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Karen Green
Amrita Health
April 2011
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My husband Neil and I took a gourmet tour of Stockholm
during the Easter weekend 2011.
We took £700 with us and spent it on food – it is a
frighteningly expensive city especially when a glass of house
wine starts at £14 a glass
This brief presentation is a personal perspective on the food
we ate and uses some of my photos and some from the
restaurants and other eateries websites.
I was assured by the taxi driver it is cheaper to eat out in the
suburbs but no where near as stunning
It is a fabulous city – go with lots of cash to appreciate the
architecture, the outdoor café culture and delicious food. Not
for hen/stag parties. Ideal if you are teetotal!
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What epitomises Swedish food?
*Herrings – pickled in everyway possible – herb dressing,
green garlic, curry, mustard
*Rye crispbreads – like Ryvita? You will love this!
*Meatballs – yes just like Ikea with gravy and ligonberry jam
*Gravalax – marinated salmon served with mustard sauce
*Potatoes - boiled as starter with herrings, mashed and in
Janssens temptation
*Strong herb flavours such as fennel, mustard, dill
*Cakes – especially cinnamon rolls and punchrolls - cakes
rolled in green marzipan and dipped in chocolate (available
in Ikea!)
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* Coffee – the Swedes love their coffee and are one of the biggest
consumers in the world
* Berry based drinks including ligonberry juice
* Aquavit – don’t make the embarassing mistake we did:
* Aquavit comes in many flavours so don’t just ask for a glass –
its like asking a wine expert for a glass of red!
* Aquavit should be drunk with the starter and not ordered as
digestif as we did (oops!)
* Vodka
* Lager beer – main brands – Pripps Bla and Norrlands Guld
NOTE: alcohol (more than 3.5% proof) is only sold by government
run shops (Systembolaget)– the duty is high so I suggest you pack a
bottle of your favourite aperitif in duty free
** Michelin stars - Five restaurants:
* Frantzén/Lindeberg (2 stars) –beautiful website www.frantzen-
lindeberg.com/en/
* Mathias Dahlgren Matsalen (2 stars) – set in the beautiful setting of the Grand
Hotel overlooking the water.
Due to Easter and limited funds, we did not eat there but did have the wonderful
Easter Sunday buffet at the hotel for a mere £49 – see menu appendix for
afternoon tea at the Grand
* Mathias Dahlgren Matbaren
* Esperanto – see menu on next page
* Fredsgatan 12
* Lux Stockholm
*Hardly anything for vegetarians – they just don’t get it. Except
* See menu appendix for F12 vegetarian tasting menu
* Hermans – buffet style with fabulous view over water
*Expense
* expect to pay £15 for a starter and around £25 upwards for main and that’s
before you get to the wine - £14……….a glass!! VAT on wine in restaurants is
25%
NOTE: We went at Easter when none of the Michelin star restaurants were open – in
*Sturehof
*traditional Swedish fare – herrings, salmon, oysters
*fabulous fish soup (see photo – had already taken spoon hence
messy photo!!)
*Beautiful beautiful woman!
**Chokladkoppen – best ever chocolate cake, hot chocolate,
cinnamon rolls. This is a lovely place to sit outside and watch
the world go by in a beautiful square
*Kaffekoppen – next door also renowned for coffee and cake and
most photographed café in Stockholm
*National museum – vast selection of
cakes, biscuits, salads and savouries
We went primarily to see the Lust and
Vice exhibition –on until 24th Aug – well
worth a look
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*Prinsen – traditional Swedish restaurant
*Vast white asparagus with hollandaise
sauce
*Ubiquitous herrings with beer
accompaniment
*Traditional Swedish sausage
All a bit phallic after all those exhibition
pictures!!
*Bla Porten (the Blue Door)
Fabulous low key service and food –
finally some vegetarian offerings,
reasonably priced beer, amazing tomato
soup and loads of gorgeous cake!
Very pretty garden setting – location great
for the Vasa museum
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Frusen fänkål och Grönländska råräkor
Frozen fennel and shrimps from Greenland
Alggravad makrill med sötad pepparotsmjölk och bakad äggula
Mackerel cured in seaweed, egg yolk 65° and sweetened horseradish milk
Vår via ramslök och nypotatis
Spring concerning ramson and new potatoes
Torsklameller med vårsalladsgröt och algvelouté
Flaky cod with sautéed lettuce and wakame velouté
Rökparfymerad renkalvstartar med renmärg,
selleriemulsion och krispig maltsurdeg
Smoke scented reindeer with its bone marrow served with
celeriac emulsion and crispy malted sour dough
Langoustine stekt i langoustine med sjöborre i foie gras au torchon,
svart trumpetsvamp och frusen hasselnöt
Langoustine fried in langoustine with sea urchin in foie gras au torchon,
black trumpet mushroom and frozen hazelnut
En studie i jordärtskocka serveras med montage av lamm
Degustation of Jerusalem artichoke with Swedish lamb
Karamelliserat Ingrid Marieäpple
Caramelized Ingrid Marie apples
1175 sek
*VEGETARIAN TASTING MENU
«A DRY APRIL IS NOT THE FARMER’S WISH, FOR APRIL RAIN THE FRUITS PROTECT»
DAWN AT THE MOUNTAIN LAKE
nettles with pudding, cucumber and bergamot
BY THE EARTH CELLAR
morels with wild onions and preserved parsley
FISHING THE OPEN WATER
coeur de boeuf tomato with smoky tones, hemp and pepper shoots
FIRST GRASS OF SPRING
new turnips with apple, truffles and red lettuce
BURGEONING SHOOTS
white asparagus with duck’s egg, salt crocant and almonds
APRIL GREENS
blackened cepa with stalk broccoli, black seed and sorrel
THE LONG AWAITED VEGETABLES
braised leek with spring vegetables and tasmanian pepper
THE CHEESE MAKER’S SANDWICH
caramelised goat’s cheese with dried apples, honey and thistle
LAST OF THE WINTER SNOW
crispy soured milk with mint and nèfles
THE APPROACHING SPRING
victoria rhubarb with liquorice and iced cream
SHELTER FROM THE SUN
cassava and açai fruit with grated chocolate
SEK 995:-
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SANDWICHES
Cepes crème with Cucumber
Shrimps in Dill mayonnaise
Smoked salmon with Lemon and Chives
Smoked Ham with Tomato Chutney
SCONES
Macadamia and White Chocolate
Traditional with Brown sugar
served with Calamondin Curd
Blueberry and Blackberry Preserve flavoured with Lime
Stirred butter, Whipped cream
PASTRIES
Raspberry and litchi mousse with a Pistachio Macaroon
Tonka Pannacotta with a chocolate sandwich
Poppy Seed and Lemon Sponge cake with icing
Amaretti with Grandmarnier Truffle
FINEST TEA BLEND OF GRAND HÔTEL
A black tea blended from China mildly lemon flavoured
exclusively made for Grand Hôtel.
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