The Jürg Wille Saal at the Löwen in Meilen was host to the second Striker Oktoberfest. To be fair I’ve never made it to München, and I’m secretly longing to spend a day there and eat myself through the offerings. read more…
Bad decisions happen every now and then. Being at the airport and having some time to kill, I opted for a quick dinner at the Foodland (a collection of different fast food joints). The most unusual one was something called read more…
Sunday looking for a not so healthy brunch – McGees next to the train station in Wiedikon fits the bill. Looking at the brunch menu I ordered Eggs Benedict with hash brown. Fresh Orange Juice was no longer available, but read more…
A revisit to the Bambushain, a korean BBQ placed proved to be quite successful. The dumplings were okay, and decent enough to get us going. We tried a Kimchi Omlette, it was lacking spice but otherwise had the nice slighlty read more…
Sportsman Club is gone again just like the World Cup. At the Gartenhof the remains can still be seen, but that adds to the charm of the place. I was there for brunch on a Sunday. The breakfast consisted of read more…
The Gout Mieux label depicts places with good, homemade food which also is regional. The menu of the Tüfi seems to follow this so we were interested to see how it performed. The appetizer was a salad with chanterelles. The read more…
Driving around Zurich I landed at the Puls 5 and went for lunch at the Angkor, a somewhat fancy asian place. The decor is a bit more upmarket than other asian places and spouts a certain poshness. It was lunchtime read more…
Always looking for a nice trip through Switzerland, on a sunny day not much beats the Furka Dampfbahn. Go for gold, pay the 90 franks for a first class tickets. Make sure that you’re in the last first class cabin read more…
It’s Saturday and you’re looking for a place to grab lunch. With the newly opened Viadukt shopping mall, it makes sense to stop by Restaurant Viadukt. After sitting down, I get a menu and was surprised that there was only read more…
Kaiser’s Reblaube (literally the Emperor’s vineyard arcade) is nicely located near the St. Peter’s church. The chef at Kaiser’s Reblaube is well known for writing for the Zueritipp, still that didn’t faze me one bit. The house is one of read more…