Friday, November 29
I finally got a driving stint in the Audi where much to the dismay of my back seat passengers I tried to make up some time we had lost that morning. We arrived in the lake country around Rust, right on the Hungarian boarder where we had a meeting with Paul Archs. After that he took us to a lovely lunch at the Blue Goose.
And then we headed back toward Vienna, stopping about 40 minutes outside the city at the highlight of the trip: the Taubenkobel. Run by a husband and wife team (he cooks, she designed and runs the place) this rustic farm house had been transformed into a literal heaven on earth. I can't say enough good things about this spot. If you travel to Vienna and don't leave at least one night for the Taubenkobel you are completely out of your mind. And not in a good way. These are people to whom assuring your pleasure is not a job, but a form of art. As if they would be personally depressed if you didn't have the time of your life. The staff was amazing. The food was out of this world. And the grounds and rooms all showed the hand of complete love and attention. Yes yes yes. For me this dinner was the best of the trip.
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I finally got a driving stint in the Audi where much to the dismay of my back seat passengers I tried to make up some time we had lost that morning. We arrived in the lake country around Rust, right on the Hungarian boarder where we had a meeting with Paul Archs. After that he took us to a lovely lunch at the Blue Goose.
And then we headed back toward Vienna, stopping about 40 minutes outside the city at the highlight of the trip: the Taubenkobel. Run by a husband and wife team (he cooks, she designed and runs the place) this rustic farm house had been transformed into a literal heaven on earth. I can't say enough good things about this spot. If you travel to Vienna and don't leave at least one night for the Taubenkobel you are completely out of your mind. And not in a good way. These are people to whom assuring your pleasure is not a job, but a form of art. As if they would be personally depressed if you didn't have the time of your life. The staff was amazing. The food was out of this world. And the grounds and rooms all showed the hand of complete love and attention. Yes yes yes. For me this dinner was the best of the trip.
- jim 12-03-2002 7:09 pm