IN SEARCH OF THE PERFECT
The apple strudel at Vienna’s palatial Demel, open since 1786 and once the supplier of cakes and confectionery to Habsburg royalty
Photos SONJA PRILLER @prillersonja
AS GRAND AND GLORIOUS AS VIENNA IS, it's a city that can feel hard to grasp, with bombastic Habsburg palaces, decorous - at times standoffish - coffee houses and notoriously crotchety waiters. But if there's a direct route to nostalgic Viennese hearts (and stomachs), it's apfelstrudel.