Home-made pizza / iphone app

A friend came round to my place recently for a TV dinner, to watch a TV program I cannot admit to watching. Lets say it was a documentary about something really important, deep and meaningful... We made pizza using a Jamie Oliver recipe from his iphone app with the imaginative name 'Jamie's Recipes'. It's a useful app with many easy to follow meal ideas. I often stand in the supermarket wondering what to cook for dinner and I use this app to get ideas. Just search for something you feel like eating and it gives you list of options. All necessary ingredients are automatically added to a shopping list, you can set it to either 2 or 4 people and the amounts are adjusted accordingly. Recipes are listed according to themes, i.e. light meals, 20 minute meals, comfort food, breakfast, date dishes...

http://www.jamieoliver.com/apps/

Post Opening Dinner at the Gallery

You blog, I read

Here are some blogs I read regularly - some about food, others about art, cinema or furniture...

Food is good
http://sebastianroach.blogspot.com

The realpickygourmet's Weblog
http://therealpickygourmet.com

101 Cookbooks
http://www.101cookbooks.com

Sous Style
http://sousstyle.com

L'art J'aime pas
http://ketuta.blogspot.com

Kino Madeleine
http://kinomadeleine.blogspot.com

Sanctuary
http://houseofbliss.blogspot.com

The Selby
http://www.theselby.com

A less perfect lunch

Last week I walked up to Alpenrösli in Klosters with a friend of mine to have lunch on their terrace and also to see what the new owners had done with the place. I barely recognised the it: terrace, restaurant, hotel rooms - everything has been completely redone. Unfortunately any charm the place had is gone. It now looks like a typical mountain restaurant next to the skiing station, quite sterile and cold. The furniture on the terrace does not invite to stay and enjoy the view, although people come to Alpenrösli to do exactly that.
The day we were there was glorious and sunny but extremely cold. We asked for woolly blankets to cover our legs and were told that they didn't have any. Blankets would be a small investment for a restaurant that is famous for its terrace and spectacular views - people want to sit outside even in winter!

I heard from a few sides that dinner at Alpenrösli is very good. The lunch menu however was quite uninspired and featured the usual Bündnergerstensuppe, Bündnerplatte etc., but the food was well prepared and tasted good.

Käseschnitte with fried egg and Walliser Wurst with Rösti

I will continue going to Alpenrösli - the view over Klosters and the surrounding mountains remains unchanged, but it's not what it used to be.

www.alpenroesli-klosters.ch

Another perfect lunch in Klosters

 

- Nüsslisalat mit Speck und Ei - Lambs Lettuce with Bacon and Egg -

- Ein Dutzend Schnecken mit Kräutern und Knoblauch - A Dozen Snails with Herbs and Garlic -

Restaurant Wynegg

Landstrasse 205

7250 Klosters

+41 81 422 13 40

Dinner for two friends using three favorite ingredients...

... artichoke, trout and barba di frate.

Last week two friends came by to help me hang some art works in my flat. I cooked us some dinner with lovely produce I bought at the market.

- Barba di Frate: Blanch in boiling water for a couple of minutes. Dress with lemon juice, good olive oil, salt and pepper.
- Artichokes: Boil in water until stem can easily be pierced with sharp knife. Make a vinaigrette using mustard, salt, pepper, lemon zest, lemon juice, lots of mixed, chopped herbs, white wine vinegar and good olive. It's easiest to put all components in a container with a lid and shake.

- Trout: Rinse the trout and pat dry. Lightly flour both sides and stuff inside with herbs. I used flat leaf parsley, dill and chervil. Fry in lots of butter, approx. 5 min each side. I added lots of sage to the pan and fried it until crispy.

Voilà dinner is served.

Should you be in Klosters...

... go to Walserhof for lunch.
The restaurant is known to be the only one in the village that ever holds Michelin stars, currently one for Chef Armin Amrein. The adjacent hotel is known to regularly accommodate Prince Charles and Co, although they haven't been in town for a while.
So you can image that dinners can be quite costly. But a three course lunch menu costs 49.- and is of highest quality! The menu changes every day. If you don't go crazy with wine it's a very good deal!

I had delicious Watercress Soup with Scampi for Starter (I forgot to take a picture).
The main course was breast of quail with pine nut crust and papaya relish.

For dessert I chose a selection of cheeses with a local pear bread - 'Nidle Flade' and fig chutney.

www.walserhof.ch