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  • Moodbild Tropical Dinner im Masoala Regenwald des Zoo Zürich.
    Moodbild Tropical Dinner im Masoala Regenwald des Zoo Zürich.
    Moodbild Tropical Dinner im Masoala Regenwald des Zoo Zürich.

    Tropical Dinner

    Let yourself be carried away into the exotic world of the Masoala rainforest at our Tropical Dinner. After an aperitif in the Centre of Nature Conservation and a guided tour of the Masoala Rainforest, culinary delights await you with a view of the Masoala Rainforest.

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    Please note that the guided tours in the winter half-year take place in the dark.

    The minimum age for this event is 16 years.

    Tropical Dinner: Dining in the rainforest

    Suitable for a maximum of 10 people per reservation.

    Programme

    • From 6:30 pm: door opening (meeting point at Masoala night entrance)
    • followed by an aperitif
    • 60 minutes guided tour through the Masoala Rainforest (guided tour in German)
    • afterwards dinner at the Mora-Mora Bar in the middle of the flora and fauna of the Masoala Rainforest

    Price

    • Exclusive menu with a choice of meat, fish or vegetarian main course (vegan on request): CHF 199.– per Person

    (Price includes aperitif, meal, wine & drinks as well as guided tour in the Masoala Rainforest)

    Appetizer

    Oxtail raviolo with tomato essence  served with sherry 

    ***

    Main course

    Meat: Rump of pasture lamb with port wine shallots, served with braised carrot and
               thyme polenta slice

    Fish:   Salmon trout coated in sesame seeds on asian cauliflower puree
               and fried cauliflower 

    Vegetarian: Baked oyster mushrooms on wild garlic risotto, served with marinated rocket salad,
                        Sbrinz shavings and roasted pine nuts

    ***

    Dessert

    Warm apple tartlet served with double cream and walnut ice cream

    Appetizer

    Asparagus terrine on frisée salad served with morels and basil vinaigrette

    ***

    Main course

    Meat: Corn-fed duck breast with port wine-orange jus, served with caramelized asparagus
               and rhubarb with vanilla polenta

    Fish:   Fried pike-perch fillet on avocado and tomatoes, served with oriental spiced rice and saffron foam

    Vegetarian: Poached egg on chard vegetables with Pommery mustard sauce, served with truffled potato snow
                         and straw with lemon balm

    ***

    Dessert

    Cheesecake served with marinated strawberries and lemon-basil sorbet

    Appetizer

    Nectarine salad with zebra tomatoes and Grand Cru raw ham, served with Burratina,
    pine nuts and herb vinaigrette

    ***

    Main course

    Meat: surf & turf: Beef fillet and giant prawn, Café de Paris sauce 
                             served with bacon beans and Pommes Williams

    Fish:   Char fillet on potato and turnip cabbage puree with saffron fennel,
               served with nasturtium cress sauce

    Vegetarian: Linguine with truffle cream sauce served with braised cherry tomatoes,
                         marinated young spinach, parmesan shavings and summer truffle

    ***

    Dessert

    Raspberry mousse tartlet with pistachio brittle and vanilla caramel ice cream 

    Appetizer

    Punkin Trio: Pumpkin panna cotta, marinated pumpkin balls and pumpkin soup
                    on pea puree served with autumn leaf salad

    Main course

    Meat: Duet of veal fillet and roasted milks on sauteed chanterelles on burgundy sauce,
               served with potato-celery puree and Brussels sprout leaves

    Fish: Fried sturgeon fillet with potato-horseradish crust on beetroot pot au feu with orange, ginger,
             served with saffron broth 

    Vegetarian: Spinach napkin dumplings with fried porcini mushrooms, porcini mushroom cream sauce,
                         confit tomatoes and baked rocket salad 

    Dessert

    Chocolate mousse tartlet with wild berry compote and sour cream ice cream

    Appetizer

    Goat's cheese gratinated with rosemary honey on beetroot carpaccio,
    with lamb's lettuce, walnuts and crostini

    ***

    Main course

    Meat:  Veal loin with onion-mustard crust on port wine jus,
                served with two kinds of carrots and potato tree cakes

    Fish:    Trout fillet on bouillabaisse vegetables served with chateau potatoes and herb foam

    Vegetarian:  Artichoke stuffed with Mediterranean vegetables on saffron risotto,
                          served with marinated winter purslane and Sbrinz shavings

    ***

    Dessert

    Warm apple strudel with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream

    Location map

    The meeting point for «Masoala by Night» is at the Masoala night entrance.

    Site plan of the entrances to Zoo Zurich.

    Location map with Masoala night entrance.

    Booking

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    Contact us

    For bookings, please use the online booking.

    If you have any questions: 044 254 26 66 (Mon–Fri 9–12/14:00–16:30) or

    Send an e-mail

    Insider tip

    You can also give our Tropical Dinner as a gift with a Tropical Dinner gift card from the Zoo online shop!

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