\nSHARING a passion for German cuisine, three cousins with no previous experience in the food and beverage industry decided to venture into business.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe love German food especially the pork knuckles and we used to go out with our spouses to the different restaurants in town,\u201d said Berlin Biergarten director Dr Kunalan, 37.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince we enjoy it so much, we thought why not just open up our own restaurant?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Together with his cousins Dr Loganathan and K. Vijayendran, the trio toyed with the idea of setting up a German restaurant with a more casual ambience that people could bring their family to.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe usually bring our children with us and we wanted a place that looked more like a restaurant than a drinking place. We want people to come and appreciate the food,\u201d said Dr Kunalan.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur wives thought we were crazy at first and they didn\u2019t believe that we would do it. None of us have any experience in the business so we started learning as we went along,\u201d said Dr Loganathan.<\/p>\n
Dr Kunalan said they created the menu based on what they liked with input from their executive chef S. Panneer, 33, who is experienced in Western cuisine.<\/p>\n
The roasted pork knuckles is synonymous with German cuisine and at the Berlin Biergarten, chef Panneer cooked up the Berlin Speciality Crispy Pork Knuckle, which is roasted with garlic and herbs. instead of being marinated with German beer.<\/p>\n
What was intriguing about the dish was the bulb of roasted garlic served with the knuckle.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, the garlic can be eaten,\u201d said Dr Kunalan with a laugh at my puzzled expression.<\/p>\n
Instead of the pungent taste one would expect from biting into a whole clove of garlic, the roasted one was surprisingly soft to the bite and has a sweet fragrant taste.<\/p>\n
Panneer explained that the garlic was also roasted with herbs together with the pork knuckle.<\/p>\n
There was also a variety of German sausages to choose from like the traditional Bratwurst, which was served with sauerkraut and herbed button mushrooms, and the Chicken Black Pepper Sausage.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to offer variety to our customers so they will also find chicken, beef and lamb sausages on our menu,\u201d said Dr Kunalan.<\/p>\n
For those who do not fancy digging into a meat dish, there was the vegetarian Berlin Pasta.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is cooked with five types of mushrooms with a vegetable broth,\u201d said Panneer.<\/p>\n
BERLIN BIERGARTEN, Soho KL Lot J-01-04, Solaris Mont Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur (Tel: 03-6203 0958). Business hours: 11am to 11pm daily (until 1am on Fridays and Saturdays). Non-halal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\nNOTE: This is not an advertisement for the restaurant. As always – SAY NO TO ALCOHOL!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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