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| I heard some Germans crack jokes about Switzerland being behind rest of EU 10-20 years, but it would be strange when it comes to eastern kitchens and Polish restaurants being closed prematurely here. It seems like enterpreises selling kielbasy, pierogi, nalesniki and so on and so forth did not satisfy local tastes and enjoy popularity! On the other hand, it seems like neighbouring countries introduced on their menus international cuisines whereas here foreign traditions either got sucked in by the system or had no choice to entertain their tastes being destined to cervelata, raclette and rosti forever. Vacuum sealed food and Burger King, McDonald junk food overpriced and adding touch of American culture became more favourite. Swiss adopts US way of reasoning, the US copies CH, WTF, but true european cuisines are overshadowed by stigma of the past regimes. Give me fecken vodka and pickles on the table, right ****ing now! I say you can ban minarets and burkas but bring back Polish food 
BTW: Took me ages to find baked beans in tomatoe sauce. Finally, Spar nearby came with rescue and graciously put on shelves bulky can offered at generous price CHF2.20  Now, I need to open this tasty looking thingy with Victorinox pocket knife for CHF50. | |
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- There is no common EU standard. I mean, there is some difference between Ireland and Greece, just to pick one example
- Hungarian restaurants were successful here for many decades, so that the negative development of recent years rather is a matter of fashion
- "neighbouring countries" ? In case you mean Germany and Austria, it is zero. If you mean France, you forget that most of Swiss cuisine has been modelled along the lines of French cuisine for centuries. The one neighbour which however has conquered Switzerland clearly is Italy
- USA ? The USA did have some influence, but you exaggerate this aspect as this influence has its limits. Starbucks for example is a USA company, but based on the experiences of a US-American of German origin in Italy.
- to say that the successful Italian, Turkish, Arab, Indian, Thai, Chinese and Mexican restaurants serve Cervelat and Röschti simply is WRONG
- Vodka is available everywhere