Pure enjoyment - three tips in Monschau in the Eifel

Monschau, a picturesque town in the Eifel, offers you as a gourmet traveller or slow traveller a variety of culinary highlights. In this article, we introduce you to three special Monschau restaurants that will make your visit unforgettable: the Hüftgold chocolate café, the Wilhelm Maassen coffee roastery and the historic mustard mill. Discover why these restaurants are so popular with connoisseurs and road trip lovers!

Enjoy Monschau restaurants in the Eifel

We already presented some cafés and sweet specialties from the small town of Monschau in the Eifel in this article. Three Monschau restaurants in Nordrhein-Westfalen, however, we did not mention. They are special. These include the Schokoladencafé Hüftgold as well as the Wilhelm Maassen coffee roastery and the Monschau mustard mill. Those who visit the place should definitely visit these three. For us, they were the highlights of our stay in Monschau. Places to savor!

 

 

Cafés in Monschau – Savor a chocolate paradise

I love chocolate as long as it's sweet and mild. When I find out that there is a chocolate café in Monschau that is called “Hüftgold”, then I have to go there. I don't think about how many calories I am consuming. Don't worry about how healthy that is. And certainly no thought about how to get rid of the pounds after the trip, keep me from visiting such a temple of pleasure. You only live once! They say chocolate makes you happy. And the chocolate café Hüftgold contributes a bit to that. A place to savor!

 

 

The Schokoladen-Café Hüftgold in Monschau – a Monschau restaurant

This café at Stadtstrasse 35 is not big. Comfortably furnished with a keen eye for detail, it makes an inviting impression. People love colors here. The collection of colorful mugs shows that immediately. Just like the wallpaper and the mixed up furniture that give the café a charming touch. When we want to order, we don't get a menu, but a series of tabs on which we can select drinks, espresso & Co., ice cream specialties, coffee and of course chocolate specialties.

 

 

I'm only interested in the chocolate drinks menu. There are drinking chocolates of all flavors. The chocolate is served on a spoon with a cup of hot milk. In this you let the chocolate melt slowly. You can choose these at the counter. There are chocolate drinks with whiskey, amaretto, Grand Marnier or mint liqueur. There is also chocolate without alcohol. I choose a cup of the house coffee, the Schokoladen-Café Hüftgold, a mixture of coffee and chocolate. We also get a plate of waffles. Hot cherries or cream are also served. In addition, there is almond cake and rhubarb cake. That's exactly how I imagine the land of milk and honey!

 

 

Nostalgic flair

The eyes eat too at Café Hüftgold. Our chocolate coffees are served in large cups. The drinks taste twice as good in them. The landlord sets up porcelain plates for the cake. These remind me a bit of my mother's kitchen and those times when I stood in the kitchen as a child and made my first attempts at cooking. Hence, our tip for Monschau: plan a visit to the Hüftgold chocolate café!

Café Hüftgold
City street 14
52156 Monschau

The café on TripAdvisor.

 

 

Seductive aromas from the Caffee-Rösterei Wilhelm Maassen

Just a few steps away from Café Hüftgold in Stadtstraße 24, aromas lure us to the Wilhelm Maassen coffee roastery. Peter Maaßen, the owner, welcomes us here. He's standing at his roasting oven. With it, he roasts fresh Arabica coffee. At 200 ° Celsius, it roasts the coffee for about 15 minutes. This is how it gets its dark color. The Maaßens obtain the beans from Colombia, Uganda or other regions of the world via Rotterdam. While we watch the coffee beans cool down, the freshly roasted coffee unfolds its aromas.

 

 

The Scent attracts Customers

“The scent attracts customers to the store,” laughs Peter Maassen. “They buy their first coffee here from the Wilhelm Maassen coffee roaster, and then often order their coffee through our online shop.” I can understand that after trying a cup of espresso. The coffee roaster is one of the traditional shops in Monschau. It was founded in 1862. It has been in operation since then — with a break of a few years — to this day. “It's a hobby for us,” laughs Peter Maassen. We can see that he enjoys it.

Caffee-Rösterei Wilh. Maassen
City street 24
52156 Monschau

 

 

The Historic Mustard Mill and the Schnabuleum Restaurant in Monschau

A visit to the mustard mill at Laufenstrasse 118 also guarantees pure enjoyment. It is located outside the old town. A few years ago the building on the banks of the Rur became too narrow for the mustard millers. That's why they moved to a building outside the old city. There was room for them to develop. A visit to the mustard mill is an experience.

 

 

Ruth Breuer receives us. She is a NRW-Genussbotschafterin and is now the fifth generation to run the mill with her father. In 1882 her great-great-grandfather began making mustard with his brother. The mill wheel that operated the local mustard mill can still be seen on the Rur today. The mash tun, in which the mustard flour is mixed with vinegar, table salt and a mixture of spices, is now driven by a motor.

 

 

The Art of making Mustard

“There are several varieties of mustard plants,” explains Ruth Breuer. “White, yellow, brown, or black. Each tastes different.” The mustard millers use these taste differences and refine their mustard varieties with flavoring ingredients. “When we go on vacation, we get suggestions for recipes,” laughs Ruth Breuer. This is how creations like the Eifel “Senfschatne” came about. This is an onion-based chutney. The Monschauer Senfmojo is also inspired by the holiday experiences of the Breuers. This is a tomato and paprika sauce refined with chili mustard. The Monschauer Senfaioli also tastes good. This is a garlic mustard cream with a hint of lime mustard. I especially liked the mustard pralines! You have to try them! You can also find these products in many Monschau restaurants.

 

 

Petar's video about the mustard mill, the types of mustard that are produced there and a recipe with Monschau mustard can be found under this link: Monschau mustard from the historic mustard mill.

Senfmühle Monschau
Laufenstrasse 118
52156 Monschau

 

 

Savor Monschau restaurants: in the Schnabuleum they cook with mustard

If you want to taste what you can cook with the mustard varieties from the mustard mill in Monschau, you don't have to go far. Right next door, the family runs the Monschau Restaurant Schnabuleum. All dishes are prepared there with mustard. We don't miss it and taste the "greetings from the kitchen" with salmon mustard foam and seaweed salad. This is followed by the mustard cream soup with four types of mustard. Then there's mustard roast with vegetables in mustard sauce and Döppekuchen. For dessert we get strawberries with date balsamic sauce, mustard seeds and pistachio ice cream. After this meal we are convinced that mustard even goes well with desserts.

 

 

Summary of the Monschau restaurants:

Nobody should miss these Monschau restaurants. They make a stay in Monschau an experience for connoisseurs.

Here are our tips on how to enjoy the Eifel can. Or take a look at Petar's video and follow us on our visit to Monschau:

 

 

 

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Getting to the Monschau Restaurants

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Do you know this?

• Monschau - historical gem in the Eifel
• Enjoy the Eifel - that's possible in Monschau
• Hike at the Rursee in the Eifel
• Freshly smoked trout and char from the Chiemsee fisherman
• Wellness hotels in the Bavarian Forest
• Last beer brewer in Bad Windsheim
• Coffee and culture in a café in Salzburg
• Gifts for travelers

 

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Source Monschau Restaurants: own research on site. Many thanks to NRW Tourism and Tourism Monschau for the invitation on this trip. Or follow the hashtag #deinNRW on Facebook or Twitter. However, our opinion remains, as always, our own.

Text Monschau Restaurants : © Copyright Monika Fuchs and Travel World Online
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