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.
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
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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
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Dessert
Warm apple tartlet served with double cream and walnut ice cream
Appetizer
Asparagus terrine on frisée salad served with morels and basil vinaigrette
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Dessert
Warm apple strudel with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream
The meeting point for «Masoala by Night» is at the Masoala night entrance.

Location map with Masoala night entrance.
Booking
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
Insider tip
You can also give our Tropical Dinner as a gift with a Tropical Dinner gift card from the Zoo online shop!