Restaurant in Berlin | BLEND Kitchen & Bar Fusion kitchen at Pullman Berlin Schweizerhof

Charlottenburg, Berlin

Dauerwerbesendung

Here comes the first food critic of the year. Before Christmas I tried the newly opened BLEND Kitchen & Bar at Pullman Berlin Schweizerhof on Budapesterstraße close to the Ku’Damm. The restaurant was recommended by an acquaintance. In fact, after a longer design- and reconstruction phase the ground floor of Pulman Berlin Schweizerhof reopened its restaurant and bar mid October. It was designed by two Russian interior designer. Super creative and stylish – a successful and striking concept, I’d say!

photo via BLENDS’s Facebook Page

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The challenge of HOTEL-RESTAURANTS

In general, it’s not that simple for hotel restaurants. Who would go for dinner in a hotel restaurant? I would definitely. During my blogging career I’ve discovered to many great hotel restaurant concepts (e.g. in Dubai it’s normal to eat in hotel restaurants).

The BLEND Kitchen & Bar is located on the ground floor of Pulman Hotel and is welcoming passerby from the street having it’s own entrance. Therefore, you don’t necessarily have to pass through the hotel lobby. For a Monday it was quite calm. However, it’s always recommended to book a table on weekends.

Drinks & Food at Blend Kitchen & Bar
FUSION KITCHEN EN POINT!

Let’s talk food now. The BLEND Kitchen & Bar serves international dishes. Most dishes have an Asian influence – fusion kitchen en point! We were entertained and pampered personally by the chef cook Steffen Sinzinger. 4 starters, 3 main courses and 3 desserts later we were definitely full but happy. Every bite was delicious. The combinations are creative and rich in variety!

My highlights were the winter rolls with duck pastrami, pumpkin and cranberry (9€), the octopus salad with aubergine, baked sweetbread and Asian glace (12€), fried beef fillet with grilled aubergine and miso (23€) and as sweet final the Earl Grey parfait with blood orange soup and cream cheese (7,5€).

Winter roll with duck pastrami, pumpkin and cranberry

Venison ham with marinated red cabbage salad and tofu cream

Octopus salad with aubergine, baked sweetbread and Asian glace

Scallop with black kale, king oyster mushrooms and orange sauce with rose hip

Saddle of venison with filled braised onion, juniper foam and cranberry jelly

Fried beef fillet with grilled aubergine and miso

Chocolate silk tofu tart with hazelnut and sea buckthorn lemon ice cream

Matcha ice cream with spiced clementines and almond biscuit

Earl Grey parfait with blood orange soup and cream cheese

Blend Kitchen & Bar
RÉSUMÉ

The BLEND Kitchen & Bar is definitely a great address for a cozy evening with great food. Also, the dishes are perfect to share, which takes the dinner experience on another level. I’ll definitely come back!

Fusion Kitchen Berlin Charlottenburg
BLEND KITCHEN & BAR

Budapester Str. 25, 10787 Berlin
www.restaurant-blend.com

starters from 7-12€ | main courses from 17-23€ | desserts 6,5-7€

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I wish you a wonderful day!

Back in Berlin – a winterly flower dress & brown boots

by VickyOutfits

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After two weeks in South Tyrol I’m finally back in the city. It’s crazy how quickly you’ll get used to being back home – to the stress-free and cozy mountain life. Since I’ve been on the road for the last year it still doesn’t feel as if I’ve settled in Berlin. But I’m sure I will!

I’ve already shown you a glimpse of this look in this post and here’s the rest of it. This winterly flower dress from More & More was my absolute favorite the past months. It’s so easy to style and I love to wear it for work. One of my best designer purchases were definitely these Dolce & Gabbana boots, which I got in Paris years ago (you can find the first look with them up here. I look so young in the pictures). Funnily, Amandine has already taken those pictures too and that was already 5 years ago. Well, time flies!

photos: Amandine / Les Berlinettes

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OUTFIT DETAILS

More & More flower dress here
Dolce & Gabbana boots similar here / here / here
Chloé Marcie lookalike bag similar here / here
delicate Swarovski ring here

I wish you a wonderful day!

Winter holidays in South Tyrol
Ice skating on Kalterersee

by VickySouth Tyrol

I still got a bunch of pictures from the holidays back home which I haven’t shared with you yet. Ice skating is one of my favorite activities. As a matter of fact, I can’t remember how many times I’ve already been ice skating on the lake Caldaro (which is also one of my favorite places in summer). The sun was shining, it was still cold enough that the lake was frozen and a little bit of sport doesn’t do any harm, don’t it?

kalterersee eislaufen montiggler see _ eislaufen südtirol

I wish you a wonderful day

The leather dress

by VickyOutfits

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Bye bye winter wonderland. You’ll be missed a lot! As soon as I’ve set foot on German grounds again it was all brown and green. Can we have at least a little bit of snow up north? The past two weeks have been so beautiful and I can’t imagine driving back to Berlin now. But one will always miss the things you can’t have. On the other hand, I can’t wait to be back in the city.

The brand ivyrevel was on my watch list for many seasons now but there were only a few pieces that I truly loved. Although my style got quite basic I’m still looking for some flamboyant pieces. This fake leather dress from ivyrevel is definitely one of those. Oh an this jacket from ivyrevel, which is actually a ski jacket is sooo warm. Matching perfectly with these taupe overknees. In general, metallic pieces in winter are always great as they spice up every outfit.

How do you like the look?

ivyrevel golden jacket _ ivyrevel leather dress _ taupe overknees look

OUTFIT DETAILS

ivyrevel gold jacket here
ivyrevel suede dress here
SPM taupe overknees here

I wish you a wonderful day!

Winter holidays in South Tyrol
Culinary hike on Alpe di Siusi to Malga Schwaiger

by VickySouth Tyrol

What a great winter in South Tyrol this year! It had already started to snow before Christmas and snowed again and again the past days. The winter wonderland up in the mountains is a dream. You can imagine that my holidays were filled with lots of activities up in the mountains – skiing, snow hike and much more.

Today I’m taking you on a snow / culinary hike on Alpe di Siusi. I’ve wanted to have lunch at the famous Gostner Schwaige in a while now as their hay soup in bread loaf is very popular. But also the other dishes looked promising.

Gostner Schwaige _ Genusswandern Seiseralm _ hiking Alpe di Siusi

HOW TO GET TO GOSTNER SCHWAIGE

You’re not allowed to drive up to Alpe di Siusi after 8:30 am. Therefore, you’ll have to park the car at the valley station and take the cable car up. From the summit station you can walk along the main street until Hotel Steger-Dellai and then follow the signs up ot Gostner Schwaige. This walk will take you approximately 30-45 minutes.

LUNCH AT GOSTNER SCHWAIGE
& the famous hay soup

On the menu you’ll find typical South Tyrolean dishes such as herb dumplings with alp cheese (12,70€), smoked specialities from pork, alpcheese and butter (16,90€), goulash from alp veal in Lagrein Dunkel shank (22,50€) and not to forget their Original Gostner Schwaige hay soup (10,90€).