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Denmark is a cute country #2: Pølser and Smørebrød
Beside the famous „nordic cuisine“ a lot of Danish classics wait for you in Oslo. Two real to-eats are pølser and smørebrød – and there are amazing places for doing it! A pølser is basically nothing...
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Crustacean Carnage
„Let’s eat every seafood with a shell on a single evening“ – this idea was born over some glasses of wine with my friends Babsi and Jan. Working at Vienna’s finest fish monger (Fisch-Gruber at the...
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Restaurant Vincent Mark II: Same restaurant, new cook
Among Vienna’s fine dining scene, the Restaurant Vincent is one of the silent stars. The place exists for decades now and reflects nicely the evolution from a student’s restaurant to a high-class...
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Enjoying Andreas Doellerer’s Cuisine Alpine
Salzburg is one of Austria’s most beautiful spots ever. Amazing nature, friendly people and interesting local culture are the ingredients of a splendid time in this great place. Of course there are...
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Nikkei cuisine in Barcelona: Pakta
A food trip with our dear friends Babsi&Jan – sounds great and so it was When they first told me to visit a Japanese/Peruvian restaurant in Barcelona I didn’t feel any need to go there. Sounds like...
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Weinbesprechung auf captaincork.com
Da hatte ich doch tatsächlich das Glück von CaptainCork beim #Matrosentrinken eine Flasche zugeschickt zu bekommen. Der Deal: 100 Leute bekommen eine Flasche ohne Etikett und mit Blindkorken...
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Tapas at the circus: Get a ticket for Tickets!
Since I couldn’t make it to Ferran Adrià’s El Bulli back then, a visit at his tapas-bar Tickets was a must for my stay in Barcelona. I love the concept of tapas (of course, they stole it from the Greek...
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El Cellar de Can Roca: Literally the best meal of my life
It started as a crazy plan with friends: After visiting Noma in Kopenhagen, the logical next step was El Cellar de Can Roca in Girona. Back then, reservations were quite tricky since you could get them...
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A lesson about the difficulties of communication: Osteria Francescana in Modena
We spent our wedding-decenarry in Tuscany, Italy. Looking for something special on our anniversary date, I planned a visit to Massimo Bottura’s Osteria Francescana. Since we had been to Noma and El...
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In Bourdain’s footsteps: Antica Macelleria Cecchini
Before going to Tuscany we watched the corresponding episode of Anthony Bourdain’s „No Reservations“ (S3E16) which is quite fun. In this episode Bourdain visits a butcher shop/burger joint/meat place...
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25 years in a drop: A visit to Acetaia di Giorgio in Modena
After our lunch at Osteria Francescana in Modena we visited an acetaia – a small local producer of the iconic Aceto Balsamico di Modena. And our visit to Acetaia di Giorgio turned out to be the...
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Please get in line for Sushi Dai…and wait 3 hours
Last year I had the chance to visit Tokyo for a conference. Having a really hard jet lag it was not much of a thing to get up at 3 in the morning to visit Tsukiji fish market and see the tuna auctions....
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The art of soba: Muto in Nihonbashi (Tokyo)
Sitting in my room in Tokyo last year, suddenly a desire striked me: I love soba and what could be a better place to taste those lovely noodles than Japan itself ?! So I was looking for a restaurant...
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Crazy comfort zone: StreetXO
Since my efforts to get a reservation at Dabiz Munoz‘ three-starred-restaurant DiverXO failed, the logical thing to do was to visit his street-food inspired StreetXO. It is located in the (for me) most...
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Disappointment with a view: Azurmendi
From the moment I saw Azurmendi some years ago from the motorway, I’ve been wanting to come to this place. Now I had the opportunity to visit Eneko Atxa’s three Michelin starred restaurant, which also...
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The big bad wolf: Pramerl and the Wolf
An old viennese gastropub (Wirtshaus), converted into a small restaurant with excellent yet very individual cooking: Since it’s opening in 2015 Pramerl and the Wolf has been acclaimed a lot. Some time...
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Japan meets Cancale: Le Table Breizh Café
For a fan of fresh oysters, a visit to Cancale is mandatory when spending holidays in Brittany. Looking for a good restaurant there, I stumbled over Le Table Breizh Café – a one Michelin starred...
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Seafood with a twist at SaQuaNa
The wonderful city of Honfleur hosts SaQuaNa, a restaurant well known for it’s superior quality of seafood. Chef Alexandre Bourdas is said to use only the best ingredients – as the name of his...
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Le Parc at Domaine Les Crayeres: Imperial
My visit to the Champagne region brought me to the wonderful city of Reims. Not only being the capital of sparkling wine it also is a culinary paradise. At Le Parc at Domaine les Crayeres I enjoyed...
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Sparkling pleasure: L’Assiette Champenoise
For my last culinary stop in France (for 2018) I wanted something special. So I chose the *** L’assiette champenoise by Arnaud Lallement, the highest decorated restaurant in the champagne region. You...
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