Popups are all the rage in Zurich – with many different ideas appearing. One I liked was a eclectic mixture of art gallery and a repurposed house named Vier & Eins. Out of the four temporary restaurants my dining partner read more…
The Street Food Festival is on again and this time it’s bigger than ever. The location near the old freight train depot is a perfect use of the space and the selection of different stalls is pretty good. One thing read more…
It’s been well discussed and reviewed – the Mitsu Mitsu opened up next to Ikoo (former Ooki). Japanese cuisine is slowly but steadly increasing it’s foothold in Zurich. The key thing currently seems to be focusing on other dishes than read more…
Pop-ups have almost turned into a commodity in Zurich and one is no longer able to attend all of them. But when the Godfather of Pop-Up – ValeFritz – revamps his very successful Wood Food sensation, it’s one of those read more…
Have you ever wondered about having dinner with Messi, Ronaldo or Zidane ? I had this exact moment. Not a superstar from the world of football, but from the much more exclusive circle of Java programmers – I had dinner read more…
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One of the more interesting cook books in the last years was written by a former Microsoft CTO and has taken a pretty heady and scientific approach to cooking (http://modernistcuisine.com/). In its wake, interest in the mechanics, physics and chemistry read more…
I love trips to a foreign and exotic city with one single purpose – having lunch. This outing took me to Lucerne. Even I need to get lucky once in a while and some startpaging (privacy respecting alternative to Google) read more…
Every now and then I get email, most of it fascinating press releases. One of the best one was an invite to meet some marketing director from Starbucks to talk about Frappucino Drinks. I couldn’t have thought of a better read more…
The Hotel Atlantis reopened and with it new dining options have come to Zurich. The fine dining restaurant Ecco was the goal of our calling the day before New Year’s Eve. Luck had it that we nabbed one of the read more…