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Breakfast:

The usual hotel stuff.

Lunch:

A mixed bag – potato salad, sweetcorn, tomato, butter beans, kidney beans, cucumber, along with some chicken nugget type things, cheese-filled chili peppers, and breaded mozzarella.

Dinner:

Italian place called Malatesta (which, I was told by my linguist colleague, means ‘headache’). Lovely restaurant, and food was ok. The Italian in our party reckoned it was pretty close to the real deal. I had fried squid to start with, followed by a main of linguine con vongole, which was well-seasoned and gave a nice hint of the sea. My review on Qype

Breakfast:

Same as every other day this week, seeing as I’m in the same hotel and the selection doesn’t ever change.

Lunch:

Working lunch brought into the meeting room. Better than the normal boring Pret stuff we get in London, though. Open sandwiches with ham and salad on lovely crusty bread. Love the bread here in Germany.

Dinner:

Went to a place called Eiffel, which was an ever so slightly pretentious modern French(ish) restaurant. I had a starter of scallops on mango-lime chutney with a basil sorbet. Main course was spaghetti with prawns in a spicy tomato sauced embellished with curry spices. My review on Qype.

Breakfast:

The hotel doesn’t seem to change breakfast at all, so I had the same as yesterday.

Lunch:

Tagliatelle with broccoli and salmon. Another work canteen special. The tagliatelle was rather overcooked.

Dinner:

We were taken out to a Swiss restaurant called Nola’s. Since we were a large group, we ended up having to choose from a set menu.

Starters were cheese-based dishes, such as baked goat’s cheese, and cheese and spinach salad. My choice of main was pork wrapped in pancetta, which was accompanied by green beans wrapped in bacon. The pork was slightly overcooked but the pancetta was pleasantly thin and crispy. More in my review on Qype.

Breakfast:

Bread, meat, cheese, yoghurt, boiled egg.

I like staying in continental hotels. The breakfast is substantial enough to be satisfying, yet not artery clogging. Yes, I could try to avoid the cooked breakfasts, but I find it very difficult to do so.

Lunch:

Chicken meat balls, cardamom sauce, rice, from the work canteen. Surprisingly tasty, despite its appearance.

Dinner:

We went for a Thai meal at a place called Kori & Fay. My review on Qype gives more details but I had some of the mixed appetisers and a main of a green curry.

Breakfast:

Scrambled egg on toast.

Lunch:

Meatloaf and mashed potato (bought by P from M&S). I do make home-made versions of these (which are tastier) but with a flight to catch, needs must.

Airplane:

Tuna and mayo / ham, cheese & pickle half-sandwiches, and a breakaway chocolate bar thing.

Dinner:

Arrived late (c’mon, I was flying from Terminal 5 – what do you expect?) so had to order some bar food from the limited menu. The hotel, in an effort to be all fusion-y, had a weird menu so I ended up with a salmon and wasabi bagel. Unfortunately, the wasabi had been spread like it was cream cheese, so every bite was a tearful experience, much to the amusement of my colleagues. If I hadn’t been so hungry, I’d have sent it back.