For dinner, I always go to two different places, depending on the wealth of my date.

Enoiteca il Calice 

If a rich guy is taking me out, which means I will be wearing a nice dress, my very convincing fake diamond earrings and my high heels, we go to the Italian restaurant Il Calice on Walter-Benjamin-Platz 4 in Charlottenburg, former West Berlin.

This place is pure class, and the Italian waiters working here have the ability to make you feel like the most beautiful woman since Anita Ekberg stepped out of the Fontana di Trevi; and they serve a Vitello Tonnato (chilled veal in tuna sauce) that melts on your tongue.

Neugrüns Köche

If I, on the other hand, were taking a guy out, we would definitely go to Neugrüns Köche on Schönhauser Alle 135 a, in Prenzlauerberg, former East Berlin.

Well hidden behind a humble façade, this relatively new restaurant offers two prefix menus each day, regional and Southern German. Both menus come with wine recommendations and all at very reasonable prices, around 32 euro for three courses and 35 for four.

Silly ice in Prenzlauerberg

Photo by Sophia Sanwald

For dessert, make a stop at the ice cream parlour 'Kleine Eiszeit' (little ice-age) on Stargarderstraße 7, also in Prenzlauerber

They have the best handmade yoghurt ice-cream in Berlin, and also serve the peculiar but delicious 'Spaghetti ice', which consists of 3 scoops of vanilla ice squashed through a kind of metal sieve to make it look like spaghetti, served with tomato sauce and parmesan (in real life strawberry sauce and desiccated coconut). Very silly ice cream and thereby one of my favourites!