Our current six favourite restaurants

No plans this evening? Then we know what you can do. You do have plans? No problem, this is better! We will show you our current favourite restaurants in Zurich and surroundings.

Maison Manesse

Feel like a little lavender-mascarpone crème with blueberry ice cream? Preceding that for example gnocchi with mushrooms and spruce shoots or mangalica pork chops or cod with Jerusalem artichokes, saffron pear, chanterelle mushrooms and sesame. You will be spoilt for choice. The wise connoisseur orders the Maison Experience consisting of six courses with the accompanying alcoholic beverage and can leave the Michelin extolled restaurant hours later with a warm stomach and the comforting knowledge of not having missed anything.

Bauernschänke

”Sharing is caring“ is the motto in Bauernschänke in Niederdorf. On the menu: pork belly gröstel (fried potatoes with meat) with Shiso radish and lettuce, aubergine Tatar with herb salad and crisp bread or braised meat ravioli with sage butter and parmesan and other delicious dishes from the head chef and linker of senses, Nenad Mlinarevic. The dishes are made to share, of course it could be the case that you, once you have tried it, are no longer in the mood to share.

Huusbeiz

Huusbeiz is located between Lochergut and Albisriederplatz on Badenerstrasse. It is a stylish and extremely comfortable local pub with honest, good Swiss cuisine. Metzgete (traditional hearty dish with warm blood and liver sausage and boiled pork) is on offer in Huusbeiz from 12th until 14th November in line with the „Nose to Tail“ philosophy. It is served in the form of an elegant 5-course menu and promises – to quote those making the dishes – a big mess. The whole menu costs 94 Swiss francs; if the accompanying wine is served, there is a supplement of 49 Swiss francs.

Huusbeiz
Badenerstrasse 310, 8004 Zürich
+41 43 931 77 90
www.huusbeiz.ch

Gamper

Gamper restaurant welcomes its guests from Wednesday until Saturday. You cannot book a table, just call in spontaneously. In general, a table opens up after a short waiting time (at the wine bar) and Gamper is always worth the wait. The dishes by Marius Frehner are seasonal and strongly reduced to the basics like everything in Gamper. There is no menu; instead a sensational 5-course surprise menu is served.

Trube Zollikon

Trube in Zollikon, directly beside a small cheese shop, captivates with an inviting atmosphere and tasteful furnishings. You actually feel at home here before you have even sat down. The gourmet cuisine by Claudio Obrecht then ensures that you will want to stay seated for as long as possible. Such is life: You sometimes get what you expect – you often do not – and in rare cases you get much more. Then you order ricotta gnocchi and think to yourself, the restaurant has 14 Gault Millau points so they will be really good gnocchi, but then, then they are the best you have ever had in your life.

Trube Zollikon
Alte Landstrasse 94, 8702 Zollikon
info@trubezollikon.ch
+41 44 390 11 60
www.trubezollikon.ch
14 Gault-Millau-Points

Fedt

When you enter Fedt (Danish: cool), you immediately comprehend: Those responsible here are passionate about what they do. The concept is aimed towards vegetarian and vegan cuisine that surprises and delights. The Churros on caramel for example are simply a poem, however in no way outshine the other dishes. The pop-up is open until 18th December – and will then hopefully remain forever. And if it is the case, that the joy you give to others comes back to you, then the head chef and innovator, Alain Pinto, must be a very happy man, because his dishes promise pure joy.

Photos Copyrights: Maison Manesse, Bauernschänke, Fedt, Bauernschänke, Depositphotos, Huusbeiz, Gamper, Trube Zollikon, Fest

In “No Time to Die” Daniel Craig once again saves the world. It is his last performance as James Bond – and hopefully just the beginning of our ADAM THE MAGAZINE cover heroe.

With a budget of 250 million US dollars, ”No Time to Die“ is the most expensive Bond film to date and Daniel Craig’s last. For 14 years the 52-year-old was the official secret agent 007 – and in many people’s opinion the best of all. That could not have been predicted. During filming for “Casino Royale” in 2006 outraged fans took to the streets and called for a boycott. They demanded a new, better casting of their favourite agent. Craig, according to widespread prejudice at the time was too ugly to play Bond. His face was allegedly too broad, his mouth too thin, his nose too bulbous – and in general, he was too blond. Craig, in turn, refused to dye his hair black and pacified the sceptics with simulated calm that they should wait for the result and then judge. “I had given 110 percent from the outset, claimed Craig, and then that became 115.” The decision for the part preceded unsettling discord: “I was afraid I would ruin my career.” But then he forced himself on, out of fear that he would otherwise end up in a pub drunk asking himself the most tormenting of all questions: What would have been if… and if only I had.

Daniel Craig first grew up in Liverpool, later in Hoylake with his mother and his stepfather in an artist’s environment. As early as the age of six he was interested in acting. He learnt his trade at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London. He was a waiter and helped in restaurant kitchens to makes ends meet. He had his first commercial success in 2004 in “Layer Cake”, in which he played a drug dealer. One year later he played in Steven Spielberg‘s five times Oscar nominated work “Munich” about the Olympic assassination attempt in Munich in the seventies. Then came “Casino Royale”. When he heard that he had been accepted for the part, he immediately went out in search of a bar and had the barman mix him his first pull through Martini. In 2008, two years later, the sequel “Quantum of Solace” by Marc Forster was released in cinemas, but it did not manage to continue the success of its predecessor. In the same year, Craig appeared in “Defiance”, which caused contention among critics. His performance in the American Stieg Larsson adaption “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” was remarkable as the investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist alongside the equally wonderful Rooney Mara as the justice-seeking hacker, who is the driving force here and virtually occupies the “Bond part”. Ultimately she is the one who breaks the baddie’s neck as well as all those who get in her way in the meantime.

The slightly greying Craig finds he is too old to play the current Bond. He took it easier during filming, partly for the sake of his wife, Rachel Weisz, who refers to the Bond set as a boxing ring. He has had too many wounds already. Fittingly, Bond is in retirement in “No Time to Die” and enjoying the sweetness of not doing anything on Jamaica, when an old friend from the CIA asks him for help. A kidnapped scientist has to be rescued. Bond obliges. It is the famous “last job”, which is larger and more dangerous than anything before. Producer, Barbara Broccoli, does not want to answer the question of how the story around James Bond should continue: «It’s horrible to even think about it.» But everyone knows too well, Daniel Craig has raised the bar incredibly high.

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La Réserve Eden au Lac Zurich

One would expect a feeling of peace, of having arrived, but in La Réserve Eden au Lac Zurich it feels different. The 5-star hotel in Philippe Starck Design oozes a spirit of adventure and the urge to discover. And there are certainly plenty of exciting things to discover behind the historical walls.

In a prominent location, directly on the shore of Lake Zurich the former traditional house Eden au Lac now shines in new splendour. And bears a new name: La Réserve. Star designer, Philippe Starck, has given the 5-star luxury hotel a new face. The pretty façade with the lion’s heads and historic sculptures have remained in their entirety. The major change took place on the interior. Here you are met by red, planed wood like on a ship’s hull, oars, lying around as if they have been forgotten after a regatta, a collection of ship’s keels set in resin, bronze fórcole and oar forks from Venetian gondolas. The entire interior has been recreated like an elegant yacht club and emits an ambiance of thrilling sophistication. One has the feeling of having been invited to an adventure, of which you are not certain where it is leading, but you are certain that you want to experience it.

There are forty rooms and suites, which are divided into eight categories. Starck designed the rooms in the upper stories like ship’s cabins for seafarers on shore leave. Only, the stylish luxury version. There are two restaurants ensuring splendid culinary experiences. The owners of Eden Kitchen & Bar hope that it will soon become the Zurich “In Place», a lively meeting point. In the open kitchen, Marco Ortolani and his team conjure up veritable culinary pleasures, delicacies from all over the world and of course also local specialities such as Züri-Gschnätzlets with Rösti. The glass lift leads to La Muña. On the sixth storey, you have a 360-degree panorama view of the historic Zurich city centre, the lake and the distant Alps. On the replanted rooftops, you can listen to the rhythmic breaking of the waves and inhale the fresh breeze from the lake. Japanese-Peruvian specialities are served by the chef, Miya Gunji, under huge awnings. There is a choice between raw (crudo) and warm (caliente) dishes, such as tuna-ceviche or beef-entrecôte on truffle-teriyaki sauce. Inside the restaurant there are comfortable sofas in light leather on Persian style carpets. Now and then your eye meets a secret object that fills you with the urge to travel. The actual secret is however in the preparation of the fabulous dishes and cocktails. They will remain in your memory, like absolutely everything else here, for a long time to come.

La Réserve Eden au Lac Zurich, Utoquai 45, 8008 Zürich, +41 44 266 25 25, info@lareserve-zurich.com, www.lareserve-zurich.com

Photos Copyrights: La Réserve Eden au Lac Zurich

Six favourite books

Touching, enriching books are vehicles for the imagination; it is not majorly significant where the books transport the reader: they can thrill us with a journey around the world or straight through life and at best, they always penetrate our very core a little. These are our six favourite books in the past few months …

1. Der Junge, der Maulwurf, der Fuchs und das Pferd

A boy, alone and with a head full of questions, meets a mole that is always avidly looking for cake, is small, but fearless and achieves great things, a fox that is deliberately quiet, because life has hurt him, and a horse with wings. They journey together through the wilderness and overcome the storm, which like every storm had to come sooner or later. The work was written and illustrated by Charlie Mackesy and marks the fulfilment of his dream. It is a work that has the capacity to obliterate even the most stubborn cloud of worry, leaving the reader in tears of joy.

List Hardcover, 128 Pages
by Charlie Mackesy, www.ullstein-buchverlage.de

2. Draußen gehen

Thoughts are thieves. But not these thoughts. These thoughts are at one with nature. Instead of sitting in a closed room staring at a screen and intensely forcing inspiration, Christian Sauer – Author and Coach for creativity – animates his readers to follow the title of his latest book and simply: to go outside and not only get good ideas in the process but also to find themselves. „Draussen gehen“ is possibly the first book of its kind that you have read, one more reason to go out and buy it.

Linenband, 176 Pages
by Christian Sauer, www.typografie.de

3. Die Parade

This story takes place in an anonymous country torn apart by civil war and is about two nameless construction workers about which the reader will never discover a great deal. Their mission: to level a road within twelve days, on which a parade is to take place, and in so doing connect the poor south with the rich north. While one of the protagonists is meticulously committed to the job in hand to ensure that he can return home as quickly as possible, the other is in search of adventure and easy sex. In „The Parade“ Dave Eggers once again shows that he is one of the most influential authors of our time.

192 Pages
by Dave Eggers, www.kiwi-verlag.de

4. Baedeker’s Handbuch für Schnellreisende

Did you know that it was once was common – or at least recommended – to have sixty bottles of French red wine in your luggage on a journey to Egypt? And that tourists in India should not travel without their own washbasin? Or that it was discouraged to drink cow’s milk in Switzerland without mixing Cognac into it? These and numerous other strange, highly amusing travel insights from the historic Baedeker travel guides have now been compiled in one work: „Baederker’s Handbuch für Schnellreisende“.

384 Pages
by Christian Koch und Hasso Spode, www.mairdumont.com

5. Wir sind das Klima

In his bestseller „Eating animals“ the American author, Jonathan Safran Foer, caused a sensation on a worldwide scale and motivated countless people to become vegetarian. The reprehensibility of mass livestock farming is now also the central theme of his latest work, which is dedicated to climate change. Foer reminds us of the power and necessity of joint action and instances a number of clear, successful examples which should be our motivation and are easily implemented

336 Pages
by Jonathan Safran Foer,  www.kiwi-verlag.de

6. Ein Rundgang durch die Wunderkammer der deutschen Sprache

Tones of desire, begetting mother, assassinating buffer – there is actually nothing disreputable about this strange Germanization by the poet Philipp von Zesen, what is really meant is simply: Music, Nature and Pistols. This and other bizarre rarities can be found in „Ein Rundgang durch die Wunderkammer der deutschen Sprache“ and you will become aware that the German language is more diverse than almost any other. This book truly revels in its beauty, strangeness and wonderful manifestations. From anagrams and palindromes to visual baroque poems through to the present. An entertaining read for word wizards with a love for the German language

Hardcover, 320 Pages
by Thomas Böhm und Carsten Pfeiffer, www.daskulturellegedaechtnis.de

Photos Copyrights: Ullstein Verlag, Verlag Hermann Schmidt, Amélie Cordier, DuMont Reiseverlag/Karl Baedeker Verlag, Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Verlag das kulturelle Gedächtnis

The “Bündner Herrschaft” is the Burgundy of Switzerland

Golden larches, blue mountain lakes, white peaks and the canton’s typical delicacies and exquisite wines: There are 42 different type of grape in the Canton of the Grisons along the Rhine, from Glänsch to Malans. Blauburgunder and Pinot Noir are particularly popular. In recent years, the Pinot Noir world championship title went no less than six times to the Canton of the Grisons. Enough reason to take a closer look…

Photos Copyrights: Graubünden Ferien, Obrist und Partner Grafikerinnen & Grafiker, Weingut Donatsch, Weingut Gantenbein, Alter Torkel, Restaurant Adler, Graubünden Tourismus