See the dishes at Switzerland’s newest three-star restaurant

Switzerland’s newest three-Michelin-starred restaurant – Memories, in Grand Resort Bad Ragaz – was recently added to the record-breaking Michelin Guide Switzerland 2022.

Chef and owner Sven Wassmer received the accolade, beckoning his team to join him on stage at the finale of the award ceremony. “What I’m doing with my team, day in, day out, is pure passion. There are no shortcuts, it’s just we love what we do when it comes down to food and being the best possible hosts.”

Wassmer’s wife Amanda (pictured below) is also the restaurant’s sommelier, whom he also thanked, saying: “I think it’s really like a dream come true.”

The restaurant, nestled in a Swiss Alpine valley, which also received a Green Star this year for sustainability, celebrates the local region, with Michelin describing the food as “bold and full of contrasts, honest and accessible”. 

Chef Wassmer’s signature dish is ‘Knöpfli with roasted yeast butter and truffle’, on a menu delivering dishes inspired by the landscape of the Swiss Alps. He describes it as a testament to his “pared back and minimalist” style. 

^{Photo: left, Amanda Wassmer-Bulgin, right Sven Wassmer}

The restaurant now joins the upper echelons of the Michelin-star elite, joining Switzerland’s three other three-Michelin-starred restaurants in the latest guide.

Here’s a closer look at some of the dishes:

_{Field fresh Salanova lettuce / peas / sea buckthorn koshu}

_{Toasted cherry stone ice cream / fermented cherry jam / coffee flavouring}

_{Knöpfli / roasted yeast / truffle}

_{Old cow tartare / cauliflower / meadow herbs}

_{Saibling from Val Lumnezia / burnt sennenrahm / fir tree}

_{12-year-old dairy cow / yummy paste made from fermented root vegetables with yeast / jus}

_{Sourdough bread porridge / Swiss dry meat / endive / fermented mushroom sauce}

_{Whitefish / sorrel / albeli caviar}

_{Pumpkin pie}

_{Fermented mountain potato ‘Bretzeli’ / cheese}

_{‘Memories’ Biberli}

Source: Fine Dining Lovers