Dinner at Sommerfeld, the new Venture of Matthias Scheiber and Milica Trajkovska-Scheiber after the Closure of Gustav (2-star Michelin) and Weinsinn (1-star Michelin), with Chef Daniel Pletsch, Frankfurt, Germany, October 2024

A new star on the horizon in the Frankfurt gastro scene - Sommerfeld! When Gustav and Weinsinn, both owned and managed by Matthias Scheiber and Milica Trajkovska-Scheiber and led in the kitchen by Chef Josch Busch, closed earlier this year, Frankfurt lost 3 MICHELIN Guide stars (Weinsinn - 1, Gustav - 2). A few months later, in the old location of Weinsinn in the Bahnhofsviertel, Matthias and Milica opened Sommerfeld, with the previous #2 of Weinsinn, Chef Daniel Pletsch, heading the kitchen team. Clearly, Chef Daniel Pletsch has the ambitions to regain the star and my impression after dinner there last night is that he will succeed. Sommerfeld is a bit different but a lot reminds you of the old Weinsinn and also a bit of Gustav. Of course, with Matthias Scheiber and Milica Trajkovska-Scheiber in charge, the service is impeccable and the ambiance pleasant. The 5-course menu was Euro 149. The wine list contained many exciting wines (often at the 3-digit Euro level), so that the 8 of us ended up with 11 bottles of wines.

Lunch and Beaujolais at Weinsinn in Frankfurt am Main, Germany 

 

Over the years, Annette and I have eaten many times at a restaurant of Matthias Scheiber and Milica Trajkovska Scheiber. The first one, I believe, was Beaujolais lunch at the original Weinsinn. 

 

See: Lunch and Beaujolais at Weinsinn in Frankfurt am Main, Germany 

 

Picture: Christian G.E. Schiller and Weinsinn Co-owner Matthias Scheiber

Château Mouton Rothschild 1979 Magnum and other Fine Wines at Weinsinn in Frankfurt, Germany 

More recently, we celebrated the birthdays of Katharina Schiller-Suarez and her husband Diego Schiller-Suarez at Weinsinn, with two of Katharina's three sibblings. We had a nice selection of wines, both from the wine list and our cellar. The star of the evening was the Château Mouton Rothschild 1979 Magnum. 

 

See: Château Mouton Rothschild 1979 Magnum and other Fine Wines at Weinsinn in Frankfurt, Germany

Arriving

Now, first dinner at Sommerfeld, with the Frankfurt Gourmet Group.

Open Kitchen

Menu

Amuse bouche

First 

Gently pickled char from the Spessart
Dashi-Beurre-Blanc, radishes, chives

Bread Course

Second

Kohlrabi cooked in nut butter
Matured buttermilk, parsley coulis, rapeseed, lemon

Third

Zander confit in olive oil
Fish essence, tomato, roasted linseed

Additional Course

Fourth

Guinea fowl
Raviolo in its own stock with Roscoff Onion
&
Lightly smoked leg
Roasted poultry jus, young artichoke, mushroom, wild herb salad

Dessert

Plum, vanilla cream, umeboshi

Second Dessert 

Tarte Tatin made from pear quince, cinnamon, vanilla cream

Chef Daniel Pletsch

The Wines

Bye-bye

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