Pier51
Some days ago I discovered that a friend of mine still had a bonus voucher "Two for One" of a restaurant called Pier51 in her "VVS Bonusheft" (which she gets anually when buying her VVS season tickes). We were curious what Pier51 is and decided to go there. Admittedly, we were -despite of the bonus voucher- a bit afraid of coming home as poor people afterwards, but the visit was worth it.
Their specialties are seafood and lobster, but they offer an adequate number of other dishes, too. Your lobster is still alive and kicking when you enter the restaurant (well, he's actually kicking other lobsters in his aquarium). Just tell the cook which one's kicking you'd like to set and end to and he'll do his very best to make a tasty thing out of it. Pier5 are proud of being the only restaurant in Stuttgart serving fresh lobsters. My friend had the Red Snapper in Ginger Sauce with Broad Noodles, it was awesome. I tried the Monkfish Medaillons, they were good but needed a bit of getting used to. As a soup we recommend the Cocos Soup with Fish. The dishes were all excellent, the servings could have been a little bigger. It is possible to order almost all dishes (except the steaks) as starters. So you might try a number of their jewels and thus getting an impression of the diversity of the menu.
Don't miss to taste at least one of the Californian Wines. In my opinion it's not necessary to order one of the more expensive bottles. The "Open Wines" are very tasty. The Woolpunda Chardonnay as a white and the Yalumba Cabernet Sauvignon as the red wine especially suited our taste. Try several wines, as you don't need to order more than 0.1 liters at a time.
By the way: A reservation was not necessary, the restaurant could even hold a triple-digit number of people. We were sitting on the inside, but the patio looks congenial as well. So does the bar: Happy hour from 5-7pm (all cocktails 4.50 EUR).

Aubergine
You can for sure imagine an assemblage of pictures (like that one). And if you think of an animal called a duckbill you also can imagine how an assemblage of different animals looks like. Now go beyond and imagine an assemblage of different styles of food, for example Swabian and Chinese. Or Australian and Thai. That is only part of what they serve in the restaurant called Aubergine in Boeblingen (but no: they don't serve duckbills ;-)). The Aubergine is stylish, with a pleasant atmosphere, lovingly prepared dishes, humourous service staff, still reasonable prices from 9 to 16 EUR per main dish, around 4 EUR for soups, and around 8 EUR for starters. The cocktails are quite good and range from 4.50 to 7.50 EUR. Ask the barman for more: the menu does't list all of his abilities.

Pizza Services
Pizza and other good food can be ordered here:
- Pizza-Service Roma in Stuttgart-Rohr, phone (0711) 7450152, download their menu (PDF, 696kB)
- Pizza-Service Harmonie in Stuttgart-Vaihingen, phone (0711) 733051

More restaurants still to come...

Pier51
Restaurant and Cocktailbar, Stuttgart-Degerloch

Aubergine
Restaurant & Bar, Boeblingen

Indian Vegetarian Cooking
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Menu of Pizza-Service Roma
(PDF, 696kB)