Here’s to a start of hopefully a fun and useful guide to restaurants in Kanton Zurich (and possibly Switzerland).. MrTwist and I enjoy eating out and are always in search of the next great restaurant find. I’m certain it stems from both of us thinking ourselves some sort of gourmet when it comes to food, and of course eating! Since we’re avid cooks and cooking show addicts, not to mention our at-home cook-offs that we have from time to time, we find ourselves always rating the eateries we visit, me being more critical when it comes to service and ambiance and he on the breakdown of every bite of food. All this combined with the many fine and the equally many fighting dining experiences we’ve had, has lead me to this blog post (and hopefully more).

We started off our 2012 Dining out year on a really positive note finding ourselves at Louis Brasserie in Niederdorfstrasse for dinner last night. In spite of eating having been out in ‘the Niederdorf’ many times over the years, this restaurant has somehow stayed off our radar. Granted, the big Moules-in-white-wine sign is what caught MrTwist’s eye and got us looking at the displayed menu more intently – ever since our visit to Ireland he’s had a taste for Moules served any which way!

The restaurant did not fail to impress, I loved seeing the monogram almost everywhere from the cloth serviettes to the bottled water!

The place itself had the look and feel of a french seaside bistro but with a touch of class.
The service was fast and effecient, our drinks order was taken and delivered quickly as was our first course - green salad for me and traditional French onion soup for MrTwist, which we both enjoyed.
Unlike our recent dinner at Gordon Ramsay's Powerscourt restaurant in Ireland we didn't have to wait 45 minutes for our main course. MrTwist of course having his moules and beef fillet with root roasted vegetables for me. My meat was perfectly cooked, tender and still reddish pink - though I would have preferred it a bit warmer. I loved the cafe de paris sauce that was generously melted over the whole fillet, I couldn't get enough of it!

Isn't the presentation of the fries too cute!
 
Usually I don't eat dessert when dining out, though MrTwist always does. This time I decided to try since the rest of the meal had been so good. I ordered the Creme Brulee which was tasty but unfortunately they hadn't caramalised the sugar sufficiently leaving the top still quite grainy, I missed the slight burnt flavour that comes with proper caramlisation as it adds something to the otherwise plain custard beneath. MrTwist enjoyed the Tarte Tatin (which I couldn't eat as it contained nuts!)

All the dishes we had were presented and plated beautifully, again the branding was everywhere to be seen and I quite liked that. They get top marks from me for service as well. And the all important pricing was really quite reasonable - for a 3 course meal for both of us including water, 2 glasses of prosecco and vodka the total bill came to CHF158.

Brasserie Louis * Niederdorfstrasse 10 * CH-8001 Zürich * Telefon: +41 (0)44 250 76 80

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