This Brettljause was served to me by the chairman of the Austrian Freedom Party of the 19th Viennese district, who...
Why would anyone serve a Brettljause with butter but no bread? Because bread costs extra, and they do want you...
This year the Viennese authorities made a little-advertised decision that caused me to literally scream “Finally!” Without much fuss, they...
Normally a Martinigansl in the middle of December is something unheard of. OK, Schönbrunner Stöckl calls it a „Christmas goose“...
Most Austrian restaurants stops serving goose after the second week of November. A handful continue for one more week. A...
Somehow, it felt good to reserve a table for a goose-eating evening and know that exactly eight people would join....
It is highly debatable if this “plate of starters” from Augustinerkeller, which is just next to the Albertina gallery, can...
I have always found that the translation “cold cuts” does not do a Brettljause justice. It is like translating “Speck”...
Josefinenalm is a temporary hut built in the inner yard of the old general hospital (now a University campus) just...
It’s not every day that a new restaurant serving a Brettljause-like dish opens in Vienna (heck, it’s not even every...
The first warning bell tinkled when I called to book a table three hours before arrival and got a jolly...
Four days ago, Schiefer Giebel, for many years the King of Viennese Geese, sent shock waves through the goose-eating community...