Soup

At Choppora on Rudi-Dutschke-Straße in Kreuzberg, you can create your own salad from over 60 ingredients, which is then chopped in front of guests with a mezzaluna. Additionally, they offer warm rice bowls with superfood rice, soups, and smoothie bowls. For superfood in Berlin, this means: your own bowl starting from 9.50 Euros, near Checkpoint Charlie.

Pho Phan on Hermannstraße is one of the few soup restaurants in Berlin-Neukölln where soup truly forms the core of the menu: Phở, glass noodle soup, and rice noodle soup are each available with chicken, beef, shrimp, or tofu, along with Thai appetizers. Per person, costs are between 10 and 20 Euros, and only cash is accepted.

On the Landwehr Canal in Neukölln, Life Berlin Ramen serves authentic Japanese cuisine so good you'll wonder why you ever ate anywhere else. Small menu, large portions. Tip: The vegetable broth with sesame, homemade spicy miso, chopped tofu, chili oil, and nori seaweed is a must-try.

In Berlin-Spandau, JaVi 92 Restaurant serves Japanese-Vietnamese fusion cuisine that stands out from other ramen restaurants with its extensive menu. Ramen meets sushi, and diners quickly understand why this establishment is one of the most popular Asian restaurants in West Berlin.

Hot Pot Soup in Bergmannkiez is one of Berlin's most consistent soup shops: up to eight homemade varieties come from their own kitchen, without flavor enhancers or preservatives, and the selection changes constantly. Potato soup and red lentils with coconut cost 6.80 Euros, goulash soup 7.80 Euros. Payment is cash only.

Chon Thong on Kantstraße in Charlottenburg offers an eighteen-page menu covering all four regions of Thailand, with Isaan salads like Som Tam Plara and Lab Ped. Spice levels are indicated in three stages, and in summer, tables are available under the awning. Among Thai restaurants in Berlin, it's the place for dishes beyond the classics.

Chay Village on Eisenacher Straße has been cooking completely vegetarian since 2011, with around 80 percent of the menu being vegan. Among the soup kitchens in Berlin, this is perhaps the largest meat-free selection: eight large soups and four appetizer soups, from Phở with tofu to glass noodle soup and coconut milk soup. The large bowls cost 12.00 Euro.

Anna Babik's Suppeto in Krausnickstraße is one of the few soup bars in Berlin where guests can assemble their own bowl: choose a broth, add ingredients, done. The broths are prepared in-house, instant products are excluded. The creamy potato soup costs 7.00 Euro, the lentil stew 9.00 Euro.

Madame Ngo on Kantstraße is the upscale address among Berlin's soup bars: The Duc Ngo has been cooking Vietnamese cuisine here since 2016 in the style of a French brasserie. Phở is available in nine variations, from boiled beef brisket for 15.00 Euros to the version with Filet Mignon for 24.00 Euros. Three large soup pots stand in the display window.

Vietnamese Tapas in Schöneberg: Phojito Tapas on Goltzstraße brings Hanoi and a tapas bar together in one breath. Small plates, big flavors, fair prices, and one of Berlin's most sociable streets as a backdrop.

Vux on Wipperstraße in Neukölln has been a purely vegan café with Brazilian roots since 2009. Cakes, cupcakes, and bagels come from their own bakery, along with açaí and passion fruit smoothies, bao buns, and gluten-free cakes. Perfect for a rainy autumn day in Berlin: hot coffee and cake just a few steps from the historic Richardplatz.