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Bavarian cooking is tasty, filling and not exactly for weight-watchers. Restaurants known as Gaststätten are the best places to enjoy it. Equally popular with the natives are the beer halls, which offer real atmosphere and portions of meat to challenge the hungriest of appetites.

Munich’s specialities include Weisswurst, a boiled white veal sausage usually served with a pretzel or bread and sweet mustard. If sausages aren’t your thing, try Leberkäse, a spicy meatloaf served in very thick slices. Even more substantial is the porky Schweinshaxn knuckle of pork washed down by a litre mug of beer. Further hearty fare includes Rippchen (ribs), Schweinebraten mit Knödel (roast pork with dumplings) and Krautschnupfnudeln - elongated fried dumplings dished up with boiled cabbage and fried bacon.

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Augustiner am Dante

Münchners are into what they call After-Vork Dinner (jawohl). The €6.99 specials (drink of your choice included) attract more than just hungry business folk en route to the dance floor. Read_on (No Comments)

Beim Sedlmayr

Crammed with oak-panelled walls, old-fashioned lighting and colourful locals dying to tell you their life story, this atmospheric Bavarian restaurant is worlds away from the more tourist-oriented beer halls just a few doors down. Read_on (No Comments)

Georgenhof

Typical Bavarian Schmankerl (delicious morsels, literally) are what pulls the crowd to this rustic restaurant also famed for its typical Bavarian Gemütlichkeit (conviviality). Read_on (No Comments)

Halali

Traditional Bavarian eatery reputed for its game. The wooden-panelled rooms decked with hunting trophies make the perfect Read_on (No Comments)

Leopold

It's refreshing that on a trendy street like Leopoldstraße, where all the cafés begin to look alike after the first block, you can still find the staples of Bavarian cuisine - pork knuckle, sausages and pretzels just to name a few. Read_on (No Comments)

Marktstüberl

Weißwurst and Wiener sausage don't come any fresher than at this eatery-cum-butcher's on the site of Munich's former slaughter house. Read_on (No Comments)

Orlando

A sophisticated tourist bistro/restaurant set in a beautiful building from 1899 on the square that also houses the Hofbräuhaus. Read_on (No Comments)

Paulaner im Tal

Trying to adapt the old brewhouse look, this relatively new restaurant does a good job applying dark wood to the interior. Serving Bavarian dishes, it has a good lunch menu deal (€5) but keep in mind they make their profits from the drinks. Read_on (No Comments)

Pfistermühle

Just look for the 16th-century building crawling with ivy for real Bavarian cuisine. Marinated meat is so tender it melts in your mouth and the staff are always in earshot in case you need something. Read_on (No Comments)

Spatenhaus an der Oper

The crackling pork knuckle and suckling pig slowly turning on a beech charcoal rotisserie tempts many a passer-by to this old-fashioned Bavarian beerhall housed in an historic 14th century building. Read_on (No Comments)

Weinhaus Schneider

A choice of over 70 different wines beckons at this top-of-the range restaurant just around the corner from Marienplatz. The fondue and steaks are great if you're willing to splash out. Read_on (No Comments)

Wirtshaus zur Brez'n

You know you've stumbled onto an authentic Bavarian restaurant when the menu you're reading is divided into three main categories - Grandma's Kitchen, Food from the Farm and Classics from Swine. Read_on (No Comments)

Zum Alten Markt

Just off the market square lies this classic Bavarian establishment whose centuries old interior lacks only a couple of men sporting rifles to complete the image of a traditional hunters' lodge. Read_on (No Comments)

Zum Ewigen Licht

A café since 1857 and the supposed birthplace of Munich's most revered edible, Weisswurst, Zum Ewigen Licht caters mostly to tourists these days which is not surprising given its location opposite the Neues Rathaus. Read_on (No Comments)