Coffee, cake & people-watching

This corner is perfect to sit down, and drink Cafe au lait, served here in two little pots, one with hot milk, and one with espresso, with a cup to mix the milk-coffee after your own liking.

People watching is what you're doing here – Berlin wears black, these days, but also flat, knee-high boots, very long sweaters, or very short sweater-like dresses, and sometimes tights that look like leggins. Strolling by are the young and the formerly youthful, the rich and the wanting, the beautiful and the character-faced, the winners, and yes, you see the other ones too, but not that many here in this part of town.

The poppyseed pie is phantastic, the ground up seeds have developed a flavor like marzipan, it has a good amount of very juicy raisins and chopped almonds, that only increase the illusion of tasting crunchy yet almost creamy amaretto-ish. Besides the coffee I have a 'Apfelschorle' with the pie: apple juice mixed with sparkling mineralwater. If you never had that, and are not too fond of sparkling water, try it here, where they add just a hint of water, giving the juice a refreshing lightness without too much of a zing.

- 'Cafe Reinhard', corner Ku'damm & Fasanenstrasse? Bleibtreu? -