Revisiting the Winner
The goose season has started and what is a better way of celebrating this fact than to pay a visit to the last year’s winner? After all, people... Read more →
Gloomy Tuesday
In many mountain areas of Austria I know, Monday seems to be the “dead day,” when most restaurants are closed, resting after busy weekends. In... Read more →
Pricey Specialties
Four years since I have proclaimed Repolusk the Brettljause of the year, I still think that its name must stand for some kind of a repulsive... Read more →
Something for Day 1
My tradition of going to South Styria in late October/early November, which started eight years ago, has since turned into a kind of obsession. I... Read more →
A Pile of Pork
I think I confessed it already, but since I am too lazy to search for the proof, I am going to confess again: quite often I don’t write about the... Read more →
Melons and Berries
My first attempt to try Romedi’s Brettljause was back in January, when I walked there all the way from Innsbruck (quite a lengthy hike,... Read more →
Beer Ribs
For some reason, this year was for me a year of visiting expensive Austrian skiing places off the skiing season. It started with Ehrwald near the... Read more →
Supermarket with a View
Located at the intersection of three cable cars on the main slope of the popular skiing village of Seefeld, in winter Rosshütte must be absolutely... Read more →
Alpine Creativity
I wonder if the cook of Gamskogelhütte had worked in a wine bar before. The “Zaucher Jause,” with its grapes, chestnuts and chutneys looked... Read more →
A Mexican in a Skiing Village
As I entered Pedros at about 20:30, all the tables inside had a “Reserved” card on them. At the same time, only one of the tables was occupied.... Read more →
Styria in Tyrol
The further you get away from cable cars, the cheaper Brettljausen become. This may sound like a contradiction, for having to carry the ingredients... Read more →
A Menu with Pictures in It
Kill me, but what you see on the photo above cannot cost 21.5 euros. If the restaurant had spent five euros on these slices of cheese and sausage, I... Read more →