Eating out in Champex Lac

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The Swiss, including the residents of Champex Lac, are proud of their local cuisine and most restaurant menus consist of locally produced traditional fare. As a mountain village the food tends to be hearty and wholesome rather than fancy. But you can always guarantee that the quality of the food is good and the welcome warm after a hard day walking or skiing you'll really appreciate it. There is nothing like eating by an open fire during the winter months.

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In Champex the favourite local Swiss dishes are:

• Rosti - a tasty dish made with a base of fried grated potatoes, usually with cheese and a choice of other meats and vegetables
• Cheese Fondue - melted cheese containing kirsch and white wine with a choice of additives such as mushrooms. Eaten by dipping in bread on skewers.
• Meat fondue - chunks of raw meat are cooked at the table in a bowl of hot oil. Usually accompanied by fries and a salad
• Charbonnade – thin slices of beef are cooked at the table over hot coals. Fries and a salad are served on the side
• Raclette, often called ‘La Raclette au feu de bois - a block of Swiss raclette cheese is melted either at the table or by an open wood burning fire and then scraped onto the plate and eaten with pickles and jacket potatoes
• Assiette Valaisanne - a platter of local dried cured meats served with local cheese, pickles and fresh crusty bread
• Fish from the river or the lake – perch with almonds or fresh trout from the lake and cooked to order

Other dishes such as steaks, pizza and pasta are also widely available. Excellent local cheeses are also served.

For dessert Swiss Movenpick ice cream is widely available alongside local blueberry (tarte myrtilles), apricot or rhubarb tart and other home made desserts

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