Ludwig & Adele Restaurant

Review

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Seven years ago, Vorarlberg students Lukas Bereuter and Mathias Kappaurer actually wanted the Künstlerhaus-Passage, but when talking to the Stadtkino, which had moved into the Künstlerhaus shortly before, it turned out that the Künstlerhaus cinema's buffet needed new operators. So that's what they did. And subsequently countless other buffets in cultural institutions and other restaurants. Megalomania or a manifestation of Vorarlberg industriousness? A bit of both. A few years ago, the "Kollektiv Ludwig & Adele" shrank to a healthy size, not least because a real challenge awaited them in 2020 with the gastronomy at the Albertina Modern in the Künstlerhaus, for which Bereuter and Kappaurer brought in the young chef Oliver Mohl, who had previously cooked in various top restaurants in Vorarlberg and the rest of Europe. Over the summer, the old Ludwig & Adele was renovated and redesigned - new, simple and beautiful furniture, more light, more seating and standing room and soon even a view into the kitchen. The menu has also been updated, which is of course interesting because gourmet chef Oliver Mohl is now also responsible for the cineaste menu and the cheapest lunch menu in the city for years. And lo and behold: it's fantastic. Mohl interprets the unavoidable classic "Matjes nach Hausfrauenart" by placing the delicately fermented, creamy herring fillet on toasted sourdough bread, topped with apple and dill sauce, roasted bacon and cress. Very good bread (€ 11). Beef tatar has become so commonplace that you can easily skip it, but when it says "with egg yolk-caper cream and pickled pear", it gets interesting again: it was good anyway, but there should be more egg yolk-caper cream and pear, that's why you go for it (€ 11). The flash comes with what's on the menu as "fried chicken with buttermilk waffle": It's an extra-tender marinated chicken breast, wrapped in crispy batter, drizzled with kimchi and sweet chilli sauce, with radishes, sesame seeds and coriander on the side - very Korean, very good (€ 16.50). Half the menu is vegetarian, the range of wines - by the glass and by the bottle - is superb, and you can take Kässpätzle home with you as a do-it-yourself kit. "We want to be the best movie theater in the country," says Bereuter. In summary: the Künstlerhauskino restaurant is open again. With a new style, a new chef and a new garden. And it was very good again.

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