8 foods to eat in vienna

Wiener Schnitzel – this means Viennese cutlet. The most popular version is a thinly-pounded piece of veal. I’m not a huge fan of veal, so I opted for the chicken, which is probably the second most popular.
Chicken Schnitzel with a side of potato salad @ 1516 Brewing Company
Viennese Sausage – I can’t compare it to the canned Vienna Sausage, since I’ve never had it, but this particular one just tasted like a hot dog.
Viennese Sausage @ Salm Brau
Apfelstrudel – or an apple strudel, a layered pastry with apples inside. If you get the chance to go to Cafe Residenz the Schonbrunn, you’ll get to watch them make it.
Apple Strudel @ the Cafe Residenz
Goulash – this is a soup/stew of meat/vegetables, which originated in Hungary. But luckily, I got to try it in Austria. Since Hungary is just next door, goulash is a pretty popular dish in Austria.
Goulash @ Gmoa Keller
Sacher torte – dense chocolate cake (think, almost brownie-like), with layers of apricot jam. Maybe it was the cafe I tried it at (I didn’t go to a bakery), or maybe it’s because I don’t like apricots. But I didn’t really like the cake. It was very sweet and too dry.
Sacher Torte @ Burg.ring Cafe
Glühwein – also known as mulled wine, which can be found at any and every Christmas market you visit in Vienna. It’s not something that I would drink at home, but for cold nights in Vienna, it’s a nice treat to have while browsing all of the Christmas stalls.
This is me double fisting some mulled wine at the Freyung Christmas Market, which is right next door to Alt Wiener Christmas Market (PC: Yan Lu)
Zweigelt – made from grapes that happen to be the most widely grown red grape in Austria, this is a type of red wine and it’s pretty great. Plus, wine is cheap in Austria!
McDonald’s – there are a few ‘snack wraps’ for breakfast. They also like eating chicken for breakfast here.
Some kind of ham, cheese, and arugula flatbread with mustard, that I did not care for

McChicken McMuffin, which was actually very good. The U.S. should take notes