Take the Venice Simplon Orient-Express at the Café du Simplon in Lausanne If you’ve always dreamed of taking the Orient Express but don’t have the time or budget, the Café du Simplon in Lausanne might be the next best thing. The name of the café comes from the street where it is found, the rue […]
Lake Geneva
Restaurant notes: 21 January 2010
La Terrazza Route de Florissant 51, 1206 Geneva. +41 022 345 56 00. Open for lunch and dinner. Closed Saturday and Sunday. I discovered this almost hidden Swiss-style café-restaurant many years ago on my treks back and forth to the Beaulieu clinique. Mr. Borella started as waiter at the Lion d’Or during its golden age. […]
Switzerland gets its own AOCs!
When it comes to wine and food, a name is not just a name Switzerland has had AOCs for a while now, but on 14 January 2010, the Swiss federal agriculture office, OFAG, published an official bulletin containing a list of approximately 800 appellations of origin and geographical indications, roughly the equivalent of the French […]
Swiss’expo agricultural show: fun for whole family
If you’re looking for greener pastures, this weekend is the time. Swiss’expo, the “largest farm” in Switzerland, opened 14 January 2010 and will continue until the 17th. It is being held at Beaulieu in Lausanne. The agricultural show includes more than 1,000 show animals, including calves, cows, horses, ponies, and goats, as well as local […]
Water, water, but no longer everywhere
Free drinking water starting to disappear in Switzerland I went to the renowned Sprüngli pastry shop in Zurich a few months ago with my chocolate-lover soul-mate, Tina Daub. Not having been there since our college days, we were excited and our taste buds were tingling at full speed before we even sat down. We ordered […]