Schwanen - Piatti

"Since the end of last year, the former guest house in Schwanen (which served traditional audiences with grounded cuisine and the dubious subtitle “Zum singing host” rather than the Asian restaurant “Viet-Thai” – in personal union with the Asian snack Thai-Dat in the lower post street. However, the change has not yet worked: you miss an internet presence and a new signage. Even the hostage documents and cash registers carry the old name “Schwanen”. For this, the “Viet-Thai” with its changing lunch tables is already firmly anchored in the local press. Friends have recommended the place to me shortly after Christmas so that it was already on my wish list for a few weeks. The first optical, interior architectural impression is (yet positive). Lastly, I was in the swan in autumn 2013, then there were still rustic corner benches and lots of wooden furnishings. Now it looks more airy, brighter, friendly, with beige furniture and discreet Asian wall decoration. The old swans still remember the large tiled stove and the toilets. At midday, half a day, the place is rather busy: a small circle of friends, a joviale old manor, an older couple who needs extensive help in ordering. However, communication and workflow still do not work: too much the cultural and linguistic discrepancy between the rather helpless, young, Croatian service, the swaying guests, the Asian boss. The map is rich, offers a wide selection of meat dishes (also with duck! fish and seafood, noodle dishes and vegetarian dishes. Some pages are placed in visual envelopes. Among them are the lunch table offer (shown in a perforated screen cover, with a dozen meat dishes and a vegetarian offer – all between 6.80 Euro and 8.80 Euro. My accompaniment and I finally choose 1 duck meat with bamboo and vegetables in curry milk sauce and 2 roasted tofu with vegetables. For lunch, a soft drink of 0.3 liters is offered cheaply: only 1 Euro! You can drink two glasses. In our well-cooled Cola a slice of orange floats – a great idea instead of the usual lemon. The duck is crispy, not a bit fat, is accompanied by crisp vegetables and swims in a wonderfully spicy and at the same time slightly creamy curry sauce with coconut milk. On the same plate a chop of rice is served – right from the crowd! Just like the vegetarian dish consisting of roasted tofu slices and lots of vegetables (red peppers, bamboo pieces, green beans, zucchini, broccoli . The dark sauce seems to consist mainly of soy sauce, infuses defy umami flavor and makes powerful thirst. Both dishes are solid and cheap, but without sophistication or a special handwriting. We want to get fed up quickly in the middle of the day, is certainly well served here. However, it is clear to me that I will hardly come a second time. Unfortunately, the situation escalates during the closing coffee. We explicitly order a Vietnamese coffee with (most condensed milk). We know the special ritual from another Thai local, find it very charming and enjoy it again and again. The fact that 4.80 euros are required is somewhat high in the otherwise rather low price structure, but you can understand this small coffee speciality like a dessert... Even when ordering, the service power is a little nervous. A few minutes later, an even nervous cartridge appears, which once again verifies our order and alerts “15 minutes”. We nod, knowing that it takes some time for the water to run through the metal filter. Everything is put on, however, it takes quite a long time again – and then the essential condensed milk, which is with the lou, is missing. We complain, the service power is too devastating the shoulders, at some point the coffee has long gone through and already cooled. When the boss finally gets the milk (which he might have to buy or get), we have lost patience and just want to pay. Unfortunately, the cartridge is set up for discussions that we no longer want to follow. After unhappy back and forth, the cold coffee will not be charged to us. Unfortunately, when leaving the restaurant, a scalable taste remains. If we should ever come back, the Viet-Thai has to be guided even more professionally."