I was unsure what to make of George Grill in the Ober house where the Casino sits. Quite frankly the concept is confusing (and no this doesn’t mean it’s avantgarde). The idea of this place is that it’s a ficitional read more…
Casa Ferlin is an over 100 year old establishment near Central. The clientele is definitely upscale, old-money with the occasional Nationalrat (member of Swiss national parliament) milling around as well. Service is decisively french, with waiters wearing tuxedos, offering table-side read more…
Once in a while the Tagesanzeiger delivers. This time it was a fabulous piece about Rösti from Zurich’s gastro-journalistic consigliere Mr. Böni. After reading the piece, I knew I had to go to the Sternen for dinner. A quick phone read more…
First of all thank you Christiane for the recommendation. Since the GDR (East Germany) recrutied roughly 60’000 Vertragsarbeiter, Berlin has a thriving Vietnamese community. Rumour has it that the best Vietnamese food in Germany can be found in the Duong read more…
Another trip to my favourite city, this time visiting Tim Raue‘s restaurant. He has a reputation for recreating the flavours of dishes from many asian countries in his two-star Michelin restaurant, located near the dreadful Checkpoint Charlie Museum. Tim Raue’s read more…
So after a disappointing lunch, my vegan day continued. I wasn’t going to be deterred by a single bad meal and decided to visit Marktküche in the former Grottino 79 near Bäckeranlage. Marktküche positions itself as “food with class” and read more…
Elle’n’Belle holds an interesting promise, for single men with unusual high levels of testosterone – beautiful shes. The other claim might be harder to deal with – it’s a pure vegan establishment located in the Xtra Limmathaus near Limmatplatz. My read more…
Yeah I know – Zueritipp has been wiping my butt with the first reviews of new restaurants for the last couple of weeks, but there’s lots of fight left in your favorite and most trusted gastronomical advisor. DOMM a new read more…
Have you ever tried to get a table but couldn’t ? At the Accademia del Gusto it took me three tries, everytime I’d call towards the end of a week, they’d be sold out. This can mean two things, either read more…
Why ? Whom did he trust when visiting Zurich ? Not sure – but he did send his managing editor over to talk to me: Jamie Oliver Magazine