While working out of town this week, we were only 15 minutes away from the city of St. Gallen. The audit was timed perfectly because Olma, a huge (by Swiss standards of course) two week festival in St. Gallen, started at the end of last week. We managed to sneak away one evening and drove to St. Gallen to check out Olma. The highlight of the evening way my first Swiss fondue. My Swiss friends had informed me that I was not allowed to eat fondue until fall/winter because only tourists would eat fondue when its not cold out. I've come to find out that this is one of many rules to eating Swiss fondue. One of the rules they are most particular about (besides the timing of eating fondue) is about what you can drink with the fondue - tea or white wine is recommended and kirsche (cherry brandy), NOT coke or beer.
This is the fondue restauraunt/"tent". It was packed:
Yes, that is a BIG pot of cheese. It was for five people, but I didn't think we'd be able to eat it all and we managed.
Once I got past the overwhelming smell of the restaurant, the fondue was actually quite delicious! After fondue, we went for a beer at one of the other tents that had a live band. Nice little Swiss Tuesday.
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