Many of the restaurants that cater to tourists in Switzerland have similar menus, consisting of raclette, cheese fondue, rösti (the Swiss equivalent of hash browns), schnitzel, pizza, pasta, and burgers. We were fortunate to find places that broke the mold on our travels. Here’s what we found, town by town.
Mürren. Our hotel served burritos and curry in addition to the usual suspects. Julian discovered that the Jungfrau Hotel had a Malaysian restaurant. We went there on our last night, and it was excellent. The restaurant served halal meat and vegetarian items as well. We had beef and chicken satays and a noodle dish.
Morcote. Most of the restaurants in town were Italian. One restaurant served a mixed grain polenta with corn and buckwheat. I didn’t expect to see buckwheat in any form in Europe.
Lucerne. My blood fish sauce level was getting perilously low after a week and a half. Fortunately, Julian found a Southeast Asian restaurant near our hotel, Khoua Vientiane (the website doesn’t work, alas). The proprietor was a character. The restaurant was doing great business, both takeout and eat in. The following night we went to a Japanese restaurant in the train station and were disappointed. The yakisoba noodles we ordered were far too salty.
With luck, we’ll find more interesting places on the last legs of our trip.
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