Enrico Sablotny and Lukas Winkelmann, the duo who run this little restaurant, are from the Ruhr Valley. In the kitchen, first-rate ingredients are transformed into distinctly original, creative compositions. Skilfully combined flavours and harmoniously balanced contrasts are particularly evident in dishes such as Eifel salmon trout, apricot with long pepper and chamomile velouté, or boiled beechnuts with radicchio compote and cherry balsamic ice cream. Diners never know what to expect from the carte blanche set menu. Excellent service comes courtesy of very attentive, competent and charming waitstaff, who give the place a pleasantly unpretentious feel. The seats at the counter overlooking the open kitchen are especially popular. In summer, soak up the lively atmosphere of Cologne's Südstadt neighbourhood on the terrace.