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At this colourful mock-Saigon street-food parlour, patrons squat on tiny plastic stools
around wooden tables where rolls of toilet paper irreverently stand in for paper napkins. The
small-plate menu mixes the familiar (steamy
pho
noodle soup, papaya salad) with the ad-
venturous (stewed eel, deep-fried silk worms).
CAFE
BARCOMI'S DELI
€2.30-11; 9am-9pm Mon-Sat, 10am-9pm Sun; Weinmeisterstrasse)
Join latte-rati, families and expats at this New York-meets-Berlin deli for custom-roasted
coffee, wraps, bagels with smoked salmon, creative sandwiches and possibly the best
brownies and cheesecake this side of the Hudson River.
Bonus points for the charming and quiet setting in a classic Scheunenviertel courtyard.
ASIAN
TRANSIT
dishes €3; 11am-1am; Rosenthaler Platz)
Fill up on Asian tapas at this tunnel-shaped casual eatery with its colourful paper lanterns.
There's a sister branch in
Friedrichshain
.
VIETNAMESE
MONSIEUR VUONG
030-9929 6924, 030-9929 6924;
www.monsieurvuong.de
; Alte Schönhaus-
er Strasse 46; mains €5-10;
noon-11pm Mon-Thu, to midnight Fri & Sat;
Weinmeisterstrasse, Rosa-
Luxemburg-Platz)
Berlin's 'godfather' of upbeat Indochina nosh-stops, Monsieur has been copied many times
- the concept is just that good. They don't take reservations, so come in the afternoon to
avoid the feeding frenzy and to enjoy the flavour-packed soups and fresh fragrant mains at
leisure. The compact menu changes every other day.
KOREAN
YAM YAM
mains €4.50-8; noon-midnight Mon-Sat, 1-11pm Sun; Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz)
In a dashing move of career derring-do, Sumi Ha morphed her fancy fashion boutique into a
stylish self-service joint where the spicy
bibimbap
(a hot-pot rice dish), fresh
gimbab
(sea-
weed rolls), steamy
mandu
(dumplings) and other fancified Korean street food all pass the
authenticity test.
