Ginza by Gaynor Dunraven and Louise Haughton

Missing your favourite Chinese take away or just sick of Noohn expensive, uber sushi?

Drive over the border to Lorrach’s outskirts and tuck into the 8 EURO all you can eat lunch buffet at GINZA.

Have spicy soup, Chinese chop suey, spring rolls and ample variety of sushi to chomp through and finish off with oodles of fresh fruit, banana fritters and ice cream.

Do say…More sushi, thai soup, Chinese tea

Don’t say…I have small appetite, stop, I don’t like raw fish, I don’t have room for dessert.

Difficult by public transport

Gruttenweg 15, Lorrach

100 free parking spaces in front of the restaurant

The best Swiss food in Basel for any pocket by Gaynor and Louise

Feeling flush........

Head to the Walliser Kanne for a slap up swiss meal but remember to take 100CHF a head with you at least.  Right in the town centre just down from Barfusserplatz tram stop is this little piece of the Valais.  Enter this tradtional Swiss restaurant, the smell of fondue and freshly cooking weinerschnitzel waft around this old wood lined restaurants.  The staff are friendly and highly efficient, they know their job well.

The menu is packed full of Valais specialities, fondue, raclette, macaroni and schnitzels aswell as some special Swiss wine. 

Broke and desperate......

McDonalds do Swiss?…’grease is the word it’s the word’…the emmantel cheesburger sounded yummy so with an almighty hangover I dived in. Knee deep in grease was what I craved and this is exactly what I got. Napkins in abundance I cycled home in a worst state than when I entered. For me too much filling but a big thumbs up to the emmental cheesy taste….someone pass the kitchen roll and a bucket

Expat shopping by Louise

The tradition expat store - FENWICKS

Expat food in the supermarkets - Globus (downstairs), Migros (Cheddar cheese at the deli) and a wider range of international food on there online store LeShop

Party food, how to cheat by Louise

For Canapes, sandwiches have Sutter Begg do the hard work and deliver

How about a Thai banquet? contact, Party Service-Basel

Delicious cupcakes for big kids?  contact LilliMoo

Amazonica - by Louise

Feeling tired of eating out in Basel??  Maybe you have become anemic due to cost of a steak in Basel town???

Don't fret!!  Here's three easy steps to adress the issue.

1) Head to the Badisher Banhof with your passport
2) Get on a train to Lorrach, at the station walk along the main road to Bahnhofstr 1b
3) Buy a huge steak and chips for a cool 20 euros

Tel.: 07621 - 16 41 68

Amazonica marketed as a South American restaurant and bar, has a huge variety on the menu...tuck into soup, salad, for main course, python, crocadile, kangaroo etc...

My hot tips:  The Brasilian farmer steak or the Grill plate including Kangaroo, horse, crocadile amd ostrich.

Go tropical over the border :-)