The Scottish Deli, Dunkeld

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Dunkeld is not a big place, and we have posted another entry from the town…but we can report on another delightful cludgie, this time at The Scottish Deli, after we stopped off for lunch there.

The door – for reasons we didn’t enquire about – has a collection of “Simon’s cheesy jokes” that are exactly what they sound like:

– Which genre of music appeals to most cheeses? R ‘n’ Brie!
– Why did the Swiss cheese go to church every day? Because it was very holey!

We didn’t ask who Simon was. We hope his taste in cheeses is better than his taste in jokes!

A door with a sign saying “Simon’s Cheesy Jokes” with laughing emojis on it, and lots of yellow circles with jokes printed on them all around it covering much of the door.
Lots of Simon’s dodgy jokes!

But what is the cludgie like, after you’ve spent time looking at the door?

A colourful tiled wall on the left above a sink and a cludgie, and on the right a red wall with some small framed pictures.
The first thing you see is a riot of colourful tiles behind the cludgie and the sink (and yes, in the mirror there is a baby-changing table visible).
Six small framed photographs on a wall, of various people, with a painting in the middle of several eggs in a basket. The wall is a deep dark read.
Then there is a selection of wonky photographs of staff, surrounding a photo of eggs in a basket (no, we don’t know what that’s about either).
A toilet roll holder in the form of a knight in armour, with the arms holding the toilet paper roll.
Below the pictures is the most unusual toilet-roll holder we’ve ever seen (we presume the “please do not touch” refers to the switch for the boiler, not the paper).
A colourful door, covered in pictures of fruit, vegetables and cheeses. On the right of the door there is a radiator, and on the left a fold-out baby-changing table.
Finally, on turning around again, the door is a colourful combination of fruit, vegetables and cheeses – all sold at the deli counter, of course.

It’s quite astonishing that in one of the smallest cludgies we’ve been in, there’s so much to see! But go see for yourself, if you’re ever in Dunkeld (and the light lunches are pretty good, so no reason not to go!).

Schäfers Café, Bad Staffelstein

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We visited Schäfers Café in Bad Staffelstein with friends we were staying with. The area attracts many tourists, though not so much in the first days of January when we were there. Schäfers is a classic Bäckerei and Konditorei – so a bakery and cake shop – with a few tables for eating in. They cakes were great, and promoted with a lovely sign:

A chalkboard with the following written on it: “Kuchen macht nicht dick! Er zieht nur die Falten glatt ;) Zum Facelifting hier lang” and then with an arrow pointing left, and a sketch of a cake and a coffee below.
The chalkboard inviting you to eat cake.

The translation of this is:

Cake does not make you fat!
It just pulls your lines smooth 😉
This way for your facelift

A sentiment that speaks to all cake-lovers, even if we suspect it’s not quite accurate!

We photographed the men’s cludgies too, because although the decor is not that remarkable – in fact, quite the opposite, it’s really boring – we liked that the urinals are behind doors in a separate cubicle.

An entrance to the cludgies - along the left is a sink and a door leading to a cubicle, in the centre is a window with a radiator below, and then on the right two more doors to further cubicles.
The men’s cludgies, with the urinals behind a door!

This kind of separation is definitely something we would like to see more of!

Gin City, München / Munich

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Gin City is a fabulous bar near the Ostbahnhof, and highly recommended for anyone who wants more than just a standard G&T. We found lots of delightful things to sample from the menu, which offers creative ways to appreciate gins from many different contexts.

The bar itself is a treat for the eyes and ears (changing lighting and cool music), and the cludgies do not disappoint either, from the…

A bright green entrance to the cludgies - the ceiling, walls, and doors are uniformly green, with a light grey tiled floor. On the left, the grey tiles extend about half-way up the wall as the doorway leads into the cludgies.
… spectacularly green entrance…
… to the beautiful – yes, beautiful – sinks …
… which really do appear to be copper (we’re not sure if they are, but they look great).

All in all, a great evening out, and with cludgies that delighted us!