Das Fischbrötchen - One Sandwich - The Joy of Sandwiches

Pollock sandwich; fried or smoked pollock (Seelachs) in roll.

Plaice sandwich; pan-fried or battered plaice (Scholle) in roll.

Rollmops in roll; pickled herring rolled around pickle or onion, secured with wooden pick, in bread.

Smoked salmon sandwich; cold-smoked salmon (Lachs) on roll with cream cheese, capers, dill, onion.

Smoked eel sandwich; slices of hot-smoked eel (rich, oily, intensely smoky) in roll, often with horseradish cream.

Pan-fried fish sandwich; Hamburg specialty of fried fish pieces (multiple types) with mustard sauce, fried potatoes—adapted to roll.

Matjes herring sandwich; young, salt-cured herring fillet (mild, creamy, not fully fermented) in roll with raw onion rings. The classic F...

Matjes herring with onions; the standard preparation, sometimes with remoulade.

'Housewife-style' matjes; herring in creamy sauce with apple, onion, pickles, sour cream. Served in roll.

Smoked mackerel sandwich; hot-smoked mackerel fillet, flaked, in roll with horseradish.

Salmon sandwich; smoked or gravlax-style salmon on roll.

Labskaus in roll; the famous Hamburg sailor's dish (corned beef, beetroot, potato mash, topped with fried egg, pickled herring, gherkin) ...

North Sea shrimp sandwich; tiny Nordseekrabben (brown shrimp, peeled by hand) piled on buttered roll. Sweet, briny flavor. Premium Fischb...

Shrimp with fried egg; shrimp in roll topped with fried egg.

Shrimp with scrambled egg; Nordseekrabben in roll with soft scrambled eggs. Breakfast or brunch option.

Kiel sprats sandwich; small, hot-smoked sprats (whole, eaten bones and all) from Kiel, in roll.

Herring salad roll; pickled herring in creamy sauce with beets, apple, onion.

Herring in cream sauce sandwich; pickled herring in creamy sauce with onions.

Hamburg eel soup components in bread; modern interpretation of the classic sweet-sour eel soup.

Gravlax sandwich; Scandinavian-style cured salmon (salt, sugar, dill) with mustard-dill sauce (Hovmästarsås) on roll.

Smoked trout sandwich; hot-smoked trout fillet in roll with horseradish cream.

Fish cake sandwich; pan-fried fish patty (ground fish, onion, breadcrumbs, parsley) in roll with remoulade.

Fish burger; breaded fish fillet in bun.

North German fish sandwich; fresh crusty roll (Brötchen) with fish and simple toppings. Iconic street food of Hamburg, Bremen, and coasta...