The kitchen
The Bülow Palais is a Baroque town palace in Dresden's Innere Neustadt, with the Caroussel Novelle restaurant at its centre. The kitchen connects seasonal Central European produce to French technique without announcing itself as either: game from the Saxon forests in autumn and winter, Elbe fish when the season allows, asparagus from the Spreewald through May and June. It has held a Michelin distinction for sustained attention to its ingredients.
The setting
The dining room is small and the service informed without formality. Saxon cuisine is not a celebrated category, which is exactly what makes the kitchen interesting: serious work with the materials at hand, in a city better known for other things.