The Water Reservoir Jause
One of the most impressive things about Kaprun’s high-altitude water reservoirs is how long it actually takes to get there. Starting from the... Read more →
A High-Tech Hut
Another day, another valley. Compared to Untersulzbachtal, the nearby Obersulzbach is somewhat longer but is somehow easier to enter, having... Read more →
Where Cheese Is Made
The region of Pinzgau is rich on valleys: some well-known and touristic, some, like Untersulzbachtal, only interesting to those who visit the area... Read more →
The Better Supermarket
It is a known and comforting fact that the same supermarket sells slightly different stuff in different regions of Austria. Perhaps this is because... Read more →
The Valley of Flies
Krimmler Achental is one of the most beautiful places in Austria, but whenever I ate there I always had a fight with the flies, who tried to have a... Read more →
A Spare Ribs Jause
Seeing spare ribs as part of a Brettljause is unusual but not completely unheard of. I can recall at least one Heuriger in Mostviertel that included... Read more →
Sauces matter
In summer, the town of Zell am See turns into a Mecca for those for whom the real Mecca is too hot. Thanks to highly successful advertising, every... Read more →
Escaping the Rain
When I decided to start my holidays two days earlier and stop for a short time in Zell am See before my final destination of Krimml, I checked the... Read more →
Being Different
It is always an event to discover a new Brettljause-serving restaurant in Vienna, especially if that restaurant tries – and largely succeeds –... Read more →
Overdone
Any visitor coming to Vienna for more than three days inevitably ends up in Grinzing. Any visitor coming to Vienna for the second and the third time... Read more →
A Double Jause
The village of Tauplitz is a Mecca for Brettljausen. Leaving the chairlift at the upper station of Tauplitzalm, one is immediately faced with a wide... Read more →
No-tooth Ribs
Usually it is considered a compliment to food to say that it “melts in your mouth.” I am sure this is true for melons, cakes and even some types... Read more →