Archive for August, 2023
An absolutely delicious British lunch experience – after which you need to nap: Restaurant The Ivy Market Grill (27. June 2023)
The Ivy Market Grill is located in the middle of Covent Garden and is a place you definitely need to book your table in advance. They are offering a traditional British restaurant experience – small tables, some ‘booths’, and definitely quite a hectic but lively atmosphere. I went for the “steak tartare (hand-cut, grass-fed strip […]
A very traditional setting with a bit unsettling service staff: Restaurant Kornhauskeller (26. June 2023)
The restaurant used to be a place to store grains, hence, the atmosphere is a bit like in a cellar, but in an appealing way. I went for the “cold tomato watermelon soup with lemon balm” (CHF 12.00), which was a nice combination of the sweetness of the watermelon and the tomatoey taste of the […]
Simple place with a nice view over Berne and decent dishes: Restaurant Veranda (26. June 2023)
What I absolutely enjoyed about the restaurant Veranda was the little garden patio. If you’re early enough, and you get to pick your table, you can sit in the shade under the trees in the garden outside, which is, truly, quite lovely. The staff is friendly and attentive, and makes sure you have everything you […]
An absolutely lovely place with a little patio to sit outside and enjoy tasty food: Restaurant Clärchens (25. June 2023)
I would most likely have passed by if it wasn’t for a friend, who was leading us into Clärchens. The entrance is relatively nondescript, but once you’ve spotted it and look into the garden, you will immediately feel like you want to spend some time there! The place is super lovely in terms of atmosphere […]
A lovely place to enjoy a shisha, although being a bit pushy on ‘duration of stay’: Marooush (24. June 2023)
After such a heavy meal, you need a way to calm down your stomach and to make it relax a bit – and, in my opinion, there is nothing better than a “double apple shisha” (EUR 15.00). I was checking for shisha places and found the Marooush, which seemed sufficiently Middle Eastern to know how […]
Simple, but way too much delicious food: Restaurant Madame Ngo Une Brasserie Hanoi (24. June 2023)
Over and over, I am misled by the German prices, as my head compares them to Swiss ones, assumes portion sizes must be tiny, and then I end up with a lot of food. We went for a few starters like the “Gà ngô (kikok corn chicken)” (EUR 6.50), which was rather uneventful as it […]
The perfect place to enjoy a glass of wine in the sun: The Rooftop Terrace @ Hotel de Rome (24. June 2023)
It is a few years ago since I’ve last been on The Rooftop Terrace of the Hotel de Rome in Berlin. Back then, it was in the context of a wedding, and it was quite nice and enjoyable. But back then, it was also less exclusive, i.e., you didn’t have to book your time to […]
Relatively disappointing overall, but interesting ice cream flavours: Duo @ Italian Street Food Festival Berlin (24. June 2023)
Given the Italian Street Food Festival happened in Berlin when I was there, I figured it’s worth giving it a try. In all honesty, though, I was missing a bit of the ‘special’, i.e., you would get what you expect, which is Italian food in one or the other way. Personally, though, the place felt […]
