The Year’s First
Almost exactly five years after my last visit to Stoiber, I went there again (finding a good Heuriger on the 2nd of January is never an easy task)... Read more →
The Goose of 2021
Compared to the turbulent 2020, 2021 was a rather quiet year from the goose perspective. In 2020, a lockdown arrived so early and so suddenly that... Read more →
The Dark Heuriger
Just one month of lockdown was enough for me to forget not only what it is like to eat at a Heuriger but also the basic COVID-19 regulations. It... Read more →
The Sunset Goose
Mirli calls itself, not particularly modestly, “the nicest place in Vienna Woods.” Judging by the number of cars outside, it is certainly one of... Read more →
A Booked Goose
Few things in the world are worse than reserving a table at a restaurant two weeks in advance just to discover upon the arrival that it is nearly... Read more →
A Countryside Goose
There is a popular misconception that the countryside is full of hardly known yet brilliant restaurants waiting to be discovered. The more distant a... Read more →
A Noisy Goose
When I visited Gmoa Keller three years ago, my impression was generally positive. Unfortunately, it was the very end of the goose season, and... Read more →
Sharing with Myself
It has always been in my plans to revisit Mariahilferbräu. Over the past years, this rather tourist-oriented restaurant has served me increasingly... Read more →
As the Dentist Ordered
I am well aware of the dangers of trusting restaurants on the basis of the pictures they post online. My recent disastrous experience at Stuwer is a... Read more →
Skin and Bones
Every year in late October I surf the Internet looking for the Martinigansl restaurant recommendations that various magazines customarily publish.... Read more →
The Knödel Surprise
I don't remember when I liked a Knödel the last time. I am not talking about mega-sweet dessert dumplings with sticky jam fillings – those ones... Read more →
A Diet Goose
Here is another ghost from 2020. The Gansl of Stuwer was one of my four pre-lockdown geese last year, eaten when the entire restaurant industry was... Read more →