Only open on nine days: pop-up restaurant surprises with Argentinian-Bavarian food

Created: 07/16/2022, 12:01 p.m

By: Andreas Steppan

In idyllic surroundings in front of the former Café Pfund in Jachenau, the "pop-up restaurant" Parasado set up its long tables and grill for a test run in May.

©Parasado

A Bavarian-Argentinian open-air restaurant opens in Jachenau.

The "Parasado" in front of the former Café Pfund is only available for a limited time.

Jachenau

– There have often been “pop-up stores” in the district: shops that set up their goods in empty rooms for a limited period of time and then disappear again.

On the next three weekends, however, there will be a “pop-up restaurant” in the region for the first time.

At the former Café Pfund in Jachenau, Munich chef Malcolm Praun and his team set up a large grill and long tables in the open air.

At 23, Malcolm Praun already has a lot of experience.

At fifteen, he says, he dropped out of high school because he wanted to be a chef.

He learned his profession in Munich's "Ratskeller", then soon orientated himself in the direction of star gastronomy, worked in Modena, Slovenia, Argentina and Chile, most recently in "Ludwig 8" in Munich, before he set up his own business "Parasado". .

The young chef Malcolm Praun serves in the pop-up restaurant in Jachenau.

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Pop-up restaurant in Jachenau with Argentinian-Bavarian Asado

Praun usually cooks at weddings or company events.

With a "pop-up restaurant", the restaurateur now wants to take the opportunity to show a wider audience what he has to offer beyond such closed events.

Jachenau is his first attempt, further stations at various locations in Bavaria or in Berlin are in preparation.

From a culinary point of view, "Parasado" also offers something unusual for the Isarwinkel.

Praun, whose mother comes from Buenos Aires, follows the Argentine tradition of the "asado".

A large group gathers around the open grill.

The 23-year-old modified this idea somewhat.

He also grills and cooks over an open fire.

"But the cuisine is more Bavarian," he says.

While an original South American asado “is all about the meat,” as Praun puts it, he puts a broader spectrum of food on the grill.

There is always a vegetarian menu option to choose from.

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Regional meat is on the grill

For example, his “Argentinian snack board” includes tartare from either beetroot or onglet (beef from the loin of the diaphragm), red cabbage salad, handmade empanadas (dumplings) and Argentine chorizos (sausages).

The main courses include salmon trout with regional miso and entrecôte grilled whole, as well as onglet with chimichurri, Béarnaise sauce and salsa Lucia.

The alternatives are flower romaine hearts with miso and caramelized carrots with leek hearts, saffron buttermilk and nuts.

Watermelon is on the grill for dessert, served with lime cream and berry crumble.

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When it comes to the ingredients, the 23-year-old attaches great importance to regionality.

The meat comes from regional animal husbandry from Lake Starnberg with our own slaughter, the freshwater fish from the Birnbaum fish farm on Lake Ammer.

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Former Café Pfund in Jachenau was once popular with hikers

From Praun's point of view, the location is just as unique as the menu.

Through acquaintances from Jachenau, he came across the former Café Pfund in the Dorf district.

It was once a popular port of call for hikers, but has been closed for around 20 years.

Today the house only houses a small pension.

The large terrace is an ideal place for Praun to set up his kitchen or the large grill and the self-made tables in an idyllic ambience.

According to Praun, a four-person team will cook, and he brings in three to four service employees.

The guests - there are up to 50 or 55 seats per appointment - sit together at long tables, can watch the food being prepared and should also enjoy a community experience and get to know each other.

In bad weather, the tables are set up indoors.

For the time being, however, the weather forecast promises mild Argentinian-Bavarian nights.

Info

The Parasado pop-up restaurant will open at Dorf 7 1/5 in Jachenau on 15/16/17, 22/23/24.

and 29./30./31.

July every Friday and Saturday from 7 p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m.

The menu costs 69 euros for adults.

Advance reservation required at www.parasado.de.

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