Pizza and pasta can be found all over the world beside hamburgers and sushi: exquisite dishes, but hardly a delight served together on the same table. Bolzano’s gastronomy combines in ana axcellent way ingredients from the unpretentious but tasty Alpine fare with the fragrant delicacy of Mediterranean cuisine. Both coexist and complement each other harmoniously on the town’s restaurant menu cards. Tyrolean specialities include "Knödel" dumplings, "Schlutzkrapfen" (pasta parcels filled with spinach), venison goulash, boiled cured pork with "Sauerkraut", as well as fresh lake and river fish. Tyrolean sweets and desserts are well known all over the world. Everybody knows "Strudel", but "Kaiserschmarren" (scrambled pancake with raisins), chocolate, cream, ricotta cakes and flans are less familiar. Other local food products are "Speck" (smoked raw haunches of pork), different bread varieties and locally-grown fruit like apples and apricots. In comparison with Bolzano Bozen and sorroundings, few towns can offer gourmets such an amazing diversity and choice, from simple eateries, cosy farmhouse inns to Michelin-star restaurants.