Sturm or Burcak, that is here the question…

What a wonderful day! Prague is also a Sturm-capital! Today I had my first glass of Czech Burcak, the equivalent to Austrian Sturm.
Sturm is the unpasteurised grape juice that is sold from early september until late october. At first its just cloudy grape juice, but when you buy it a few weeks later a part [...]

Czech cuisine, good and bad…

Today I experienced two very different representations of czech cuisine, one has been an almost heavenly sweet treat and the second one was a very … hm… strange beverage…
Bad things first… I´ve been to a nice bar next to Vlatva River tonight and we had good food. But, when the waitress asked for drinks I [...]

Coffee in Vienna

One of the best sides of Vienna are, no doubt about that, the coffeehouses, BUT, one of the worst sides of Vienna is the coffee served in most coffeehouses…
As a guy grown up near the italian border, I´m used to have high quality coffee – mild, creamy, strong – in many different versions – cappuccino, [...]