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Evaluate: Lichtblick, Innsbruck, Austria – A Luxurious Journey Weblog


Perched on the highest ground of the bustling RathausGalerien procuring centre, Lichtblick is a café by day and a restaurant by night time. With panoramic views of Innsbruck’s rooftops and the encircling Alps, this seventh-floor haven is aptly named: a “ray of sunshine” illuminating the town’s eating scene.

The meals

Lichtblick’s delicacies combines Austrian custom with Mediterranean attraction and a touch of Asian intrigue, and had moved to a brand new menu the night time earlier than our go to. In reality, diners can choose from three thoughtfully curated menus the place every course is designed to enrich each other, however chances are you’ll substitute programs from different menus if you want (as you’ll see we did with the dessert from menu 1).

We primarily opted for menus 2 and three, and I’m going to let the photographs doing the speaking right here…

Poached wild-caught prawns with candy potatoes, child chard, blood orange-grapefruit salad & aioli
Medium uncommon roasted fillet of spanish duroc pork with potato cake, black salsify & sage jus
Walnut éclair on crème patisserie, caramelized nuts & buttermilk ice cream

Roasted breast of pigeon with la ratte potatoes, raspberry gel, tarragon French dressing, darkish chocolate & raspberry jus

Consommé of simmental ox with stuffed wantan

Grilled fillet of val passira salmon trout on bouillabaisse greens, truffled potatoes & saffron foam

Variation of chocolate with browned butter & banana ice cream

Eggplant cream baked in filo pastry with Mediterranean couscous salad, pomegranate seeds, raisins & home made labneh

Ravioli crammed with pecorino and egg yolk cream, pickled mushrooms, black nuts

Lukewarm apple crumble on verjus sabayon & vanilla ice cream

We tried every others dishes and concluded that menu 2 was our favorite.

The chef

The pinnacle chef is Andreas Zeindlinger though at Lichtblick he’s billed because the Kitchen Artwork Director.

The atmosphere

Aside from coming into a procuring centre to get there, you wouldn’t know you’re on prime of a industrial constructing. The ambiance is vibrant but intimate, and busy but composed. Adjoining to the restaurant, the 360° wine bar and lounge, which is underneath the identical administration, affords an elegant retreat, good for a pre-dinner aperitif or post-meal digestif. Being in such a lofty location, there’s an excellent view available, whether or not it’s day or night time. Our desk ignored the Rathaus Glockenturm (City Corridor Clock Tower).

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The fee

The three menus vary in worth from €48 to €58, with the choice so as to add a cheese course for €14.80.

The ultimate verdict

Lichtblick is a celebration of flavour and creativity. With dishes that shock and an atmosphere that hums with vitality, it is a restaurant you’ll undoubtedly need to go to subsequent time you’re in Innsbruck.

Disclosure: Our journey was sponsored by Innsbruck Tourism.

Paul Johnson

Paul Johnson is Editor of A Luxurious Journey Weblog and has labored within the journey trade for greater than 30 years. He’s Winner of the Improvements in Journey ‘Finest Journey Influencer’ Award from WIRED journal. Along with different awards, the weblog has additionally been voted “one of many world’s finest journey blogs” and “finest for luxurious” by The Telegraph.

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