Ice cream is the hottest cold commodity in Germany. Every summer I’m astounded at the amount of ice cream that is sold, doing mental calculations of how much cafes earn while tonguing the hell out of a cone myself. It’s not terribly expensive. A waffle cone with a generous scoop of ice cream only costs 1 Euro, little more than a dollar, which feels even cheaper here since you can pay with a single coin. I’ve estimated that the most popular place in town earns about 2 Euro per minute, easily pulling in a €1,000 a day, but then they have an amazingly ideal location and really know how to dish it out cheap and fast.

For the more discerning customer, there are finer ice cream treats available than the humble cone, my favorite of which is picture above. Ice cream spaghett!. The noodles are made of vanilla ice cream and the tomato sauce from strawberry topping. Even grated parmesan is included, represented by coconut shreds. Honestly, I prefer the traditional cone, but I love the idea of faux entrees made of sweets.

Equally creative is the fried egg, which is really a halved peach surrounded by ice cream. If only the waffle included was made to look like toast! I asked the waiter why a straw was sticking out of my spaghetti ice cream, and he answered in English “STRAWberry!” That made a strange sort of sense, but I suspect he was just messing with me because Andreas’s fried egg included a straw too. I was grateful for them in the end, since Andreas used his to suck up the melted ice cream instead of licking his plate as he normally does at home. There are other faux foods like this available at ice cream cafes. My need to document such things combined with my appetite means they’ll probably show up on this blog sooner rather than later.