{"id":55,"date":"2026-09-27T23:16:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T23:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging-welcome-121a408.netsolhost.com\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2026-10-17T14:11:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T14:11:43","slug":"maothai-fasanenplatz","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maothai.com\/?page_id=55","title":{"rendered":"MAOTHAI WEST \u00b7 Fasanenplatz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In 1997, MAOTHAI am Fasanenplatz was created on Meierottostra\u00dfe. The restaurant was housed in a magnificent turn-of-the-century building near Ludwigkirchplatz and the Schaub\u00fchne theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until 1933, Heinrich Mann had been among its residents. Zarah Leander ran an artists’ boarding house there; later, Sabine Christiansen lived in the top floor apartment. In the former Caf\u00e9 Cristal, West Berlin’s social elite had gathered in the 1970s and 80s \u2014 it was said that even in the height of summer, snowstorms raged there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The restaurant soon became a social gathering place once again \u2014 this time for diplomats, artists, international guests and the Berlin scene. Kasit Piromya, who would later become Thailand’s Foreign Minister, frequently received his visitors there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The opening also carried a symbolic significance. West German visitors to the East Berlin flagship had repeatedly remarked with arrogance: “Surely your roots are in the West.” All too often after 1989, West German companies had taken over former GDR businesses and turned them into branch offices. It was precisely for this reason that this restaurant was created in the heart of one of West Berlin’s finest neighbourhoods. And to make the matter perfectly clear, I now officially added “Stammhaus” (Flagship) to the name of the restaurant in Prenzlauer Berg.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/article>\n\n\n\n

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Welcome to Maothai West<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Aom welcomes the guests \u00b7 Photo courtesy of Ludwig Schirmer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The chefs welcome the guests \u00b7 Photo courtesy of Ludwig Schirmer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n
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Inside the restaurant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Rosewood cabinet in the dining room \u00b7 Photo courtesy of Ludwig Schirmer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rosewood display cabinet and dining room \u00b7 Photo courtesy of Ludwig Schirmer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n
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Farewell to Khun Damrong<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Farewell to Khun Damrong \u00b7 group photograph<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Guests at the farewell dinner for Khun Damrong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The festive table for Khun Damrong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n
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Later views \u00b7 2013 and 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The entrance \u00b7 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Entrance and terrace \u00b7 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Later use as a Chinese restaurant \u00b7 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n
More from the archive \u00b7 1<\/summary>\n
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Another photograph of the farewell dinner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 1997, MAOTHAI am Fasanenplatz was created on Meierottostra\u00dfe. The restaurant was housed in a magnificent turn-of-the-century building near Ludwigkirchplatz and the Schaub\u00fchne theatre. Until 1933, Heinrich Mann had been among its residents. Zarah Leander ran an artists’ boarding house there; later, Sabine Christiansen lived in the top floor apartment. In the former Caf\u00e9 Cristal, […]<\/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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