Dong-Xuan-Center Berlin Lichtenberg. Good Food In Berlin » The best restaurants in Berlin reviewed. Maialino, Focaccia, Mitte « foodieinberlin's Blog. On the right side of the cavernous Bar Celona restaurant on Hannoversche str is the tiny focaccia deli run by a brother and sister team from Italy. Underneath a silhouette of a pig, ears askew, ‘maialino’ is scrawled in lowercase childlike handwriting.
On either side of the entrance the walls have been painted black and (I only realize this later) the menu is listed. Through the window, a communal table painted in white and hanging above – the whimsical chandelier by Ingo Maurer, love letters discarded and ‘maialino’ business cards suspended in their place. Because the design is so friendly and informal, I expect to like it. Much like a first day of school when you scan the room and find someone you like the look of and think “Oh, I want to be friends with her.”
I do like it. There is a tiny daily menu of soups – yesterday I tried the white asparagus. In Italy, this fare is something I might expect to find being sold out of a window. Like this: Like Loading... Food in Berlin. Foodieinberlin's Blog. Meine persönlichen Lieblings-Lieferdienste Berlin.