Supper Clubs

Apparently dining out in a fancy 5-star restaurant is old news. The latest trend is underground supper clubs or guerrilla dinners. In fact some might even refer to it as a whole underground restaurant movement. The revolution finds more and more supporters but what does it exactly entail?

Like the name already says, it’s kept under wraps and it seems to be within a legal grey area. People organize dinners in their private apartments but it is not a regular dinner party with your best friends, it’s a whole new food experience. Dates are posted on blogs or Facebook groups etc. If you are interested you sign up via email, and space is limited. Payment usually happens in advance and you don’t get the address of the location until 24h before the dinner. It sounds more and more like a top secret mission to me…

Once the address in hand you find yourself in front of the door of someone’s private home. You enter and you experience a little bit of a thrill, because you are doing something forbidden, you have no idea who else will come to this dinner and what’s on the menu. Two things are sure, though: It will be an eclectic, interesting mix of people and the food will be outstanding.

The hosts of these guerrilla dinners have meticulously planned out the whole evening. Their passion to cook and their love to entertain and be the host inspired these dinners despite the lack of having a proper restaurant license. A dinner at such a club is pricy ,at about 50€ per head but it sure is worth the experience.

“The Shy Chef” is a well-known guerrilla cook in Berlin so check out his blog for his next dinners and see if you can snatch a spot at his exquisite table:http://theshychef.wordpress.com/.
Since there hasn’t been an underground bed and breakfast movement yet, the best choice for accommodation is to rent apartments in Berlin.