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Hiltl

June 10, 2012
Cindy in addition to I are off on a month-long jaunt through Europe. I started early on in addition to took the photographic television set camera amongst me to Stavanger, Kingdom of Norway to document all the wonderful vegetarian nutrient on offering there. Sadly, the 1 vegetarian house inward town unopen downwards a few weeks earlier I arrived in addition to I was left (with my boyfriend vegetarian conference buddies) to scrounge upward some fairly mediocre offerings roughly the place. But then, nobody actually goes to Stavanger for the food.




It's a beautiful, beautiful place, in addition to I can't recommend the hike upward to Pulpit Rock plenty - 1 of the most beautiful walks I've e'er done.

But you're hither for the food! After finishing upward inward Stavanger, I met upward amongst Cindy in addition to some former friends of ours inward Zurich, where nosotros headed to Hiltl. It's been running for to a greater extent than than a century, making it Europe's oldest vegetarian eatery (albeit inward fancy novel digs).

Hiltl is incredibly pop - our conception to see for brunch was foiled (the offset opened upward tabular array was something similar 3pm) hence nosotros booked inward for the eve meal. Downstairs is a bustling bar area, spell the tables upstairs are a picayune quieter in addition to to a greater extent than suited to the long relaxed repast nosotros had planned.

There are 2 basic ordering options: the buffet (where yous pay yesteryear weight) or a la carte. We took 1 of each, amongst Cindy ordering the Zuri Geschnetzeltes, a traditional Zurich dish done hither amongst mushrooms in addition to seitan (rather than veal) inward a creamy white vino sauce in addition to served amongst a massive rosti (32.50 CHF AU$34).

I solely snuck a few bites of this - the seitan was done inward sparse picayune slices, leaving the mushrooms to supply the mass of the dish. The sauce was rich in addition to tasty, in addition to the roesti soaked it upward perfectly. Yum.

I couldn't resist the buffet - it's got a massive attain of hot dishes in addition to salads, amongst a heavily Indian subject (although at that spot are other bits in addition to pieces equally good - the pic below is less than one-half of it!).

You pay yesteryear weight, which agency that I know that I picked upward a tiny fighting nether 700g of nutrient (for nigh 38 CHF AU$40).

All of the curries were fantabulous - specially the spicy cauliflower curry in addition to the chana masala - spell the fried bits in addition to bobs were a fighting of a mix. The onion rings left me a fighting disappointed, spell the battered jalapeno chilli popper actually hitting the spot. There are hence many options that you're sure to notice something that takes your fancy - it's all prepared pretty good in addition to they don't autumn into the trap of churning out bland inoffensive curries that are all interchangeable.

Even amongst 700g of goodness for dinner, I agreed amongst Cindy that nosotros should sample the dessert menu. We shared 2 dishes: firstly the brownie amongst vanilla icecream, hot chocolate sauce in addition to cream (8.50 CHF AU$9).

The icecream was super rich in addition to creamy, which worked good amongst the slightly dry out brownie. The sauce came inward a cute picayune pastry bowl, which looked prissy but made eating it a fighting awkward. Still, non a bad dessert.

We combined it amongst the H2O ice cappuccino (mocha H2O ice cream amongst java sauce, cashews in addition to cream, 8.50 CHF AU$9).

Similarly, this was skillful without beingness amazing - at that spot was a prissy rigid java flavor inward the sauce, in addition to the cashews in addition to fruit added a fighting of texture in addition to tang, but the cream in addition to the H2O ice cream didn't actually sparkle. Although nosotros both quite enjoyed these dishes, nosotros were hoping for a picayune to a greater extent than from the dessert range.

Our Hiltl sense was pretty satisfactory - service was friendly in addition to helpful: they chop-chop provided us amongst English linguistic communication versions of the menu, took some happy snaps for us in addition to were to a greater extent than oft than non roughly when nosotros needed them. The nutrient was pretty damn skillful - although similar all nutrient inward Zurich it doesn't come upward inexpensive - vegans volition belike survive a fighting disappointed yesteryear how much of the bill of fare isn't aimed at them, but volition survive happy to come across how comprehensively labelled everything is. Zurich is non a vegetarian paradise, hence vegos who see volition almost for certain notice themselves at Hiltl. Based on our experience, they won't survive disappointed.

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An uncomprehensive poke roughly the spider web finds pretty positive reviews - Adityaajmera's Weblog, My Food Sirens, La Cuisine de Sarah, Adityaajmera's Weblog, My Food Sirens, The Apprentice Foodie, Adityaajmera's Weblog, My Food Sirens, One Big Yodel in addition to Adityaajmera's Weblog, My Food Sirens, Vegan Dublin was a fighting annoyed yesteryear the lack of vegan options.
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Hiltl
Sihlstrasse 28  8001 Zurich, Switzerland
044 227 lxx 00
mains 24.50-32.50 CHF ( AU$26-34), weight-based buffet twoscore CHF ( AU$42) for a really amount plate, desserts 8.50 CHF ( AU$9)
http://www.hiltl.ch/
 
Accessibility: There are a duo of pocket-sized steps at all the entrances to the eatery (although this isn't a work if yous purpose the exterior tables). The upstairs dining expanse is upward a flying of stairs, but at that spot are some tables on the lower level. The self-service buffet is at medium height. Ordering in addition to payment takes house at the table. 

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