The Poushe has been replaced with the Tapas and Friends. They serve a selection of fresh tapas every day – and to be nitpicking (and called out on the menu) these are actually “Montaditos”. Which implies that every bite is read more…
Shanghai Street Food is what Wesley’s Kitchen promises to deliver. The place is takeaway and instore dining with about 20 seats available to patrons, features three daily specials and a small menu. The first small dish is a revelation – read more…
Sunday night and the Storchen was open for dinner. A quick drink at the nicely tucked away bar, after having passed a staffed coat rack (Garerobière) put us into a nice mood. Our table overlooked the Limmat and the Grossmünster. read more…
Leo’s Bistro is no longer (Leo is now cooking in Kuesnacht and a self-proclaimed pop-up restaurant called B5 ÄssStube has opened up. The concept seems simple enough, two three course set menus and two specials is all that’s available. An read more…
I was unsure what to make of George Grill in the Ober house where the Casino sits. Quite frankly the concept is confusing (and no this doesn’t mean it’s avantgarde). The idea of this place is that it’s a ficitional read more…
Casa Ferlin is an over 100 year old establishment near Central. The clientele is definitely upscale, old-money with the occasional Nationalrat (member of Swiss national parliament) milling around as well. Service is decisively french, with waiters wearing tuxedos, offering table-side read more…
Once in a while the Tagesanzeiger delivers. This time it was a fabulous piece about Rösti from Zurich’s gastro-journalistic consigliere Mr. Böni. After reading the piece, I knew I had to go to the Sternen for dinner. A quick phone read more…
First of all thank you Christiane for the recommendation. Since the GDR (East Germany) recrutied roughly 60’000 Vertragsarbeiter, Berlin has a thriving Vietnamese community. Rumour has it that the best Vietnamese food in Germany can be found in the Duong read more…
Another trip to my favourite city, this time visiting Tim Raue‘s restaurant. He has a reputation for recreating the flavours of dishes from many asian countries in his two-star Michelin restaurant, located near the dreadful Checkpoint Charlie Museum. Tim Raue’s read more…
So after a disappointing lunch, my vegan day continued. I wasn’t going to be deterred by a single bad meal and decided to visit Marktküche in the former Grottino 79 near Bäckeranlage. Marktküche positions itself as “food with class” and read more…