[yladiz]

Although I more or less agree with the above, a point of contention I have is saying the food is better. The food in Germany is not great. It's generally not bad, but the food is almost always bland and almost never amazing, and often just good, not great. I would chalk this up to many restaurants making Germanized versions of the original -- it is often difficult to find something that resembles the original version save for a few select cuisines. Compared to Toronto, the food here (in Berlin) is nothing special.