Bremen, Germany

German food was very popular in my home when I was a child.  My mother made homemade sauerkraut from freshly harvested heads of cabbage from our garden .  She would slather pork ribs and sausage with sauerkraut, then slow-cook it on Sunday evenings.  We didn't have access to authentic German sausages when I was a...

Taste of Thai

I found a few restaurants in Denmark that serves Thai food.  A few of these restaurants fell flat and lacked certain ingredients.  They excluded either lemongrass, Thai chilies, or one of the most important flavors known in many Asian dishes...nam pla sauce!  I mentioned in a previous post that banh mi sandwiches should always have nước...

There’s a special “Plaice” in Denmark.

The fishing industry in Denmark is very prominent along the coastlines.  Great for their economy, seafood is part of their culture.  Many of the restaurants in Denmark will have shrimp listed on their menus.  Also, herring is very popular in Denmark.  There are different kinds of herring including curried herring, beetroot herring, and pickled herring....

Frokost in Denmark

Frokost in Denmark is common when eaten away from home.  Frokost is the Danish word for lunch.  A common meal for frokost is normally smørrebrød (open faced sandwiches) made of rye bread smeared with butter and topped with herring, sausage, cold-cuts, and etc.  Since I have eaten a lot of smørrebrød, I wanted to change...

Korean food in Barcelona

June 20th was the day my class was going to Sagrada Familia.  I didn't feel well, I woke up with headache.  It must have been all the food we had eaten the day prior.  Normally sodium does that to me, but it's hard to escape from in Barcelona.  It was a hot day, in the...

Sailing from Palamós, followed by the most memorable meal in Madremanya!

Our class started the day by traveling to Palamós from Barcelona.  While traveling by bus, several people fell victim to the "sleeping spell".  Not being acclimated to Spains elements may have been the cause.  Perhaps it was self-induced from the night prior.     In any case, the view from my front seat looking toward the...

:)is fru tar

My time abroad in Denmark not only encompasses Nordic food and identity, but Catalonia as well.  I am honored to have had an opportunity to experience a once in a lifetime meal in Spain.  Well....I had a few of them!  First, my class and I enjoyed a lovely and intimate Catalan meal prepared in Madremanya....

Wait, this isn’t Danish food!

Living abroad in Copenhagen is great.  I am pleased to see several ethnic businesses thriving in the city.  I'm unaware of the struggles and success expats may experience when moving to a place such as Copenhagen.  Global street food vendors throughout Copenhagen gives locals a chance to invite a variety of cultures into their homes...

Is this the Danish National dish?

My findings online about Denmarks national dish led me to this dish.  Unfortunately, a Danish friend pointed out that Stegt Flæsk med Persillesovs may not be the national dish of Denmark.  What seemed like a concrete answer, I feel that there are several competitors out there beside this dish that could be Denmark's national dishes....

Copenhagen

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