Swiss rosti ($8.90+) + Garlic pork sausage ($6.90+) + Grevensteiner beer ($9.90+)!
Tuesday Swiss-German — rosti $8.90 + garlic pork sausage $6.90 + Grevensteiner beer $9.90. European pub fare.
German-style pub dinner with BB at Suntec: Swiss rosti ($8.90+) + garlic pork sausage ($6.90+) + a Grevensteiner beer ($9.90+). 🍺😋
What was on the table (~$30 nett):
- A Swiss rosti.
- A garlic pork sausage.
- A Grevensteiner beer.
The rosti is the Swiss potato classic and the comfort heart of the meal: grated potato pan-fried into a thick round until the outside turns golden and crisp while the inside stays soft, basically the platonic ideal of a hash brown, scaled up to a plate. Hearty and savoury, it’s the perfect base for a sausage.
The garlic pork sausage delivered exactly what you’d hope, a snappy-skinned, juicy bratwurst-style sausage with a savoury garlic hit, the kind of thing made for cutting into and chasing with beer. And the beer was a treat: Grevensteiner is a German “naturtrüb” (naturally cloudy) lager from the Sauerland, a touch more characterful and rustic than your average mass-market pint, malty and smooth.
It’s the sort of cosy, beer-hall-style meal, crispy potato, a good sausage and a proper German brew, that’s hard to fault on a relaxed evening. Filling, satisfying and made for lingering over.
Overall: 4.7 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Crispy rosti, a juicy garlic pork sausage and a characterful Grevensteiner, proper beer-hall comfort. Would re-visit.
