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reporter: and hot water straight from the tap is a good place to start. host: this week on global snack, we visit a very special fast-food joint in berlin. reporter: kreuzberg, berlin's melting pot, and traditionally, a bastion of subculture. it's also hoho to an excxcitig food scene. there's a a lot more to it thn kebab shops.s. now open f for nine months, goldies has become a popular local haunt. its specialty is fries -- fries with a difference.

vladislav: we fry them either in beef fat or peanut oil. guests can choose. if they order a vegetarian dish, they're done in peanut oil. if they order a meat dish, they get t beef fat. regulars who eat meat get beef fat without asking. reporter: vladislav gachyn and kajo hiesl hit on the idea of deluxe fries while training as chefs. the fact that their eatery serves 14 different sauces isn't the only evidence that they learned their craft in starred restaurants. kajo: this is our peking duck. it's pulled duck. we marinate duck legs in salt and sugar for 12 hours to make the meat as juicy as possible. then we braise it in the oven. we turn the skin into a crumble and then we shred the meat, so there are no bones or fat. we serve it with a hoisin-plum mayonnaise. and we fry the crispy skin i n fat.

reporter: guests l love it. goldies goes through a ton of potatoes a week. along with peking duck, its most popular dish is fries with black truffle sauce. >> i'm dutch, so i have high standards when it comes to fries. i miss them in berlin. they're just a aren't as gooood here. this is the only place where the fries are better than in holland or belgium. reporter: a portion costs betwtween 5 and 1010 euros. and of course, takeout is also an option. vladislav: we love chips, but it's not like we would kill for chips. we just wanted to fill a gap in the market. kajo: that's right. usually you just get chips on the side when you order a curry sausage or a burger. but we were thinking about things that berlin doesn't have,

and we decided it was chips. reporter: and for the really diehard fry-fans, there's s evn video art devoted to these deep as ever, w we love hearing frm you, so drop us a line, global3000@dw.com, and take a peek at our facebook page, dw global society. see you next time. till then, take care. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for itsts captption content t and accur.

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