The Greulich has a new head chef, which also brought a new type of cuisine. Instead of the flavours of Catalan, we’re now closer to home, echoing a trend of increased localisation in our globalised world. Feeling like experiencing what read more…
The Restaurant Alte Sonne is well tucked away in a part of Meilen, which locals compare to the Bronx of New York. Obermeilen is an underdeveloped area which has not been subject to gentrification. Nevertheless, good memories of raucous festive read more…
I’m so glad to know that a landmark of fine american dining has a franchisee in Zurich. Hooters fine dining establishment is located just near the Helvetiaplatz. Roughly a dozen screens show sports and the crowd is mostly male. Overall read more…
An option for a quick dinner presented itself at the Cafe Steiner. Since the place is a bakery and cafe which offers a small selection of menus, naturally the bread is fantastic. The selection of four different kind of small read more…
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…
A new lunch place opened at the CS Tower in Oerlikon. The cafeteria is not only visited by staff from surrounding firms and companies, but apparently has also become a favourite meeting place for retired people, clogging up the coffee 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…
What is true joy? Walking into the Restaurant at the Dolder, realizing your the only one in the room, being shown to a table where you can see the Glarner Alps and the Uetliberg plus upon request being handed a read more…
A transcendental experience led me to become a new man. In order to reach higher spiritual levels meat is no longer an option. That would have been an understandable explanation why I visited, the vegetarian Pot au Vert restaurant. Reality read more…