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Café & Kleinhotel Weggen

Once a month, my female-colleague organizes a lunch get-together for the ladies on our floor
at work and I always look forward to that day. She knows Zurich very well, actually better than
real "Zürcher" (people originally from Zurich) and she knows so many nice restaurants and cafés!
This time, we went to Café & Kleinhotel Weggen, a small, quaint, cute café located in an alleyway of the old town nearby Limmat river.

When we arrived at around 12:30 there were only 2 ladies sitting at a table who left soon after we arrived.

We were surprised because it was lunch time and all the cafés and restaurants in Zurich are

usually packed but I guess this café is hidden too well and it is a secret place for those who were

lucky to find it...

 

 

 

During lunch time, they serve a bowl of soup (barley with green curry) together with some slices of bread (around CHF 15.00), Bircher Müsli and I think 4 or 5 different set menu with a small salad (CHF 19.00 ~ CHF 24.00). I forgot to take a picture of the lunch menu… but as far as I can remember they had sandwiches, ham-and-cheese-toast, tortellini, steak tartare and Riz Casimir (a yummy Swiss dish with rice and curry with chicken and warm fruits) on it.

Riz Casimir

The paintings hanging on the walls are all on sale. They are all light-colored and makes the light and bright café with the high ceilings and the big mirrors even friendlier.

 

The lady who served us – I assume the owner of the café and hotel - Mrs Renate Strähle – was very friendly, welcoming and attentive.

If you like a quiet, private and personal café that is not too busy and packed, Weggen is the perfect

place. I haven't seen the hotel rooms (the smallest hotel in Zurich) but I assume they have similar characteristics like the café. :)

Service: ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩                                Value for money:   ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩

Food:     ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩                                Atmosphere:          ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩

(no homepage ;) )

Café & Kleinhotel Weggen

Weggengasse 4

8001 Zürich

Tel: +41 (0)44 211 66 08

Wings - Airline Bar & Lounge

On Saturday evening, I went out with my sweetie to have a drink in Wings bar.

This place is always packed on weekends but this time we luckily found one empty bar stool and sweetie stood next to me until the next stool vacated. 

The bartenders were very busy and we waited about 15 minutes until we were asked what we wanted.

I ordered a non-alcoholic drink called "Steward", a banana-, strawberry-, orange juice and lemon shake for CHF 12.- and my partner a Corona beer for CHF 8.-.

My drink was served in a huge glass tumbler with a slice of fresh pineapple. :D

               This bar looks like inside a plane. After the devastating SwissAir grounding, some ex-pilots and cabin crews had the idea to open this bar. They even have actual airplane seats you can sit in!

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    They also have tables and outdoor lounge tables and sofas outside.                                                                     

 

    Service: ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩      Value for money:   ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
       Drinks: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★     Atmosphere:          ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩

 www.wings-lounge.ch

Limmatquai 54 

8001 Zürich 

                                             +41 (0)43 268 40 55       info@wings-lounge.ch
                 Mon - Thu: 16:00 - 24:00                   Fr: 16:00 - 2:00                Sat: 14:00 - 2:00

Uto Staffel

On Saturday, we had a perfect warm and sunny autumn-weather in Zurich so my sweetie and I went hiking on Üetliberg.
We took the tram number 13 and got off at the end of the line "Albisgütli" and walked up the steep hiking trail.
It was very rampant and exhausting but it was good exercise for our lower legs and we were very motivated since we didn't eat much for breakfast and were excited about our lunch at the restaurant Uto Staffel up the hill! We walked uninterrupted and arrived the destination already about 30 minutes later. We made a reservation at the restaurant at 14:00 and it was still around 12:00 so we walked further to Uto Kulm, a hotel / restaurant located at the highest point of Zurich.

                  

At the observation deck, we enjoyed the sun and the beautiful panorama view to the entire city and the lake of Zurich.

 

 

   

After a while we walked back to Uto Staffel, found a table on the terrace and ordered a "Gordon Bleu" – a Veal Cordon Bleu with Gorgonzola cheese.

Even though all the tables and seats on the terrace were occupied and there were also some guests sitting inside the restaurant, the service was fast and very friendly. We got our Gordon Bleu 10 or 15 minutes later after ordering! It came along with cooked vegetables and fries.

       

                  

The Cordon Bleu looked small on our plate but it was thick and with all the fries and vegetables, you were so stuffed afterwards!

When I cut the cutlet the hot Gorgonzola cheese melted out and it smelled so good… Yummy!

The breadcrumbs crust was soft and a yet a little crusty, the meat was tender, the ham and cheese in between completed the cordon bleu perfectly. The price CHF 43.50 might seem a little too high but for a good veal it is not unusual for Zurich.

 

   

   

 

                    

Service: ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩                                Value for money:   ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩

Food:     ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩                                Atmosphere:          ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩

www.uto-staffel.ch/  

Tue - Sat: 9:00 -

Sun: 9:00 - 18:00

Churrasco Steakhouse & Bar Zurich

Last night we enjoyed the semi-annual company dinner in Churrasco.

A very nice and surprisingly big steakhouse restaurant located in the old town of Zurich. The atmosphere is nice, the food good and the service is very friendly.

I very much liked the lounge nearby the entrance with the huge chandelier, black sofas and low tables:

via zuri.net

There was also another room in the back with a chandelier and cow skins on the wall.

                                              

The round tables with half-round white sofas are perfect for guests up to 4 - 5 people and in summer you can also use the terrace in the middle of the restaurant.
The lights could be alittle brighter inside the restaurant. Dimmed lights are perfect for this kind of location but it was rather dark than dimmed...

                                     

                                     

The food was good too - the portion of the mixed salad was perfect (not too small, not too big), the "Gaucho"-Burger which comes with toasted ciabatta bread, sliced tomatoes, onions and crème fraiche had a very good taste (I liked the the spice they used) and the country fries were thick and also had a nice spice.

I was so stuffed but when the waiter asked us if we would like to have tiramisu or vanilla ice-cream with brandy for dessert (they also offer many other sweets but we had a half fixed 3-course menu since we were a big crowd), I just couldn't say no to tiramisu... Yummmmy...  I hadn't had tiramisu for quite a while, so I was excited and totally forgot to take a picture, haha... :P

www.churrasco.ch
Churrasco Steakhouse & Bar

Glockengasse 9
8001 Zürich
Tel: +41 44 221 11 44
Mon - Sun: 11:00 - 24:00

Service: ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩                                Value for money:   ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
Food:     ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩                                Atmosphere:          ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩

Holy Cow! – a good fastfood burger in Zurich

On Saturday, we tried a new burger fastfood restaurant called "Holy Cow!" located in Zurich nearby Central.

The restaurant opened in spring 2013 so it's quite new and I don't think many people know this place because it's located on a quiet side street, parallel to Niederdorf.

For fastfood, the menu there is a lil too pricy and the hamburger patty tastes like 'real', good meat like in restaurants (and not like cheap meat from some big fastfood chains…) but since you can 'eat in' or order 'to go' and the meal is served very fast, it's literally a fastfood place. ;-)

They only use chicken, beef and bread from Switzerland and offer Swiss-made drinks like 'Süssmost', mineral water from the Swiss alps, Swiss ice tea, homemade sirup (which you can even refill for free), beer and even wine - all Swiss-made!

I ordered the "Bacon Avocado Beef"-set menu, a beef burger with smashed avocado, bacon and 'red onion jam'. The menu comes with fried potatoes and a drink; price CHF 19.90 (burger only: CHF 13.90).

The burger was good but personally, I didn't like the sweet onions… They really tasted like some kind of fruit jam with a slight onion taste…

But like already mentioned, the patty was good and the fries were freshly made, thick, still a lil crunchy on the outside, hot and not too salty.

Holy Cow also offer unusual burger toppings like blue cheese (!), chorizo, teriyaki with wasabi & ginger, apple cider chutney, basil mayo,... :) Need to try some next time!

Service: ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩                                Value for money:   ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Food:     ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩                                Atmosphere:          ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩

www.holycow.ch

Zähringerstrasse 28, 8001 Zürich

Mon – Tue: 11:00 - 22:00

Wed - Sat: 11:00 - 23:00

essence - homepage design

Do you know the cosmetic brand called "essence"? It offers low priced, trendy cosmetics for young people (teenagers) with quite good qualities and most importantly none of their products are tested on animals! Cruelty free cosmetics that are NOT pricy! How awesome is that?! ♥

The advertisements, design and packaging of essence is very colorful, loud and trendy, cute and decorated with cartoon girls - really targeting young girls. Well, I might be too old to buy their products... but I love cute stuff and they have GOOD quality for small price AND doesn't hurt any animals! So why shouldn't I buy them? ;P That kind of brands should be supported more and other cosmetic industries should really take essence as an example!!!

At the moment essence Switzerland is running a contest where you can win essence's products. All you have to do is design a homepage for them. Of course not from scratch - that would be too difficult unless you are a real graphic designer.
Actually it's quite simple: you can choose the background color, the background theme, the font, its size and color, products, stamps and cartoon girls from a menu and just drag and drop the items on the display.
I like doing handicraft work and collages so didn't have to think twice if I should participate or not. ;) This is my design:

http://homepagecreator.essence.eu/en/confirmation/4aowdeckg1kw0gk0kwo4k88o484g4sk04kkcws04cwg004s0ks


Ohhh and since my black eye pencil is almost used up I bought a new one from essence.
STAYS no matter what waterproof eyepencil, a kajal that can be sharpened. I like it because it's creamy and has a soft texture (doesn't hurt when you apply it on your eyelid) and won't smudge!
Price: only CHF 2.50!!

My recent daily eye makeup is to line the upper lash line and the inside rim of my eye with a black eyeliner. I went to a hairdresser during my vacation in Tokyo last month and got straight blunt bangs. I like my bangs but they also make me look younger and so well-behaved (almost like goody two-shoes...). So I use the black eyeliner to create a sexy "cat eye makeup" that perfectly matches the girly bangs! Like Taylor Swift and Lea Michele! :D
Ahhhh I adooooore Lea! ♥ ♥ (She is the reason why I got a new hair cut. ;) )

via hairstyles-galaxy

via marie claire uk

ATAÏA Yoga --> VERY disappointing. Never ever again...

Update from 21.2.2014

I am sorry but I will never ever recommend ATAÏA Yoga Studio anymore... :-(

A few weeks ago, my 3-months membership with 10 lessons expired but I still had 2 lessons credit. When I first started my yoga lessons there, my teacher told me that if you asked the studio for an extension, they would do it for free even after the expiration date.
So, I sent them an e-mail asking for an extension since I was insanely busy at work in November and December and I was also ill for a long time last December that I couldn't attend any classes.
The receptionist or one of the employees at that studio replied that it is only possible to extend my membership if I pay CHF 20.-; otherwise I have to show them the medical certificate!
I was confused and tried to explain my situation that I was really busy and couldn't think about my membership and that my teacher had told me in the very beginning that it is possible to extend my membership. She replied again that they don't do it for free anymore - extending a membership means extra cost, time and effort for them... Plus, I should have contacted them earlier.   ?!?!?!
I got angry. I couldn't contact them earlier since I was BUSY and SICK and that was the reason why I asked them nicely if I could extend my membership!
I am really SO disappointed! Now they lost a standing customer who always recommended this studio to everyone who were interested in yoga, but I will NEVER do it again!

It's such a pity since I really liked Elina's classes, she is such a wonderful teacher but the receptionist there is really unfriendly and not polite and obliging AT ALL!
I wish Elina would teach at other yoga studios, too...


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Published 2.10.2013

From The Secret Daily Teachings:
"The process of creation is the same for all things, whether you want to bring something to you or remove something negative from your life.

If you have a habit you wish to break, or anything negative you wish to remove from your life, you must focus on what you want. That means you visualize and imagine yourself in that negative-free state right now. Imagine yourself in as many scenes as you possibly can where the negative situation is completely absent. Imagine yourself happy and free. Eliminate any picture from your mind of you with the negative situation. Just imagine yourself in the state you want to be in, and feel that you are that, right now."

(by Rhonda Byrne)

Last Thursday when I was at work, I was tired, weak, had no energy,  felt weary and didn't want to work - I didn't feel like doing any-thing! I don't know why... I guess stress? Work is causing stress? 

And lately, I'm also not the happiest person. I have bad temper, become exasperated with my darling and we argue about little things, my co-worker gets on my nerves with her naive nature - I just wanna scream to leave me alone!! ...I thought, it's high time to do yoga... go to Elina's class! She is my favorite yoga teacher. She teaches Hatha yoga at ATAÏA Yoga. She is one of the nicest, friendliest, loveliest, most positive person I know! And her positive and friendly aura is contagious! She makes us all happy! And yoga helps calming you down, clearing your mind, makes you fit mentally and physically.

Since I forgot my purse on that day, I couldn't go to yoga - I was also too tired and too weary. Then finally on Monday evening, I went to Ataia yoga studio to take Elina's Hatha class and when I saw her smiling face, my heart felt warmer. :) And ohhhhh the stretching and flexing the muscles felt sooooooo good! I also went to class today during lunch time. Felt REALLY good. 

I just love yoga!

If you are looking for a yoga studio in Zurich, I highly recommend ATAÏA Yoga at 

Gartenstrasse 14, 8002 Zürich!



Elina Mueller Meyer - the best yoga teacher :)

From The Secret Daily Teachings

"There is no past or future for the law of attraction, only the present, so stop referring to your life in the past as very difficult, or full of hardship and pain, or in any other negative way.

Remember that the law only operates in the present, so when you speak of your past life negatively the law is receiving your words and sending those things back to you NOW."
from Rhonda Byrne

Rhonda Byrne is the author of the books "The Secret", "The Power" and "The Magic". Amazing books that will Change your life!

Please also refer to my blog entry "The Secret - it changes your life"!

via www.en/Wikipedia.org "The Secret (book)"