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At the Vier Jahreszeiten in Munich one of the cornerstones of this organisation was laid in the 1960s, when I stayed there with my father. I only knew the historic hotels of the Cote d'Azur and of my home town Vienna at that time, this was my first "city hotel".
The chef's name was Walterspiel, my father bought his cookbook and he autographed it for us. I still keep it, together with the letterheads and the luggage sticker of the hotel. I think, this is probably the first part of today's famous hotels archives in Vienna. I will never forget the Shrimps Cocktail; it was made with slices of pears.
Andreas Augustin
This is the place where the fabled chef and hoteliers Alfred and Otto Walterspiel created a legend. The story is soon to come - we are collecting the material.
HMCarl Gustav of Sveden, HRH Silvia of Sveden, Francois Mitterand, Henry Kissinger, Jerry Lewis, Luciano Pavarotti, Boris Yeltsin, Sean Connery, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Michail Gorbachev, Ruchard Burton, Romy Schneider, Jimmy Carter, Whitney Houston, Walter Scheel, Alain Delon
Happiness is made to be shared, knew the great French dramatist Jean Baptiste Racine (†1699).
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