After the shock of Karlsude, I figured we deserved a good lunch experience. We drove about 40 minutes to the west of Karlsrude to the “Suedliche Weinstrasse,” and the hamlet of Gleiszellen. This is one of my favorite spots in all of Germany. The Gasthof zum Lam serves fantastic food in any season, but now it’s “spargelzeit,” and we were both primed and ready for some white asparagus.
Friendly Isabelle took care of us on this bright and sunny day. We were served about eight long and tender spears of asparagus with hollandaise sauce, new potatoes with butter and parsley and for Marie, a small schnitzel. I had the cooked ham. It was all accompanied by some of the local wine produced by the Sven-Erik Ball family, who own Zum Lam.
We enjoyed our leisurely lunch and for a few seconds, talked about what the bus tourists are eating right now. “Beef or chicken?” at an anonymous rest stop where they don’t get to meet the owner or have a fine Riesling produced from the vineyard just up the hill.
For bookings contact the Gasthof Zum Lam at
info@zum-lam.de or on their web site at
http://www.zum-lam.de
The restaurant is closed on Wednesday but otherwise serves meals from 11:30 through the afternoon until around 9 in the evening.
This meal was so outstanding, that it has to be in the top ten meals I have eaten in my life !
Seeing the photo makes me want to go straight back there.
The table behind us with three people were eating what appeared to be a thin crust pizza piled with vegetables and perhaps meats and cheeses as well. Within a short time, they were eating their third pizza ! I wish I had room for it, it looked so good. The wine from their own vineyard was excellent as well. Can’t wait to go back. I’d stay here for several days just to sample everything on the menu !