Swiss Steamer Dining

fx

Thu, 6 Nov 2008 15:13:27 GMT

Thanks Heidi, glad this brought you back pleasant memories!

heidi narjis

Thu, 6 Nov 2008 10:11:57 GMT

I too join the ranks in love with your work here.
I come from Basel but have lived in San Antonio Texas for the last 25 years, the journeys into memories, hearts and stomachs of Switzerland are nourishing indeed.
My parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with all the family on the "Leu" in Basel on the Rhine, floating rather one way, then motoring back from one dam to the other with of Germany, France and Switzerland alternating on the river sides.
We had a breakfast on board that was very delicious and fine.
And loads of fun!

fx

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:26:55 GMT

Guy, thanks for visiting, I actually lived in Pully. Amazing to see that these ships saw you from young boy to retiree! They are floating pieces of history really.

Guy Zebert

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:55:35 GMT

Wow! what memories. In 1943 I was growing up in Pully, a small village between Lausanne and Montreux and as kids we love the "Savoie" ship because for some reason it made the biggest waves.I also was one of the kids in the water as the ship docked encouraging tourists to drop coins in the water for us to retrieve.I am now a retired architect living in Long Beach, California. Thanks for a great article.

fx

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:29:36 GMT

TZ, thanks for your email! Yes indeed the other gastrocruise is catered by the Beau Rivage, I have to try this one day. I just passed the Montreux on the road today, I nearly drove off the road so stunning was the scene. I mean a bloody James Bond movie scene would not be more striking. These boats are like floating postcards!

TZ

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:07:41 GMT

Francois,

Love the pictures, love the romatic story even more. My husband and I recently enjoyed dinner on another CGN steamer from Morges to Yvoire return catered by the Beau Rivage. It was so relaxing, romantic, delicious and beautiful!

We often take the lake boats from Ouchy to Chateau Chillon with visitors, complete with a stuffed picnic basket catered by me : ). So lovely to see the vineyards of the Lavaux from the water.

fx

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:07:16 GMT

Chris, thanks for your comment and I hope you get to visit Lake Geneva once again, a ride on memory pier!

chris

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:03:52 GMT

Great photos thanks FX. I was hoping you"d mention versoix but I got better than that! a photo. I lived in versoix while I was doing my training (stage) in a hotel in geneva many years ago. it was the last house on that row in the photo. amazing. Thanks masses for taking me back there for a bit. Lovely site.

fx

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:00:26 GMT

Traci, thanks for your praise! The 360 panorama are done with some seriously heavy equipment, a tripod, a couple softwares and much time. I just published seven more today in an article about a Cheddar dairy in Devon, they are of a better quality probably!

fx

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:57:07 GMT

Trice, I think they understood only too well where the border was and wanted to send the Swiss a Sicilian message meaning "If you don"t stop selling guns to the Krauts you will sleep with the fish".

fx

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:36:40 GMT

Don, thanks for checking back! I"d love to hear about your open hearth cookery, this is one of my passion but I rarely get to do it. There are so many things you can cook in ashes or Dutch ovens. Make sure you have the book The Magic of Fire, it"s the best on this topic in English. Have fun!

fx

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:29:53 GMT

Stephani, thanks for your kind words! I am relieved to hear that you like the "Adventure" articles as many times I hesitated to post them by fear that all people came to FXcuisine.com for was to drool in front of food. I have one more Paris adventure to come in the future.

fx

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:28:30 GMT

LC Neill, thanks for your comment! I also have even better pictures of a hot air balloon ride I made over the Alps, but no food alas, so I could not include it here on FXcuisine.com

fx

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:27:46 GMT

Trish, thanks for visiting!

fx

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:26:22 GMT

Helena, they actually have a whole � la carte menu to choose from, so no, all these dishes did not go to the same table. But really with 3+2 courses you don"t exit the boat feeling all that light!

fx

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:25:09 GMT

Octavian, if you ever visit Switzerland you absolutely need to take one these boats, we also have them on the 4-cantons Lake near Luzern.

fx

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:24:34 GMT

Titania, thanks for your appreciation! Those paddlewheel steamers are just gorgeous, where I live two of those cross right in front of my house every day and they honk each other with that deep steam-powered horn - just incredible.

Mrs.Sound

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:12:21 GMT

I never tried eating on a steamer dining. They have a great food and presentation here. Thanks for the share!
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Traci ~ Soup of The Day

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:51:15 GMT

Francois!! - your pictures are BREATHTAKING! Well done! How do you do that 360 thing??

You know, I"ve never thought of going to Geneva for vacation, but now, I think we need to add it to the list!

beatrice

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:36:51 GMT

Soooo... the american and french pilots didn"t understand where the CH/FR border was?? Good Lord, didn"t the Rhine give them some orientation???

Don, please see William Rubel"s The Magic of Fire cookbook if you want to really know how to use the open fire for everyday cooking.

don siranni

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:30:35 GMT

Francois, I"m finally settled here in maine,and back on line.my first stop was,of course fx.and greated with my very most favorite stuff-swissy! As always hanging on every picture.I do have an unrelated-always wanted to know but afraid to ask-question. �I"ll be doing a lot of open hearth,fireplace cooking here in maine,and want to know which dutch oven open hearth preparations are better suited to the dutch oven being either suspended on the crane hook over the coals vs being pulled aside on the hearth, and covered under and over with the coals.which method,for example is better for venison stew w/ dumplings,etc.,etc. �thanks always for having patience to respond to my amaturish queries. �Don �siranni

Stephani

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:10:29 GMT

FX, I love all of your articles and I was just telling my boyfriend that I check your site every Saturday, religiously!

I wanted to tell you, however, the posts where you"ve gone on an adventure, like this one and the one at Le Train Bleu for example, are my absolute favorites :)

Thanks for allowing a girl from Alabama to have fantastic vicarious adventures through you, every once in a while.

LC Neill

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:21:28 GMT

These pictures are incredible. Thanks for allowing me to escape and travel to Lake Geneva for the last 15 minutes!

trish

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:12:00 GMT

This was a wonderful story and the pictures are fantastic!

Thanks,

Trish
Omaha, NE, USA

Helena

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:36:10 GMT

like the dancing around salamander shot.

Great plating.

I was wondering though, are all these courses for a single meal? Sure hope so, because the portions on each plate don"t look very hearthy.

Or are these pictures of all the different things people on the boat ordered?

I"m assuming the steamer is not serving one or two set types of meal like they do on most airlines.

Octavian

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:51:27 GMT

What beautiful scenery! The food looks fantastic as well.

titania

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:09:24 GMT

A fantastic post, great shots, 10 out of 10! I love paddle steamers, I was on one on lake Lucerne. Next time when I come to Geneva I know waht to do! My daughter likes fx cuisine too.