Ever wonder where I get my inspiration ? A fellow blogger writes about hiking and this article about the best Gerstensuppe caught my eye. I decided to take the train to Filisur and hike to Monstein, following this description. Arriving read more…
Burgers are really all the rage in Zurich and a unique Swiss twist can be found at Heidi und Tell. All the ingredients are 100% natural with no additives, preservatives or any of the other junk you find in other read more…
The legendary Schloessli closed, was refurnished and opened under new management including a Facebook page. The place still has the nice, covered garden terrace on the outside and has added decent looking tables on the inside. The restaurant has a read more…
The more restaurants in Zurich I cover, the farther I have to travel to unearth real gems. Up near Horgen, in the hamlet called Horgenberg a restaurant with a very traditional feel can be found, the Schwyzerhüsli. It was asparagus read more…
Meister Gao is a somewhat ill-located restaurant directly off the Bucheggplatz. Weird is that some signs still remind of a previous dining establishment called Buche. Now there’s not much in terms of exciting chinese dining in Zurich, most of places read more…
Interestingly enough I get all kinds of endorsments, PR companies send me stuff about products and invitations to corporate events. Especially drink promotion seems to be in season. Judging from your favourite collection of dining reports, I’ve missed out many read more…
The Freihof has been relaunched some time ago and besides a Kegelbahn now also sports WiFi. Not sure why you’d be looking for WiFi in this establishmend, maybe for some Online Bowling in case you’re alone, but you’ve got to read more…
I cruise over to Illnau and kind of start to like the rather pittoresque and quaint area. Lots of farmers, old houses and (by swiss standards) vast open space of woods and pastures. The Roessli Illnau could be missed if read more…
The advantage of living children-free, is the liberty to go for lunch at the spur of the moment. I heard good things of the Sinfonia in Erlenbach and head over there. White table cloth, elder patrons this is clearly a read more…
The best thing after the game wasn’t that Switzerland dominated, devastated, demoralized and completely obliterated the German national football team. The best thing was, that a german buddy now owns me 20 hard swiss francs (none of this reeling Euro read more…