Travels with my Tummy

The love child of xiao long bao x fluffy bao x gyoza

Wow... Oh wow.. Speechless. Norwegian langoustines (they taste somewhat like a cross between a lobster and an English langoustine) are pan fried in pine butter, then brushed with a subtle pickling liquor. They are served in a bowl of pine. Servers pour pine essence onto the dry ice beneath and the scent of a forest takes over your senses. In that moment, you forget you are in a formal, Michelin-starred environment; and you quickly tuck in with your fingers!

Objectively, the food at frantzen/lindeberg was really good. My favourite dish by far was the "salad"; made up of over 70(?) different vegetables. Well worth a visit. But if you're all the way in Scandinavia and only have money for one restaurant, I'd recommend hopping over to Oslo for 2-star Maaemo instead.

"Bakfickan", literally translated as the Hip Pocket, is the back alley little sister of the larger, grander, Operabaren in #stockholm. Simple Swedish fare is served, mostly done very well. Atmosphere is a little stale, service is brusque; but the good food and low prices make up for it :)