Sacher-Torte, Weiner Schnitzel, Kaiserschmarren & more

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LIBRARIES
   The National Bibliothek is open Monday-Friday 9am-4 pm, so it's closed today and tomorrow.  I didn't feel like going my first day here (I walked around the city and went to museums).  So I'll have just a few hours on Monday; if it takes a day to deliver books, I'm sunk...I'll ask if, like the NYPL, it has a menu collection...The NB is in a huge imperial palace and it took me a while to find it...I paid 5 euros (euro?) for the "NB" today and got an exhibit.
   I tried to visit a University library to read old Vienna newspapers, but no one knows where such a library is.

WEINER SCHNITZEL--Figlmuller advertises "The most famous Schnitzel in Vienna."  It's "seit 1905," so it's not an antedate for "Schnitzel."  See www.figlmueller.at.

SACHER-TORTE--See www.sacher.com.  I got a pamphlet from the Hotel Sacher.  If you don't know where that is, it's in Vienna, just opposite Starbucks.  From the pamphlet:  "The history of the world-famous Original Sacher-Torte began in 1832, when the 16-year old apprentice cook Franz Sacher created this dessert at the court of Prince Metternich.  In the meantime, it has become the most famous torte in the world and the hand-written recipe is a 'state secret' of the hotel.  Packed in an elegant wooden box, the Original Sacher-Torte is delivered worldwide and contains no chemical additives."

CAFE CENTRAL
  KAFFEE (I forgot to give this--ed.)
GROSSER BRAUNER  3.30
KLEINER BRAUNER  2.35
VEILANGERTER  3.10
EINSPANNER  3.10
CAPPUCCINO  3.65
KAFFEE HAG  3.30
KAFFEE MARIA THERESIA  5.40
FIAKER KAFFEE  5.40
IRISH COFFEE  6.00  (Again this confounding German!--ed.)

MMMMMMMMMMHM--Just above the sandwich, on display in a SUBWAY shop.  Why the "H"?

ALL YOU CAN EAT--Another "German" sign, for www.mapitom.at.

CAFE VOTIV
   The following is at the Cafe Votiv (www.cafe-votiv.at) near Sigmund Freud Park:
DOLLAR CHIPS  2.20
WEDGES  2.20 (Is "wedges" German at all?  It's everywhere--ed.)
   TOASTS  3.60
FRANKREICH--Brie mit Apfelscheiben mit Preiselbeeren
MEXIKO--Fleischsauce, Mais, Pfefferoni m. Kase gratiniert
HAWAII--Schinken, Kase und Ananas
VOTIV--Speck, Zweibel, Mais mit Kase uberbacker

CAFE GRIENSTEIDT
   I liked the selection of torten.  No web address for this centrally located cafe?
   TORTEN UND STRUDEL
SACHERTORTE  3.20
MICHADERTORTE  3.20
GRIENSTEIDTTORTE  3.20
TOPFENTORTE  3.20
MALAKOFFTORTE  3.20
FRUCHTEJOGHURTTORTE  3.20
SCHWARZWALDERTORTE  3.20
APFELSTRUDEL  2.70
TOPFENSTRUDEL  2.70
DIABETIKERSCHNITTE  2.70

KAISERSCHMARREN (EMPEROR'S PANCAKES)--Served at many places. The CAFE MOZART says "Browned omlette with stewed plums  6.80."  MOZARTWURSTELL (MOZART'S SAUSAGES) are "a pair of Frankfurters with mustard and horseradish  5.40."

GREEK FARMER SALAD (GRIECHISCHER BAUERNSALAT)--Seen at a place that also serves Caesar Salad.  It's usually "Greek Farmer Salad" here, not simply "Greek Salad."  Google both names.  One restaurant's is 6.00 and has "Bell peppers, cucumber, olives, feta cheese, olive oil-dressing and oregano."

ZANONI & ZANONI GELATERIA
   This is a busy place, at the CAFFE BRISTOL, dal 1919.  One sandwich was of possible interest, and the rest are desserts.
TRAMEZZINO--Thunfisch, Schinken, Mozzarella & Tomaten  2.10
   mit Lachs  2.30
PROFITEROL  3.00
TIRAMISU  2.60
CANNOLO BUSSY  1.00
TOSCANELA  3.10
SACHERTORTE  3.20
MANDELTORTE  3.20
NUSSTORTE  3.20
TOPFENTORTE  3.20
SELVA NERA  2.60
TORTA DELL NONNA  2.60
TORTA DI MELE  2.60
MONTE ROSE  2.60
APFELSTRUDEL  2.60
PANNA COTTA 2.60

HOTEL SACHER
   So you want to eat at the Hotel?
   Sacher's Tafelspit with apple-horseradish sauce, chive sauce and roasted potatoes  23
   Filet of beef a la "Anna Sacher" with goose and Madeira sauce, spinach souffle  27
   Viennese potato soup with mushrooms  7