If you want to cook for yourself on Wangerooge, not just in your holiday flat, or not just try the food in your own hotel, you will find some nice restaurants and cafés to eat in on Wangerooge.
During my short stay on the island, I picked up some tips and ate really well!
Eating fish on Wangerooge
When I come to the coast, I like to eat fresh fish. Wangerooge offers a great selection of restaurants in every price range. I’ve tried a few of them and had a really good meal.
The Fischbar
Directly on the main road leading from the station to the beach is the Fischbar. Here I had a fish roll with matie for lunch. The roll was just right for a snack and I liked it very much.
The Fischbar not only offers fish sandwiches. You can also eat fried fish and other fish dishes there.
Fischrestaurant Kruse
At the Kruse fish restaurant, the main focus of the dishes is on fish. However, there are also some meat dishes. The family-run restaurant is centrally located in the city and offers lunch and dinner. I found the restaurant to be very child-friendly.
I was able to enjoy an excellent dinner here. It was difficult to choose, but I decided on the butterfish with jacket potato and crab sour cream. The potato with the crab sour cream alone was actually a complete meal. It was so good that I definitely have to cook it at home sometime. The butterfish was tender, buttery and I really enjoyed it.
Restaurant Strandlust
The Restaurant Strandlust is located directly on the beach promenade. Here you not only have a great view of the beach, but the food is also impressive.
I was invited to the restaurant for dinner. A glance at the menu quickly shows that you can get everything from meat and fish to vegetarian and vegan food. It was quite difficult for me to choose, but one thing was clear to me: it had to be something with fish.
In the end, I opted for the fried plaice with bacon. I did without the fried potatoes and preferred to have a larger salad with it.
The decision was exactly right. The plaice was very well prepared and already at the first bite my taste buds cheered full of enthusiasm: fresh, tasty, well seasoned and fried – what more could you want? For me, the taste highlight of the meal on Wangerooge.
Café Pudding at Wangerooge
A visit to Café Pudding is simply part of a stay on Wangerooge. I had already heard a lot about the café and was curious about the story behind the unusual name.
In 1855, the lighthouse in the village became increasingly difficult for shipping to see, and so a dune beacon was built a good 500 metres away to show ships the way.
Why this dune was named Pudding is only a guess today. In the region, people use the saying “I’m going for a walk around the pudding” when they just want to take a breath of air or, as we Berliners say, “go for a walk around the block”. Then as now, the dune lent itself to a short walk around it – in other words, to go around the pudding.
During the Second World War, when Wangerooge was an “outpost” of the war port in Wilhelmshaven, a bunker was built on the pudding. After the end of the war, this bunker remained on the island and could be leased.
Initially, a small kiosk was set up selling ice cream and cakes. But soon the Café Pudding on the Pudding was established. Little by little, the building was expanded and modernised, and today you can sit here comfortably and enjoy the delicious cakes from the in-house pastry shop.
A little tip: If you would like to enjoy the beautiful view of the beach and the sea, you should definitely reserve a table!
TeeTied at Café Pudding
I went to the café for TeeTied and was first introduced to the art of drinking tea. Actually, I drink tea unsweetened and without milk, but you drink East Frisian tea differently.
And this is how it works:
- Place a large piece of Kluntje in the cup. (East Frisian Kluntje are large white chunks of rock candy).
- The crackling of the Klunje indicates that the tea was hot enough.
- Let the cream slowly run down the inside rim of the cup into the tea.
- A cloud of cream forms in the tea and slowly rises.
- At this moment, you should pause for a while and give your full attention to what is happening in the cup. Just watch the cloud and enjoy.
- Actually, you don’t stir the tea, but if you slowly stir it counterclockwise, you turn back the time and get a longer break from enjoying it!
- And then you can drink your tea and enjoy the pleasant warmth.
Of course, a piece of cake also goes with the tea. The homemade cake tastes really good. The pieces are big and my slice of gentleman’s cake was also quite mighty. It’s a good thing that there are a few liqueurs on the menu to tidy up the stomach a bit. I opted for a liqueur with an almost unpronounceable name – the “Stichpimpulibockforcelorum”.
I really like Café Pudding. It’s a perfect place to enjoy a cup of tea or coffee in cooler weather while watching the sea.
Disclosure:
The restaurant visit was part of the programme of a blogger trip to Wangerooge. Thank you very much! The report is based solely on my experience and was written independently.
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