MUNCHIES Guide to Berlin: The Modern Food Culture

Our host Kavita takes a look at the food from the New Berlin. After the Berlin Wall came down, Berlin experienced great change as artists from all over the world visited, restaurants and bars opened, and the food culture modernized.
Kavita meets Wally, an expat living in Berlin since the 90s, who has experienced the change firsthand and has the stories to tell about it. She then visits Koreans living in Berlin who have mixed their culture with German traditions, then finally heads to Nobelhart & Schmutzig, where German food gets reinvented.
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[@NicholasRiviera]

Okay, I realized what annoys me: She never describes the taste or the texture of what she's eating, all she says is that it's delicious. A good food show hosts allows the viewer to feel and taste through him, this way it's basically pointless to have her there.

[@Fusaned]

this.

[@SuperOtakuKid]

preach it

[@dt4236]

Chiiiiiiiiiiil out'abit.

[@addinomarkamil2]

And she comes off pretty rude by the way she exerts herself on her own will

[@mngmchannel6744]

so true

[@EvilWey]

she asked for hot sauce before even trying it lmao the disrespect

[@WeAreCameron]

OMG SHE LIKES HOT SAUCE? WHAT A BITCH!

[@Sun-soilproductions]

And kimchi

[@orionaraujo3622]

+Tasty Mixes ur videos suck

[@Adzilify]

***** You're actually just trying to promote your channel xD

[@suryajithsyam]

she is a indian of course she would like some hot sauce bitch!!

[@olebla5434]

the funny thing is wally actually sounds german speaking english :D

[@paradoqs377]

well - sure it's funny - but... did you hear the opposite: If an American tries to speak german: THAT'S really funny ;-)

[@rottensaliva]

1:18 - man scratches his ass and (discreetly) checks out the waitress. Welcome in Berlin.

[@addinomarkamil2]

Never bring her back. Please.

[@zilla2k]

10:16 "i put some lecture"

[@herts9999]

I went from disliking the host in part 1, to hating her in part 2, to wanting to rather chew and swallow glass instead of seeing/hearing her in part 3.Other than that, the food looked amazing.

[@Ailbts]

This host is killing me. I feel insulted just watching her, but at least now I know where I'm going tomorrow for lunch!

[@Rdff522]

That margarita is calling my name!

[@japiro14]

berlins food looks amazing please do another one of this series mucnhies but with a different host

[@wolho]

Nobelhart is an absolute must if you'd like to taste cuisine that's pure and authentic. Though they only use ingredients from in and around Berlin, the way they prepare the ingredients is just masterful and would work anywhere in the world. Amazing place, the sommelier/owner looks like a young Hogwarts headmaster and it's awesome. Probably my favorite eating-experience ever.

[@gabrielleandres8581]

Ugh my American self needs to visit Berlin ASAP! The Berlin accent is so cute! Love it.

[@felps101]

where can I find the soundtrack to this episode? the music fits perfectly

[@LiVYoM3lo]

Watch out Brooklyn Berlin is catching up!!😂😂😂😂

[@TravelingisFREEDOM]

I hope we can travel again soon!

[@keanutax4951]

This is probably the best food channel that has ever been.

[@patrickdi910]

despite all the major hipsterness going on it seems there are some really cool spots worth seeing

[@sarcasmspeciality5949]

what is the name of the bgm starting 3:10 - 4:11

[@appleeyebeauty]

has this place closed im going wednesday and wanted to do

[@NgKhTh]

What's the Music at 16:04?

[@Fellwinter]

So many german hipsters. Food looks amazing.

[@reemakuz]

That Daniel guy though!

[@TheYasast]

Wasn´t Billy Wagner the owner of Nobelhardt und Schmutzig also the Host of a wine series here on Munchies?

[@ceritajuni]

yummy yummy! That's why i love Berlin :)

[@Altstark]

wasnt billy wagner in the one bout the rheinland?

[@yungcarljung9732]

that burger looks like a revelation

[@krisxcouture]

9:30 so cute!!!

[@CBx28]

Billy's back!

[@gillyobaggin]

favourite city in the world.

[@user-yq7hd9wg5o]

lmao i like this host

[@TamTran-gy6uj]

song at 16:40 +?

[@garyheldrof6658]

best food show on the planet VICE Munchies launches again...

[@CronusVelox]

Really do not like the host. She did not describe the food what so ever, the most she described it was with one dimensional words such as delicious and " It's good." Terrible host, but besides that it was a good video.

[@Jack-kf9wd]

Ok but who is the guy working there at 2:05 please hello

[@dus10who]

bruh that waiter had the epitome of a bowl cut

[@N0va]

SONG AT 9:10 ANYONE?

[@Jokyl989]

Finally a show that highlights immigrant/-influenced food culture and showcases the immigrants, instead of presenting some new fusion inspired take

[@martinn.6082]

ThisisJokyl989 yeah, but they only showed rich immigrants. Why not show the hundreds of great Turkish or Vietnamese places?

[@TTTHC]

Munchies should do a piece on Stone Berlin. Finally, Berlin has some good beer for a change.

[@Sanerah]

Berlin had good beer for a while fyi

[@TTTHC]

Sanerah Yeah that .45 cent Sternburg bottle is great beer! Best beer in the World!

[@user-kk7bs8dz5x]

does the Korean place belong to YG? I peeped their logo in the background.. 역시 양현석

[@yopeepthestyle8308]

Nah its just my friends who opened their own start up in the industry of food. they dont need YG they are passionate entrepreneurs making good food. Now YG has no clue about food lol

[@Coliblogs]

SONGS?!?!?!!?

[@shinjisimp]

oh Bainshe

[@TheTeddyShuffle]

The host is amaaazzziiing! I'd love to hang out with her in Berlin haha I wish I saw these episodes before I went to berlin! Great episodes, I love the way they're shot

[@sam-mt4cf]

3:15

[@LRuan]

worst part of the berlin series until now. host's attitude is unbearable, the way she eats foods makes it looks less delicious. the places shown in the video are not authentic at all.

[@Hamdar7]

Too much focus on being 'cool', not enough information. I have no real idea what Berlin is like from these videos.

[@BIGSLMAN]

Nothing like this. They only focus on the trendy hipster shit site of the city and totally neglect traditional German or Berlin culture. German food is honest and hearty and not trendy and exotic. I would have appreciated a segment on the Turkish market in Kreuzberg and several influences of foreign foods in that part of the city but making this show 90%+ about foreign food is dishonest.

[@mrsogoras]

Not even people from Berlin know what Berlin is like.

[@bryantan3669]

This host is rather self entitled and gross

[@edwinasas5075]

How

[@inuyashaspet]

You are a bigoted sexist. Dont hate on her just because she's a disgusting human being.

[@tngchinghwa]

that makes no fucking sense

[@HSMFC]

wheres Ailine tho? shes from North Germany if i'm not mistaken :p

[@rubens20000]

Sie ist unhöflich und respektlos!!

[@meinemudda3095]

Eine echte Berlinerin

[@Callum15121990]

Anyone got the name of the Korean place? Visiting berlin soon and would like to visit, not sure why they don't link this shit in the description.

[@crunchipscrust]

Because they said the name, showed the sign and the place on the map?! I don't really like this episode but come on. Don't blame others for your stupidity

[@user-kk7bs8dz5x]

it's called son kitchen this is their website sonkitchen.de

[@Callum15121990]

+Theodore Buckland thanks pal

[@q8bos3ayed]

Change the host

[@longyellowbanana]

how do you yawn in german?

[@martinn.6082]

Don’t just interview rich expats!

[@stefanmariaschneider]

woah... the girl at 0:27 is so pretty!!

[@ruhelmiah10]

The bike cannon was very anti climactic

[@Elhamonyou21]

And Pause 3:25

[@azuldemendieta6019]

AHHH She is so rude dude wtf

[@kerirockable]

for those wondering, berlin does actually have modern and experimental german food that doesn't cost 95 euros per person (that's what it costs to eat at nobelhart & schmutzig and they basically just serve you ayran and fish eggs)

[@vondelgym4813]

Kavita you are really cool! #notyouraveragevlogger

[@krausersama9153]

Second berlin munchies video and they havnt been to a middle eastern restaurant.. which is a shame since its the biggest culinary influence in the city and often misrepresented as lowend street food.

[@Anwrimos23]

Am i the only one who found the host original and charming?

[@sinishta]

yes.

[@sportlich371]

yes

[@barelybrain]

I'm sure there are perhaps 3 more.

[@HakimElGhazouani]

Got to be honest, i really dont like this host :/

[@sinishta]

no one does

[@Elisa-vz9il]

+dada asdada I do

[@thisisyaren]

berlin is the place to be

[@won1853]

Interesting that those korean guys named their menu "kimchi tempura" because tempura is a japanese word

[@jun8569]

The word tempura is actually Portuguese origin - tempero. It’s called tempura in Korean, too.

[@EliChristiannetwork9]

Fuck this! I want Billy Wagner!!!

[@TheCommentAcc]

i f*cking hate modern art

[@Jillthinkstwice]

i live in berlin for 3 years...not a great series about my city, could have been made way better.

[@pilotgirl6696]

the host is so cute n funny

[@stroads.]

Oh stop, the host is fine

[@motojohnny9596]

you guys are gay, i like her

[@abcefg2292]

She came from Korea? She has an extreme German accent.

[@crunchipscrust]

The "waiter" at 2:03 annoys the shit out of me. If I was his employer I would pay him 4,25€, half of the minimum wage. His slow walk and behavior is unbearable. A lot of people nowadays just can't work properly because they don't know it better, because they never had to.

[@csl9495]

yeah that whole visit was quite awkward.

[@istegalkarl]

You will actually find lots of people like him in Berlin working in service.

[@crunchipscrust]

your point being?

[@BoyAditya]

mm i guess is the universal thing ... this also happens in any other countries ... damn post-millennials :-D

[@LRuan]

.Renato. sadly true...

[@tlh1981]

This is my favorite host.

[@XShadowSheep]

Had no idea the riesling wine guy was from a restaurant. He's a sick lad.

[@AGMartinez]

Robot chefs

[@ortem000]

It seems the host has an issue with dirt and buildings that "look ugly from the outside". Funny. I still dig her though...

[@aloveroflove215]

Hardcore hipster

[@ivantyc147]

the video is awesome but oppps I spot a hungry freeloader

[@heko1993]

sad to see no german cuisine that has been reinvented in some way to make it fresh and new...just a bunch of different hipster-like bars and rerstaurants with trendy concepts of foreign cuisine...

[@AR-nu6tc]

Before I even watch this video you guys better have fucking gone to bürgermeister. If not I'll be angry.

[@E_99LDN]

Her accent makes me so confused

[@ReminentMemoirs]

what makes it confusing?

[@E_99LDN]

+SoraXesArt I'm not sure if its Northern English , German , or Indian plus she sounds so surprised haha

[@jamesgoodman5102]

It's basically a nondescript middle-class English accent with some different inflections. Not that weird.

[@luispena7134]

yea same here like where does it come from. Thought the same thing as well=

[@E_99LDN]

+Jam didn't say it was weird

[@scottwelsh6847]

Will there ever be an episode “Berlin,the root of all evil”?

[@Hubris030]

First wave of immigrants AFTER the wall came down? LoL

[@amrohendawi6007]

no special restaurants in Sonnenallee ?? XD

[@billphish]

berlin? why isn't this food all halal??

[@Hurenvernichter]

Lol,we got over a million refugee,but guess what? you dont see them in your normal life.you dont recognize them

[@yungcarljung9732]

+CFCninja you in Karl Marx Stadt, too, bro? wish we had a restaurant scene like this..

[@liltampon3486]

+Conor McGregor's Pool Noodle nate diaz 4 sure

[@ledzepgirl92]

that's a really great way to show you're an ignorant shit who has never been to Germany, let alone knows a thing about the country. Pork and beer, neither particularly helal, are cheap, abundant and available everywhere.

[@yakuzelizard]

Camel toe....12:55...

[@NumbCornsGG]

The old guy is cool or what?

[@ValterVogeli]

sitzt da Ulmen im hintergrund? egal, fast würde ich nach berlin ziehen, wenn ich das geld hätte und mir das wetter egal wäre. hier in mannheim gibts auch viele leckereien. und ja, sie ist nicht sehr empathisch und beschreibt das essen nicht. aber das ist ja auch nicht der sinn dieser munchies-weltreisen. einfach zeigen, was da ist. geschmäcker sind geschmackssache. also chillt mal

[@dominicdannies7482]

4:19 human trafficking on the go ?

[@AllTubez1993]

"The first wave of immigrants after the wall came down"???? NF but the first so called "Gastarbeiter" came in the 60s and settled in the cheap housing parts in Kreuzberg etc. Still don't get why Berlin is so attractive to foreigners and outsiders!?!

[@ibfahad]

Wowww the host seems to be controversial looking at the comments? I wonder why some people find her unlikable? .. the video for me is meh!

[@Cyriaque1000]

3:25 cringiest derp face ever

[@simpleasliam657]

Wow.... hot Asian chicks speaking German lol .... cool

[@jonny5415]

am i the only one who likes the host ?

[@iamYOURfathertoo]

Yes.

[@jonny5415]

K

[@hubsidubsi4229]

No you're not. Shes very lovely and cute imho. Those nasty comments are rude af

[@Crosssover92]

yes

[@Sinic818]

mein fuhere im sorry

[@pacerhythmandtiming.4109]

Political bicycle cannon shot ground strawberries with gin and gravel and mint leaves handpicked by a self-appointed cat mummifier sounds very "Berlin hip" to me. Maybe a bit too much. Maybe I should stick to beer and eisbein.

[@ameliagreenleaf8001]

She's just not charlotte , I want charlotte :((((((

[@sebinope6120]

Please fire her

[@romondoalexander8851]

the fine dinning scene is so foreign to me it's not even funny... Same old places for me day in and day out..

[@cessatiolux6250]

This food isn't german. Its alien.

[@prinsepe87]

I'm trying to enjoy this, but everything can't just be "ooo that's delicious." Madam, have you a palate most accustomed to McDonald's?