Hi - does anyone know if there are any good chinese supermarkets that have a good stock of chinese/ asian cooking ingredients in Montreux?

Yes. There's one on Avenue Nestlé, near the junction with Ave. les Planches.

there are now two or three on ave de nestle-up from the catholic church and another one heading to the gare on the corner- i think that one is more japanese, but honestly there are probably even more that i'm not thinking of now. montreux has a lot of asian stores given the hotel school population- also a asian-indian store directly across from the hotel school.

Aaaaahhh excellent...... thank you that is great!! I can still carry on with my home cooking when I am out in Switzerland!!!!

As I am soon to arrive can anyone tell me if Zurich also has Asian supermarkets, this will save me a lot of packing and explaining to customs what the powders are if I get searched

Yes, there are many many Thai / Chinese / Indian shops in and around Zurich. This is one of my favorites:
http://www.thanhhung.ch/

Here's another huge one just off Badenerstrasse http://www.newasiamarket.ch/

Great, thanks that will simplify my packing no end

Thanks alll.. that is really useful

It's 2011 dude!!!