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An Istrian enclave in Vienna – Restaurant Sopile
Croatia is well known for it’s delicacies – from wine, over wonderful prsut up to fish and olive oil. Vienna has a large Croatian population – so why not try something beyond Cevapi ?! So we visited the small, family-owned restaurant Sopile that holds up high Istrian tradition and kitchen in Vienna for many years…
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In Munch’s shoes – A visit in Ekeberg restaurant Oslo
Norway is a beautiful country indeed. Amazing nature, friendly people, beautiful girls. They all eat whale and baby seals, at least this was my assumption. After all I didn’t find any whale to taste, but went to a nice restaurant in the hills arount Oslo – the Ekeberg restaurant. The restaurant is situated in a…
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Charascho! Dine georgian style at Satrapezo! Dawai!
Since I had a lot of students from Georgia, who praised Georgian kitchen as very cunning, I was eager to taste this savoury, delicious food from the east. The relatively new restaurant Satrapezo gave me the opportunity. The restaurant’s interior is an estern version of high class – fake leather chairs, heavy white tablecloths, the…
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A new burger in town – Burger De Ville@25hours hotel
A decent burger is as hard to find as it is a true feast for all the senses. Forget all the bull about being unhealthy, having too much meat and the like. It’s burgers ! After Berlin city, also Vienna has a new burger place by 25hours hotel – the Burger de Ville. In the…
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Konichiwa at Kuishimbo
Only a few nations in the world are as obsessed with quality food as the Japanese. In Austria „japanese restaurants“ are mostly bad sushi bars run by Chinese people. So time for some real deal: A visit at the tiny Kuishimbo! The Vienna Naschmarkt is a quite touristy area with a lot of mediocre shops…
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Yesterday’s glory: Wini Brugger’s Indochine21
During this year’s Nespresso Gourmet Weeks I visited Wini Brugger’s Indochine 21 that had been on my bucket list for quite a long time. Brugger was awarded chef of the year 2006/07 and was incredibly successful in the mid 2000s. The restaurant is situated on Vienna’s Ringstraße. On entering nobody was there to welcome us…
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What’s that Kosta ?
If a restaurant opens in March and is already praised as „opening of the year“ it’s kind of weird. Greek-styrian chef Konstantin Filippou has opened a new restaurant in Vienna and received frenetic praise from all around. Remembering well his cooking from the former Novelli, why not go there and see for myself ? The…
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Home match: An evening at Taubenkobel
Back in god’s own country: The Burgenland. My homecountry not only offers beautiful nature, great wine and beautiful people (hmhm) but also amazing kitchen: One of Austria’s most traditional high end restaurants is situated in Schützen, a small town near the big city of Eisenstadt. After some years, I visited The Taubenkobel again. Walter Eselböck…