Eighteen partners close by.

Almost every house in the mountains writes “regional” on its menu. The word on its own says little as long as nobody adds who delivered. So we do it the other way round and name all eighteen businesses, with product and place.

The shortest journey is the fish’s. Char and trout come from the Fischerei Schliersee, the local fishery, so from the very lake you are sitting by. That is why the fishery appears on the menu by name, not as a note on origin in the small print.

Meat and sausages come from Fleischwaren Holnburger in Miesbach, less than ten kilometres away, and so do the Weißwürste, the white veal sausages of a Bavarian breakfast. Bread, Brezn (pretzels) and pastries come from two bakeries, both in Schliersee. Fruit and vegetables from the Fruchthalle Hausham.

With drinks the list gets long: the draught wheat beer comes from the Hopf brewery in Miesbach, the lager from the Brauhaus Tegernsee. Slyrs whisky is distilled in Schliersee, the Destillerie Hoermann and Bockfieber are based here too, and Lantenhammer in neighbouring Hausham. The coffee comes from the Rafaels roastery in Hausham, the tea from DeLong in Bruckmühl.

Not everything a house needs is edible. The flowers come from Schliersee too, from Buchsbaum, and the pictures on the walls from Florian Bachmaier, also from here. Furniture, cushions and clothing come from three businesses in Gmund am Tegernsee.

This is not a marketing decision but a practical one. If you know your suppliers, you can call when something is missing, and you know where you stand. And money that stays in the district stays in the district.