SWEDEN
One can’t visit Sweden without enjoying a famed Svenskt Smörgåsbord. Also, notice how the portions get smaller through every course!
1st Plate: Seven different types of herring, boiled new potatoes, sour cream and onions.
2nd Plate: Three types of salmon, two types of reindeer (meat and Pâté), venison, and two potato salads (one with shrimp, one with herring).
3rd Plate: Swedish meatballs with lingonberry jam and the traditional Jansson's Temptation (chopped potatoes with anchovies).
4th Plate: Cheesecake, apple strudel, and "cookies".
Mid-summer also means strawberry season in Sweden! The strawberries we bought at a road-side stand on the way to Lake Siljan were delicious, but dessert at our hotel restaurant was even better…
Strawberries topped with strawberry sorbet and sprinkled with brown sugar. Super-sour fruit roll-up on the side. Invisible surprise inside...pop-rocks!!
NORWAY
Eating in Norway was unbelievably expensive. But, how often can you embark on this culinary craziness?!
Whale steak wrapped in bacon (Joe's yummy salmon filet in the background).
Moose stew (it looked absolutely disgusting on the plate, but it was super tasty!).
Bergen had one of the best first markets I have even seen. Not only could you take home whatever you wanted to enjoy for dinner, but there were also hot grills ready to cook up your selection for instantaneous enjoyment.
Tasty fish market dinner: King crab-legs and salmon.
ICELAND
This meal was tapas style, thank goodness. The restaurant was really dark, which I was also grateful for!
Smoked Puffin!