This is a suitable facade for a cafe, yes. Yes it is. One could get used to cafeing in cafes of this ilk. I’m thinking that this is operated by the Querfeld family, the founders of Cafe Landtmann; at any rate, it’s part of their group, which also includes Cafe Mozart and a few other […]
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 […]
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Cafe Prückel, Vienna
Morning dawned, and we kinda slept through it. Going to sleep at a reasonable hour only to wake up at 12:30 with der jettischelaggen will do that – we got back to sleep and kept it up until 9. Then a bit of time in der gymnasium to work off the intended Topfenstreudel, and it […]
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 […]
Lexington Barbeque #1, Lexington, TN
People have suggested before that maybe I was too into eating, or trying new restaurants. You know who you are. Or they know who they are. Those people are straight up haterz, and haterz gonna hate. F ’em, that’s what I say. It’s all part of the game. So when I had to go down […]
Merveille, Nihonbashi
What would YOU do if you were returning to America after 7 years in Japan, leaving behind a visa-less fiancee and going off to get a real job? I hope you’d get an excellent bottle of champagne at Takashimaya, go to Merveille, and then take a taxi to Haneda (unless your flight was leaving from […]
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Abura Soba, Akasaka (油そば 東京油組総本店
Fattay, fattay, fattay. It had been a while since I ‘challenged’ the abura soba. I say ‘challenge’ in the Japanese way, meaning to try something new or perhaps distasteful. There’s nothing distasteful about this shop (except perhaps the pained expression of the guy looking at my camera), but I generally don’t see the need for […]
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Rusticanella, Akasaka (ルスティカネラ)
Many times I’ve scoured Tabelog for dinner places in Akasaka and come away disappointed. One that was always on the cusp but never got picked was Rusticanella; here it is. (Incidentally, if I was looking now and had the money, I’d try this Uoshin place. It’s almost across the street from Rusticanella, which is why […]
Honu Cafe, Wako (ワイン食堂honucafe,埼玉県和光市)
This is really it – the last day I spent in Tokyo. Someone and I spent it like a lot of days before – pottering around a suburb, looking for excitement and not finding any. Unfortunately our bikes were already abandoned back in Monnaka, so we took a train somewhat at random and got off […]