From the outside it’s a proper pub, on the first floor a small restaurant caters to hungry caterers the Upstairs at the 10 Bells. From the first dish which had pigs head, daikon, mustard and dripping toast you could see read more…
Japanese dining is mostly fancy abroad and Zuma is no exception. From the crowded bar area to the sleek and almost catwalk like lit main dining area it screams posh place. I got a table at the bar, but unlike read more…
Business finally brought me to Basel and I decided to revisit the Bon Vivant, a place which I’ve been looking to return to for quite some time. Securing a table wasn’t that easy, the Bon Vivant still seems to be read more…
Jolka Polka made me think of a fat burning scam for women, kind of like Zumba (second website). But it’s Zurich’s first polish restaurant, an interesting change from the Vietnamese and Indian places that used to be here. Now the read more…
I’m getting pretty good at blind dates. A contributing factor might be that they’re all males and hence somewhat less complicated. In the process of meeting up with David from the enticingly named blog Das Filet I also learned that read more…
Da Teresa is somewhat confusing, since it’s also referred to as Uncle Tom’s Hütte. We show up for a relaxed dinner on a Friday night and I’m pleased to be inside after almost 4 hours of driving from Laax to read more…
Now romantic hotel sounds neither tough nor avantgarde enough for me to try, but with ever diminishing options to try in Zurich, I need to be bolder. The Florhof is situated in a surprisingly quaint corner next to the Kunsthaus read more…
If you don’t have a car the not so quaint village of Seon is in the middle of nowhere. Riding my scooter I drive up a pass (Mutschellen) and come across towns such as Villmergen until after some circling around read more…
So you were thinking I was slacking off during summer vacation ? That was just a ruse to lure the leading Zurich gastro-journalists into thinking that they’re back in the driver seat. Seldom do I get excited when I see read more…
Would you believe that ? The NZZ beat me to a scoop. Now I dearly love the paper but their focus tends to be more on lengthy reflections than current affairs. Upon noticing I immediately dispatched to the newly opened read more…