Salt-Cursed
If it had not been for the COVID-19 lockdown, I would have never thought of visiting Café Amacord, even if I had somehow learned about it. The word... Read more →
Wine Sauce Goose
As far as I am concerned, Pfarrwirt, the oldest restaurant in Vienna, targets two groups of customers: Beethoven-loving tourists and Austrians who... Read more →
21st Century Goose
I have never had a nicer experience ordering a goose than at the Handwerk Restaurant. Its web page is easily the most straightforward, user-friendly... Read more →
A Punctual Goose
My last goose of 2019 was at the Brandstetter, and I made myself a mental note to return to this restaurant. Although the last year’s portion left... Read more →
Hard Work for Half a Goose
After the last take-away disaster, I decided to play safe and went for Silberwirt, a well-known goose place and a surprise winner of 2017’s gold... Read more →
Sans Vide
No doubt, the coronavirus and related lockdowns are a disaster for restaurants. However, unlike the first lockdown back in March, this time... Read more →
Cooking Lessons
If not for COVID-19, I would have probably never visited Café Frauenhuber. I will probably never visit it again once this virus story ends. It is... Read more →
Everything but Salt
Café Ulrich looks rather sad these days. Having the reputation of a hipster place (I cannot confirm it 100%, but one evening, while having a dinner... Read more →
Protein Goose
I have eaten geese with red cabbage, white cabbage, bacon, dumplings, berries, oranges, apples and chestnuts. I have never heard of geese being... Read more →
Pre-Lockdown Goose
It is becoming increasingly difficult to say anything about Schiefer Giebel’s goose that has not been said before. It is the best goose in Vienna,... Read more →
Popping Up
With the imminent second COVID-19 lockdown threatening to shatter this year’s goose season once and forever, we are back in the “this dish could... Read more →
Sous Vide Goose
Actually, the first goose I had this season was at home. I bought a nicely packaged half-bird at a nearby supermarket and, following remarkably... Read more →