Strasbourg Travel Forum

I was wondering if anyone went to strasbourg and if so what they had to eat. I would like to know what good food was present and how much it costs.

Well - there are a couple of Michelin 3* restaurants and lots more - something for every taste and every pocket - particularly the well lined pocket.
Take a look at this for a taster.

http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichelin/gbr/tpl/mag5/art20061201/htm/gastronomie-strasbourg.htm

I want to suggest something totally different. Do not know if you like very rustic food but it is very typical for the region of Alsace. But we warned: Huge portions, very filling, not easy to digest, many calories.

It is best in the villages south of Strasbourg, and in the mountains (Vosges), but you also get it in the city.

One is Choucroute garnie. This is a pile of sauerkraut (cabbage), and on top of it you find sausages, cooked meat, and lard, and you eat it with potatoes.

Another typical meal is Baeckeoffa. This is a stew cooked for several hours in the oven. Meat, potatoes and carrots cooked in white wine of the region.

On the farms (fermes auberges) they serve a milker's meal. This consists of Roiggabraggeldi (not sure about the spelling...), this is roast potatoes with lard/bacon pieces, accompanied by a green salad. Baeckeoffa or Choucroute garnie as the second course, and if you are not lying on the seat to relax you can also take the dessert which is Siaskäs/Süßkäs (sweet cheese). This is something like quarg (cheese in the stage before it becomes cheese), with sugar, liquid cream and a schnapps on top. In total about 20 million calories.

Other typical desserts from Alsace are Kuglhupf (a kind of dry fluffy cake with a hole in the middle), and delicious apple tarts.

A lighter meal - a bit pizza-like - is Flammkueche, topped with onions, bacon and sour cream.

Bon appetit!

Another big heavy typical thing is jambonneau, a whole stewed pork hock, served on a heap of sauerkraut with boiled potatoes. It's quite good, but the portions are ridiculous. You get these sorts of things at any place called a brasserie, and they tend to be cheapish.