Except for Din Tai Fung Covent Garden, which I wrote about the other day, we visited a few other noteworthy spots. Barrafina One Michelin-starred Barrafina on Dean Street a stone’s throw from Piccadilly Circus delivered some of the best tapas I’ve had. Cold meat platter. Everything extremely good. Ham croquetas. Crunchy, delicious and perfect. Best… Continue reading 48 hours of eating in London
Category: European food
7 really nice restaurants to eat at while in Santorini (and one GREAT bar)
Visited the amazingly pretty Greek island of Santorini a couple of weeks ago. While I’ve had plenty of Greek food in Sweden, there’s nothing like having a proper Greek salad with sun-ripe tomatoes, a juicy grilled souvlaki or a fluffy delicious gyros pita while soaking up the views of the deep blue Med, white chalk… Continue reading 7 really nice restaurants to eat at while in Santorini (and one GREAT bar)
Swedish milk stewed macaronies recipe – stuvade makaroner
Made one of my favourite comfort foods for dinner tonight: fried falukorv (pork sausage from the city of Falun) with milk-stewed macaronies flavoured with nutmeg. I served it traditionally with a side of ketchup and untraditionally with a sprinkle of chopped fresh chives, which I think adds a nice-yet-subtle hint of fresh onionness to the… Continue reading Swedish milk stewed macaronies recipe – stuvade makaroner
Dinner at Restaurang Hantverket in Stockholm
After thinking of visiting for a year or so tonight it was finally time to visit Restaurang Hantverket in Stockholm. Below is what we had. Nibbles: first a tuttul flatbread with ”slarvsylta” of pork knuckle and homemade butter. Also Hantverket’s possibly most instagrammed dish; deep-fried Hasselback potatoes with dill, bleak roe, sour cream and spring… Continue reading Dinner at Restaurang Hantverket in Stockholm
Best fika in a while at Mr Cake
Just a short update since I had a really nice fika (coffee and pastry) experience at Mr Cake, a newly opened bakery/pastry shop/café in Stockholm. Mr Cake is a collaboration by famous bakers Mattias Ljungberg and Roy Fares, and serves Swedish fika with an American twist. Naturally I had to pay them a visit. Since… Continue reading Best fika in a while at Mr Cake
3 days of eating in Madrid, Spain
Just got back from a short, fun and busy trip to the great busy Spanish capital Madrid. Unfortunately the image quality is not that great since I only brought my phone. But nevertheless, below are the (mostly) great restaurants I visited. O’Grove restaurant Most restaurants that has a man or woman hand slicing pata negra… Continue reading 3 days of eating in Madrid, Spain
Where to eat in Bologna (and why I gained 3 kilos in 3 days)
La Grassa, or the fat one, is the nickname of the Italian city of Bologna, lovingly named so by the rest of Italy, because of its, well fatty, cuisine. You could also call me the fat one, as I gained 3 kilos or about 6.5 pounds during my three days in Bologna recently. So what… Continue reading Where to eat in Bologna (and why I gained 3 kilos in 3 days)
144 stairs Cafe in Tbilisi
144 stairs Cafe Our first meal in Tbilisi was enjoyed at “144 stairs” close to the Nariqala Fortress of Tbilisi. You walk up a few sets of stairs before reaching the restaurant, which, justifying the semi-steep climb, offered amazing views over Tbilisi, and as far as the Caucasus mountains we visited a few days later… Continue reading 144 stairs Cafe in Tbilisi
Pastorali restaurant in Tbilisi, Georgia
Pastorali The one place we actually went back to was a restaurant called Pastorali. Pastorali, like most (all) places we visited served tasty and affordable Georgian food. Located on the cozy slightly touristy Erekle II street, they served up the best Georgian khinkali we had during our trip. Khinkali are large dumplings, like my… Continue reading Pastorali restaurant in Tbilisi, Georgia
Barbarestan restaurant in Tbilisi, Georgia
One of the few places that I had looked up in advance was newly opened Barbarestan. Founded only one and half year ago by the founder, according to him after finding the book of an old cooktress, Barbara Joradze, in a market and then re-inventing her old recipes with the best produce and ingredients, served… Continue reading Barbarestan restaurant in Tbilisi, Georgia