Hesse / Rhein-Main Region / Wiesbaden

Hessian tapas? Do they really exist? They do, at least at the Frankfurter Hof in Nordenstadt near Wiesbaden, and they are very tasty too! Guests visiting the cider and sour milk cheese (Handkäse) restaurant first of all should order “Schnuudehäppche”, which are a funny translation of the French amuse gueule, but also some sort of Hessian tapas. They are as delicious as their name is funny. Having tried those, you are qualified to move on to the real stuff: Handkäse (hand cheese or harzer, a small, translucent cheese with a pungent aroma some people might have to get used to). Handkäse is made according to a family recipe as secret as the coca-cola formula, and with as much reason. The Frankfurter Hof is so much en vogue, sometimes you´ll have to book your table two weeks in advance.