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Maffeistrasse 3 Cuisines: French

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Our hangout in Munich is this cafe/restaurant that pays tribute to the writer Oskar Maria Graf (1894-1967) and is decorated with Graf memorabilia. Jenny Holzer, the New York artist, was called in to carry out the Graf theme. She took sentences from Graf's writings and inscribed them on the cafe's leather benches and on the plates. You'll have to finish your meal to see what Graf had to say. A typical remark: "It must soon be that I am famous." Munich is the center of publishing in Germany, and writers, editors, and readers drop in throughout the day for coffee and cake. This is no mere coffeehouse, however. The restaurant serves full-fledged meals with some of the Bavarian countryside's finest ingredients. At lunch, try a sandwich such as the baguette with rabbit or the pastrami with sauerkraut. At dinner, we have enjoyed salmon in champagne sauce with fresh oysters. The Blutwurst in pastry, with diced apples, was better than the typical boudin noir in a French bistro. For dessert, try the pear tart with almond cream.

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