Hobby chefs and professionals alike offer their favorite dishes in sample portions right on their doorstep in Zurich. This is what you need to know about the first street food tour.
Vegan tacos, fish crisps or ice cream sandwiches: on Saturday, Zurich residents can “feast” through the streets of the Zwingli town. All this takes place as part of the first Street Food Tour.
Right outside the front door, around 40 hobby cooks and professionals offer their favorite dishes in sample portions from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Everyone was allowed to register for stands. Participation is free for both chefs and visitors.
But the chefs in particular have to pay attention to a few points: No alcohol may be sold and no loud music may be played. Seats may not be offered either. In addition, the stand operators must contact the Canton food regulations keep. All stands that deviate from these points require explicit approval from the city or canton.
It’s easier for visitors. For a maximum of CHF 19 per portion, anyone who wants to can “try” their way through the city. So that the people of Zurich can find their way around, the city experts of the newsletter Ron Orp on a map collected all food stands.
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In 2004, Christian Klinner and Romano Strebel founded Ron Orp, which is now the largest urban online network in Switzerland. The basic idea was to inform the city population about what’s going on in the city away from the big event venues and concert halls.
120,000 people in Zurich – more than one in four residents – have now subscribed to the newsletter. However, women from Basel, Lucerne and Geneva have long been looking for jobs, an apartment or love on the associated internet platform. Today the company employs around 40 people across Switzerland, 18 of them in Zurich.
Now that you know the organizer and the rules, here are some dishes that you shouldn’t miss on the Street Food Tour:
tunne
The tarts are offered as plum or apple tuna.
Flat sheet cakes are called Tunnen or Wähe. A flan essentially consists of shortcrust pastry and a topping of fruit, vegetables or cheese, for example. The organizers offer pieces with plums or apples at their stand.
Organizer:Fruits Fieber / Duration: 3 to 5 p.m. / Saumstrasse 47, 8003 Zurich.
jianbing
According to legend, Chinese egg crepes were invented during a war in Shandong province as early as the 3rd century.
The egg crepes are considered a traditional snack in China. Jianbing is eaten there especially for breakfast and is one of the most popular street food dishes in the country. The crêpes are filled with crispy crackers, lettuce and pickled root vegetables. The whole thing is refined with a sweet and salty soy sauce.
Organizer: Anybao / Duration: 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. / Höschgasse 3, 8008 Zurich.
Mini shapale with salad
3 mini dumplings with chilli sauce and a small salad.
What is a Schapal? Scha means meat in Tibetan, Pale means bread. The Schapales are normally as big as a hand. They are filled with minced beef and then fried.
Organizer: Homemade Tibetan Kitchen / Duration: 11.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. / Kanzleistrasse 130, 8004 Zurich.
Vegan tacos
Vegan tacos with vegetables and tofu.
In Mexico, a taco is a folded or rolled-up corn tortilla filled with various ingredients. The filling usually consists of a mixture of meat and vegetables, sometimes also of fish and seafood. With the classic, the Taco al Pastor, the meat is cut off a large skewer and used to fill the tortilla. They are supplemented with pineapple, a salsa, finely chopped onions and coriander. A splash of lime juice follows at the end.
On the Street Food Tour, they are offered both with meat and in a vegan version.
Organizer: Mel B Catering / Duration: 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. / Abeggweg 21, 8057 Zurich.
Fettuccine Alfredo al Tartufo Nero
Truffle pasta is very popular in Switzerland. “Emma” even has autumn truffles from Zurich. Found by Emma, the truffle tracker, who will also be there at the stand.
Organizer: Emma’s truffle / Duration: 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. / Limmatstrasse 231, 8005 Zurich.
Fish crisps made from Swiss perch
Fish crisps, served on a tartar sauce with a small herb salad.
In Switzerland people like to eat fish and in summer they prefer Fischknusperli. In Switzerland, the freshwater fish zander, whitefish and perch are mostly used for the preparation. At the Street Food Tour there are the pieces of fish wrapped in batter with tartar sauce and herb salad.
Organizer: Charlatan RestoDisco / Duration: 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. / Lagerstrasse 119, 8004 Zurich.
Thai sausage with rice and kimchi
A Thai sausage garnished with coriander and chili.
The first and probably only Thai sausage from Zurich combines the most popular Thai spices: lemongrass, garlic, fresh chili, coriander, salt, caramel and lime. The meat comes from pigs from the Zurich Oberland.
Organizer: Kinkhao / Duration: 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. / Zwinglistrasse 12, 8004 Zurich.
Vegan Food-Save Dumpling (sweet/salty)
The dumplings are made from all sorts of leftovers.
The vegan dumplings are made from bread that bakeries couldn’t sell, as well as fruits and vegetables that fall outside of the norm. Served with a Food Save vegetable sauce.
Organizer: idealesse / Duration: 5.30 p.m. to 9 p.m. / Grüngasse 33, 8004 Zurich.
Ice cream sandwiches
Four of the numerous types of ice cream sandwiches.
The ice cream pop-up Nanimale Gelati has been in Zurich’s Plaza Bar since June 30th. The highlights include the specially created ice cream sandwiches with toppings of your choice.
The menu includes classic varieties such as chocolate, raspberry or pistachio, as well as more unusual ones such as salted caramel or matcha tea, as well as new creations à la pear-almond and cheese cake with amarena variegato.
Organizer: Glacéria in the Plaza Bar / Duration: 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. / Badenerstrasse 109, 8004 Zurich.