Private Loft Dinner

We expected the worst and were overwhelmed by the nice people who preferred rather spending the day with us than with friends at home or even watching the finals in between the masses on the street. Some even took a long way upon themselves to attend the dinner which really touched us. So far we, no I, thought nothing could go wrong at the day of the dinner. This wishful thinking turned out to be wrong very quickly when we arrived and went through the ingredients with the cook. She already bought everything on Friday and stored it in the refrigerator of the loft. Can you imagine what happens with herbs and lettuce when they get too cold? You might have experienced this yourself. Everything turns wilt and inedible. We were lucky to live in Berlin and got the chance to get replacement on a Sunday. I won’t even tell that I had to go to the EDEKA store at the S + U station at Friedrichstraße on the day of the finals and that I needed to hurry through the pouring rain to the loft. And now we’re up to the positive things. We had everything we needed to start the dinner. We cut out 130 Ravioli, made a big pot of delicious tomato sauce and I whisked a big bowl of chocolate dough. Everything went well. Despite all fears and stomach aches beforehand, we now feel very happy and proud. We are thankful for all the people that participated. It was a beautiful evening with all of you! Before the first guests came, I thought: NEVER AGAIN! However, when the first nice people arrived and shared their hugs, all the negative thoughts were gone. We felt so comfortable. Thank you, thank you, thank you! We get excited about our blog Krautkopf every single day, how it enriches our lives and always brings new things up to us. We look forward what the future holds for us. We just let ourselves drift away …

Where do we start writing about our first “private dinner”? At first, we’d like to introduce the persons who initialized this event: Bettina & Philipp. We met them last winter and immediately fell in love with their beautiful Loft at the “Gerichtshöfe” in Wedding. We cooked there for some of our friends and really enjoyed the evening and the unforgettable atmosphere. We would have never imagined organizing a big event at the loft. Until now we did not cook for more than 10 people and apart from technical and logistical problems, we do not have any time at the moment due to wedding season. However, when Philipp suggested his idea, we were not able to refuse his offer in spite of all doubts and fears. The imagination to cook for you, our followers, was far too inviting. Philipp asked Tomo, a really sweet cook to support us. She did not even support us; we would have been lost without her. It would have been really hard to estimate the right quantities, timing and so on. Before we started cooking, we needed to find a meal to serve to you. We came up with it before we attended a wedding at a beach in the Netherlands and tested the recipes the following days. This went very well until we needed to find a date. We are on tour most of the time, as well as Betty and Philipp who plan events together and Tomo who also needed to have time. We were happy to find a date that fitted. We went on with the planning until we noticed really late that we chose the date of the finals of the World Cup. We need to admit that Yannic and I are not big soccer fans and started the whole thing kind of naïve. Until the day before the dinner, we feared sitting alone in front of empty chairs at the end, not being able to fight the soccer mania. It cost a lot of nerves and even some tears because I feared delaying the date again when everything was already set.

Foto: Grit Siwonia

Foto: Grit Siwonia

Foto: Grit Siwonia

Foto: Grit Siwonia

Foto: Grit Siwonia

Foto: Grit Siwonia

Foto: Grit Siwonia

Foto: Grit Siwonia

Foto: Grit Siwonia

Foto: Grit Siwonia

Foto: Grit Siwonia

Foto: Grit Siwonia

Foto: Grit Siwonia

Foto: Grit Siwonia

Foto: Grit Siwonia