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"It must be the Franz Joseph Kaiserschmarrn, surely? For the name alone, we've got to order that." "Sounds like a character from Monty Python…" Larman quips by return. I see it's a dessert, but I'm definitely ear-marking it, and as I survey the menu my enthusiasm continues unabated, "I hear the schnitzel is to die for." Among the multitude of offerings Larman and I have sampled over the years, German - or, in this case, Austrian - cuisine has rarely featured. Some might say for obvious reasons, but given our predilection for hearty suppers, one would think it ought to. Perhaps it's the calibre of the offering in the capital; there simply isn't the choice of well-executed German food. And, certainly, if our last experience, at the woeful German Gymnasium, was anything to go by, you might see why we've avoided it. So, could Fischer's bid anything different? By provenance, surely. Part of the portfolio of the Wolseley Hos
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Enter the lobby, after a personalised welcome by the doormen (they are all briefed every morning as to who will be arriving) and you crisscross its polished floor, pas.