Archive for September, 2017
As great for lunch as for dinner: Restaurant Neubad (27. June 2017)
A couple of months back, I tried the Restaurant Neubad in the evening and was absolutely positively surprised. And luckily, this time for lunch, it was a similar experience. I decided to go for the lunch menu (CHF 24.50) starting with “curry soup” which was having a nice but not too intense curry taste. The […]
Rather average dishes and definitely average service: Restaurant olivé @ Radisson Blu St. Gallen (26. June 2017)
The menu in the Restaurant olivé is not that extensive so I guess I will have tried everything the next time I’m dining there. Today, it was a “tomato basil soup” (CHF 8.00) as a starter and frankly, it was really a stretch in terms of ‘being able to accept it’. I mean, the portion […]
Surprisingly good lunch offering with quick service: Restaurant Atrium (26. June 2017)
Whenever I’m in St. Gallen I realize how expensive Zurich really is. For only CHF 26.50 you get a lunch menu starting with a quite decent “mixed salad” and … … a “baked fish filet with cocktail sauce, asparagus tomato salad and roasted potatoes”. And while the salad was nice in terms of ingredients, the […]
Nice Lebanese food in a new hotel: Restaurant NENI @ 25hours Hotel Langstrasse (22. June 2017)
The 25hours hotel in Langstrasse has only been opened recently and – like the other one close to Escher-Wyss-Platz – it has a NENI. So it was time to give it a try – and the “humus plate served with Har Bracha tahina and NENI’s pita bread” (CHF 9.00) is not only a bargain in […]
Amazing Italian fegato alla Veneziana: Restaurant MASI Wine Bar (22. June 2017)
Given I’m in the area on a regular basis, the MASI became kind of my ‘go to place’ lately. Today I started with a “zuppa fredda di pomodoro al pesto” (where I, unfortunately, didn’t note the price) which was rather regular, i.e. it tasted more like the content of a tomato can than anything else. […]
Lovely garden but the slowest service ever: Restaurant Krone Altstetten (21. June 2017)
I have been to the Krone Altstetten in the past but actually never had the pleasure to have lunch in their garden – but it was finally time for it. I went for the regular lunch menu (CHF 30.00) which consisted of a cold “cucumber melon soup” which looked very small at first but turned […]
The perfect location for a refreshing summer dinner: Restaurant Brasserie Freilager (20. Juni 2017)
As it was another hot summer day, I decided to go for something light and refreshing like the “melon gazpacho” (CHF 12.00) and it was actually very refreshing and pleasant, better than I had expected. Frankly, I haven’t tried veal tartare so far but I was definitely ready for it, so I went for the […]
A bar with a superb atmosphere: Scarfes Bar (18. June 2017)
Sometimes random finds are the best! I did not plan to have drinks and I definitely didn’t plan to have them at Scarfes. But I just ended up there by chance – and I’m happy I did. I was seated and given I was the only one wearing shorts I was definitely underdressed but treated […]
