Sat, 26 May 2012
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Kerrin of the award-winning travel and food blog MyKugelhopf visits the elegant chocolate shop in Zurich and Winterthur.Even though I went to Vollenweider Confiseur Chocolatier the other day with one particular item in mind (the blue and white Macaron de Zürich), and actually went home with only that… you should know that the shop has a whole lot more to offer. And I don’t mean simply more flavours of macarons either.
A very fancy chocolate shop in Zürich just behind the Opera House, it opened in October 2008 with its signature chic black and white design. With beautiful displays in the windows and on the shelves, each product wrapped with a perfectly tied ribbon and handmade chocolates lined up just so, you know you’re dealing with expertise and experience here.
In fact, Vollenweider has been around since 1943 in Winterthur, a town just 20 minutes from Zürich. Willi Georg Vollenweider’s son Hansueli now runs the show with his wife Marianne, using original recipes and family traditions, but innovating all the time. Everything done by hand, unusual flavours in chocolate and macarons, superior quality and utmost freshness in all ingredients used. When I learned all this, I hopped on a train to check it out. (And if baking maestro Nick Malgieri tells you it’s one of his favourite Swiss addresses, well you’d get on that train too!) On Winterthur’s main market street, there’s a chocolate and confection shop on one side, and a tea salon on the other. There are a lot more products than here in Zürich, plus a sit-down café, yet the same chocolates, macarons and famous “giraffe cake” too. You’ll easily recognise the latter – it’s the white cake with the black polka dots!
I went to Winterthur during Easter time, so I got to see all of Vollenweider’s impressive chocolate bunnies and other festive confections. The giraffe cake even came with a bunny on it too. I couldn’t help but notice their Gugelhopf besides it - of course (that’s kugelhopf in German). So I tried that too. Officially a “Mandelgugelhopf,” it had a distinct flavour of almond as the name suggests (Mandel), and hints of citrus too. Not your traditional kugelhopf by all means. Simply another example of Vollenweider’s personal touch and his take on a classic. Nothing wrong with that.
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