Peter’s Berlin, on Victoria Road
How a chef from Berlin who could not find a proper döner in Sydney ended up building his own food truck in Melrose Park.
A taste of home, made by hand
Peter grew up in Berlin and has been eating döner kebabs since the Berlin Wall came down. He became a professional chef, and his career has taken him through kitchens in Europe, the USA and Australia.
When he moved to Sydney in 1998 he went looking for a döner that tasted like home, and could not find one. Twenty years, a marriage and four children later, he decided to make it himself. The Berlin Food Bunker opened in Granville in 2018 and now trades from a food truck on Victoria Road, Melrose Park.
The döner came with the rest of Berlin’s street food: currywurst, pommes rot-weiss, Berliner donuts and the pork knuckle sandwich. Getting them right took a lot of research and the right partners.
Why it tastes like Berlin
Three things Peter will not compromise on.
The bread
A Turkish bakery bakes the pide to Peter’s specification. It is toasted fresh for every döner.
The sauces
Every sauce is made in-house, to the taste of Peter’s favourite kebab shop in Berlin. The curry sauce too.
The details
Quality meat, fresh vegetables, and paper bags imported from Germany, because that is how a döner is handed over in Berlin.
For the curious and the homesick
The Bunker welcomes anyone who is curious about German food or homesick for it. A Trabant P601 made the trip from Canberra to visit, and Peter has cooked at the German Cultural Day at the Goethe‑Institut in Woollahra, an Oktoberfest pop-up in Glebe and the Tramsheds.
If you grew up with Knusperflocken, Karamalz or Quarkbällchen, you will find something familiar here. If you did not, ask Peter. He is happy to explain.
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1206 Victoria Road, Melrose Park. Thursday to Monday from 6pm.