I’ll spare you the suspense, the last meal in Japan was great. Stumbling past On Yasai we descended the stairs and decided to eat there. We were shown to a booth (western style seating) on the side of the room, read more…
Schluessel on Seefeldstrasse has a very nice website, which made me curious to checkout the place. Crisis, recession, TARP programs and all, we must all make an effort to stabilize private consumption. Since I only got a corner table for read more…
The Yuppisiation of the Langstrasse is in full gear. The Seefeld is dead at night, except for some german immigrants who read the Lonely Planet (instead of your favorite web site right here) and even worse is the Niederdorf, where read more…
We headed to Michelangelo for a quick dinner before moving on. The place is obviously setup for families and has a welcoming atmosphere and enough room to let the little rascals roam around. If you show up a bit later read more…
Update: I don’t like to brag – but it took the Tagesanzeiger 10 days longer than yours truly to come up with this. Who’s the number one in Zurich? 🙂 Why is therealpickygourmet.com the best dining blog ? Because we read more…
Leo’s Bistro is located just next to the Stauffacher. It obviously isn’t a chic and sleek restaurant, where highly paid gastronomic consultants worked on a new and exciting concept. We get lucky and get the nice lady as our waiter. read more…
Chez Brigitte on the Gertrudstrasse (between Idaplatz and Lochergut) reminds me of a classic french restaurant. A friendly lady (I presume Brigitte) is sitting at the round table doing some office work and interrupting to welcome every guest. We sit read more…
Sunday night, looking for a nice meal we ended up at Ristorante Italia. A rather busy place, we saw a whole slew of tables being turned after we arrived at 8 pm. We sat down at a nice round table read more…
Have you ever missed the times, where you’ve stumbled across a place and it was yours? Never full enough to warrant a reservation, but still sufficently packed to give you the impression it was busy. Zum guten Glueck used to read more…
The Greulich named itself after the street it’s located on, quite a decent idea if you have an uncommon address such as Herman-Greulich-Strasse 56. The reception of the hotel also doubles as the host which welcomes you to your table, read more…