Meal at office canteen in Zurich: CHF 14.50 (~ €15.10)

OhmsLawn , vor 5 Tagen

Food in Zurich can be so goddamned expensive. I spent the last few days of a trip there. Beautiful city, fantastic transportation, honestly, not a horrifically expensive hotel, but the food was brutal. We ended up doing a lot of snacking from the co-op supermarket.

Drusas , vor 5 Tagen

Sounds like the opposite of visiting Japan, where travel and lodging are expensive but amazing food can be had for under ¥1000.

Noodle07 , vor 5 Tagen

Oh god it's so bad, I'm about to apply for a job on campus and I really hope to get the job just so I can get back to eat at the campus restorant again!

pivot_root , vor 6 Tagen

That is ridiculously small for the price. Is it meant to make a profit or something?

DaPorkchop_ , vor 6 Tagen

In my experience that's a pretty normal price, everything here (and especially food) is just super expensive.

khannie , vor 5 Tagen

Welp. Guess I'm never visiting Switzerland so. That is a sad looking meal for 15 euros.

Out of interest, what's the damage for a medium Big Mac meal there?

DaPorkchop_ , vor 5 Tagen

Last I checked, a small Big Mac menu is somewhere around 12.50, I don't think they offer a medium version.

alehc OP , vor 6 Tagen

Yes probably is for profit as it is catered by migros, one of the largest supermarket chains here. Some floors in the office have some discount (11chf instead of 14), so maybe those companies pay migros to allow their employees get cheaper meals.

Servais , vor 6 Tagen

Thank you for sharing!

sunzu , vor 6 Tagen

Aint Swiss wage is like double EU avg

This seems about double Germany we saw.

So kinda checks out?

FunCube , vor 5 Tagen

Don't forget the lower taxes in Switzerland... So it is about equal :D

ogeist , vor 6 Tagen

In Germany, I pay 8€ for Main dish, side dish, salad and a drink in die Kantine. Outside it would be almost double for the same. How much does this cost outside your Firma?

alehc OP , vor 6 Tagen

That's hard to tell. Usually cheapish "main dishes" cost like 15, probably a soup for 5, but I don't eat out much so I'm not sure.

De_Narm , vor 6 Tagen

Glad to finally see something without a soft drink included - I like the soup much more.

What are those fried bits? They kinda look like small Gnocchi or something similar.

Enkrod , vor 6 Tagen

What are those fried bits? They kinda look like small Gnocchi or something similar.

Should be "Knöpfli". Gnocchi are primarily made from potatoes or potato flour, sometimes combined with wheat flour and egg, Knöpfle/Knöpfli are more similar to the swabian Spätzle and common in Switzerland, it's made from eggs, flour and water or milk.

NoIWontPickAName , vor 6 Tagen

I see 2 soft drinks there

De_Narm , vor 6 Tagen

A soft drink is any water-based flavored drink
Water isn't flavored and soup isn't a drink.

NoIWontPickAName , vor 6 Tagen

Is that soup? I thought it was orange juice.

I’ve always heard soft drink as the opposite of a hard drink, like one that has alcohol in it

Drusas , vor 5 Tagen

In American English, "soft drink" almost always refers specifically to soda.

NoIWontPickAName , vor 6 Tagen

I thought the brown stuff was the soup

NoIWontPickAName , vor 6 Tagen

Also, I checked Wikipedia and it includes water and says what I did about alcohol