Year-end Jause
If, despite my catastrophic lack of experience, anyone asked me to choose the culinary capital of the world, Baden bei Wien would not make my top 100... Read more →
Romanian Goose
This was supposed to be the day when I wrapped up my goose adventures for the season and finally crowned the Supergoose of 2017. Instead, I am... Read more →
Steirer Power
Regular readers know that I have a soft spot for Styrian Brettljausen. (stop, rewind, start again.) If this site had regular readers – or,... Read more →
Dump the Dumpling
When St. Martin’s geese leave Vienna (no, they don’t fly away, in case you are wondering, they are discarded in black plastic bags as unconsumed... Read more →
The Last Day of Goose
There is only one thing more difficult than having a goose on two consecutive days: it’s to have two geese on the same day. And even though I have... Read more →
Summer Place Goose
With the end of November approaching, the number of restaurants serving goose has shrunk to a handful. Today I crossed the whole city just to visit... Read more →
Slimy Cabbage Goose
As part of my goose obsession, I’ve tried all kinds of red cabbage: undercooked, overcooked, oversweet, over-spiced, under-spiced and so on and so... Read more →
A Countryside Tavern Goose
Funnily, I found this tavern by looking for a restaurant in a totally different town. OK, the town I wanted was not far away, just across the Danube,... Read more →
An Office Party Goose
The moment you enter Amon’s restaurant, you know that something is wrong. It does not look like a proper restaurant, somehow. It’s spacious,... Read more →
XXLousy Goose
I don’t trust XXL restaurants. No dish can be at the same time large, good and cheap. XXL restaurants concentrate on the “large” and... Read more →
The Goose on St. Martin’s Day
The core Martinigansl season usually starts after the Austrian national day on October 26th and lasts for about two or three weeks. The climax of the... Read more →
The Goose King of Neustift
If geese had a religion, they would not honor St. Martin much. As the legend goes, when St. Martin, the humble man that he was, tried to escape... Read more →