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Walter Bauer: Old school is new school
Let’s go old school: After hyper-creative approaches to food with fancy names and chi-chi it was time for something real: Walter Bauer. And real it was. So real, that it even doesn’t have a homepage. One of Vienna’s absolute classic restaurants for fine-dining is Walter Bauer’s small family business in a beautiful corner of the…
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St. Ellas: Bobo’s living room
Vienna’s seventh and eigth district are known to be the natural habitat of hip, young and not-so-young-any-more artists and creatives. Being creative all day, they also want to eat from time to time…a true living room bar/bistro/grill just comes right here: The St. Ellas ! The St. Ellas is actually a spin-off of the more…
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Mraz&Sohn is making love to my taste-buds
In Vienna there are neighborhoods and hoods. In one of the latter you find a big door with a sign „Please ring“ and a peephole. Could be a nightclub, could be worse. But behind the door is one of Vienna’s finest restaurants: Mraz&Sohn. The restaurant tradition of the Mraz family goes back for generations. Currently…
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Let’s go swimming ? – Dinner at Badeschiff
After a long time I finally made it to a location that has been on my to-eat-list for a long time: The Badeschiff. Truth to be told: Winter may not me the optimal time, but it was still a good experience. The Badeschiff (pool ship) is located in Vienna’s center, swimming in the Donaukanal (danube…
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Late summer dinner at Freyenstein
Summer is long gone, but it’s good to have nice memories of sunny days and warm evenings when it’s cold and rainy outside. One of these memories is a late summer/early fall dinner at Meinrad Neunkirchner’s Gourmet Gasthaus Freyenstein. Freyenstein is a modern interpretation of the traditional Viennese „Gasthaus“ (local tavern). The chef and owner,…
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Styria? What the heck – it’s the Steirereck!
For years now it has been a nice tradition for me and my wife to celebrate private anniversaries in Austria’s most renowned restaurant, the Steirereck im Stadtpark. The restaurant has received a lot of praise and was elected the world 11th best restaurant by some water company in 2012. Whatever – we went there again….
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Mochi!
The second district is known to be a Mekka for foodies – with a variety of nice places and restaurants. One that has been praised by critics lately is the asian fusion kitchen place called Mochi. So on a mild summer evening we went there to check it out. The restaurant is situated on a…
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O(h)bauer!
A rafting trip brought us to beautiful Salzburg (so many mountains….). We stayed in Golling, so why not make a small detour to Werfen – an amazingly beautiful village with a giant fortress watching over it. In the center of Werfen is one of Austria’s best restaurants: The restaurant and hotel Obauer. We went there…