{"id":110,"date":"2026-09-27T23:16:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T23:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging-welcome-121a408.netsolhost.com\/?page_id=110"},"modified":"2026-10-17T14:11:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T14:11:00","slug":"maothai-kamala","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maothai.com\/?page_id=110","title":{"rendered":"KAMALA Berlin Mitte"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In 1994, KAMALA was created on Oranienburger Stra\u00dfe, directly opposite the Berlin Synagogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From a dingy basement shop where the antisemitic National-Zeitung had been sold, it became a small basement dining bar with outstanding Thai cuisine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Berlin’s bureaucracy almost made the opening impossible. The necessary building permit was withheld for a prolonged period. Only after every party represented in the Berlin House of Representatives had intervened was a West Berlin official transferred to Berlin-Mitte, and the permit was finally granted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But by that point the restaurant had long since opened. On the 9th of November 1994 \u2014 the anniversary of the fall of the Wall and simultaneously the historical date of the Reichspogromnacht \u2014 Kamala opened its doors without a permit. The legal dispute that followed lasted eight years.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/article>\n\n\n\n

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Arriving at Kamala<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Kamala at night on Oranienburger Stra\u00dfe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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By the Oranienburger Stra\u00dfe S-Bahn entrance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Kamala motto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n
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Guests and encounters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A guest in the dining room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Van Penh, a member of the service team<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The founding meeting of \u201cFriends of Berlin\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n
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How it began<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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During construction: Peter T\u00fcrschmann and Bernd Fl\u00fcgel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 1994, KAMALA was created on Oranienburger Stra\u00dfe, directly opposite the Berlin Synagogue. From a dingy basement shop where the antisemitic National-Zeitung had been sold, it became a small basement dining bar with outstanding Thai cuisine. Berlin’s bureaucracy almost made the opening impossible. The necessary building permit was withheld for a prolonged period. Only after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_maothai_before":"Skip to content<\/a>

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