Category Archives: Bar

Razzia restaurant and bar

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Zurich – We booked about 6 weeks in advance as the Razzia (a former cinema of the 20ies and a club of the 2000’s) is very popular since its re-opening as a restaurant in May 2014.

The interior is breathtakingly beautiful. You can imagine people visiting the cinema in the old times. Even the toilets are decorated in the same style and you can see the love for every little detail.

The food was really good and I was happy I shared the “Vermicelle” (Spaghetti made of chestnut purée, served with whipped cream, meringue and caramelized nuts) with my friend, as I think this was almost the best dish this evening.

The red wine “Veran” from Mallorca rounded the evening and was worth the price.

 

www.razzia-zuerich.ch

Pelikan

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Stockholm -This restaurant is located in Stockholm’s old town. You meet older and younger people as well as the hipster with the beard…

As it was our first evening in Stockholm, we tried all the different kinds of pickled herring and some dried game meat which was quite good.

My main course was a reindeer entrecôte and potato gratin. The meat was tender and tasty (similar to venison in Switzerland), the gratin was exceptionally good. The others chose fish, meat balls and pigs knuckle which was also tasty.

A bar is attached to the restaurant as well; for an apéro or digestifs.

 

www.pelikan.se

 

Lisa Elmqvist and Gerdas Fisk & Skaldjursrestaurang Östermalms Saluhall

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Stockholm – This food hall is definitively worth a visit when in Sweden!!

We had to queue for about 20 minutes – and it was already 1.30pm! But it was worth every minute. You sit on a small table, squashed with a lot of Swedes and tourists while you see all the great dishes coming out of the kitchen. The menu list is quite long and I really had trouble to make a decision what to order.

In the end we took some oysters as a starter and my husband had the fish platter, I went for the cod and shrimps in butter (real hip gold butter…)! It was really heavenly and when I think about it now, my mouth begins to water again…..

 

www.ostermalmshallen.se

Restaurants Mathias Dahlgren and Grand Hotel

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Stockholm – We stayed at the Grand Hotel for a weekend in February. The hotel was built in 1874, directly at the waterfront and opposite the Kings palace.

The hotel has a nice bar with a beautiful view on the harbour where you can eat cold and warm snack all day.

Unfortunately, we did not get a table at the Matbaren or Matsalen, the hotel’s well known gourmet restaurants, but they will be definitely be on my waiting list.

 

www.grandhotel.se/en

 

 

 

La Baracca – Party shack in the mountains

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St. Moritz – Baracca is an  Italian word and means construction shack. This is really true, Baracca is a hut, that holds a very special gastronomic experience.

You should not visit Baracca if you do not like:
-draught
-noise (and very loud music)
-smoke
-people dancing on the tables after 10 pm

If you don’t mind all this and like good food then go on and enjoy this very un-typical restaurant in the chic and sophisticated St.Moritz.

La Baracca (no own website)

 

Bederhof and Bederbar

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Zurich – Bederhof Restaurant and Bar are located in Zurich Enge, about 20 minutes from the main station. You find tradtiionial authentic Swiss food that considers local and seasonal food.

We always take the “Robespierre” and as the name says “makes its cuts precisely”….with the pommes alumettes. This time my husband tried the Wiener Schnitzel which was also very good.

The atmosphere is very relaxed and the staff friendly and efficient.

Bederhof

 

Bar A Dox – A lunch classic in Zurich

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Zurich – To be honest, I haven’t been to Bar a Dox for quite some time…. until lately for lunch with a friend.

And what changed in about 5 years? I’d say: Nothing at all. The menu had the same dishes on it and so I had to have the “Suli’s Special”; salad with chicken stripes and complimentary focaccia bread.

In the evening it is a lively bar and in summer they have also some tables outside.

Bar A Dox

Kronenhalle Bar – The walls know all the secrets

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Zurich – This bar is a legend in Zurich. It belongs to the restaurant with the same name, located next door and connected with a door inside. I already wrote about the restaurant in my blog some 12 months ago.

I think they do the best cocktails in Zurich – without knowing all bars in Zurich…I’m sorry. Some cocktails are not listed on the menu but if you ask the bar people they maybe reveal some secrets.

www.kronenhalle.ch/bar