Minibaron
Even though being a marketing ploy to a large extent, the Mostbaron Heurige are too good to be ignored. Having visited all of them, every year I... Read more →
The Big Board
Had there been a Brettljause award for the biggest wooden board, the dish of Sternberg would have won it straight away. The Brettl was so huge that... Read more →
Love Me Tender
As far as I am concerned, the main purpose of a marinade is to make meat taste less of the animal that it came from. Lack of marinade results in an... Read more →
Easter Jause
Waidhofen an der Ybbs may not be the best known town in Austria, but it is one of the coolest. No other town I know has managed to accommodate so... Read more →
Snack Board
I suppose it is all a matter of grammar. A restaurant’s menu may offer something called a “soup bowl,” but if you order it expecting to... Read more →
Styrian Spring
It is a tradition that every spring, around mid-April, the square and the park in front of Vienna’s city hall are handed over to Styrians for a... Read more →
Peilstein’s Speck
Let’s start by clarifying a confusion. I suspect that I am the only one here who was confused, but who knows. Maybe the confusing information... Read more →
Ham and Cheese
Oh dear. I may be describing the worst Brettljause of the year, and I may be partly responsible. OK, my only fault was to actually go to the 5er... Read more →
Spring Garden Jause
Once upon a time there was a well-known Heuriger called Nierscher. It was located at the very end of Weidling, which is part of the town of... Read more →
Big Brother Jause
With all the Brettljause-eating experience I have, I thought I would know all the ways a restaurant can screw up. Buying industrially made and... Read more →
Bless the Monkeys
It was my first visit to Weinhaus Pfandler, and I was a bit afraid. The area around the Meidling railway station is far from being the nicest place... Read more →
Amnesia Jause
Oh, crap. I do have to review this one, do I? I’ll be brief. Just look at the score. It is cold and objective. Because of its location close to... Read more →