Airbräu: Authentic German Sausage at Munich Airport
I headed to a restaurant inside the airport, determined to have one last German beer before my flight took off. I'd heard that every restaurant in Germany sells its own unique beer, but I never expected that to be true even for an airport restaurant.
The place is called Airbräu.
Maybe it's just the European way of taking orders, but the waiter wouldn't come over no matter how much I tried to get his attention. I was starting to feel a bit offended, thinking I was being ignored, but a cowboy-looking guy in front of me started swearing, saying he was starving to death because the waiter was taking orders so slowly, one by one. I guess Americans are just as impatient as Koreans these days. Anyway, I really wanted to introduce Korea's serving system to the owner here. It was just way too slow.
I studied the menu seriously to decide what to eat, and the Frankfurt sausage caught my eye. I almost left Germany without eating a single Frankfurt sausage! Without hesitation, I ordered the sausage and a glass of beer.
Honestly, I was a bit disappointed after tasting the sausage. The texture was fine, but it was just too salty. It was the kind of saltiness that forces you to gulp down your beer. But thinking back, all the beer snacks I had in Europe were that salty. The jamón was like that, and even the salads seemed to have a lot of salt. I guess it's just the European style. So, to sum it up:
"The best sausage texture I've ever had + the saltiest sausage I've ever eaten."
It's incredibly salty, yet the texture is so wonderfully soft—a flavor with absolutely no middle ground. But the funny thing is, just like the jamón, now that I'm back in Korea, I find myself craving this sausage.
I was so busy working that I didn't get to see or eat much, but visiting Munich still gave me a glimpse of what a developed country is like and what kind of city I'd want to live in. I was only there for three days, but if I ever emigrate, I feel like I'd want to go to Munich.
