Mare Nostrum is an italian-spanish place located just next to the Cemetry Sihlfeld. I’ve heard good things about it and we gave it a go. Place was less than half full on a thursday night, the big advantage for us read more…
On my way to soccer again, I stopped in Küsnacht and decided to grab a bite at the Restaurant Fähnlibrunnen. I was tempted to go into the Steinburg on the other side of the street, but it doesn’t give you read more…
Recession, Inflation, collapsing financial institutions and a couple of less than stellar performing UBS shares in my portfolio have led me to seek cheaper ways of dining out. I opted for a plan which had already been in use for read more…
I was on my way to soccer practice and wanted to try out a place on the Seestrasse heading out of Zurich towards Rapperswil. There are some nice places around and I landed at the Restaurant Schönau. Beautiful location on read more…
Now at least I know why the Riviera in the Kreis 5 on Langstrasse was empty when we entered at 18:45 for a quick dinner. The quality of the food is abysmal. In my opinion the menu is way too read more…
I kind of felt like mexican food tonight and decided to go to Don Weber, the oldest mexican place in town. They’ve moved round the corner (used to be where Studer’s restaurant is now, read right here the article on read more…
No pictures – we were sitting outside and it was too dark. Studer’s is located in the drinking spot for youths and secondos in Zurich, between Escher Wyss Platz and Bahnhof Hardbrücke. It seems a bit strange place for a read more…
Büscion / Buescion is a lovely place which just opened up on one of the busiest streets in Zurich (Weststrasse). It calls itself a Osteria e vino ticineso, thus offering specialities from the italian speaking part of Switzerland. I’m guessing read more…
The Brasserie Baerengraben is located just across the tourist attraction with the same name in Bern. We got a table for six, due to us reserving just 30 minutes in advance, only inside. The outside terrace is beautiful, even if read more…
An upperclass restaurant in Zurich with white linens. Food was good but not exciting. You notice on the menu that the side dishes are seasonal – asparagus, baerlauch, horseradish and morels. Service was okay but nothing spectacular. We started off read more…