Friday, 8 March 2013. As a former Air Force German linguist, I can tell you that the
proverbial German gemütlichkeit might
be difficult to explain, but you won't be too far wrong if you think of good
food, good company, a drink or two and plenty of time to enjoy it all. English synonyms include
friendliness/friendship, brotherhood, cordiality, goodwill, good-fellowship,
kindliness, and neighborliness. From our
travels in Germany, we remember all too well of walking into the local Gasthaus
in a little village and immediately feeling the gemütlichkeit that permeated
throughout the entire inn. Virtually
guaranteed was a most wonderful evening! This was the feeling we had when as we walked into the Horst Gasthaus in
Myrtle Beach for dinner last night. The
place just looked and felt like we were back in Germany – or at the very least,
in one of the fine German restaurants found in the small alpine town of Leavenworth,Washington.
Described as “a taste of Bavaria brought to Myrtle Beach,” Horst Gasthaus features a menu that offers a wide variety of German dishes including several
schnitzels (a breaded cutlet, usually veal or pork), spätzle, and a good
selection of German beers and wines. We decided on a Bratwurst appetizer (absolutely delicious) and also ordered a bottle of Piesporter Michelsberg Qualitätswein wine from the Mosel River region for dinner. Lynette ordered the Wiener Schnitzel with spätzle and mashed potatoes, while I opted for a Jäger-Schnitzel (literally translated as a "hunter's cutlet") smothered in brown gravy and mushrooms, accompanied by spätzle and warm red cabbage. Lynette said hers was quite delicious. I'd rate mine as very authentic and extremely mouthwatering. The servings were quite substantial and we both brought some schnitzel home with us.
We topped off the evening with a warmed up apple strudel for dessert, along with coffee. As we ate our dessert, we were treated to some live entertainment -- a one-man band playing a variety of German folksongs on his accordian -- everything from "Edelweiss" to "Muss I Denn" to that infamous Bavarian drinking song, "In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus" (loosely translated as "In Munich there's a Royal pub house") with its stirring chorus of Eins, zwei, g'suffa (literally "One, two, drink" or in Bavaria to chug your drink). We got caught up with the whole atmosphere and were soon chiming in with great gusto on the Eins, zwei, g'suffa...and perhaps just a wee bit too loud! But we certainly had a great time.
All in all we spent a wonderful evening at the Horst Gasthaus. Good food at reasonable prices, good German wine, and fun music. All in all a wonderful atmosphere of German gemütlichkeit. If you're ever in this part of SC we'd highly recommend an evening out with Horst at his very authentic German restaurant.
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