(Almost) Wordless Wednesday: On Gluttony, Part 2: In Which I Leave Nothing in Vienna Uneaten, Particularly Tiny Sandwiches

Good Morning! I am STILL hungry

For this installment of almost Wordless Wednesday, I complete my two-part tale of gluttony and feasting across the glorious city of Vienna. On our second (and last) full day here - and our last full day of vacation - we were determined to leave nothing uneaten.

Particularly tiny sandwiches.

I have documented my passionate  love of the artfully composed tiny sandwich here and here, and after a cup of coffee, getting some in my belly was priority number one. Poppa Trix and I headed to one of our favorite spots, Buffet Trzesniewski in Stephensplatz:

 Last year, the first time we visited this place, we were so confused and nervous as to how to order and what to get. Truth be told, we tend to over-complicate just about everything. But this time, we had it down cold. Choose from the many beautiful sandwiches - thonfisch? eiersalat? gherkin mi ei?

Whatever you do, don't hold up the line! I suggest getting one of everything. Then, buy a token for a beer at the cash register, and go buy a pfiff at the end of the line.

Behold ...

... the sandwich feast

Sandwich lust briefly sated, we took a stroll through the Oestermarkt, or Easter Market, where there was - you guessed it! - more food:

And this - truffle and mushroom sauce! Delicious. We bought some, and have managed to save it. The woman whom we bought it from said to enjoy it with pasta, a nice green salad and a glass of wine. Consider it done.

All this strolling naturally works up an appetite, and next we headed for Zum Schwarzen Kameel for more sandwiches:

The great thing about this place is that you can sit at a table for a fancy meal, or perch at a counter or the bar and enjoy nibbles and their own line of white wine:

We had not one ...

... but two plates of sandwiches!

Love the cute camel on the wine glass!

After a brief nap, it was time for dinner. Along with Mother in Law Trix, we headed for my favorite heuriger: Weinhof Wieninger. (If you aren't familiar with heuriger, I talk about them here.) And some of you - Miriam? Ju? - may recall Chef Mike. I am happy to report that is still there, and still creating his inventive and beautiful food. In fact, Diners Club Magazine of Germany has chosen him as one of the rising chefs of Austria - a well-deserved honor!

Congrats to Chef Mike!

 Ah, but what did we eat? Better to ask: What didn't we eat?

 Gnocchi in pumpkin cream ... (for Chef Mike's recipe, check out this post)

 Liptaeur cheese!

 Beans in pumpkin seed cream (I've got this recipe too! Check it out here)

 Salsify:

And this fantastical and original creation of Chef Mike's, a barlauch and radish mousse ... SO good

 And lots and lots of delicious Wienhof Wieninger wine:

Learning that I am a huge barlauch fan, Chef Mike gave me a whole bunch to bring home:

I spent the better part of the night trying to figure out how I could disguise this as an airport salad and get it through customs, but ultimately visions of harshly-lit interrogation rooms, hefty fines, and prison time got the better of me and I regretfully left my lovely barlauch behind in Vienna.

Okay, I admit that by now Poppa Trix and I were well and truly full. But - it was our last night! And so we had one more stop to make: The wurstel stand near our Ringstrasse hotel (a generous gift from Mother-in-Law-Trix):

 Currywurst!

 Kasekrainer!

I love a place where you can actually trust people to drink alcohol outside in real glasses, and not plastic cups.

And there you have it ... a shocking tale of gluttony. But I don't regret a single bit!

And by the way, this month I participated in the awesome Nancy of Spicie Foodie's "Your Best Recipe" round up. It's the one year anniversary of this event - go check it out here, and please join in next month!