliciousness.

From the outside, it looks pretty plain, and the inside was traditionally bland. Still, the biergarten looked stellar and the smells wafting from the kitchen were madly drool-inducing, so I was pretty stoked. Basically everything looked insane, so I went for the Wurstplatte (small bratwurst, bauernwurst, and knackwurst, with sauerkraut and red skin potatoes) because when something gets recommended by a German person WHO DOESN'T EVEN EAT MEAT you know it will be delicious.


Course 1: GOULASH. YUM. I've never had this German soup before, and I was informed that it tasted "exactly like it should". It could been served spicier, but the flavor was hearty and well-balanced. I especially liked the small bowl it was served in.


This is Ashton stealing some of my goulash.


I LOVE A GOOD HEARTY WURST. The sauerkraut absorbed all of the delicious meat juices and provided an excellent addition to the plate. I especially liked the spicy mustard provided, and the potatoes were yum-tastic.


Ashton got something I have no idea how to spell or pronounce, but it was a tender liver in au jus, topped with grilled onions and drowning in yum.


On Sunset Cliffs Road, see you for happy hour?


We finished it up with splitting the Black Forest cake and a homemade Apple Strudel a la mode, which was crispy, flaky, hot, and apple-y good. No pictures of those because by then we had reached Glutton Level Omega and tore into it like wild beasts. Let me just leave you with the promise that you won't find a better strudel anywhere but Germany.