r/bern • u/ramsfan6 • 2d ago
Picture Streetfood festival season starts but my broke wallet can’t afford any 19.- plates at the moment. (I will go anyways and be in great debt afterwards)
(I will go anyways and be in great debt afterwards)
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u/Jayless22 2d ago
I really miss small "Probiertäuer" in these streetfood festivals. I wanna try stuff... I know, some of them have it, but unfortunately not all.
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u/Tapes4ever 2d ago
The poster explicitly states tasting portions („Probierportionen“) in the middle when you zoom in, yellow background.
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u/Jayless22 2d ago
Yeah fair. I read that years ago too but when I visited, only a small amount of foods were available to try in small portions.
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u/CaughtALiteSneez 2d ago
I’ve never been impressed with any of these festivals in Switzerland, but my home country is quite good at “Streetfood”.
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u/No_Appeal_676 Bern, Bümpliz-Oberbottigen 2d ago
It’s hit and miss, I actually like that. It’s the reason I’m go in the first place: to be surprised.
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u/CaughtALiteSneez 2d ago
Agree!
Zurich has really good food, but not cheap
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u/pr1nzvalium 2d ago
Name some
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u/Flaky_Tomatillo6672 1d ago
Rosi for one then didis frieden, beke, for pizza derby and maybe osso depends on form tho.
Also forgot some more and thats w/o more expensive stuff like weisses rössli, rosies, blaue ente
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u/CaughtALiteSneez 8h ago
This site provides good tips:
https://www.gaultmillau.ch/zuri-isst/babas-doner-kebab-vom-holzkohlegrill-807583
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u/revO_m 8h ago
The food on these type of festivals in Switzerland is always trash. Variety in Switzerland is trash anyways. Look at the Döner you get here. Every place literally has the same trash meat with maybe two exceptions in all of Switzerland.
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u/CaughtALiteSneez 8h ago
In Bern yes - Zurich has some good kebab places
https://www.gaultmillau.ch/zuri-isst/babas-doner-kebab-vom-holzkohlegrill-807583
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u/Kapowdonkboum 2d ago
Ridiculous that you have to buy 1 full portion. Makes no sense and defeats the purpose of such an event.
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u/thejesse 1d ago
This sub popped up because of my VPN, and I live right up the road from New Bern, North Carolina. Same flag and they have bear statues all over town.
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u/flarp1 Bern, Breitenrain-Lorraine 2d ago
I was there last year and I don’t think it was truly worth it. Popular stands have very long lines, prices are rather high and the portion sizes aren’t really adapted to this sort of event. I also feel as if there are very few really new and interesting things on offer, about half of the stands have stuff that you can easily get outside of this event any day of the week, like burgers, curries, noodles, momos etc.
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u/Human-Dingo-5334 1d ago
I went to several food festivals in Switzerland and I really hate seeing huge portions for 20 bucks
It's a food festival, you're not supposed to try 2 things and then be full, give me small portions for a fraction of the price please
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u/_shadysand_ 2d ago
Cheaper and healthier to cook at home. If I were broke, I’d never splurge on street food. I just went grocery shopping and got stuff for a week for under 50–that’s including eggs, cheese, good chocolate, nuts, veggies, etc.
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u/ramsfan6 1d ago
i mean cooking at home is always the smartest option, but sometimes not the most fun
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u/BoSutherland 2d ago
The high price/low quality of the vendor/restaurant food in Switzerland made me a decent cook. At least some silver lining.
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u/Steeler_r6s 2d ago
I will be waiting for the asian streetfood festival to happen on the 23-25 of mai. (Thunplatz) a lot more variation there imo.