Jause with a Castle View
I think I’ve said several times before that at my age, eating two Brettljausen a day is not anymore an option (actually, my personal record was... Read more →
Brettljause at a Chocolate Factory
When I spontaneously booked a hotel in Feldbach, Styria, less than 24 hours before the arrival, the last thing I had in mind was to visit a... Read more →
Wind and Pheasants
I am afraid that no matter what delicacies Buschenschank Humer serves me in the future, since my unfortunate accident two years ago, it will always... Read more →
Beer in a Wine City
No one sane would go to Krems to look for beer. Like the Wachau Valley, at the end of which it is located, Krems is firmly associated with wine,... Read more →
A Jause in Two Acts
I have eaten so many Brettljausen in my life that while little things might still surprise me here and there, I was quite sure that nothing... Read more →
The Last Minute Jause
Because I had run out of decent places to eat a Brettljause in Austria, I boarded a plane and flew to Madeira, Portugal. This is a complete... Read more →
Spare Ribs, Reversed
I know people who before traveling to some remote and exotic place would carefully examine tourist guides and plan their holidays perfectly, knowing... Read more →
Unrecognized Mostbaron
The strangest thing about Pihringer’s Heuriger is that I have never been there before. I have even triple-checked my records, not believing that I... Read more →
Good Memories, Shattered
Oh, the House of Beers… The House of 100 Beers, when I visited it for the first time in 90-something. The Bombers’ Pin-up beer, of which I still... Read more →
Stick to the Salad
Had they existed, the regular visitors to this site would have confirmed that since a few years I quite enjoy ordering mixed salads with my... Read more →
Pork and Lavender
As I am writing this, I am still burping Wiener sausage, and it has already been hours since I had a Brettljause at the Lavendelheuriger. Indeed,... Read more →
Simple Pleasures
I have been to Ramsau am Dachstein so many times that finding an untested Brettljause in the vicinity is quite an event. Wiesmahdalm is a tiny hut... Read more →