Archive for August, 2012
16. August 2012: Restaurant Châlet Gourmet
Another typical dish of Mexico is a “Torta”. Although a food corner in Six Flags is probably not the best place to try a torta, I must admit it was pretty good. I had a “Torta Cubana” (with ham, chorizo, beef, pig leg, salchicha and cheese from Oaxaca in Parmesano con Rajas bread) for 80 […]
15. August 2012: Restaurant Biko
PHANTASMAGORIAL – Original Mexican dishes served in a new and unexpected way – that is what you get at the restaurant Biko (the 38th best restaurant in the world according to TheWorlds50Best.com. When you enter, you are welcomed by the head of the restaurant which then guides you to your table. The chairs are removed […]
15. August 2012: Street Restaurant Picadillo
Another dish from a typical street kitchen is the Picadillo with rice (40 MXN). It is basically a mixture of minced meat, potatoes, carrots and peppers and pretty simple to prepare – just mix the picadillo with the rice and that is it. It is not overwhelmingly tasty but absolutely good and yummy. The people […]
14. August 2012: Street Restaurant Sopes
The Street Restaurant Sopes (that’s not really its name but there is no official name, so I decided to call it that way) is one of many typical Mexican street kitchens you can find all over. And as the name already suggests, they sell “sopes”. Sopes are a simple but rich dish – a corn […]
14. August 2012: Restaurant Vips
“Arrachera Mexicana” (124 MXN) is a simple but rich dish – while the Frijoles calientes are of average taste, the corn with rajas is pretty tasty but also quite spicy for European standards. The chilaquiles (red and white sauce with corn chips) are quite tasty and rich. But what is truly outstanding is the juicy […]
10. August 2012: Ristorante Pizza Züri
Regular Italian dishes for lunch – nothing outstanding but also nothing mediocre. The lunch menu (CHF 19.00) included a menu salad which was quite okay but prepared with industrially made salad sauce. The main course was definitely better as the “Afiori al Salmone” was fresh but a bit overcooked (so beyond al dente). It was […]
8. August 2012: Restaurant Roses
Having high expectations is not always a good idea – as they were only partially fulfilled. The starter – “Tuscan calamari” (grilled baby calamari with gambas, olives, and cherrry tomatoes in a spicy chili sauce and roasted paysan’s bread; EUR 14.90) were definitely delicious. The calamari were not chewy at all, the combination of olives […]
7. August 2012: Tacos Bar
Good drinks for reasonable prices – especially after 11pm (when you get a jumbo drink for the price of e regular one). I had a Planter’s Punch (EUR 7.80) (brown rum, triple sec, lime, lemon, orange, pineapple, grenadine) which was a bit sweet but other than that pretty good and also heavily boozy. The place […]
