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Archive for the ‘Food & Beverage’ Category

May 20th, 2008

Zürich Nights - Seebad Enge

Seebad Enge is another option for summer night lounging in Zurich.
It’s amazing what can be done with a few coloured lights and some chilled out sounds. And the approach often seems to be to take an open-air swimming pool and turn it into a trendy late-night zone.
Well, hardly late-night, it closes at 24:00. We can’t […]

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May 16th, 2008

Zurich Nights - Oberer Letten

 Summer is arriving rapidly now, and it’s time to find those cool haunts in the city.
The lake is obviously one place to look, but the rivers are equally interesting.
Down at Oberer Letten, Halfway between the main station and Escher Wyss, is a place to swim in the river by day, and relax listening to cool […]

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May 2nd, 2008

Swiss Chocolate

Nine out of ten people like chocolate, the tenth is a liar; as the saying goes.
Well, Swiss chocolate is world-renowned so I figured I’d better start featuring it.
The first tip, is just to look around your local town for a confisseur or bakery.
Many make their own chocolates, and many of their products are seasonal - […]

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March 26th, 2008

La Maison de L’Etivaz

I keep stumbling across the fact that some Americans apparently think that “Swiss Cheese” is a particular type of cheese, close to what we in Switzerland know as Emmental.
So when I found a type of cheese that I hadn’t heard of before, and discovered you can can go and see it being made, I felt […]

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March 26th, 2008

Vevey - Food Museum

If you’re curious about food, and based on the motto “You are what you eat”, why wouldn’t you be, then the Alimentarium Food Museum may be for you.
It’s run by the Nestlé foundation which might antagonise some of the campaigners in the baby-milk debate but I like their chocolate so they’re ok with me.
Their idea […]

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December 30th, 2007

Zürich Restaurants: Hiltl

Meat is Murder used to be the cry of the Vegetarian brigade, but in Zurich there has been no need for that for, well, ages.
Zurich is home to the Hiltl Restaurant, which is the oldest vegetarian restaurant in Europe, having opened it’s doors to the public back in the 19th century.
It’s just had a […]

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December 19th, 2007

Basel: Bar Rouge

Switzerland is not renowned for its tall buildings.
Mountains yes, buildings no.
So there are very few opportunities to get high above the city and look down on the lights at night.
But the Messe Hotel in Basel does offer that opportunity. It’s the tallest building in Switzerland that I know of, and rather sensibly, they put […]

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December 15th, 2007

Restaurant: Zeughauskeller - Zurich

Slap bang in the middle of Zurich is one of the most traditional restaurants you’ll find in Switzerland.
And surprisingly, it is exceptionally good value!
Haute Cuisine its not - as I sad we’re talking tradition here.  But tasty and good is what the food is, with the menu being heavily biased towards the good old sausage.
You […]

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November 28th, 2007

Christmas Markets

Just back from a few days rest, first in Zermatt and then in München, or Munich as you probably know it.
We just missed the Kriskindlmarkt in Münich, but as we got off the train in Zürich, our very own one was opening there.
And do you know what? It’s Christmas Market time all over Switzerland. […]

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November 22nd, 2007

Bern: Zibelemärit

Do you know what 50 tons of onions looks like?
If not, then Monday 26th November is the time to find out. On the fourth Monday in November of every year, local farmers bring tons (literally) of garlic and onion to the world famous Onion Market in Bern.
Zweibelmarkt would be the German translation, but in […]

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