Mon-bistro - Monschau

After a nice walk through the village this little bar/bistro is tucked away in a quiet corner. So far all the coffees we had are excellent and now it's time for a glass of Sekt. Lunch was local bread with eggs and bacon but they also serve Reibekuche which is one of my personal favorites...

Rustig, aangenaam origineel interieur. Bazin aan de haard. Leuk ook om tussen de Monschauer een pintje te drinken

I was giving my colleague a quick 'one-day' tour of Germany since we had a 24 hour layover in Brussels on our way home from Africa to the US. It was chilly but not raining and we walked through the charming Monschau 'altstadt' and finally decided we were ready for our dinner even though it was only 4 pm. Off the beaten path we found Mon-Bistro... a warning, they only take cash which caused us to back track to an ATM we saw back on the main tourist path. My wife is half-German and we have German relatives. The pork schnitzel with mushrooms and their potatoes were (I'm sure) ridiculously heavy in calories and heart-threatening fats, but what a great meal!!! Accompanied with a Bitburg beer, we watched German soccer with the locals and had a wonderful evening. The whole bill for the two of us, with the beers was €30, a great deal anywhere in Germany!! (warning, they don't speak any English, though I speak passable German, but pointing and gesticulating works!!)

Ist ein Mix aus Kneipe, Sportsbar (incl. Sky Sport) und Restaurant. Uns hat es gut gefallen. Bedienung freundlich, Essen gut, lecker Bierchen dabei getrunken und Bundesliga geschaut. War alles o.k., kommen gerne wieder.

After wandering around the beautiful village of Monschau for a while we decided to look for somewhere to have lunch and, eventually, found this little gem. Very olde-world, it's a German inn of the best kind. We were not put off by the gaggle of Chinese tourists who were swilling beer at the first table because we had already spotted the tasty-looking food on the plates of the locals. The old couple who ran the place didn't speak English at all but managed to understand my pigeon-German and the food was substantial and delicious. The local unfiltered beer went down a treat and my wife loved the wine too. well worth a visit!