Category Archives: Fine dining

Faktorei – All about that fish!

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Bäch – If you like fish and seafood you have to dine in the Faktorei. The historical building, located directly by the lake of Zurich, is a former salt factory on the trade route from Austria. It was where salt was distributed to central Switzerland.

I absolutely recommend to have the fish menu. It is a lot of food and also quite pricey but you can try a little bit of everything. I specially liked the lobster soup. You should reserve your table in advance!

Location on google maps (no own homepage)

 

Ristorante Donatella – Versace style in food!

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Oviglio/Asti – This November we went for a long weekend to Piemonte in Italy to enjoy the truffle season. We found out that the season was exceptionally good and prices for the truffles therefore not as high as previous years.

Donatella gives the truffle a pride of place on the menu in this special season of the year. The dishes are selected to give the “Tartufo”-scent priority what also delighted our taste buds.

http://www.ristorantedonatella.it/

 

Ristorante Donatella

 

 

Rust en Vrede – Heaven for the taste buds

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Stellenbosch – If you ever visit Stellenbosch you should definitively pass by Rust en Vrede restaurant. It was a beautiful evening in a lovely picturesque setting, delicious food and wine – a highlight of our South Africa visit. I recommend to drink “Peter Barlow” whenever you see it on the wine list.

Reservation about 2 months in advance is a must!

http://rustenvrede.com/

Menu of Rust en Vrede
Peter Barlow wine, Rustenberg
Handwritten invoice of Rust en Vrede

Majeka House – Hotel, spa and restaurant

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Stellenbosch – A beautiful small boutique hotel, spa and great restaurant to start your South Africa trip nice and relaxed…a short visit from a little cat included.

http://www.majekahouse.co.za/

The Pot Luck Club!

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Cape Town – a MUST and my personal favourite in Cape Town! But book in advance. The food is presented on the menu under the different tastes as Sweet, Bitter, Umami, etc. and portions in a Tapas-style-size. Everything was perfect and staff was not only very friendly but also very good-looking….maybe a job requirement?

PLC is a sister restaurant of the Test Kitchen, the best voted restaurant in Cape Town at the moment.

http://thepotluckclub.co.za/

Harbour House – Lunch by the sea

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Kalk Bay – Today we enjoyed a great and delicious fish and seafood lunch right next to the sea in Kalk Bay, 45mnts drive from Cape Town.

The waves were so big the water splashed on the windows. From the terrace you can watch the sealions playing with each other.

Really worth the way. There is another HH in Cape Town but I guess not at all that spectacular in terms of the view.

http://www.harbourhouse.co.za/

La Mouette

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Cape Town – a great mix of European and South African kitchen in a beautiful house… you can see and feel it was a former home to a family. I had the Namibian lamb that contained also a delicious sweet bread. The wine list is a  bit short.

http://lamouette-restaurant.co.za

Hotel and Restaurant Krone

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Sihlbrugg /Hirzel – I read an article about this restaurant in “Zurich geht aus” and it sounded quite good.

Today, I went for a relaxed Sunday lunch and it was just great and I would not have expected such good food! Normally, I’m not a “sauce-lover” but I had one of the tastiest experiences with this foie-gras sauce today….I could not wait longer to write about it.

With the sauce…obviously…came a dish and a whole sundays menu. It started with tagliolini with cray fish and it looked just lovely with the little red crabs arranged in a triangle (see pic below). The pheasant was honoured to lay next to the addictive sauce, accompanied by Brussels sprout, red cabbace and potatoe “knödel”.

We spent all in all 3 hours in the restaurant and were pampered from start to end with a lovely crew, all dressed in beautiful dirndl-dresses.

www.krone-sihlbrugg.ch