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 →
A Goose in a Beer Garden
Last year, Napoleon’s goose was one of the four geese that I could eat “properly” before the COVID lockdown limited my options to take-home... Read more →
Back to the Roots
The Postschänke is where it all started, I think. Some twenty years ago, long before this site was even conceived, a colleague of mine told... Read more →
Restoring the Faith
As I am posting this 500th Brettljause review on this site, I have a terrible confession to make. Over the past few months, I started to lose... Read more →
Monday’s Blues
Monday is not an easy day to find a Brettljause around the Southern Styrian wine street. I mean, it would have been easy enough had I settled for... Read more →
Meat, Meat, Meat
What to do if you end up in a Heuriger that you are not very likely to visit again and see two types of Brettljause on the menu? My solution is to... Read more →
A Dogs’ Place
The village of Kritzendorf near Klosterneuburg is known for having a couple of really good Heurige as well as the fact that the Danube cycling trail... Read more →
Linz at Its Best
A simple rule of Brettljause-hunting says, "When you see one, eat it." Unfortunately, hunger does not always cooperate, and my age makes eating... Read more →
The Lakeside Jause
Located between a camping site and the picturesque Gleinkersee, Gasthof Seebauer can pride itself of serving the most expensive Brettljause every... Read more →
A Snack in the Dark
When it comes to Brettljause locations, Mondsee is really weird. There are at least two "Jausenstationen" (snack places) around the lake, but their... Read more →