Few things are more quintessentially Swiss than a fondue dinner. I enjoyed exquisite fondue and lovely service at Fribourger Fondue Stübli in Zurich.
Delectable Fondue At Fribourger Fondue Stübli In Zurich
Fondue is a Swiss melted cheese and wine dish served in a communal pot over a portable stove heated with a candle or spirit lamp, and eaten by dipping bread or potatoes into the cheese using long-stemmed forks.
The Fribourger Fondue Stübli (located on Rotwandstrasse 38 and open until 10:00 pm most nights) is an institution: the single-page menu is very simple: fondue…or fondue.
The ladies who run the restaurant are kind and gregarious, making you feel at home in the cozy little restaurant. A reservation is highly recommended. Call +41 44 241 90 76. Speaking German helps.
You’ll pay CHF30,80 per person for fondue, which comes with both bread and potatoes to dip in. A green salad (recommended due to the delicious dressing) or sides like picked onions and gherkins (which you can also dip in the cheese) are extra. English menu here.
We enjoyed a bottle of Swiss white wine with dinner and finished the meal off with ice cream.
But the best part of the meal is when the ladies come to scrape off the hardened cheese from the bottom of the pot once you have finished. Yum!
Truth be told, I could have easily consumed a double portion, so don’t feel like you have to save your appetite. The portions are very generous, but so delicious that you will consume it more quickly than you think.
I highly recommend Fribourger Fondue Stübli in Zurich and will certainly return.
We love fondue and eat at home at lear twice a month during winter weekends.
There’s a Swiss company in Virginia that grates and ships their own blend that’s made with real cheese they import themselves. I’m not sure if it technically is moitie-moitie but as a a very experienced fondue eater it’s wonderful. Swissfavorites.com
Thank you! Been looking for Swiss fondue and raclette in the US! I will check it out.
There are several great Swiss brands that sell fondue in boxes that you just need to melt. They are very good. Emmi and Miroma are two brands I buy all the time. They also have raclette.
Those are really good but this is better. My mom was Swiss and my brother still lives there so I’m not exercising hyperbole when I say it’s as good as what you can get there. They also have biberli, leckerli, Sugus, Ramseier, Fribourg raclette, rosti (somehow the U.S. rosti just doesn’t match up), chocolate, and more.
I don’t disagree that the one you mentioned is better but if you want a quick option that is available at Whole Foods the ones in a package are fantastic. I used to buy Caotina for my kids at a Swiss Bakery here: https://theswissbakery.com/
The Vully is genuine Fribourg-Canton wine (spelled Freiburg in German, but pronounced the same), but for the fondue, you’re gonna want the white (chasselas grape). Now, while I am a moitié-moitié person myself, if you want to impress those ladies, next time, ask for a pure Vacherin fondue. And, if they’re gonna be scraping the religieuse off for you, have them fry an egg on it.
I don’t get a fondue as often as I should, but I regularly get the component cheeses from some of the small producers, and they’re just amazing. Moitié-moitié is half gruyère, half vacherin Fribourgeois with the pot rubbed with garlic and white wine added, but it’s not that simple. You have graduations of sweet/savory and Alpine for those cheeses (Alpage is made from the milk taken during the months the cows are at altitude, so there’s a lot more floral notes), and balancing the oil content is critical.
I haven’t learned to make the perfect fondue. Some years ago, I set out to learn how to make a proper American pie from scratch. I gained twenty pounds figuring it out. I can’t afford to do the research on the fondue.