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Restaurant Z. Buergli

Buergli means "Small Castle" 
 Had a team dinner at Buergli to kick off this years team meetings, and was pleased to be treated like royalty.

the view from the high ground between the Zurichsee and the river Sihl




we had this room all to ourselves with a group of nine, the whole restaurant may have seated 40-50
Buergli is a cozy place nestled in a mixed residential and small consumer business area. Truly a neighborhood. Our local Zurichers indicated that it is quite a nice area to live (they might have been implying that it is posh or pricey to line there).  The restaurant itself is fairly "gemütlich", in the sense of cozyness or snugness. It was very homey, just a nice home with tasteful appointments. Though some german speakers have told me that "gemütlich" also conveys a bit of "quaintness" or "informality" which I think is not what I am trying to describe.

The menu was definitely Gemutlich
With many "heavenly" and "delicious" (Himmlisches und Köstliches) menu items to pick from Buergli had a pleasant menu offering. The above had us wondering for a moment about "QUORN", was it something that had no translation from the Schwyzerdütsch menu? Turns out to be a completely English offering. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quorn . Our colleague ordered it. She liked it and found it quite filling and satisfying.
Quorn Piccatta with Dried Tomatoe Rissotto and fresh vegetable for the Vegetarian

Heavenly vealsteak with Cognac cream mushroom sauce
When reviewing the menu we also saw the following "Lecker Marinertes Mistkratzerli" which a colleague, always in the interest of expanding my vocabulary pointed out literally translates to "tasty marinated dung heap scratcher". But in that very German way of taking the collection of words and combining them into new words can change the literal meaning. It was a Spring Chicken or Poussin or Coquolet.
Mistkratzerli
Lamb special served with sweet potato purree
Blood orange "parfait" for dessert 
Schoggichueche - a Swiss german phrase that defies machine translation - chocolate cake
Dinner was excellent, though the total bill made even the native Swiss guy blush a little bit. A wonderful meal in a charming restaurant, served well by very professional and kind staff.
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