Hamburg steak is an extremely common dish in Japan, and its name means “steak from Hamburg.” So, to find out what it is really like, I went to Hamburg to eat Hamburg steak on a day off during a business trip1. Sorry, that was an exaggeration. I had several other purposes as well, including visiting C.P.E. Bach’s grave. Still, there is no question that eating Hamburg steak was one of my main objectives.
However, in Hamburg they do not call it a hamburger or Hamburg steak. It seems to be called Hackfleischfrikadelle. Since I did not feel capable of pronouncing that, I ordered by pointing to the actual item at the Würst & Durst stand in Hamburg Central Station. Here it is.
The meat is neither coarsely nor medium ground, but finely ground, giving it the nostalgic feel of a hamburger steak your mother might have made long ago. Incidentally, the mayonnaise and ketchup served alongside it are not for the hamburger steak, but for the accompanying potatoes.
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