Month: October 2015

  • Basel food diary: Zum Schmale Wurf

    Basel food diary: Zum Schmale Wurf

    We went up to Basel for the weekend to see the Basel Tattoo (see earlier post here). We came upon Zum Schmale Wurf (“ZSW”) by chance and were pleased with our meal. ZSW is an Italian restaurant in a row of restaurants located on the Klein Basel side of the Rhine. It is at a rather touristy…

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  • Schaulager, Basel

    Schaulager, Basel

    While we were in Basel for a weekend to see the military band performances, the Basel Tattoo, we spent Sunday morning checking out this museum. Schaulager is one of the more enigmatic art museums which we have visited. The word “Schaulager” means “show-warehouse” which is consistent with the museum’s philosophy of storing and at the same…

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  • Basel Tattoo 2015

    Basel Tattoo 2015

    We went up to Basel for a weekend in July to see this annual musical festival. Sue has always been interested in marching band and drum line. So this event is perfect. We found a bunch of Youtube videos of the performances uploaded by others. Some are now embedded below, don’t miss them. Music, choreography, fireworks and…

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  • Illums Bolighus, Copenhagen (København)

    Illums Bolighus, Copenhagen (København)

    Continuing with Denmark (København, Danemark)… We really liked Illum Bolighus- a specialist department store here – full of furniture, lights, design objects, papers, textiles, and even some clothes. It reminded us very much of Vinçon in Barcelona (see earlier post here) and The Conran shop in NYC (now closed) and the UK. This store is located on busy…

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  • Kiin Kiin, Copenhagen, part 2

    Kiin Kiin, Copenhagen, part 2

    Continuing with our multi-multi-course dinner at this one-star Michelin restaurant – Kiin Kiin in Copenhagen (København, Danemark). In our previous post (here), we showed pictures of 8 amuse bouches which were served to us. Then we went to the dining room upstairs .. the service here was more reliable. There was no menu for the…

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  • Kiin Kiin, Copenhagen, part 1

    Kiin Kiin, Copenhagen, part 1

    Kiin Kiin is a modern thai restaurant in København, Danemark, and apparently the only Thai restaurant outside of Thailand that has been awarded one Michelin star. Upon arrival, we were not taken to our table but were shown to a seating area, very dim with a low table. Downtempo music was piped in from somewhere. We…

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