The Burger Quest

There are many ways to find good food in Zürich. The best one is still by exploring all the places yourself. All you need is infinite time, money and space in your stomach.  
(Which, after watching Interstate 60, is not necessarily a worthwile experience. Unfortunately I didn't find an english version of that scene, but only an italian one. I hope you'll get the story anyway. If not, this movie is definitely worth watching.)

What do you think? I used to think that a never full stomach would be cool. Now I'm happy I didn't get the chance to wish that.


The first two Burger Places
Anyway. I'll give you a quick overview about the last two burger episodes of our quest. We actually are working on a scale to evaluate the burgers with equal terms, but so far we haven't yet established it completely. BUT, as I promised some burger information soon, here's the first two.


Korner, the gourmetburger place, got a pretty good score. The restaurant opened its doors about 6 weeks ago and already has a reputation for their burgers. Our group in general came to the conclusion that:

• The burger is extraordinary. Meat quality is very good and the cooking (standard about medium rare) emphasizes the taste very well. Their sauces seem to be nice, although add-ons cost extra, too.
• The side dishes though were a bit disappointing. The fries were overdone and the onion rings were limp and tasteless. The good thing is that they have to be ordered separately, so best thing to do is just to leave them away. 
• Service was nice and correct.
• Price-value is justified, given the special care they invest in the quality and the cooking of the meat (again as long as you don't add side dishes, as they would in my opinion tilt the price value ratio to overpriced). for a decent meal (including sides) you'll end up with about CHF 28-30.-

Conclusion for this place: If you're looking for the best burger in town, period, this one is definitely very high in the ranking. 

The second place we went was Regenbogenbar. Given the fact that they are actually a bar with some added food, their choice of dishes is quite big. But what about the burgers?

• The burger itself is loaded with goodies. Apart from the meat, you get a very well blended mixture of coleslaw, tomato, onions, pickles (if you like them) and sauce. The meat quality, however, doesn't quite match the one in Korner. 
• The sides (fries) are golden and crunchy, and they are included in the basic price. For me personally that's a plus
• The service was - as said, more bar - like but enjoyable
• Price-value is - compared to the other places we've been - very good. You get a meal that will likely stuff you for just a little more than CHF 20.-

That's it for now about the burgers, but we still have a long list of places to check, and I'll keep you posted every now and then. :)

En guete!

Yours, 

Longstocking

Open Mic, Ocean and a Burger Quest

Holy cow. This Open Mic Night was crowded as hell!


And the best part was that I got the chance to see somebody play the song "Ocean" by John Butler live, just about 5 feet away from me. For those who don't know the piece, check it out here. Amazing, right? And although I have no idea if my blog actually made a difference concerning the amount of performers and listeners at the Open Mic, I'd like to thank every one of them for showing up last night. It looks like we made the difference needed to keep it going for some more time. I'll keep you posted about further events. 


Now, coming to a completely different matter. I got a few quests going on and I want to make them a bit more public. First of all, there's the burger quest. It's already been subject in one of my blogs. I'll keep you posted further on that matter as we're going to try a new place this week. The cool thing about this quest is that we've started with a group of people and now we've got some kind of burger jury together to comment on burger quality, price and also about service and ambiente at the place. You will from now on find them under the label "Burger Quest". 


Apart from that, what can I tell you? I'm kind of sulking about the constant weather change. I've been running around with a cold for days now! (shut up, staying in is not an option.)


Oh, and now, at like 1am, I suddenly remembered what I was thinking when I started talking about the best places to think. (the ones where you're never able to write your thoughts and ideas down). It's because when running through the day, there's subjects to write about left and right, and when I actually sit down to write something new, it's all blank. Which of course is usually the case when you stare into your screen, wanting to start writing, as you need space to write. Well, I found out that there's some inverted mechanism playing: It's not that I transfer my thoughts to the blog, it's that the blog transfers its blank to me. I think it uses me to post emptiness. *shock*

To be continued... 

Best Burgers in Town

What's your best place to think? For me, I'd say, it's always the places where you have the greatest thoughts but are unable to keep them in your mind long enough until you find something to write. The bathtub, for example, if you're too lazy to take (waterproof) pen and (waterproof, like laminated) paper.  Which I actually always am because I'm not abusing a hot bath to work. Hot baths are about relaxing. Otherwise it would be work related and immediately the pressure would start and you'd be blocked again. Worse even, the bath is wasted because you can't enjoy it. 


Or how about dreams. I'm such a genius when dreaming. I think I solved all the mathematical, physical and world problems in one single dream but I can just remember that I did, but not how. 


Well, If only I remembered why I started this blog like that, I might tell you an incredible story, but I don't. Instead I'll go for burgers. 


My friend Alessio invited a bunch of people over to this restaurant called Iroquis, which was supposed to have good and tasty burgers. Being all sporty now that spring is in full bloom, I cycled all around the lake to get there. Quite a treat, after months of tram riding. Although I have to say, probably much to my friend's disappointment, it definitely didn't match the best burgers I've had so far. ( FYI: The burger quest is an eternal game to me, its aim being to find the best burger in town.) There's still no burger like the ones I used to have in Regenbogenbar. Need to try them again sometime soon.


(You might say: sure, of course she'll call the burger of her favorite bar the best one, because it's her favorite bar. Well, if you ever wanted to know why it became my favorite bar in the first place, try the burgers. :).)


This rather short entry is just to remind you that I'm still alive and just very... (sorry: VERY) uncreative concerning subjects to write about because - hey people, I have NO idea whether you prefer vast variety of subjects or rather something special. Well, I guess that's my thing to decide because you'll hopefully still read it. 


Btw: I got that banana cinnamon hot choco..choko...chocko...cacao stick from Austria on easter. It's gross. Don't buy it. Even if the package looks nice. It's no comparison to a swiss hot cho...thing. And sorry for the lack of pictures in this entry. And to conclude this story: I tried to make another chutney, I failed. It's gross, too.