Meat Day : Zurich

Thursday 3 January 2019 

Shopping in Zurich day.  We started by checking out the food court in one of Zurich's premier department stores.  Turns out we didn't have enough of cheese from the day before...

Check out these truffles. CHF6.5 per gram. That's CHF6,500 per kilo (equivalent AUD$9,135 per kilo)! I'll have three.

Fresh Wasabi complete with their leaves. CHF99 per stick.

 


On the way past the Swiss National Museum, (Schweizerischen Landesmuseums) we saw the sculpture of one of Trevor’s relatives Heinrech Angst (1847 – 1922) who was the first Direktor of the museum, carved onto the façade of the building. He was also the British Consul General in Zurich from 1896-1916! 

On Snow Day we went to Regensberg, the home of the first Angsts.

Zurich had a slight dusting of snow the night before.

And then to Confiserie Sprüngli for some chocolate truffles.

So we bought a packet of one of our favour Swiss chocolates – Kirschstengeli which are little chocolate batons filled with Kirsch which is a clear cherry brandy. As someone who has foolishly bit into a Stengeli I knew that it was important to put them straight into your mouth and consume them all in one hit – otherwise the liquid inside ends up right down the front of your shirt. So I told my friends to make sure that they put the whole thing in their mouth before they bit into them. I explained to them that they were filled with liquid - what I didn’t think to tell them (I don’t know why) was that the liquid inside was 40% spirit alcohol. Even Sue and Shaun were freaked out by the intensity of the flavour. But it was really too much for poor Keedah (who is only sixteen) and he stayed away from them for the rest of the trip.


While yesterday was Cheese Day, today was Meat Day!  Firstly our lunch at a traditional Swiss tavern, Zeughauskeller. Zeughauskeller was the old armoury dating from the fifteenth century.

Flowers in a fountain in Zurich.

Meat day continued with a classic Fondue Chinoise. We walked 40 minutes up Zurich's hill to a lovely, traditional pop up Swiss restaurant.

Fondue Chinoise is basically a Swiss version of a Chinese Hot Pot (Chinoise is French for Chinese). In the fondue pot was a broth in which we stuck our meat on skewers for cooking. We had beef, pork and chicken and a range of dipping sauces. Plus rice and salad. Delicious.