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package food to bring back to the US
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 03:20 PM UTC

I am looking for some package food (candy, cookies, chocalate, etc) that is worth buying in berlin to bring back home. Something that would be difficult to find in New York City or more expensive.

anyone have any recommendations?

timewaster

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Re: package food to bring back to the US
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 04:51 PM UTC

check out the shopping mall KaDeWe. I am sure you will find something :)

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caffelatte

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Re: package food to bring back to the US
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 04:53 PM UTC

There's a Chocolaterie directly at Gendarmenmarkt:

Fassbender & Rausch GmbH
Charlottenstraße 60
10117 Berlin

http://www.fassbender-rausch.com/

Or get some woodruff or raspberry syrup for a Berliner Weiße beer. I'm sure KaDeWe stocks them.

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Turtleshell

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Re: package food to bring back to the US
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 07:05 PM UTC

Yeah !
Hope if you will little search around, definitely you will get something... :)

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Aldda

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Re: package food to bring back to the US
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 08:58 PM UTC

I believe quite fine in international standards is "Lübecker Marzipan", available in normal supermarkets (not the cheap discounters) in Germany

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Re: package food to bring back to the US
Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 07:24 PM UTC

thanks.
i was planning on picking something up from Kadewe, but i heard it is expensive, which is why i am looking for recommendations.
I don't want to buy some expensive item, then find out it taste like crap.

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timewaster

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Re: package food to bring back to the US
Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 09:35 PM UTC

are you sure you will be allowed to take them into the USA ??

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globetrott

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Re: package food to bring back to the US
Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 10:50 PM UTC

Michael globetrott touches on a quite important subject, check out the food import guidelines before the journey!

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Re: package food to bring back to the US
Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 03:23 AM UTC

I have simply declared them as packaged/processed goods. No questions asked so far.

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caffelatte

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Re: package food to bring back to the US
Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 10:09 PM UTC

so you already sent some candy, cookies or chocalate home?? Which did you choose?

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Re: package food to bring back to the US
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 05:06 PM UTC

some truffles, chocolate bars. some varieties of Lindt that i dont see in US and Godiva (I didnt know that Godiva had a shop in SFO).

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caffelatte

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Re: package food to bring back to the US
Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 12:27 AM UTC

so I wish you good appetite so far...

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Re: package food to bring back to the US
Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 01:10 AM UTC

I've just googled "Schokolade Berlin", and I got lots of useful results e.g. links to places like this: http://www.fassbender-rausch.de/ (which looks pretty upmarket to me!)

I was just going to comment on the irony of an American asking what candies to bring back from Berlin - when 60 years ago American pilots were flying DC3s round the clock into Berlin, and famously dropping candies for German children. (I was reading recently that the 60th anniversary celebrations of the airlift have just concluded.) It's a funny old world... I could conclude with a 'confectionery based' quote about the unexpected from Forrest Gump; but I think I'll resist that particular temptation!

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JHR

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Re: package food to bring back to the US
Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 11:16 PM UTC

Fassbender & Rausch *IS* pretty upmarket. Same as "in't Veld" (http://www.intveld.de) and Erich Hamann Schokoladenfabrik (Brandenburgische Straße 17, 10707 Berlin, directly at U-Konstanzer St., the shop alone is worth a visit, too) and a couple of others.
I mentioned Fassbender & Rausch, because theeir shop is located at Gendarmenmarkt.

Yes, the irony! Now that you have mentioned it ...

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Turtleshell

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Re: package food to bring back to the US
Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 09:56 PM UTC

When I went to the States to visit my relatives I brought along some tins of German beer - cause I knew they were crazy for that. There are many different kinds and they loved the strong beer. But watch how much is possible, and it is heavy to transport. There are many different kinds of chocolate, also the German gummy bears are great - my little cousins loved them. You also might think about some canned bread, like the black bread (Pumpernickel) which is typical for Germany - if allowed some bacon. Most of the candy you also get in the states - like Storck candy (Riesen, Werther's...) or Ferrero (Kinder Schokolade, Küsschen, Mon Cherie, Rocher... Lübecker Marzipan is a good idea - but many do not like it for the special taste. I would go to good candy stores and look what might be typical for Berlin, too.
Best Chris.

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chris.hh

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Re: package food to bring back to the US
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 10:13 AM UTC

> candy stores and look what might be typical for Berlin

How could I forget "Bonbonmacherei"? Handmade candy, cooked on open fire.

Oranienburger St. 32, just a few steps inside Heckmann Höfe (left-hand side of the New Synagogue, S-Bahn "Oranienburger Straße").

http://www.bonbonmacherei.de/ (German)

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