11 Dec

Breakfast the next morning was also the best of the tour; cakes (apple slice, chocolate marble cake, hazelnut strudel and raspberry/cream cheese strudel), many different varieties of  bread rolls and loaves, smoked salmon, cheeses (including brie), hams, cereals, different types of yoghurt (including natural yoghurt), bircher muesli, grilled tomatoes with cheese, mushrooms with some sort of paprika sprinkling, bacon, fried egg (runny), boiled egg, scrambled eggs, baked beans etc. There was also a wider range of teas and fruit juices (including a multivitamin juice). I ate a lot...

17:45 / Austria / Cafe / Dessert/Sweets / Food / NH Hotel / Restaurants / Salzburg / Travel
11 Dec

Café Sacher in Innsbruck is famous for its sachertorte (supreme chocolate cake). We bought a take-away slice of the sachertorte for €4.90. The mini 4x4cm one was €2.90). A2 and I tried some just before getting on the bus. It was not too sweet (even with the icing), but chocolaty and moist, especially with the soft semi-liquid layer in between. The top of each slice was graced with a chocolate disc. [caption id="attachment_2337" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Sachertorte[/caption]...

17:40 / Austria / Austrian / Café Sacher / Dessert/Sweets / Food / Innsbruck / Restaurants / Travel
10 Dec

Later I began looking for a bakery from which to purchase lunch. I settled on Heini: Eine Torten, which had at least four outlets in the small area that we walked around in today. I had trouble choosing between a long rolled pastry with hazelnut filling and an almond croissant so I bought both for 4 something CHF together. I thought eating the sweet things would be more interesting than trying bread loaves that were huge and I didn’t know what they were anyway. I wasn’t about to...

15:53 / Dessert/Sweets / Food / Heini Bakery / Lucerne / Restaurants / Switzerland / Travel
10 Dec

At the train station there was a stall selling one of the Swiss national dishes where a big block of cheese is heated and the melted cheese is scraped off and put on bread/vegetables etc. One slice of bread with cheese was 8CHF and I wasn’t interested in it because it was just cheese on toast. If I was going to try a cheesy dish it would have been fondue. Unfortunately mum kept saying ‘Want to try? Want to try?’ so the man thought we wanted it and...

15:52 / Dessert/Sweets / Lucerne / Misc European / Swiss / Switzerland / Train Station / Travel
10 Dec

Near the train station was a chain bakery called Bachmann, which sold macarons (Luxemburgerli brand). We thought we’d try them here to compare to Lauduree ones. I bought 4 macarons; chocolate, praline, raspberry and cinnamon/plum for 3.90CHF. The raspberry one wasn’t nice, the chocolate one was like eating a chocolate truffle. The others were nice. The exchange rate is currently 0.89AUD to 1CHF and the service charge was 4CHF. I think the average food price is 20-30CHF. [gallery link="file" order="DESC" columns="2"]...

15:52 / Bachmann Bakery / Dessert/Sweets / Food / Lucerne / Restaurants / Switzerland / Travel
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