Hi Guys, I have just joind this forum. I am visiting Switzerland in July and planing to stay a week in Lausanne and a week in Interlaken. Can someone advise if there are any restrictions on bringing food items into Switzerland and if not, what quantities can I bring in. Also if one can advise the Indian/Pakistani grocery stores in both the cities and items like basmati rice and different daals, cooking oil are available there. Thanks in advance

I'm adding a new one,
Indonesian Online shop.

http://www.nusantara-onlineshop.ch/

Indonesian food, books, clothes, jamu, etc...

Ollie

Info on what you can and can't bring into Switzerland food-wise here:

http://www.ezv.admin.ch/zollinfo_pri...x.html?lang=en

In Zug there are two Asian shops. One is on Baararstrasse behind Macdonalds and the COOP petrol station and the other is on Industristrasse beside Metalli. The first has a great selection of dried and frozen food although the shop reeks of dried fish and the owner is a bit miz. The second sells stuff that isn't just Indian/Pakistani/Sri Lankan, more of a mixture, also clothing in the second one in case anybody feels the need for a Kurta suit. The prices are ridiculously low compared to supermarkets, particularly for rice and curry pastes and they have a better selection of pickles.

Thank you Zugbound, but I need something in Lusanne and Interlaken

Thank you grantley, the page was helpful

As far as Lausanne is concerned, my knowledge is out of date - I use an Indian shop in Vevey which is 15 minutes east of Lausanne. I used to use an Indian shop on the Avenue de Tivoli, close to the Clinique Cecil, but I'm sure there are current Lausanne-dwellers who can give you more recent info.

Hi - I am looking for online Asian (Indian, Chinese, Thai, Indonesian etc ) food shops/websites that will ship within Switzerland. I am especially looking for mustard oil as well as many other ingredients! Any info greatly appreciated!

A quick look at the phone book brought these up:

Alimentation, magasin d'; Livraison à domicile
37.
Tran Nguyen Nihn
comestibles, épicerie et traiteur; comestibles, traiteur et livraison à domicile
avenue du 14 Avril 3
1020 Renens VD



Phone
* 021 634 32 47


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Alimentation en gros; Alimentation, magasin d'; Livraison à domicile
35.
Sunlight Asian Food
grossiste et détail alimentation indien, pakistanais,afrique - (11-19h)
rue du Bois-du-Lan 17
1217 Meyrin



Phone
* 022 782 18 46

Fax
* 022 782 18 11

Mobile

Mobile
* 079 205 17 48

E-Mail
* sunlightfood@msn.com

E-Mail
* hasansamar@yahoo.com

Thanks Grantley, I will give them a try.
All the best

I tried the one at Metalli yesterday and was pleasently surprised by the selection and the prices. They even had 300 PG Tips on sale for CHF22 which is a bargain.

Hi
I have read about the asian supermarkets in Zurich etc. Is anyone aware of any between Lausanne to Geneva? I miss the chinese vegetables and would like to get some. I was told it is very difficult to find any around Nyon or Gland. Any advice will be much appreciated!
pyt

Thanks everyone for this thread (and Nanda for starting it!)

I finally found all of my spices an curry pastes I had been missing! New Asian Market on Feldstrasse in Zurich was great and very reasonably priced. It had such a great selection (same range as back home in Australia, which I really hadn't expected!) so we stocked up. We also stumbled upon Aargwals Indian which had very yummy samosas that we couldnt resist!

So just a general thanks and another recommendation to any other newbies who may be looking for the same things

Dear Friends,

Does anyone know where can I buy the above item?

I went to some Indian stores but no luck so far.

Thanks!

This thread is really nice!

I was just wondering if any of the shops sell Indian Rice.. I have see Thai rice at the Asiatische lebensmittel shop near Berninaplatz... but, unless I can't get Indian rice, I may not buy it... It costs about 13.3 CHF per 5 kg.

Thanks
DNA

I've been able to get basmati even in the non-indian shops, like the thai/chinese grocery shops.

So try the ones near you. But for a range of indian rice - Aggarwal's on Langstrasse (list in numerous lists above) is the place to go to.

Though I doubt they're cheapest. There are many indian/pakistani/bangladeshi shops around langstrasse (quite a few along Quellenstrasse - have a look again at the lists above) - all within medium-walking distance, so you could spend some time doing price-checks if you like

BTW - if you do, put the results up here .....

barkat, SKT and Agrawals used to sell indian Rice. But after the indian gov banned rice exports it is har to find(i have not checked agrawals after that). if you are from southern part of india you find a rice called ponni in SKT.

There is also a place in orlikon. it is known as the asian goodwil stor. bang opposite to Krisburo. you need to take bus 62 and it is the second stop. you can find some rice there too...

Thanks, but what does SKT stand for sorry!

SK trading... not sure of SK ... you have quite a few shops by them like a gold shop, a hotel, srilankan clothes next to each other...etc...

It's on langstrasse?

Or is it at Gasometerstrasse 31 8005 Zürich, as google tells me?