Elegant Country Style Dining at "Schaellenursli"

Since a thousand years the Church of St. Margarethen towers above the city in Binningen. Attached to the church is a farm managed by Urs and Christa Rediger.

With the help of the Acqua team they have now transformed one of their farm barns into a fine dining experience called "Schaellenursli" where you can enjoy local farm grown food and long forgotten rural specialties.

On Thursday to Sunday night you can choose among two menues, one of them vegetarian. The menues are in the middle price range with a four course meal costing about 50 CHF without beverages.

On Sunday morning you can enjoy a farmers brunch.

As the tables are highly booked early reservations are mandatory, especially for Saturday nights.

More information on http://schaellenursli.ch/

Formhaus - Hippest Gym in Gundeli

Do you feel bored in a Gym? Then go to Formhaus. The new Gym situated at Güterstrasse offers the most modern fitness facilities with TV screens. Besides the usual gym facilities, Formhaus offers a wide variety of courses and also a cardio park. They also have the newest Hypoxi machines and PowerPlate.

Their wellness facilities are limited to a Sauna, but all facilities are state of the art and display a touch of class, without being too glitzy.

Adjacent to the Gym a bar and lounge area invite to enjoy a healthy lunch or dinner.

http://www.formhaus.ch

Saturday, 15. December 2007

Test the Gym and enjoy the open door event!

Hypoxi Info-Day

Sunday, 16. December 2007

Christmas Gym, bring along your family and friends!

10.00 Uhr Aero-Gym with Rolf Dürrenberger
10.40 Uhr Aerobic-Intervall with Sarah Lupica
11.00 Uhr Pilates

from 12.00 Uhr Christmas Apéro

Fee: For free (Please reserve a seat beforehand)

Contact: 061 271 37 90 or info@formhaus.ch

Sicilian Brunch at Caffè Fortuna

Caffè Fortuna is a sicilian themed restaurant at Güterstrasse which has opened a month ago. It offers a nice Sunday brunch for 25 Francs including Prosecco and Latte di Mandorla. Latte di Mandorla is almond milk, a southern italian speciality which is served as semi-freddo (almost frozen) and can then be eaten with a brioche.

The restaurant design of Caffè Fortuna has some Italian chic mixed with Swiss coziness. If its a sunny and warm day you can also sit outside in the garden, which is one of the prettiest restaurant gardens in Gundeli.

If you are not out for a Sunday brunch, test their lunch menues which offer a good price for an excellent meal.

http://www.caffe-fortuna.ch/

Eating Dinner on a Monday night

If you ever wanted to grab some dinner on a Monday night, you might have noticed that this is nearly impossible in Switzerland. Many restaurants are closed Sundays and/or Mondays.

A wonderful exception in Gundeli which is also not too pricey is the Thiersteinerhof at Thiersteinerallee. Food prices are in the range of a Pizza Delivery service plus setting (around 18 CHF for a Pizza and 20 Francs for Pasta, Meat for about 30 Francs). The food is delicious, the restaurant has outdoor seating and is quite neat and tidy.

The restaurant is held by Antonio Germano who worked for the fabulous Restaurant Rösslirytti earlier. You can certainly taste that!

Bonvivant at Zwingerstrasse in Basel

Remember my mysterious post about the great new restaurant I was not allowed to comment on yet? Well, now I can - after I had a tour of the premises. Bonvivant is the new and highly innovative project of the Gault Millau and Michelin decorated cook Andreas Schürmann.

The restaurant offers only one menu for lunch and one for the evening, prepared with excellent market-fresh ingredients and high quality cooking. The interiors of Bonvivant are warm, wooden and state-of-the-art, with long wooden tables to sit on. The kitchen is open, so that all kitchen wizardry can be observed by the guests.

The atmosphere of Bonvivant in general is more like eating at a (stylish) friend's house...

Prices are quite moderate with a two course lunch costing 35 CHF and a three course dinner costing 65 CHF. Alternately meat, fish and vegetarian menues are served according to the plan below:

monday - meat
tuesday - fish or seafood
wednesday - vegetarian or meat
thursday - meat
friday - fish or seafood

Bonvivant also offers catering for parties, events or dinner at home. Many of the used delicacies can also be bought directly at Bonvivant, such as wines, aprons, condiments and jams.

Find out more on Bonvivants website: http://www.bon-vivant.ch

Early reservations are mandatory as only limited seating is available!