Traditional Swiss Food - What to Eat in Switzerland

Visiting Switzerland is a joy for the eyes with the amazing Alps and Swiss villages, but there are also some great Swiss foods you should try as well. Here we go through a few must eats in Switzerland, from Fondue to Raclette to Chocolate and more!
Filmed in Basel, Switzerland
Copyright Mark Wolters 2022
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  • @19Lillith
    @19Lillith Жыл бұрын

    As a swiss person I really appreciate you talking so well about our foods and specialities☺️ when we eat raclette at home we melt single pieces of raclette cheese in smal pan’s in a special raclette oven not like you get it at a restaurant ☺️

  • @steveee2511

    @steveee2511

    Жыл бұрын

    exactly at home the small pan whe woud call pfandli that is like a diminutive for pan the tipical condements that woud go together are bacon,onion,pickles,pearl onions and some crazy foreigners woud add pinapple that is defently a sin and a nogo for a real swiss just like eating a pinapple pizza in front of a italian or cuting spaguetti with the fork. if one day you go to a swiss home don,t make to fails entering the house without leaving your shoes ouside in a swiss pressition line made by shoes and asking for pinnaple for the raclette lol.

  • @moralhell
    @moralhell Жыл бұрын

    About the chocolate: instead of getting the really expensive tourist brands, just go into a local grocery shop (Coop or Migros) and get the shops own brand. Great taste and wayyys cheaper.

  • @epicalaric1611

    @epicalaric1611

    11 ай бұрын

    Nahh your gonna get the same shit chocolate as anywhere else

  • @Youtube-Censorship-Police

    @Youtube-Censorship-Police

    9 ай бұрын

    not true, i live in switzerland and grocery stores like migros or coop have quite a selection of very good chocolate for 3-5 bucks.

  • @HansJuergBangerter

    @HansJuergBangerter

    8 ай бұрын

    @@epicalaric1611 anywhere else then Migros-Coop?? like VOLG.? or Manor?? or Denner?? STAY AWAY FROM THE MIGROS BRAND FREY'S its disgusting.

  • @zuvu8023

    @zuvu8023

    7 ай бұрын

    buy lindt chocolate it’s available at coop and migros. it’s the best chocolate you’ll find in a supermarket

  • @HansJuergBangerter

    @HansJuergBangerter

    7 ай бұрын

    @@zuvu8023 Coop has a very good Chocolate their house brand but the one from Migros sucks, lots of non Zürchers love Cailler, Maestroanni, Tobler, Suchard or Camille Bloch Chocolate which has more character same as I don't like the lame Coffee Roasted for Zurcher tastes, the dark Lindt chcolates are all produced in France, in USA Lindt Lindor Truffles are made in New Hampshire and disgusting..for a Chocolate Proffessional Felchlin Chocolate from Schwyz is the best.

  • @Zaitekno
    @Zaitekno8 ай бұрын

    All my life I've been hearing people trying to say 'Züri g'Schnätzlets' correctly and you, Sir, did a very good job! Really well done

  • @nelsonvalencia7889
    @nelsonvalencia78893 күн бұрын

    As a Filipino person, I really appreciate you talking so well about your foods and specialties when we eat Raclette at home we melt single pieces of Raclette Cheese in small pan’s in a special Raclette oven not like you get it at a restaurant. 😋🧀🌏

  • @BillGreenAZ
    @BillGreenAZ Жыл бұрын

    Mark, I just want to say I really appreciate the humor you put into your videos such as the fondue burning the back of your throat and you owning up to it in an indirect way. 😆

  • @domitiennegegou5967
    @domitiennegegou5967 Жыл бұрын

    In Fall... Eat game. Deer stew with spätzli and broccoli is fabulous.

  • @woltersworld

    @woltersworld

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @frenchriver9878

    @frenchriver9878

    9 ай бұрын

    Yes, "La Chaise" or "The Chase". We look forward to it every autumn.

  • @BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp

    @BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp

    7 ай бұрын

    In fall - when the cows come back from the alps - farmers decide to sell their animals to the butchers rather than feeding them through wintertime. Metzgete - "slaughter time' is the word. Schlachtenplatte is a mix of many parts of meat mixed with steamed potatoes and sauerkraut. Blut und Leberwurst (blood and liver sausages) are part of those dishes.

  • @agentorange1291
    @agentorange129120 күн бұрын

    Älpermagronen is the best, specially with the apple sauce on top it. But also Cordon Blue is suuuper awesome

  • @nelsonvalencia7889
    @nelsonvalencia78893 күн бұрын

    Love your food video's Mark. There was a restaurant that we went to about 2 x a week. It was just a small, almost a hole in the wall restaurant, but it had the best Cheese Pizza. Just yummy, cheesy, goodness!! I have had a lot of pizza's since then, but I have never had another one that even comes close to it. 🍕😋🌏

  • @Braun30
    @Braun306 ай бұрын

    Älplermaggrone are served also with Apfelmus which is apple purée, so you ned with a savoury/sweet combo.

  • @BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp
    @BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp7 ай бұрын

    Wolters never stops surprising me with his knowledge and his talent to present this in an entertaining way. Thank you - A word of caution to those whose body is not able to digest dairy products. And that includes the Chinese and Indians. Nobody has to eat Swiss Cheese. Every hotel manager and physician in the tourist area can tell you - that there is a price to pay - and a lot of cleaning up to do - if you do not listen to your body and go for "Fondue or raclette" Vacations are too short for that kind of venture.

  • @ricoblaser6308
    @ricoblaser6308 Жыл бұрын

    First congratulations, your Swiss German is very good (for someone with an English speaking background). Topic Tip: A daughter of a work colleague of mine works as a waitress (three years of professional training with a theory and practice final exam). She currently earns Sfr. 4800.-- per month (13x per year). In a good month come again Sfr. 2000.-- in tip. In a normal month it is Sfr. 1000.--. But she doesn't get a tip for one month a year because she has five weeks of paid vacation a year. Very good staff do get good tips - but they can also live on their normal wages.

  • @bruzzliandmel
    @bruzzliandmel Жыл бұрын

    Nice pronunciation on the „Züri Gschnetzlets“. This one‘s hard to master but you did a great job😄 - greetings from Zurich ☀️😊

  • @LeoFtravels
    @LeoFtravels Жыл бұрын

    Great tips. Greetings from Lugano 🇨🇭

  • @woltersworld

    @woltersworld

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey Leo! Eat well my friend!

  • @roxanne533
    @roxanne533 Жыл бұрын

    The fondue choking issue often is ameliorated by drinking tea with fondue instead of wine.

  • @ProfessorWolters

    @ProfessorWolters

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I will remember that fir my next visit as it really happens almost every time for me.

  • @anderspaulsson
    @anderspaulsson Жыл бұрын

    Lindt is the best, i have it every christmas

  • @douggieharrison6913
    @douggieharrison691310 ай бұрын

    I like the warning on fondue with children. Great video, thanks for the content

  • @timsuter3030
    @timsuter30309 ай бұрын

    This is a must if youre in Zürich city the restaurant Sternen Grill everything there is amazing especially the fries, currywurst and schnitzelbrot

  • @BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp

    @BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp

    7 ай бұрын

    # 1 in all of Switzerland - if you are into "Wurst" don' miss this place.

  • @demonicrebellion6903
    @demonicrebellion6903 Жыл бұрын

    Thoroughly enjoy these videos, feels like I'm going on a cuisine tour a friend is giving me.

  • @Braun30
    @Braun306 ай бұрын

    When in Ticino there's the Formaggino to try, they come in various forms and qualities, small round cheeses, fresh chees served with some oil, vinegas, salt and pepper. Perfect summer dish when in the southern part of the Alps.

  • @steveee2511
    @steveee2511 Жыл бұрын

    us a swiss that lived many years in Spain i of course recomend Raclette and Fondue but if you are a meat eater defently try cordon bleu its or pork meat or veal made like for a Schnitzel and its filled with ham and diferent chesses like appenzeller,gruyere,raclette and folded later it goes just like a schnitzel a flour,egg and breadcrums wash and later to the pan or fryer. also a must for meat lovers is zürcher geschnetzeltes with a rosti its veal in a white wine mushroom sause and the rösti is the swiss hashbrown.

  • @Baselfreak

    @Baselfreak

    9 ай бұрын

    This is what I also recommend. Cordon Bleu Looks like a breaded bicycle saddle :-), but is stuffed with melted cheese and ham. Served normally with french fries or pasta dumplings ( Spätzli).

  • @Baselfreak

    @Baselfreak

    9 ай бұрын

    As a snack I recommend also „ Chääskiechli“, cheese tartlet, similar to a french Quiche, but made from swiss cheese cream and egg and cooked in the oven, until the surface is gold brown, and the cheese is melted. Finger food.

  • @AliAzeem-vm2rw
    @AliAzeem-vm2rw3 ай бұрын

    Amazing ❤

  • @MrBenigi
    @MrBenigi4 ай бұрын

    Im so happy you like our food.❤ Much love from Winterthur

  • @gripplehound
    @gripplehound Жыл бұрын

    I’d love to go

  • @jtinalexandria
    @jtinalexandria Жыл бұрын

    Viande sechée is "dried meat", really like Italian prosciutto, that's popular with the villagers and mountain people in western Switzerland.

  • @HansJuergBangerter

    @HansJuergBangerter

    8 ай бұрын

    Switzerland also has Coppa which is dried pork and Mostbröckli which is dried beef a little bit less dry then Viande Sechée des Grisons.

  • @BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp

    @BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp

    7 ай бұрын

    That would be "the Buenderfleisch". From a very isolated part of Graubuenden where the air is very dry - ideal for drying the meat outdoors, Served as think as possible - often jokingly called - cut so thin that there is only one side left.

  • @HansJuergBangerter

    @HansJuergBangerter

    7 ай бұрын

    @@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp Parpan-Valbella-Lenzerheide and Savognin aren't very isolated parts of Graubünden thats where even Bell makes their Viande sechée des Grisons. Zürchers often forget in their nombrilistic view of themselves that they aren't the center of Switzerland and Stickers on cars in Switzerland with "IH BI KEI ZÜRCHER" show that nobody wants to be taken for a Zürcher...yes Berne iis still the center of Switzerland then overpopulated Zürich.

  • @jessicaely2521
    @jessicaely2521 Жыл бұрын

    Basel has an excellent beer. Ueli Beer is really good. Feldschlosschen beer (sorry locals if the spelling is wrong) from Rheinfelden is also fantastic. Those are the few beers that I drink. I'm missing those beers actually. Would someone send me some😅? I'm kidding. It's to expensive to do that. There's Fondue Chinoise which is meat cooked in a vegetable broth. Be careful though. My husband once thought the meat he bought was beef, but it was actually horse. I tried it, but it wasn't very good. It depends on what kind of kid you have on the fondue. My daughter prefers cheese fondue over chocolate. I guess that's her Swiss genes. She started on cheese fondue at 19 months. My daughter as a Swiss hates chocolate. I tried the expensive chocolates from Switzerland, Kinder Surprise, German chocolate, and Callier (my favorite).

  • @chrish494
    @chrish494 Жыл бұрын

    Love your food video's Mark. I lived in Lausanne🇨🇭for 10 months in the 80's. There was a restaurant that we went to about 2x a week. It was just a small, almost a hole in the wall restaurant, but it had the best cheese pizza. Just yummy, cheesy, goodness!! I have had a lot of pizza's since then, but I have never had another one that even comes close to it.🧀

  • @PhantomOfDarkness
    @PhantomOfDarkness Жыл бұрын

    I tried horse for the first time in switzerland and I'd have to recommend it. the idea sounds a bit off putting at first but one you try it, it can really be delicious. I was in a village in romont and service wasn't really that bad at all surprisingly. it was still Swiss service but I found that the lady who was serving me was kind and attentive, she even gave me an English menu without having to ask. (although I don't mind if it's in a different language.) it's located at the top of a hill and has a castle/fotress at the top which I think is worth seeing.

  • @nikiiijello1217
    @nikiiijello1217 Жыл бұрын

  • @karlwiklund2108
    @karlwiklund2108 Жыл бұрын

    I'll second the raclette. I like it much better than fondue. And Swiss wines really are quite good.

  • @WoltersWorldEats

    @WoltersWorldEats

    Жыл бұрын

    The wines are just hard to find so no one knows about them 😀

  • @karlwiklund2108

    @karlwiklund2108

    Жыл бұрын

    @@WoltersWorldEats for sure. I don't even see them here in Germany (BW). I only encountered them during a business trip to Lausanne.

  • @HansJuergBangerter

    @HansJuergBangerter

    8 ай бұрын

    @@WoltersWorldEats actually Swiss wines are easier to find in USA than in Canada, best wine choice was at the Wine Marchand in Hyde Park, NY just opposite the Culinary Institute o America...

  • @Bree14790
    @Bree1479010 күн бұрын

    Currently in Bern, Switzerland, during Spring. NO FONDUE IN SIGHT :( Apparently, it's only a "fall/winter" thing, and as per the waiter in the restaurant...."Only Tourists ask for fondue during the warmer months"

  • @jakobpeschke1760
    @jakobpeschke176011 ай бұрын

    Don't forget the beer. Switzerland has a very rich beer culture (Switzerland has the most breweries per capita in the world!). Don't drink Feldschlösschen, Quellfrisch or Chopfab. Get a local beer, almost every village has its own beer and they are amazing.

  • @Zaitekno

    @Zaitekno

    8 ай бұрын

    Not like Quöllfrisch wasn't a local beer. Some of my comrades in the army came from Appenzell and they even explained the iconic Quöllfrisch picture of the landscape on the Quöllfrisch beers in detail to me. The names of each valley, mountain, where they lived etc.

  • @jrausis
    @jrausis Жыл бұрын

    My only issue with Raclette is how long it takes. When we visit family they always take us for Raclette, and you have to wait while the wheel is heated for each person. You get a small portion every 15 minutes or so, depending on how many people are there. Our last lunch there was three hours...

  • @HansJuergBangerter

    @HansJuergBangerter

    8 ай бұрын

    they should buy the Raclette Grill where everybody can gratinate their own piece of cheese...in the Restaurant we but Raclette cheese atop Grelot potatoes in a small 16cm diametre Gratin plate, gratinated it in the Pizza Oven and lets go.

  • @stephbytibbs
    @stephbytibbs Жыл бұрын

    It's nice to hear you have options in the cities if you're vegan :)

  • @rexx9496
    @rexx9496 Жыл бұрын

    The prices of restaurants is so high I mostly ate deli sandwiches from Coop supermarket.

  • @JonnyMReck
    @JonnyMReck Жыл бұрын

    Raclette on a cheesesteak sandwich is just meant to be 👌

  • @steveee2511
    @steveee2511 Жыл бұрын

    a non meat recommendation i can make is a desert called vermicelle its seasonal more in fall session it,s a horse]chestnut mouse .coming back to meat i forget the so called suure mocke it,s a braised in red wine beef meat if you like french dishes like bouf bourgignon these woud be great.

  • @sugar_tomato
    @sugar_tomato19 күн бұрын

    What location is 7:18?

  • @shankarbalakrishnan2360
    @shankarbalakrishnan2360Ай бұрын

    Ok what do have ❤❤🎉🎉

  • @ErikMuellerGermany
    @ErikMuellerGermany Жыл бұрын

    In cheese fondue is sometimes white wine or cherry spirit, tasty! Savour fondue and don't drive after this.

  • @COPSAAAA
    @COPSAAAA8 күн бұрын

    سويسرا

  • @MrAlvinSinfulSong
    @MrAlvinSinfulSong Жыл бұрын

    Coming from an Asian country, Swiss food is heavily salted for us 😅😅😅 first meal McDonald (sorry) shook us for the first time and then the next shook us too as well 😅😅😅

  • @MrAlvinSinfulSong

    @MrAlvinSinfulSong

    Жыл бұрын

    I think we went to a bad place for fondue where we ordered two, one is hella salty and not in a cheesy way and the second is hella alcoholic till you cant taste the cheese at all 😢😅

  • @WoltersWorldEats

    @WoltersWorldEats

    Жыл бұрын

    That's funny 😀

  • @yaowsers77
    @yaowsers77 Жыл бұрын

    Ok, tough question time: Belgium chocolate or Swiss chocolate?

  • @WoltersWorldEats

    @WoltersWorldEats

    Жыл бұрын

    Why choose? All the chocolate. But my favorite is from Ecuador. ‐Jocelyn

  • @marybethc521

    @marybethc521

    Жыл бұрын

    If I could only have one I’d pick Belgian. But! I’d never turn down Swiss, it is excellent.

  • @eri7-11

    @eri7-11

    Жыл бұрын

    I heard Belgian is more dark and bitter so SWISS FOR THE WIN!

  • @Macabre8693
    @Macabre86939 ай бұрын

    Putain le piège à touristes ... 😂

  • @aliciaseecharan
    @aliciaseecharan9 ай бұрын

    But I can soap carve Tom & Jerry swiss cheese 🧀🫕🍫🫕🥹💕

  • @gud2go50
    @gud2go502 ай бұрын

    Beautiful place but a nightmare for a diabetic!😂

  • @alishachinaiofficial7433
    @alishachinaiofficial74332 ай бұрын

    Would like to see lots more of Produce and lots Less of You 😂

  • @willyroeroe
    @willyroeroe2 ай бұрын

    what's Fische Spargeln.......ish ?? i read it on that menu on 0:49 .. i mean for 50 Euro it must be something that really delicious right?

  • @strogaa

    @strogaa

    Ай бұрын

    Fresh asparagus, with potatoes and ham, that's delicious indeed. If you stop the video, it's also translated below, french and english. And the price is not Euro, it's in Swiss Franc (but right now it doesn't make any difference).

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