better use for strudel pastry

so vienna is famous for 2 desserts. one is a chocolate cake from the sacher hotel, the sacher torte and their apple strudel or apfelstrudel. i had one and it made me think very little of their dessert opinions so i skipped even trying the second.

behold the (in)famous apfelstrudel...



it was just not good. like so not good i didn't even finish it and i'm not one to leave desserts unfinished. maybe the sacher torte is amazing, but i doubt it.

the one thing i did enjoy were the seasoned mashed potatoes wrapped in strudel pastry that i had with my roast beef. that was a keeper...