Quick dinner with an old friend at the Krokodil. Since he’s a lawyer he likes to stay close to where most of his clientele comes from, Langstrasse. I had the sepia a la plancha which were too bland for my read more…
Finally I’ve made it to the legendary Kunststuben. I’ve never been here before and I was pretty excited to see what the place is like. The well known Horst Petermann officially retired and his longtime right-hand man Rico Zandonella has read more…
Finding a nicer terrace than the Belvoirpark Restauran is going to be difficult in Zurich. The restaurant is part of the associated hospitality management school. All of the staff (or at least I presume all of the staff) are part read more…
It was getting late but a quick phone call to Pflug confirmed that they had an al fresco table for two. We rush down there and sit down at the sidewalk table just to get up again a second later, read more…
A longer tram ride from the center of Zurich leads to the Restaurant Burgwies. Being my boring old self in the Swiss Beiz I order a mixed salad and the Cordon bleu with Rösti. It seems that the restaurant supply read more…
Sometimes you know you’re getting scammed the minute you walk into a place. The Moenchhof am See was just such a venue. It’s located right on the shore of the lake of Zurich and it shows pretty clearly that their read more…
It’s getting harder and harder to find restaurants which don’t have a website – it seems that my beloved salesman of 1212.ch is slowing down. The Hirsladnerhof is a small restaurant led by a guy from Appenzell. So after a read more…
A comment asked for some good ideas for low-cost dining out in Zurich. I gave it some thought and racked my brains for restaurants which serve you food at a proper table for a sit-down meal. I’ve ruled out any read more…
I was thrown out of a restaurant of the Suan Long chain a couple of years back, frankly speaking not something which I’ve been regretting a lot. So when I was near the Bahnhof Altstetten I headed for lunch to read more…
Sometimes things are too weird to be true. I once witnessed how the slimy owner of the renowned Restaurant Portal 1212.ch tried to convince a russian female bar owner of the great marketing potential of his website. Apparently the owner read more…