Brettljause Awards 2020
Just a few days ago, I wrote about the positive effect the lockdown had on the goose offerings. As restaurants were forced to close their doors and... Read more →
The Goose of 2020
Most people will remember 2020 as the year when they had to learn to work from home, open doors with their elbows and wear masks when shopping or... Read more →
A Dessert Goose
The St. Martin’s goose is out, the Christmas goose is in. And it does not matter that the Christmas is over: restaurants are still going on... Read more →
Plastic-flavored
The thing that has impressed me most during this strange season of takeaway geese is how well restaurants manage to pack their stuff. Not that I was... Read more →
A Goose Far Far Away
If you think that Vienna is a compact city, try to order a goose at Gelbmanns in the 16th district and carry it to your home in the middle of the... Read more →
The Pancake Goose
The last time I visited the same restaurant, it was called Monsoon and served South Indian specialties. Since then it has changed its name to... Read more →
The Exhausting Goose
If there were an award for the number of containers a takeaway goose is packed into, Zum Alten Beisl would come out as indisputable winner. The bag... Read more →
The Final Knödel
Year after year I passed by the Weingut Schilling during the Martinigansl season, on my way to Bisamberg (a hill that is not bad for an occasional... Read more →
A Goose from the Dark
The zuckergoscherl (they seem to like writing their name in small letters) made news a couple of days ago thanks to their reaction to the... Read more →
Unimpressed
Dear Diary, I ate a goose today. Okay, there is nothing new or interesting about that, and I would not have bothered you if the goose hadn’t... Read more →
On the Merits of Clear Instructions
I might be a hopeless cook (OK, I am a hopeless cook), but I tend to follow user manuals and all kinds of instructions without complaining. Still,... Read more →
Schlossgansl
Schloss Essling is one of those restaurants that I was kind of aware of for a while but never actually considered visiting, not least because of the... Read more →