There are limits to my reach my anonymous approach – I couldn’t get a table at the Clouds restaurant, since the place is already booked until December and rumour has it that the press was already invited to a pre-opening. read more…
Ever since I met one of the Zueritipp editors, they’re sticking it to me every now and then. There are a couple of places where they beat me to the punch. But tickling the tiger can be contraproductive and like read more…
So I’ve been to a couple of different places, but La Salle was a new one for me. I’ve never been to a proper restaurant which was this chilly. I know it’s difficult heating a big vast space, but quite read more…
Huusmaa opened recently near the Kalkbreite. I wander over for lunch since I happen to be in the area. One thing that strikes me a bit odd is that they have 5 dishes on the menu for a lunch with read more…
The Roi Et offers Thai and Laotian cuisine. We started with a Thai Papaya salad and ordered it “european” hot. The thing was scorching and the next day it literally burned every hair on my butt. I was literally gasping read more…
Sometimes I get lucky. Besides the now defunct el Bulli, there are some other places I can’t just walk into. Swiss Re has a famed on premise restaurant, which is for employees, clients and guests. Interestingly there is a dress read more…
Bar Basso is near the City Hallenbad (right next to Baradox) and opened in late October 2011. I went there for lunch. They are run by the same team which does the Pizza at Rossos near Hardbrücke. One of the read more…
Hanoi Garden opened up near the Bahnhof Wipkingen where the former Liston restaurant used to be. The vietnamese place seems to be a family affair. A swiss guy is running the front of the restaurant and since he’s also taking read more…
Weibian has a somewhat confusing message. One sign clearly says “chinese specialities” and the next one goes on to talk about Sushi. Anyway I’m not scared easily (except by dogs) and bravely entered the location. Scanning the menu we decided read more…
The Restaurant Reithalle was my destination of choice for one simple reason, Christian Egger (former Tessinerkeller) is there cooking venison. I was pressed for time so I ordered a vegetarian plate (Which contains all the classic venison side orders) and read more…