Category: food & drinks

  • Lugano Food Porn: #1-#4

    Other than easter eggs, it is also asperagus season at this time of the year.  Every restaurant, in Neuchatel and also here in Lugano, has a special asperagus menu (Asperges, Asperagi).  In the US, it is available all year-round.  I guess they have an abundance of it here only in Spring.  The Asparagus milanese with…

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  • Easter Eggs and Bunnies

    At our hotel, we were provided with colorful easter eggs for breakfast.  We also received a gift from the hotel – La Colomba (“the dove”, a traditional Italian easter cake). The cake with an outline of a bunny formed by sugar powder is quite effective.  Easter gives the Swiss another chance to indulge on all things…

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  • Neuchâtel Food Porn: Lakeside #1-#5

    During my first week in Switzerland, I was staying at the Hotel Beaulac.  It was bitterly cold and I did not feel like exploring the town for dining options.  So I ate quite a few dinners at the hotel restaurant, Lakeside.  Further to my post yesterday showing the interiors of the restaurant, here are some…

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  • Playing With Food

    Is it me or can you see the silhouette of a city ? I wonder if the inventor of Lego was inspired by octopus. What do you think of when you see the image below ?

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