Delicious tea, fine soaps and many wonderous things

A wonderful little store called "Ianne & Ienne" has opened at the upper end of Güterstrasse at No 245 opposite the Post Office. Ianne and Ienne is a concept boutique which offers fin-de-siècle style knickknacks, jewellery, soaps, linen but primarily in the colors tea, lilac, rose and white, silver household items and tea (as shown in the picture 1)

http://www.ianeundienne.ch/




When I went to the store I could not help but go on a shopping binge, as they offer a wide variety of delicious teas of the famed Kusmi brand. Kusmi is Russian but based in Paris and they offer high quality flavoured green teas, black teas and herbals packed in very decorative boxes.

http://www.kusmitea.com

Tarzan.ch Flagship Store Opened!

Tarzan has just opened their hip flagship store at Güterstrasse 147. You will not only find Tarzan's famous T-Shirts and Hoodies there, but also flashy jeans, cute/weird toys and accessories.

Rainy Cold Weather: Online Grocery Shopping!

It's rainy and cold outside and definately not the weather to carry home vast amounts of groceries, cat sand or PET bottles. If you want to say NO to the hassle, this is your way out:

In Basel Coop and Migros offer home delivery options. You can buy all Migros products under http://www.leshop.ch. As a surplus they also have a wide variety of boutique products, toys, office supplies, pet supplies etc. This also makes your party planning easier: just order all you need two days ahead and everything will be delivered early evening to your door.

If you want to opt for Coop products, you can go to http://www.coop.ch and visit their online store. Coop has another very customer friendly feature: you can select the delivery time, which is any time during the day up to 22h00 in the evening.

In case you have pets and need to buy vast amounts of Dog food, cat sand etc. Qualipet and other major pet supply stores also have home delivery options. Call them for more information or check out their websites:
http://www.qualipet.ch
http://www.fressnapf.ch

I have made great experiences with both Le Shop and Coop, it has really made my life more convenient!

ADDENDUM 25.04.2007: Coop has just announced that it will increase its home delivery fee to 18 CHF instead of 10 CHF!!!

Bollywood in Gundeli!

Are you in desperate need of a Shah Rukh Khan poster? Do you want to learn the lastest Bollywood dance moves? Need some clothing to complement your "balle balle" dance?

A Bollywood shop is opening now on Bruderholzstrasse, where the Sri Ayurveda Shop was. Sri Ayurveda have moved to Thiersteinerallee a few months ago.

The Bollywood shop is due to open in the new year.

Fine Business Shirts and Ties in Gundeli

A new mens business wear shop has opened at Güterstrasse (I guess its number 245) opposite the schoolyard and the WISO second hand shop.

It offers a wide variety of business shirts, silk ties and business wear of high quality for very reasonable prices!

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!