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20-10-2008, 16:10
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| |  Restaurant or Bar Wine Recommendations
As I am obviously a civilized gentleman of leisure, I tend to quaff wine when the mood is one of refinement rather than cocktailean-buzz or beer-bust. I sampled a rather good Portuguese Sav Blanc in Nooba at Kreuzplatz (43chf) last night but given the variability of wine in restaurants, I'd appreciate any recommendations you may have...?
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28-11-2008, 08:24
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Last night, Swissflygirl, the Teen and I had a very enjoyable meal at "Connexion" in Zollikerberg. The service was excellent, the food good and well, the company what can I say? Charming.
The owner is English(!), very personable and helpful with selections. He even offered to make me a proper Thanksgiving dinner next year.
I will be going back. Restaurant Connexion (Thank you Dingbat for pointing us in the right direction)
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28-11-2008, 08:32
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Cool, thanks for that, I just live 5 minutes from Connexion but havent ventured inside yet. I shall remedy that forthwith.
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28-11-2008, 08:39
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Originally Posted by Jet Lag  Last night, Swissflygirl, the Teen and I had a very enjoyable meal at "Connexion" in Zollikerberg. The service was excellent, the food good and well, the company what can I say? Charming.
The owner is English(!), very personable and helpful with selections. He even offered to make me a proper Thanksgiving dinner next year.
I will be going back. Restaurant Connexion (Thank you Dingbat for pointing us in the right direction) | Just wanted to second this... the customer service from Alexander the manager/owner was second to none. He'd also spent quite some time working overseas including the US....his style of customer service showed that... There were quite a few fellow expats dining there too.
The menu was not extensive but very good and varied. Predominantly Italian influences with some excellent pasta and pizza options.
Can definitely recommend !!
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05-02-2009, 11:08
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SFG and I went to QN last night in Effretikon and had a great evening. The decor is perfect and the food was good*. There is also a bar and a lounge to relax in big leather arm chairs and enjoy a cigar. Reserving is a good idea.
I'll let SFG describe her first impressions from the outside. QN-World - Willkommen *Thx!
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05-02-2009, 11:14
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Originally Posted by Jet Lag SFG and I went to QN last night in Effretikon and had a great evening. The decor is perfect and the food was good*. There is also a bar and a lounge to relax in big leather arm chairs and enjoy a cigar. Reserving is a good idea.
I'll let SFG describe her first impressions from the outside. QN-World - Willkommen *Thx! | That looks mega!
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05-02-2009, 11:15
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Let's go.  Quote:
Originally Posted by peachy That looks mega! |
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05-02-2009, 11:19
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Originally Posted by BigD Let's go. | I'm in!
That's actually not very far from where I live. I'm starting to think that there are plenty of good places in Switzerland it's just that we (expats) don't know about them. Sure I know the good pubs to go in the UK because I lived there for decades, I shouldn't expect to have the same amount of knowledge of somewhere I have lived for less than 5.
EDIT: In fact looking at more pictures I think I could quite happily live there, it seems to have everything.
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05-02-2009, 11:27
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There's a coincidence. Bearing in mind its location , I was seriously looking for apartments in the building... 
They have a cigar list that runs to seven pages which is not badly priced. i think a Cohiba Esplendido is called for in honour of the occasion.
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Originally Posted by peachy I'm in!
That's actually not very far from where I live. I'm starting to think that there are plenty of good places in Switzerland it's just that we (expats) don't know about them. Sure I know the good pubs to go in the UK because I lived there for decades, I shouldn't expect to have the same amount of knowledge of somewhere I have lived for less than 5.
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05-02-2009, 11:37
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Originally Posted by BigD There's a coincidence. Bearing in mind its location , I was seriously looking for apartments in the building...
They have a cigar list that runs to seven pages which is not badly priced. i think a Cohiba Esplendido is called for in honour of the occasion.
BigD | That would be the ultimate place to have an apartment!
The wine list confuses me, is it by bottle?
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