Cuisine of Switzerland

A trip to Switzerland will remain incomplete without tasting some of the exclusive delicacies from the cuisine of Switzerland. While traveling to Switzerland pamper your taste buds with some of the lip smacking specialties of Switzerland. The cuisine of Switzerland presents before you some of the exclusive traditional Swiss food.

The cuisine of Switzerland is popular all over the world. The Swiss cuisine cooked with fresh and raw items in the traditional way offers a great culinary delight to the food lovers. Plan a trip to Switzerland and taste some of the exclusive dishes of Swiss cuisine.

Some of the specialties of the cuisine of Switzerland are:

Rosti: Rosti or roasted potatoes is a mouth watering traditional food of Switzerland. The Swiss variant of mashed potatoes tastes excellent when it is made from the steamed potatoes. The Rosti has a crispy surface and the color of varies from golden to brown. Rosti is available in any of the restaurants of Switzerland. Rosti tastes too good when taken with Zí¼rigeschnetzeltes or chips of veal and it can also go well with sausage or fried eggs.

You can get to taste the lovely food specialties of Switzerland in any of the cheap food outlets scattered throughout the country. The restaurants of Switzerland maintain best hygiene and the foods are available at a convenient price too. The cuisine of Switzerland is famous for its unusual combination of potatoes- meat-and-cheese. The culinary delight of Switzerland is admired by the people of all parts of the world. The delectable vegetables and great desserts are supplemented by the lovely sauces. The cuisine of Switzerland exhibits a wonderful influence of French, Italian and German cuisine. In the west side the French cuisine dominates, in the south dominates the Italian cuisine while in the north and east the dominance of German cuisine is seen. The leading cities of Switzerland like, Geneva, Zurich, Lucerne, Montreaux, have a large number of international restaurants and hotels, which offer the delicious dishes of your choice. The specialties of Switzerland include the variety of fondue, air-dried meat variety of cheeses, desserts and meringues.

Fondue: Fondue is one of the most desired culinary delight of Switzerland. Fondue is a variety of soup made from melted cheese, corn powder, white wine, spices and garlic. Fondue is taken with little pieces of bread and served in a ceramic pot. The pot is kept on a fire and the pot is shared by maximum of five people.

Raclette: This is a great cheese specialty of Switzerland. Raclette is made from pure melted cheese and potatoes. Black and red pepper is added to it.

í„lplermagronen: This is a lovely dish made of all the ingredients available in the alpine cottages of the herdsmen. It makes use of cheese, melted cheese, potatoes, bacon and onions. í„lplermagronen is generally served with applesauce.

The cuisine of Switzerland includes the mouth watering air-dried meat. It is served in wafer-thin slices and is known as Bundnerfleisch. The cuisine of Switzerland gives you a chance to taste a great variety of cheese and desserts.