Themroc, one choice, 3 cooks, Mitte
May 19, 2011 9 Comments
The Themroc ‘concept’, if you will, is one menu served to all. One menu meaning the same starter, main course and dessert. We don’t all have to eat it at once, in fact the cook prefers it if the seatings are staggered. That’s not all. There are three cooks. Yorgos a Greek artist, Laurent who was also our waiter the night we went and a Persian (who wasn’t there but is the owner, we were told). Of the 6 days they are open, each day has a different menu.
They serve 34 people a night and most nights they are full. The food doesn’t start coming out until around 7:30 - 8:00. More like 8:00 pm.
Laurent takes periodical cigarette breaks out front and after most of the mains have gone out, Yorgos starts doing the same. Laurent tells us that at midnight, they have to move the party indoors where everyone can stay as long as they want, drinking and chatting.
The whole concept and place made me think of the closing months of my senior year. The hard work is over, once feral teachers have turned all fuzzy around the edges, random moments seem poignant because you know that this is it: life will never again be this simple. You are in an atypical and unusual window of time. As a result, you (me, back then) are over-confident, slightly euphoric, brimming with possibilities.
I kept feeling wisps of that all night at Themroc and I get it in a lot of other places in Berlin. The city is still flush with whimsical concepts like this one and what’s more they do well. I suppose some might say it’s one of the draws of Berlin. Read more of this post
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