Herman ze German - Charing Cross

The weekend before last we went to Cardiff to watch the Six Nations. Chris is a Welshman and therefore obsessed with rugby, it's like a national religion over there. Anyway, our trip to leekagogo land meant jumping on the train at 7pm on Friday night, leaving us half an hour to grab some food beforehand. My normal go to place for a speedy and cheap dinner is Chilango, the awesome burrito place. But as we'd been a few weeks beforehand we decided to go for currywurst at Herman ze German.

Currywurst is a popular German dish, consisting of smoked pork sausage topped with a curry and tomato sauce. Sounds gross huh? Surprisingly, it's actually really good. There are four different sausages to choose from; pork & veal, smokey pork, chilli beef or oven baked pork. Choose your wurst and they'll pop it in the Hermanator to be sliced before topping it with curry sauce and crispy onions with chips or a roll on the side. The chips are baked not fried, they may be healthier but let's be honest, they don't taste quite as good but the crispy onions were ace. Be warned that even the mild curry sauce is pretty spicy. As you can see from the picture, it may not be the prettiest thing you're ever going to eat but I promise that it does taste nice.

I actually cheated and ordered a smoked pork sausage in a roll, topped with ketchup, plenty of mustard (the best bit if you ask me), sauerkraut and crispy onions, all washed down with a Fritz lemonade. All very tasty although I would prefer the pork to be a little smokier. Alongside the sausages, they also serve meatballs with onion gravy served with chips or traditional egg noodles, and a range of sandwiches and pastries, although I can't imagine going there for a pain au chocolat.

Herman ze German is fun, tasty and speedy; perfect food for when you're in a hurry or to stave off a hangover. And the sign is very cute.