Röstigraben
The most Swiss burger on the menu: beef with aioli, Vacherin Fribourgeois AOP, a rösti galette, fried onions and lettuce. Vacherin Fribourgeois is a soft, nutty cheese from Fribourg, and the crisp rösti adds a potato crunch inside the bun. Filling and very local.
The story
The Röstigraben, the “rösti ditch”, is the Swiss nickname for the cultural border between the French-speaking west and the German-speaking rest of the country, named after rösti, the grated potato dish German-speaking Swiss are said to eat more of. A Lausanne chain that grew across both sides of that line named its most Swiss burger after it and built it around both halves: rösti, and Vacherin Fribourgeois from the canton of Fribourg, which the language border runs straight through.
What’s inside
- beef patty
- aioli
- Vacherin Fribourgeois AOP
- rösti galette
- fried onions
- batavia lettuce
- bun
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Röstigraben yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares beef, crispy onions and cooked onions
Ultimate Thanksgiving Leftovers Burger - Shares beef, crispy onions and cooked onions
Viral Bacon Spiral Burger - Shares beef, crispy onions and cooked onions
Fat Mimolette Bacon & Fried Onion Burger - Shares beef, crispy onions and cooked onions
Onion Bomb Burger
Similar burgers at other chains
Built around the same things as the Röstigraben.- Burgermeister · beef, crispy onions and cooked onions
SignatureMeisterburger - Wayback Burgers · beef, crispy onions and cooked onions
A.1. Steakhouse - Big Fernand · beef, crispy onions and cooked onions
Le Double Smash - Hopdoddy Burger Bar · beef, crispy onions and cooked onions
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About Holy Cow!
Holy Cow! started in 2009 in the back streets of Lausanne with a simple promise: a fresh gourmet burger made from local ingredients, served in five to eight minutes, as fast as a fast-food chain. The recipes came from the travels of its founder, Richard, and the original slogan invited customers to “join the fast-food revolution”. In 2017 a small group of local entrepreneurs led by Adrian took the brand over and grew it into a national chain, with Richard staying on to look after quality.
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