Pesto Bird
After the last marjoram surprise, I did not think anything could astonish me when it came to geese. Wambacher has nearly managed that by adding pesto... Read more →
Marjoram Goose
Funny, just a couple of days ago I was complaining of a perfectly good goose marred by the lack of spices. Now I am going to grumble about a goose so... Read more →
Rudi’s Gansl
Rudi’s Beisl is one of Vienna’s most famous goose places. Year after year it was featured in the “Best goose of town” articles in newspapers... Read more →
Stress and Ladybugs
Blame the weather. 25ºC in mid-October really pulls people outside, and this restaurant in Vienna’s popular Lainzer Tiergarten was not ready for... Read more →
Theme Park Jause
Tomorrow is the last day of the “Wiesn-Fest,” Vienna’s poor-man version of Oktoberfest, and the entrance to the Prater amusement park is full... Read more →
InterCont Ribs
I am sure there are people who fly to Vienna late in the evening, stop at InterContinental, have some short but important meeting the next morning,... Read more →
Stone God’s Snack
Vienna is a city of many Heurigers. Different Heurigers. There are the Heurigers of the 19th district: mostly beautiful and pleasant at off-peak... Read more →
The Discovery of Klosterneuburg
The town of Klosterneuburg always puzzled me by being totally associated with wine – its monastery said to be the oldest wine estate in Austria –... Read more →
Brettl-what?
It started in a rather surreal fashion. “May I have a beer and a Brettljause, please?” I asked the girl behind the counter, having waited for... Read more →
Film Festival’s Jause
This must be the first Brettljause that I am eating at a place that is officially closed. I didn’t know Weinfach when it was still operational, but... Read more →
Josef’s Spain
Josef’s Genießerei is an anomaly. Located in Essling, on the outskirts of Vienna’s 22nd district, it could be expected to be a dark, smelly, and... Read more →
The Rax-Jause
I must have visited Waxriegelhaus at least three or four times in the past, with the path that starts just behind this hut being one of the easier... Read more →