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title: "Restaurant Fährhaus on Sylt – not your ordinary pinch of salt!"
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# Restaurant Fährhaus on Sylt – not your ordinary pinch of salt!

> Restaurant Fährhaus on the island of Sylt is a two-Michelin-star gourmet establishment run by chef Alexandro Pape, set in a historic Victorian-style captain's house in Munkmarsch, where Nordic precision meets Mediterranean roots.

## What to see
- **Restaurant Fährhaus** — Two-Michelin-star restaurant in an elegantly Nordic Victorian captain's house in Munkmarsch, Sylt.
- **Sylt Salt Manufactory** — Alexandro Pape's own sea salt works in List, open since late 2013, extracting and processing North Sea salt into fine table salt.
- **Salt Works Shop** — On-site shop selling all grades of Sylt sea salt in glass jars, including a 'Fleur de Sylt', run by Pape's wife Filiz.

## What to do
- **Dine on the Fährhaus tasting menus** — Choose between the 'Fährhaus Menu 1999–2015' celebrating 16 years of the chef's career, or the Sardinian Menu blending North German and Mediterranean cuisine.
- **Wine pairing with sommelier Sindy Kretschmar** — Distaff sommelier guides guests through wine selection course by course and decants chosen wines at the table.
- **Visit the Sylt Salt Manufactory** — Tour the salt works and shop in List to learn about North Sea salt production and pick up souvenir jars.

## Good to know
There is a hotel connected to the Fährhaus recommended by fellow diners. Pape's own Sylt sea salt seasons all dishes at the restaurant, reflecting his seven-year effort to establish the salt works.

## Photos

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    caption: "Blue hour at the Restaurant Faehrhaus"
  - url: "https://travelmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Anbau-Restaurant-Faehrhaus-Sylt.jpg"
    caption: "Simple but elegant furnishings in the Fährhaus"
  - url: "https://travelmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Trinkessig-Restaurant-Faehrhaus-Sylt.jpg"
    caption: "Drinking vinegar for the apéro"
  - url: "https://travelmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Prunier-Kaviar-Restaurant-Faehrhaus-Sylt.jpg"
    caption: "Finest Prunier Kaviar"
  - url: "https://travelmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Gruss-aus-der-Kueche-Restaurant-Faehrhaus-Sylt-1024x6831.jpg"
    caption: "A little greeting from the kitchen"
  - url: "https://travelmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Kaninchenkeule-Sepia-Restaurant-Faehrhaus-Sylt.jpg"
    caption: "Confit rabbit leg and cuttlefish in creamy pecorino, marinated white asparagus tips, dessicated dates, crispbread, and herbs in warm basil and wood garlic oil"
  - url: "https://travelmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Steinbutt-Restaurant-Faehrhaus-Sylt.jpg"
    caption: "Turbot poached in nutbutter on fregola and verbena risotto, bergamot oil sabayon, green asparagus, sauté of turbot wing, roast pistacchios"
  - url: "https://travelmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Salzauster-Restaurant-Faehrhaus-Sylt.jpg"
    caption: "Sylt sea salt from the oystershell"
  - url: "https://travelmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Sylter-Meersalz.jpg"
    caption: "Filled with sea salt from Sylt"
  - url: "https://travelmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Filiz-Alexandro-Pape-Meersalz.jpg"
    caption: "The Pape couple in their Sylt sea salt shop in List"
```