Vienna has many wonderful bakeries and many wonderful pastries, but the Cafe Residenz at Schönbrunn Palace gives visitors a look behind the scenes. At the top of the hour between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm, visitors can pay 9.60 euros to watch a chef craft the famous Viennese apple strudel. The show lasts between 15 and 20 minutes and at the end visitors get a warm piece of strudel and a coffee, tea, or hot chocolate. Lastly, all visitors receive a copy of the original apple strudel recipe. If you're the lucky 21st visitor, the admission to the show is free!
For more dedicated strudel aficionados, there's a two hour strudel seminar that costs 21 Euros plus a pastry chef fee, in which participants get a more in-depth education of strudel baking. Each person creates their own strudel, receives a diploma, and can call themselves a genuine Viennese Apple Strudel Baker.
I love cooking, baking, and learning about unique recipes from other cultures. The strudel show would probably appeal to me more than the strudel seminar. I think it would be very intriguing to see how the strudel is made and getting to taste it would be great as well. I think this could be a great thing to do while at Schönbrunn (I know I'll be visiting the palace at least once, if not more).
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