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Frommer's Highly Recommended

Few restaurants have built such a fetish around one dish as Plachutta has done with tafelspitz, offering 10 variations of the boiled beef dish, which was the favorite of Emperor Franz Josef throughout his prolonged reign. The differences between the versions are a function of the cut of beef you request. We recommend schulterscherzel (shoulder of beef) and beinfleisch (shank of beef), but if you're in doubt, the waitstaff is knowledgeable about one of the most oft-debated subjects in Viennese cuisine. Hash brown potatoes, chives, and an appealing mixture of horseradish and chopped apples accompany each order. Other Viennese staples such as goulash soup, calf's liver, and braised pork with cabbage are also available. Although we have been here on several occasions and have been welcomed graciously, some readers have complained about their reception.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Vienna and Danube Valley, 6th Edition, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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