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Review: Café Wild

July 5th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Café Wild

Style/ethnicity: Viennese Cafe

Map

Hours: 10:00 – 01:00

Location:

Radetzkyplatz 1

01/9209477

Vienna1030

Austria

Food rating: 4 out of 5
Decor rating: 4 out of 5
Service rating: 3 out of 5

Wild, in Landstrasse Hauptstrasse (III.) at Radetskyplatz 1, is a new favorite.

Unlike most Viennese-style coffee houses/cafes, this place actually serves decent coffee and has an unbelievably good selection of excellent deserts. I’m sorry to dis, but Viennese coffee houses and cafes—especially the big ones—deal in numbers and not quality. The deserts are often procured, the coffee is often crap, and the food is an afterthought. Not so with Wild.

We started our visit with some lovely fresh-squeezed lemonade spritzers and moved on to food.

A delicious polenta-vegetable tart served with a perfect little fresh tomatoe sauce was just right for eating at our outdoor table surrounded by bamboo. A braised pork shoulder with house made tomatoe tagliatelle was a fine dish, if a bit wrong for a hot day. It was so good, however, that it soon disappeared. The pork was moist and flavorful, and the pasta was firm and soaked up the remainder of the braising liquid perfectly.

Deserts were some of the best we’ve had in Vienna. An unsweetened apple strudel with freshly-whipped cream and a berry yogurt with fruit sauce rounded out the meal.

We plan to return again and again. A Vienna Bike station is right next door—so it’s easily accessible from anywhere.

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Tags: Austria · Food and Cooking · Vienna

Dubious Honors

March 4th, 2005 · Comments Off

I need to remember not to wear my Order of the Golden Fleece when I show up for my trial, lest I confuse the Austrians, who remain confused as Michael Jackson sports Viennese honor.

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Tags: Austria · General · This is Weird · Vienna

Miracle in Austria

November 20th, 2004 · Comments Off

It’s truly a miracle. In the birthplace of all modern pastry, and the nation that truly sits atop of the pasty world, a miracle pie portends Something Big. I think I’m going to pull all the stored foods out of the basement, load up the family and pets in a wagon and start heading toward [...]

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Subhonker

June 23rd, 2003 · Comments Off

One of the coolest clubs I’ve ever checked out, Sub, is ending at the end of the month. The Mize and I rocked that place way back in the dizay; you had to drag us out of Flex. But never fear! The organizers are rocking a new club, in one of my favorite venues.

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Tags: Austria · Music · Vienna

You Can’t Even Have 3 Groschen, So What’s All This About the 3-Penny Opera?

May 1st, 2003 · 4 Comments

The Three Penny Opera Incident

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Tags: Austria · Funny! · Vienna

"Bad Vibes" A Role-Playing Game for 2 People

March 28th, 2003 · 1 Comment

Klaus und Helmut sind Freunde und gehen in die gleiche Schulklasse. Klaus hat seit drei Monaten eine Freundin – Tanja. Seit er sie hat ist er wie ausgewechselt. Er kommt nicht mehr in den Park um Fußball zu spielen. Er muß dauernd lernen – man könnte fast meinen er ist ein “Streber” geworden – und [...]

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Gegen Schwarz/Blau

November 25th, 2002 · Comments Off

Raus! For more background information, check out Underground Resistance (site is in German)

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Friendly Fashion Advice

November 1st, 2002 · Comments Off

You party in Austria, you must be cool.

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Tags: Austria · Funny! · This is Weird · Vienna

Wien Von Oben

September 25th, 2002 · Comments Off

Aerial photos of Vienna

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Tags: Austria · Vienna

Kein Hackenkreuze!

August 2nd, 2002 · 3 Comments

Some hackers managed to modify the homepage of a neo-nazi organization in Austria during their critical rally planning stage. That’s cool. Why aren’t people from the U.S. hacking all of the Al Qaida sites? link auf Deutsch

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The Gasometer in Vienna

January 9th, 2002 · 5 Comments

The Gasometer in Vienna is part of a new initiative to remake architectural history in the city. Long known for its architectural innovation, Vienna continues to remake itself. In typical Viennese fashion, the city lives in an imagined version of itself after transformation. When Wieners tell you about the city, they are almost always speaking [...]

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Tags: Architecture · Austria · Vienna

Hapsburg History

November 29th, 2001 · Comments Off

A little history tidbit to break up the day: Did you know that at the the time of the establishment of the Dual Monarchy (Austria-Hungary) in 1867 just less that one third of the population of the Empire was ethnically German? Defeat in the Seven Weeks’ War at the hands of Prussia and Italy brought [...]

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Tags: Austria · Empires · History · Monarchies

How to make Wienerschnitzel.

October 22nd, 2001 · 4 Comments

How to make Wienerschnitzel.The Original Wiener Schnitzel For the traditional Wiener Schnitzel, the Viennese normally use veal, and lard to fry it. Recipe for four people: four veal cutlets of about 5 ounces (120 grams) each for the breading: flour eggs breadcrumbs salt lard for frying For the breading: Prepare three plates: Put flour on [...]

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Tags: Austria · Food and Cooking · Recipes · Vienna