Chum & Friends

Chum & Friends

ADDRESS
Niederbarnimstraße 17, 10247 Berlin

CONTACT
Phone: 030 22358920
Website: www.chumandfriends.com
Facebook: Chum&Friends
Instagram: chumandfriends_berlin

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Around Friedrichshain there are a lot of restaurants, cafés & bars.
Some are hardly noticeable and others really stand out.
So is the Chum & Friends .
The menu is decorated with a lot of love and a relaxo on it.
Heeeeeeelllooooooo... Pokémon GO sends his regards ✌︎☺︎
But not only the Pokémon fans get their money's worth with the card.
According to our taste, Chum & Friends is Asian fusion cuisine.
Not only that was our huge, shining arrow, which drew our attention to the restaurant, but also the furnishings.
Visually, the restaurant is quite something.
A lot of attention was paid to details. You can even sit on the floor on one side of the restaurant to eat.
On the one hand the atmosphere is reminiscent of London's Industrial Chic and on the other hand of a Streetfood-Saigon-Kitchen. Modern, chic & yet cosy.
But now to the important part:

The map reads superbly.
Deciding is definitely difficult.
No matter whether fish, meat or vegan, even gluten-free is in the offer.
And all this at prices that even a small wallet can afford.
Most dishes cost less than 10 €, at noon even less.
My decision fell quite clearly on the Bao Burger, whose burger rolls are steamed from rice flour. I have also been told that the meat is homemade, so it is not a packaged burger party.
The anticipation of the burger was certainly great.
For most dishes you can choose between sweet potato fries, taro fries or rice.

First of all we spontaneously decided for a bottle of wine. 
Many people ask if alcohol is "epi"?
To be honest, alcohol is probably the worst popular drug of mankind. But why?
Because most people just don't know their limits.
In moderation, most of it is okay. Wine also contains important enzymes and minerals. Wines with a high silicate content can even prevent bowel cancer.
But as I said, know your limit! 1-2 glasses should be enough.
Our choice, the Sauvignon blanc from the Jesuitenhof, was really good. However, as we are not yet a mature wine connoisseur, this was only a stroke of luck.

The food was served in the classic way on plates, as you know them from Vietnamese or Thai dishes.
The first dish was prawns with vegetables and sweet potatoes.
The arrangement was nothing special, except that sweet potatoes were on the plate instead of rice.
The vegetables were fresh and the shrimps looked good.

As already mentioned, I have decided for the Bao Burger with Taro fries.
Since I had no special ideas regarding the Taro fries, my disappointment was limited.
Because unfortunately it is a matter of Taro pieces fried in a dough coat.
As far as it is not written out separately, the breading consists of wheat flour. 
What my epi-heart likes even less than wheat, sugar and cow's milk, however, is to throw away food or to give it back by my own fault. That's why I made up my mind and tried it for you.
Taro is a root with a taste reminiscent of potatoes and a taste reminiscent of Jerusalem artichoke. Accordingly, the Taro fries were relatively tasteless. Unfortunately, there was also no sauce that could have caused a taste explosion.
By the way, Taro has no miraculous effect worth mentioning, but simply provides healthy energy and is a gluten-free alternative.

Since I have assumed that burgers are basically fried medium, I can tell you that this is not the case in Chum & Friends. Maybe I am the only person who has this opinion. So in any case, when ordering say to it.
The sauces on the burger are nothing outstandingly exciting. Only the burger buns make it something special.
All in all, the burger was still delicious.
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