Dinner at the Edelweiss Restaurant.

 

If the Bavarian feel of the Fenton Inn has you in the mood for some sauerbraten or other traditional German cuisine, the rural drive to the Edelweiss Restaurant is a great evening out.  In an age of chain restaurants and premade foods, the Fenton Inn is within a short drive to a  number of family and locally owned establishments.  The Edelweiss is a bit farther away, about a half hour drive, but well worth the trip.  It is not near or on the way to anything—it is the destination.

 

 

Inside the German style rustic log cabin feels like you have gone back in time.  Decked out for the holidays with a Christmas tree and miniature holiday village on the front porch.   

 

Above our table is the log ceiling complete with a wagon wheel chandelier.

 

Another light is adorned in flags.

 

The German sampler platter.  Why bother to decide on which one is best when you can get to try them all.

 

Of course for me, I always order the sauerbraten.  It is a very tradition Bavarian meal, but a bit hard to come by in America.  I first tried it in Rothenburg in a restaurant next to a cathedral, and we ate outside under a large tree in a court yard.   As you can tell, each time I find the sauerbraten, I am not just eating, but recalling trough food flavors the trip through Germany that inspired me to build the Fenton Inn.   I recall the feel of the cobble stone streets as I walked the villages lined up with timber framed houses and looked over by a clock tower.    Don’t worry, if German food hold no past memories, then make this trip the romantic one that years later you can relive when you return.

 

The traditional Wiener Snitzel and Potatoes and green beans.  It is a less adventurous choice that worked for the kids who don’t like the spicy or vinegar flavors of the other dishes.

 

A view of the old fashioned Christmas Village set up on the front porch of the restaurant.  While it was not the Cathedral near the restaurant where we ate in Germany, it will have to do.  All in all it was a good time and very reasonable priced. Now back home to our own German Village.