As the year draws to a close, and the chances of finding another Martinigansl are approaching zero, it is time...
This year the Viennese authorities made a little-advertised decision that caused me to literally scream “Finally!” Without much fuss, they...
Josefinenalm is a temporary hut built in the inner yard of the old general hospital (now a University campus) just...
Normally a Martinigansl in the middle of December is something unheard of. OK, Schönbrunner Stöckl calls it a „Christmas goose“...
Do you know those little sandwiches (also called canapés) sometimes provided at office parties? Those you can quickly eat with...
It’s not every day that a new restaurant serving a Brettljause-like dish opens in Vienna (heck, it’s not even every...
Most Austrian restaurants stops serving goose after the second week of November. A handful continue for one more week. A...
The first warning bell tinkled when I called to book a table three hours before arrival and got a jolly...
Somehow, it felt good to reserve a table for a goose-eating evening and know that exactly eight people would join....
In theory, Burgenland must be a great place for eating geese. After all, I have never seen anywhere more of...
Four days ago, Schiefer Giebel, for many years the King of Viennese Geese, sent shock waves through the goose-eating community...
Hannersberg is only open six weekends per year – three in spring and three in late autumn; the rest of...













