Gaumenkitzel - Berkeley

Appetizer

Salads

made to order with fresh ingredients

• Mixed Greens$4.50

  lightly dressed with homemade orange-honey dressing

• Smoked Salmon on Mixed Greens$7.50

  sprinkled with toasted almonds and lightly dressed

• Arugula Salad with handcrafted Goat Cheese from Sonoma$9.50

  lightly dressed and served with refreshing carrot-thyme salad

Soups

cooked with love and premium organic ingredients

• Rosemary-Cannellini Bean Soup

  with whole black pepper and shaved Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese on top

  • Small$4.50
  • Large$7.50

• Rosemary-Cannellini Bean Soup

  with one fine Wiener Knackwurst added

  • Small$6.25
  • Large$9.25

• Butternut Squash and Apple Soup

  pureed and with a hint of cinnamon, sprinkled with roasted pumpkin seeds

  • Small$5.50
  • Large$8.50

• Butternut Squash and Apple Soup

  with fine Wiener Knackwurst

  • Small$7.25
  • Large$10.25

Small Appetite

• Gaumenkitzel Brezel$3.00

  with butter and mustard. housemade, crunchy outside and soft inside - the pretzel is not hot or soft!

• Gaumenkitzel Brezel with Sausage of your choice$6.50

  (Nurnberger, or Wiener Knackwurst, or Weifiwurst), or North German Butter Cheese (medium strong), or Crispy Veggie Cake and housemade aioli, or Smoked Salmon (made in Santa Barbara)

• Platter of Liver Sausage, or North German Butter Cheese$9.75

  slices of liver sausage, or medium strong cheese with mustard mixed greens, carrot-thyme salad, beets, pickles, Gaumenkitzel bread and butter

• Mixed platter$12.75

  with both liver sausage and butter cheese

Entrees

Vegetarian

• Housemade Potato Salad with Sunny Organic Eggs or Smoked Salmon$9.50

  made with housemade mayonnaise and our own yogurt, served with refreshing carrot-thyme salad, lightly pickled beet cubes

• Herbed Walnut Sauce on Spatzle$11.50

  bedded on baby arugula and topped with housemade sauce and Parmigiano-Reggiano

• Crispy pan fried Veggie Cake$12.50

  (carrot, parsnip, fresh flaked oats, and egg, following a Hamburg recipe from 1914) served on arugula greens, with pan fried potatoes and carrot salad, homemade aioli

• Mushroom Ragout on Spatzle$13.50

  mushrooms in a creamy sauce brought to perfection with local Donkey & Goat natural red wine, with Swiss Gruyere

• Kasespatzle au Gratin$15.50

  a classic Swabia dish with a Gaumenkitzel note: handmade German egg noodles with caramelized onions, au gratin with Swiss Gruyere, fresh parsley, served with a small housemade carrot salad

Fish & Seafood

• Catch of the Day$17.50

  with vegetables or salad, and potatoes - depending the catch. (US and sustainable from the Monterey Fish Market, San Francisco Pier 33)

Meat

• Housemade Potato Salad with Sausages of your choice$9.50

  3 Nurnberger Bratwurst, or 2 Wiener Knackwurste, or 1 Bavarian white sausage

• Delicatessen Wiener Knackwurst on Spatzle$11.50

  sharp Cheddar au gratin

• Minced Beef and White Cabbage$12.50

  highest quality, best tasting meat from locally 100% pasture raised cattle, served with mashed potatoes

• Smoked Pork Loin (Kasseler) and Sauerkraut$14.50

  with mashed potatoes

• 100% Grass Fed Beef Goulash on Spatzle$15.50

  gently braised with onion, bell pepper, and mushrooms, no additives and made from scratch also delicious with mashed potatoes

• Crispy Gaumenkitzel Schnitzel of Pasture Raised Pork Loin$16.50

  premium quality and local pork loin thinly cut, breaded, crispy pan fried, braised red cabbage, and Spatzle

• Bread & Butter$1.00

  2 slices of house baked whole wheat bread (with real active yeast and 24 hours pre-fermented) and fresh unsalted butter