If you're looking for a nice sausage in Stockholm there's really just one place to go. Östermalms Korvspecialist got around 15 different sausages to choose from and you get them in a french bread with a spicy sauce and lots of sauerkraut. I've actually just tried the cabanossi but why try something else when you've already found a ten pointer.
My friend Andreas told me about a new Indian place in Hornstull called Simply Pam's that he thinks is great. He also added "Indian Garden is overrated". I don't think it's overrated. At least not the food. The fact that they want you to leave the second you had your last bite and the food being a bit pricey (same price for take away as it is to eat in!) is a big minus but the food is really good in my opinion. I might change my mind after I've tried the new place that according to Andreas serve "bread beyond nan". Till then I still got Indian Garden in my top two Indian places in Stockholm together with Shanti.
Indian Garden - Heleneborgsgatan 15 B
Mango Chicken Balti.
Three weeks and two days from now I'll be on my way to Los Angeles, followed by Nice, Marseille and Marstrand. With today's weather here in Stockholm it feels a bit weird that it's only 6 days left till it's officially summer. I feel quite good about taking an early vacation this year.
Wednesday - dinner Had souvlaki, one lamb and one pork, from Grekiska Kolgrillsbaren. It was ok, a bit too dry for my taste. The lamb was way better than the pork but I don't think I'll go here again. If I'm up for this kind of food I'll just go to Amidas instead.
Grekiska Kolgrillsbaren - Ringvägen 57, Stockholm
Friday - lunch Tried out a new place on Drottninggatan called Peking Mormors Dumpleria. It's a place serving Chinese dumplings. It's really just a hole in the wall so it's take away or nothing at all. I'm more into Japanese dumplings but these ones were really good. I tried the salmon, chicken, lamb and veal. They were all good but next time I'll go for just the chicken cause it was definitely the best one.
Peking Mormors Dumpleria - Drottninggatan 70, Stockholm
Friday - dinner One large taco with pork and beef at La Neta and a Negra Modelo to go with it.
La Neta - Barnhusgatan 2, Stockholm
Friday - booze munchies Large Meze Royal at Pascha Deli. This place is by far the best place in Stockholm to eat at after a night out partying. It was Adde's first time at Pascha Deli and he gave the place a new name; The Arabic McDonald's.
Pascha Deli - Kungsgatan 13, Stockholm
Saturday - breakfast Pizza Originale with eggplant, basil and parmesan from Villabate.
Pizza Villabate - Högalidsgatan 48, Stockholm
Saturday - dinner Oysters and burger at Pontus!. Everthing was really good, especially the oysters and the fries.
Say what!? I've been waiting for this winter to be over for forever. I was just getting my hopes up that we might get some nice spring weather and then POW! Summer hit us from nowhere. I'm not complaining but I'd be really happy if spring dropped by next year. Preferably in the beginning of March. Anyhow, we had our first BBQ of the year today. I've told you before about the great chorizos in Hötorgshallen so it's about that time I let you know where you can get the best merguez in town. Surprise, surprise... it's from La Gazelle in Hötorgshallen.
On our way back home from our BBQ in Skinnarviksparken we passed our dream house. If I get filthy rich some day I want this house, and I want it BAD!
Today I picked up my new bike that I got from Child Store and officially said good bye to my old one, that I really loved even though I never got to ride it much.
I've been to Cafe Gitane in NoLIta (North of Little Italy) on Manhattan, New York two or three times and I really like the place. Not too pricey, not too fancy, nice atmosphere and good food. I've heard this place is supposed to be good for spotting celebs. I've never seen any. With or without the celebs it's definitely worth a visit. It's a French/Moroccan kitchen serving things like merguez with couscous, meatballs in tomato sauce, goat cheese with pomegranate syrup, baked feta cheese... plus it's a nice place for drinking sparkling wine or french beer.
Cafe Gitane - 242 Mott St., New York, NY
Merguez sausages with couscous with red peppers, raisins, toasted pinenuts, hummus and eggplant. 14,50 dollars.
Herbed goat cheese with chili flakes and pomegranate syrup. 6 dollars.
Feels like I've mentioned Sukhothai and Thai House Wok ten times on this blog before but here we go again. The reason is the thai kiosk, Sukhothai, hasn't been any good lately. So forget everything I've said about it and visit Thai House Wok instead from now on. That's what I've been doing and I'll keep doing that till someone tells me Sukhothai has shaped up again.
Gaeng Phaneang with pork from Thai House Wok.
Try out these new (?) sauces from Budweiser. You can find them at most good supermarkets in Stockholm. Perfect for all the BBQs we'll be having this summer... if the sun gods don't fuck it all up.
Finally got to use one of my pieces of fabric I bought at Liberty last month. I just knew it was a great buy even though I did spend 15 pounds on them.
My friend Maggie Loo turns 30 today. We celebrated her last hours as a 20 something last night at her place and then we went to Berns where DJ Taro and DJ Viet-naam was playing. In other words; GREAT SUCCESS! But with success comes setbacks... And the best way to fight this setback was going for pizza this morning. Pizza Villabate aka Dellos on Högalidsgatan recently got new owners and the first time I went there after the change I was a bit disappointed. Mainly cause that was when I realized there was someone else baking my pie than what I was used to (autistic thinking I know). Today (my second time since the new guys took over) I realized that the pizzas at Villabate are still great. I just downed the left overs from this morning and it was almost better cold than warm and there's not that many pizzas you can say that about.
UPDATE: Last time I went here (October 17th 2010) the pizza sucked! Won't be going here again.
Pizza Villabate - Högalidsgatan 48, Stockholm
Quattro Stagioni (salami, ham, mushrooms and artichoke) and Originale (parmesan, eggplant and basil)
Was shopping for a suit yesterday but instead I came home with these ones from the vintage department at Weekday's store on Drottninggatan. 260 SEK for both of them. Quite a bargain!
Went to Babylon on Södermalm on Thursday. Never been there before so I felt I had to try out something from the menu even though we did go there for the beer. I had the beef tenderloin toast with horseradish and I loved it!
Babylon - Björns trädgård, Stockholm
After some serious bar hopping we were in need of some more food and Ronald McDonald was the only one still open on our way home. I downed a much needed QP Cheese but even though I was wasted it didn't taste that good. McDonald's just doesn't do it for me anymore.
We were driving down La Cienega Boulevard, hungover and hungry after our NYE celebration the night before, when we passed Gyu-Kaku and decided to give it a shot. One of the best decisions we made during the whole trip. We got there during their happy hour; 99 cent draft beer and half price on most of the meat. Getting to BBQ your own meat and paying 99 cents for a beer would be enough for me to love the place, the fact that the food was really, really good just made me love it even more. You have to check this place out if you go to LA, NYC or Hawaii.
Gyu-Kaku - 163 North La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Fried Chicken Karaage
Four kinds of meat, can't remember what kinds they were.
