We headed to Basel to see Switzerland play Germany in an international friendly game of limited competitive value. To avoid a bout of hunger during the game – since I refuse to eat at all these new stadium catering areas read more…
So I met with another heavyweight in the restaurant blogger scene, Patrick for dinner. I have fond memories of the Kronenhalle of our grandfather taking us here for lunch and I would always order the Bratwurst with Roeschti, since it read more…
Dumb luck sometimes leads me to great places. I literally stumbled into the Antiquario da Marco on a slow sunday evening. The outside dining area is nicely secluded from the road by means of some shrubs and the overarching blind read more…
I reserved a table at the restaurant Obere Flühgasse. The location is small but very cozy and probably one of Zurich’s cutest dining establishment. The menu is a bit difficult to read, since it’s a long list of individual pages read more…
So some Finns had a good idea and kicked off something called Restaurant Day. Claudia apparently witnessed the inception and decided to bring this to Zurich. The idea is really simple, people like you and me run a pop-up restaurant read more…
The Restaurant Frohsinn is located in a nice old house with red wooden beams. There’s a garden out back which looks nice as well (was too cold to sit outside) and is well shielded from the road. I head inside read more…
I get a lot of Emails peddling all kinds of stuff – but this one was actually pretty funny – no idea why anyone would think that I’d be ordering (the minimal quantity) a 20 foot shipping container full of read more…
I’m getting old – I knew of this place called El Luchador for a couple of weeks. Unfortunatley I confused the address (Konradstrasse 39 with 69) and that this doesn’t look Mexikan and gave up on the idea. Today I read more…
Sometimes I wonder myself how I find these places in Zurich. This one in particular was called Alte Trotte. Clearly a local only affair in a residential area, where the server knows everyone by first name. I start with some read more…