A brisk and cold weekend in Berlin, but we still adventured out into the city multiple times on Saturday.  We started with Kai’s multi-course breakfast around 5:30am (note, 2 additional fruit courses not pictured here.)  The first place was Barcomi’s Deli — with some solid bagels and a creative version of the reuben (Yukie really enjoyed it — a unique taste not offered by many sandwiches).  And later in the evening Chika and I went to Kimchi Princess, which was excellent Korean food almost rivaling New York.

Sunday was a bit too cold, so we ate in with french toast in the morning and pasta (with a mushroom cream sauce) in the evening. We gave Kai just plain pasta.  I don’t know how much he thinks of the taste, but it is definitely a fun food to eat.  In any case, it’s time for the rest of us to start dieting.

It seemed longer, but Yukie’s 2 week departure was a new family adventure of mama, papa, and Kai all day everyday (with some babysitter help).  A wonderful experience, but we are glad to have mom back.  To celebrate, we went to an upscale Chinese buffet at Ming Dynastie across the way from the Chinese Embassy.  It was quite satisfying, and Kai ate it up.  Literally.

Yes, Kai has been to restaurants before, but usually sleeping or eating food we brought with us.  But now, Kai is a true customer.  He had woken up a little earlier from his nap than usual in the middle of our lunch, so we just asked for a high-chair and gave it a go.  We quickly realized that buffet is the right way to go in these situations.  You can select from the foods which you think he might like, and not worry about the cost (zero) or if he likes it or not.  It turns out, he was into most things including noodles, fish, rice, miso soup and almond jelly was one of his favorites.  Now we also have a new favorite lunch place to go for the family to enjoy (details after the photos).