Restaurants

Hamburg life is married to the sea, and that includes the cuisine: lobster from Helgoland; shrimp from Büsum; turbot, plaice, and sole from the North Sea; and huge quantities of fresh oysters. Of course, there's also the traditional meat dish, Stubenküchen (hamburger steak), and the favorite sailor's dish, Labskaus, made with beer, onions, cured meat, potatoes, herring, and pickles. Aalsuppe (eel soup) is the best known of all Hamburg's typical dishes.