Konditorei Oberlaa, Vienna

Getting back to the whole ‘cafe’ thing, and more particularly the Konditorei or confectionery aspect of it, here’s Oberlaa. We saw this place on our first night, opposite the Christmas tree seller in Neuer Markt (and I love creatively misinterpreting German, so this makes me wonder where der Older Markt is). Then it turned out […]

Weibel’s Wirsthaus, Vienna

Tell me the truth, is this not the wurst exterior you’ve ever seen? No, I thought not. Festive too. And I make light of the fact that it’s a ‘wirsthaus’, not a ‘wursthaus’, which had me confused and expecting lots of sausage. In fact, it’s a well-rated traditional fine-dining sort of restaurant that’s part of […]

Reinthaler’s Beisl, Vienna

Thusly we kicked off a week of…wiener jokes! Sure, my cover story in suggesting a Christmas trip to Austria was ‘romantic Europe’ and ‘Krissakesmarkts’ and the like, but you know why I wanted to go to Wien – to make Wiener jokes. Not a joke is the hearty, satisfying nature of the cuisine here. You […]