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Article: Mozart Madness ; In Vienna, A Celebration Of Hype and Heart
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- The Washington Post
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- May 12, 1991
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At the Cafe Mozart, just behind Vienna's splendid opera house,
the new Japanese owners are offering something called the Mozart
Dish, a snack with bits of roast beef, shrimp, ham, smoked salmon,
trout, stuffed egg and a lump of cocktail sauce. This dish will cost
you $15. It is, in the estimation of Peter Weiser, the director of
Vienna's Mozart anniversary year, "terrible."
"You will never eat Mozart again," he promises.
Fine, but maybe you'd like to eat on Mozart. The city's
Kunsthaus gift shop offers Mozart porcelain plates. Or you can ski
Mozart, thanks to the sharpy who slapped the composer's image on
some skis. Throw Mozart - there's a Frisbee called "Wolferl." Smell
Mozart - ...