The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers About 3 million people visit the Taj Mahal every read more…
After the scare at Goodman’s Steakhouse, I was happy to get an invitation to the Baerengasse. The location (inside Credit Suisse’s main building at the Paradeplatz) and it’s owner, the always trendy Dieter Meier, make this a natural powerhouse place. read more…
Dini Mueter on Langstrasse rocks. After a rough evening I landed here for some breakfast and looking at the menu I got excited. On Saturday and Sunday they carry a breakfast dish called “Dini Mueter”, which is swiss german for read more…
Now I don’t like to brag – but – the Social Marketing Company Xeit.ch has come up with an interesting list: http://blog.xeit.ch/2010/10/top-10-liste-der-besten-schweizer-restaurant-blogs/
Some restaurants cause a lot of apprehension when looking at the website. Upon walking up to the Mojito, the apprehension even increased. A carribean, beach front, sunny holiday, Magnum-drinks-his-beer-here type atmosphere was what’s being aimed for. The horrid, amusement-park theme read more…
If you’re ever interested in buying a cheap house, Wigoltingen seems to be good place. It doesn’t seem that the corporate real estate developers have discovered this part of Thurgau. Another nice perk is the Michelin starred Schäfli Wigoltingen which read more…
I’ve visited most of the World Cup Bars; but for some weird reason, I was stuck in Rosenlaui during the Honduras – Switzerland game. There is no mobile phone reception at the hotel, they do not have a tv and read more…
After Nadal beat Söderling and screwed up Roger Feder’s record of being the longest reigning Nr. 1 in men’s tennis, we needed some cheering up. Driving down Kanonengasse, a place opened up called Viet Thai. Interesting thing is that since read more…
The Weststrasse is booming and the Ya Ke restaurant is aiming to profit from this fact. The original Glarnerstübli has now been replaced and is running as a chinese restaurant. A cabbage salad which sounded like Kimchi caught my eye. read more…
Tex Mex sports a classic french cuisine with danish influences near the epicentre of avantgarde dining in Zurich, the Letzigrund sports stadium. That would be a surprising turn of events, but Tex Mex does exactly what its name says. Appetizer read more…