Spatenhaus an der Opera

Chalked on slateboards outside of restaurants all over Germany from mid-April to mid-June, this phrase is your guarantee of an exceptionally good meal. The Germans are absolutely mad for spargel, or asparagus, and most prize the white variety, which differs from the green in that it’s cultivated inside long mounds of soil (sunlight coming into contact with chlorophyll gives green asparagus its color).

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