[Idyllchat] Food

[Joan Herriges]

Ronnie:  Thanks for clarifying the location of the hotel..  I recall your 
post some time ago regarding the accomodations and meals.  Will be sure to 
stop in this trip.  And, the mysterious (until CH) kohlrabi are on the 
shopping list, along with celery root and beets.  Gemischter salads are a 
staple of our Swiss diet, often served as the evening meal.  Cheers.  Joan.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ronnie B. Peters" <rbpmep at comcast.net>
To: <idyllchat at lists.untours.com>; "Eleanor Fleming" <ellie1953 at comcast.net>
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Idyllchat] Food


> Glad to hear someone mention the small Hotel Brunig Kulm restaurant
> (around the corner and just out of sight from the Brunig train stop) as
> a great little place to eat.  It is one of our favorites and is rarely
> mentioned, but offers a very nice menu, especially for dinner.  While it
> is frequented by the numerous motorcyclists who pass by, their patrons
> also include many locals and they even accommodate bus tour groups
> when the weather allows for dining on their terrace.  One area of the
> restaurant is quite formal and a former owner used to bring his cart to
> your table (depending on your menu selection, of course) and prepare
> the food to your taste.
>
> The Kulm offers a small salad bar and one of their items which I tasted
> for the first time was kohlrabi--a turnip/cabbage vegetable. Upon our
> return to the U.S. I looked for and found it in a local supermarket. Salad
> bars in Europe also usually include thinly sliced beets, that I had gotten
> out of the habit of serving, but began using again upon our return home.
>
> I spoke of this once before, but alpenmacarooni, like goulash, and apple
> strudel is different just about everywhere you order it, yet is always
> wonderful!  The Brunig Kulm version of apple dessert is deep fried slices
> of apples topped with sugar and cinnamon.  You want ymmm...that's it!
>
> We actually stayed there several nights on two or three separate occasions
> as a way of extending our regular 2-wk Heartland tour and found the
> accommodations to be sparse, but spotlessly clean and the small staff
> extremely efficient.  The breakfasts, which were included in the price 
> were
> also more than adequate.
>
> Margaret Peters
>
>
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