Swiss dinner

Being abroad for an extended period of time, you sometimes crave a meal from home. Rumour has it that there are two or three Swiss restaurants here in Tokyo, but I have not checked them out yet. But home-cooked food is better anyway, right?

I had asked Joanna who visited in Marc to bring me some spice for "Zueri Gschnaetzlets" (sliced veal in a creamy mushroom sauce with potato pancake). So I invited my housemates Rinko and Hi-chan for a Swiss dinner. The ingredients for the dish are easy enough to find except for the spice that I already got. The main challenge was the Roeschti (potato pancake) since we do not have the right kind of grater in our kitchen and no pressure steam cooker. I cooked the potatoes in a regular pan and then grated them on a grater with smaller holes. Turned out a little mit mashy, but the Roeschti still turned out tasty, despite having a slightly different consistency. The mushrooms were not quite the right ones either, but nevertheless good.
We had a very fun evening, Rinko and Hi-chan seemed to enjoy the meal and we drank a bottle of sparkling wine that Rinko had bought. Took a some pics of my lovely housemates, see here...