The first time in my life I was ever hit on by a woman was in front of the Restaurant Blockhus near the Hechtplatz. I was about 17 and an attractive woman approached me, said she’d reserved a table at read more…
Jambo is a restaurant in Uetikon which specialises on African food. The menu carries all kind of exotic meats and dishes. We headed to the place with a group of four, to ensure we’d be able to taste as much read more…
The night before the Bundesratswahl, I was at an interesting dinner party at the Metzgerstübli, a two story restaurant on the Münstergasse in Bern. The menu appears rather seasonal and we are warned that there will be a wait since read more…
Paneolio is a small, non-smoking restaurant with about 20 seats. Small restaurant, small tables, small menu. I chose a salad with some smoked cheese and followed up with some pasta mattriciana. The paneolio follows a more modern style of italian read more…
Chez Brigitte on the Gertrudstrasse (between Idaplatz and Lochergut) reminds me of a classic french restaurant. A friendly lady (I presume Brigitte) is sitting at the round table doing some office work and interrupting to welcome every guest. We sit read more…
Sometimes I find places by wandering around. I wanted to eat at a place at the Manesseplatz, drove past it to park and found the Delmonico Fine Arts Restaurant. I changed my plans and entered. Dimmed lights, white table cloths read more…
Sunday night, looking for a nice meal we ended up at Ristorante Italia. A rather busy place, we saw a whole slew of tables being turned after we arrived at 8 pm. We sat down at a nice round table read more…
I’ve tried for some time to get a table at Restaurant Rigiblick. The lesson here is call three weeks in advance for a Saturday night. We had a reservation for 20:15 and the Seilbahn Rigiblick conveniently brought us to the read more…
Have you ever missed the times, where you’ve stumbled across a place and it was yours? Never full enough to warrant a reservation, but still sufficently packed to give you the impression it was busy. Zum guten Glueck used to read more…
If there is one lesson I’ve learned the hard way, then it is to never trust the “Gasto Charts” of the Zueritpp. A housewarming party near Letzigrund led me to give the Relais des Arts a try. The hotel used read more…