My Summer Vacation - Part III - Swedish Food

While I didn't get to try a proper Swedish smörgåsbord (that shit's expensive, dear B&E readers, and the we were on a budget, yo), the food didn't disappoint. When the missus and I travel, we're as much about the food as the sights.

Thanks to the missus' mother (and the generosity of a friend of hers), we were hooked up with an apartment in Stockholm, so we even did a little grocery shopping. Gravlax, mustard dill gravlax sauce (sauce for gravlax!), herring in various sauces, pickled beets, potato salad, salami, turkey, cheese, flat bread, knackbread, mini-pancakes, blueberry jam, and yogurt drink.


A perfect plate of food:



An evening out resulted in some delicious traditional food: oysters, salmon, and meatballs in cream sauce.




When one gets excited about the meats found in a country, one is bound to feel a bit short on greens after a few days. So we got these salads (and gazpacho!) at the Moderna Museet (that's the Modern Art Museum in Swedish).


Not only were they fresh and delicious, but the cafe at the museet ("museum" in Swedish) offered fantastic views of Stockholm.


We learned that the band got its name from a readily available brand of herring.



We had dessert, too, of course. Violet ice cream, homemade waffle cones, chocolate balls (mm... balls...), and a fresh strawberry and butter cream pie with hardened meringue crust were the sweetish Swedish highlights. No pictures, though. We were too in-the-moment to think to break out the camera.