Eating out in Edinburgh
My expectations regarding Scottish food were quite low which was unfounded. Hadn’t Ottolenghi, Jamie Oliver and Nigella Lawson revolutionized the…
Author: Pollybert
Whisky tasting and more of Edinburgh
Another must-see in Scotland is a distillery. They are all over the place and one is quite near Edinburgh in…
The sights of Edinburgh
I always, always wanted to go to Scotland. All dashing heroes from historical novels seemed to come from there especially…
Belvedere Garden
After a very lazy Saturday I almost itched to get outside. So this morning I bundled up to take a…
Books
Die unglaubliche Reise des Fakirs, der in einem Ikea-Schrank feststeckte (Romain Puértolas): I finished it almost in one go on…
Zum roten Bären
There are quite a lot of restaurants and pubs in my area of Vienna, so sometimes when I feel lazy…
Milchbart – permanently closed
As I have said often before, lunch has to make me happy. When you spend the whole day scooped up…
ON restaurant
A classic on the Viennese restaurant front and one of the first restaurants of the ON empire. I love going…
What I learned in 2015
To put this year in perspective and review it once again, here is what I learned in 2015 (click here…
Miznon
Just a couple of weeks ago a new place opened in the center of Vienna to rave reviews. Not only…
