Food – and – Drinks

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We are delighted to indulge you with our regional and genuine cuisine. Going back to the roots, we appreciate local specialties and traditions which we transform into new culinary delights.

Here at Aescher, we combine excellent products by local producers with the culinary heritage from the . The Aescher and with its caves are a rich source of fascinating stories that we love to share with you.

aescher.ch – Breakfast – Appenzeller cheese 16 with homemade mustard until 11 am Cold Platter p.P. 18 Aescher Breakfast 25 for 1 person or to share - Appenzeller cheese and airdried Appenzeller cheese, air-dried meat meat produced in , from Appenzell, cold-smoked cold-smoked sausage tartar, great sausage tartar and goat’s cheese dark bread, butter, jam, cave start into from Appenzell, dark bread and yoghurt, homemade fruit bread the day! homemade fruit bread and cheese tart, 1 hot drink and 1 soft drink (3 dl)

Cave yoghurt 8 – Mains – with granola and fruit compote 11 am – 21 pm

Homemade cheese tart 12 Chicken leg quarter 24 with Appenzeller cheese, with potato salad and leek and onions mixed lettuce

Aescher sausage 21 with potato salad and homemade – Small Bites – mustard 11 am – 21 pm soul Aescher-Becki Aescher 26 classic! small creamy barley soup warmer 9 Beef ragout with root add stripes of air-dried meat +3 vegetables and potatoes add parboiled sausage +6 Swiss sausage & cheese salad 16 / 21 Salad 12 small / big Mixed lettuce tossed with pears and roasted seeds big creamy barley soup 13 served with a nettle dressing add stripes of air-dried meat +3 add Appenzeller goat’s cheese +3 add parboiled sausage +6 add stripes of air-dried meat +3 add edible insects +4

Homemade cheese tart 12 – For our Little Ones – with Appenzeller cheese, leek and onions Beef Ragout 10 served with a side salad 21 with root vegetables and potatoes

Cold-smoked sausage from 10 Parboiled sausage with bread 8 Appenzell with potato salad 10 with homemade mustard Creamy barley soup 5 add one parboiled sausage +2

If you have any food allergies or intolerances, please ask our staff for advice. – Something Sweet –

Brownie 7 Traditional Appenzell gingerbread 12 with whipped cream +2 ice cream with plums with vanilla ice cream +4 served with whipped cream an treat thyme crumble yourself Carrot Cake 6 with whipped cream +2 Homemade Apple tarte 7 with vanilla ice cream +4 with whipped cream +2 with vanilla ice cream +4 Hazelnut croissant 4 Different ice cream at the kiosk

– Soft Drinks –

Still water / sparkling water, open 3 / 5 dl 4.5 / 6 Lemon soda, Coke, Flauder (Elderflower soda)

Grapefruit soda bottle 1.5 l 13

Shorley open 3 / 5 dl 4.5 / 6

Unfermented apple juice open 2.5 / 5 dl 4 / 5.5

Homemade Ice Tea open 3 / 5 dl 5.5 / 6.5 (with alpine herbs)

Isfee PET 5 dl 5.5 (Ice Tea with green tea extract)

Coke zero PET 5 dl 5.5

– Coffee and Hot Drinks–

Black coffee 4.8 with Alcohol: Espresso 4.8 Biberflade Coffee with Appenzeller liquor 8 Latte 5 Lutz Coffee with plum liquor 6.5 Hot Chocolate 2 dl 5 Hazel Coffee with hazelnut liquor 8 Hot Ovomaltine 2 dl 5 Göttertrank Coffee 8 Iced coffee 2 dl 5.5 with coffee vanilla liquor Tea ask for our varieties 2 dl 4.5 Torch Coffee with a real flame! 9 Amicero Ginger orange punch 2 dl 6 Flauder punsch 2 dl 4.5 – Appenzeller Beer and Möhl Juice –

Lager 4.8% bottle 5 dl 6.5 Dark Lager 5.2% bottle 5 dl 6.5 Pilsner style Lager 5.2% bottle 3 dl 5 Unfiltered Lager 4.8% bottle 5 dl 7 Wheat beer 5.2% bottle 5 dl 7 Ginger beer shandy 2.4% bottle 3 dl 7 Lemon shandy 2.5% bottle 5 dl 6.5

Root Beer 2.4% bottle 3 dl 7

Sonnwendlig bottle 5 dl 6.5 non-alcoholic beer

Bschorle bottle 5 dl 6.5 non-alcoholic, sparkling malt drink with local apples and pears

Unfiltered apple cider 4% open 5 dl 6.5 Jar 1 l / 2 l 12.5 / 24

Alcohol-free apple cider bottle 5 dl 6.5

Ghürotne 2% open 5 dl 6.5 sour / sweet Jar 1 l / 2 l 12.5 / 24

Plätteler 2% open 5 dl 6.5 with Grapefruit soda Jar 1 l / 2 l 12.5 / 24

– Aperitivo –

White wine spritzer 7 Elderflower wine / spritzer 6.5 / 7 Gin Tonic with Flauder Gents tonic water 14.5 Amicero Drink with a non-alcoholic ginger orange cordial 7 Manzoni Drink with a non-alcoholic dark berry cordial 7

All prices in Swiss francs (CHF) including VAT. – White Wine –

Verdejo ESP 1 / 2.5 dl 5.5 / 13 Gran Sello 5 dl 25

Sélection Pfefferbeere 1 / 2.5 dl 7 / 17 Weiss DE 5 / 7.5 dl 33 / 48 Lanz Wein 2019, Johanniter

Grüner Veltliner AUT 1 / 2.5 dl 7 / 17 Birgit Eichinger 5 / 7.5 dl 33 / 48

Federweisser CH 5 dl 29 Tobias Schmid

Blanc CH 2018 7.5 dl 49 Pinot Noir, Rivaner, Johanniter Tobias Wein, Berneck

Rivaner CH 2018 7.5 dl 47 Tobias Wein, Berneck

– Red Wine –

Tempranillo ESP 1 / 2.5 dl 5.5 / 13 Gran Sello 5 dl 25

Trachten Pinot (Noir) CH 5 dl 27 Tobias Schmid

La Torre ESP 1 / 2.5 dl 7.5 / 18.5 Pago de Cirsus 2016 5 / 7.5 dl 36 / 56 Syrah, Tempranillo

Sonnenuhr CH 2018 7.5 dl 49 Pinot Noir Appenzeller Winzer GmbH

Pinot Noir G3 CH 2015 7.5 dl 48 Tobias Wein, Berneck

Merlot CH 2013 7.5 dl 55 Tobias Wein, Berneck

We accept credit cards. – Spirits – – Treasure Chest – 2 cl 4 cl Appenzeller Alpenbitter 29% 4.5 7.5 Lacrau PRT 7.5 dl 57 Alpsteinbitter 28% 4.5 7.5 Secret Spot 2015 Kirsch 40% 4.5 7.5 Cuvée Plum brandy 40% 4.5 7.5 7.5 dl Honey williams brandy 35% 5 8 Las Sabias ESP 63 Dominio del Bendito 2015 Stone fruit marc 45% 4.5 7.5 Tempranillo Appenzeller cream liquor 18% 4.5 7 42% 6.5 11 Grappa Tosolini El Titan ESP 7.5 dl 95 Nut liquor 21% 4.5 7.5 Dominio del Bendito 2015 Whisky Aescher 49,5% 8 14 Tempranillo

Whisky Aescher La Torre ESP Magnum 115 Bottle 49,5% 1 dl 25 Pago de Cirsus 2016 Bottle 49,5% 5 dl 95 Syrah, Tempranillo

OUR PARTNERS

Local and good quality produce as well as close relations are important to us. Thanks to all our partners for delivering such unique products.

We only use Swiss meat for our dishes. – Something interesting about the Aescher –

History Our inn on the mountain has seen many proud, joyful and overwhelmed faces, considering the glorious view up here. It has existed in its current form since 1860 and is one of the oldest mountain inns of . Pastor Ulmann was the first hermit to live in the Klause in Wildkirchli in 1658. More than 20 men followed his example until 1853 and shaped the history of the Wildkirchli as hermits and first hosts.

Record from the Wildkirchli foreign book from 1795-1824:

How small the earth from the mountain seems to me, how small it may seem to the highest! So nobody imagines anything big, live down there as brothers, little ones! – Something interesting about the Aescher –

Transport Everything we offer on the Aescher has to get up here first. Fortunately, that is a bit easier today than it used to be back in the days with a backpack and mule. Nevertheless, the entire logistics is still a big challenge today. As we’re the only restaurant in the Alpstein, we don’t have our own transport track or access road. We transport many goods with the Ebenalpbahn. There are three transport days per week on which we bring goods up the mountain. 800 kilograms or a pallet with 32 harasses can be transported per trip. The cargo is then “lowered” above the Wildkirchli cave and from there transported with our “Hukis“ (tracked dumpers) to the restaurant. Likewise, our empties and waste get back into the valley. Sometimes we also use a helicopter.

Water Washing your hands in a mist of water or a vacuum flush as in an airplane - these innovations in our sanitary facilities help us to use water sparingly, since we don’t get our water from a “normal” water pipe, but from our own reservoir in the Wildkirchli cave. This reservoir is fed by rain that seeps into the ground and hence is cleaned there. The reservoir holds up to 84000 liters of water, of which we use about 3000 liters per day. Sure, the supply leads to problems during times of a drought. – Shop–

In the great Aescher shop you will find all the popular Aescher products, such as the Aescher pocket knife, homemade fruit bread or other souvenirs and gourmet items from local suppliers and partners.

Come over and have a look!

or check out our online shop: www.aescher.ch – thank you for visiting us –