In sweden , swedish meatballs is more of a home food since its so easy to make at home and when going to a resturant I usually feel like it would be a "waste" to get meatballs there when i can make just as good ones at home haha
This it it you get make them at home. If you go out for cheap it's kebab or pizza, a burger. Going fancy it's meat or shellfish. Altho a Lasanga out is not bad. That said a few resturants on the tourist street of Stockholm have them made with elk. It's a whole different taste. To bad you didnt get an pressgurka (quick pickeled cucumber with yours)
A thought - In central Stockholm you find either street food or fancy restaurants. If you want to try food that the average Swede would eat I'd reccomend you to find a "blue collar" lunch restaurant. Or look for the word "husmanskost" (you will find it in a truckers diner). Not sure how many Swedes that would eat "gravlax" for lunch or supper...
@@danielpalmberg3371 How true. If you want to experience genuine Swedish food, visit a lunchrestaurang! Same goes for most countries. Go to the places where locals go. Before finding out what real Italian food was like, I wasted tons of money and way too much time doing tourist traps. Then, Italian friends I made took me to restaurants out of this world. Later, they came and visited me in Sweden, where we feasted on moose, reindeer, yellow pea soup/ärtsoppa, cold smoked pork belly and oven-baked pike (and a lot of salubrious beverages).
Köttbullar/meatball is very polular in Sweden! But its something you have eaten since kindergarden and also very popular kids food so i think the average Sweed just prefer to eat something else when going out. Also Sweden have a big variation of cuisine so if you want to eat köttbullar during lunch you just have to found a restaurant that serve more traditional Swedish food, or at least is not i thai, indian, Lebanese restaurant so on. If you want to try something really fancy then try a Wallenbergare! Think of a gigantic meatball but lot more fancy (ingridient wise)!
Fried herring with mash is also a staple in Finland and so is knäckebröd (näkkileipä). Pickled, fried herring is a thing in Sweden but not fried, pickled herring. Fried salted herring is an old traditional dish.
Worth pointing out is that the herring used in Finland and the Eastern part of Sweden that is fried is Baltic Herring (in Swedish strömming). It lives in the brackish water of the Baltics and is smaller than its North Sea/Atlantic cousin. There is definitely a difference, even if the technical difference is where the fish is landed.
If anyone visiting Stockholm would like to have Swedish meatballs, here is a few recommendations: Operakällaren/Operabaren, Prinsen, Rich, Pelikan, Tranan, Gyllene Freden, Kryp in, Tradition, Grodan Grev Ture, Broms, Nybrogatan 38, PA&Co, Diplomat, Meatballs for the people, Bakfickan, Nisch, just to name a few!
I love stekt strömming with mash, had it many many times in a wide variety of restaurants. Still have yet to ever have it served with a white sauce, it's always served with browned butter and lingonberries.
As others have pointed out, most Swedes won't order meat balls at a restaurant. I don't. What I order is typically the posh version of them, called Wallenbergare. They are bigger, slightly flattened meat balls made of minced veal, whipped cream and egg yolk. Meatballs is something you make yourself or buy at the grocery store and just heat in your pan. And we actually often eat them with pasta and ketchup!
Traditional meatballs are made quite small, which is a bit more work, so not as cost effective for restaurants. For a similar experience you can try "pannbiff" which is the same mix but made larger and thus don't stay round but ends up more like a Hamburger patty
Meatballs are a dish that is mostly associated with making them at home yourself. When I would also say that it is more common to have them with boiled potatoes, and you should have pickled cucumber with them.
To be fair, making meatballs at home nowadays is mostly about bying ready made ones, either frozen or chilled, and just heating them up in the frying pan.
Restaurant "Soldaten Švejk" is really good, priced well and it is walk in. Swedish meatballs, plankstek or wallenbergare are all classic Swedish dishes worth trying. 👍
The traditional recipe for gravad lax ("buried salmon") involves burying the package in the soil for some time. Nowadays it's done differently, but the result is the same.
Regarding kebab being so common in Sweden and Finland. What I've understood is that many of the Turkish and/or Kurdish immigrants who came to northern Europe in late 80's and 90's started kebab shops which made the food really widely available. Might be other reasons as well, but this definitely is one. Also in restaurants, you are more likely to find meatballs from the kids menu. Generally they are more home food as many here already mentioned.
When you had your meatballs it wasn't the police going by but the communal rescue service (used to be called fire department) going by. Fun fact, the sirens of the rescue service, police and ambulance sound different to each other so you can tell who wants a clear path in traffic in Sweden. Also Jenny where did you get your jumpsuit, would like to get one.
2:50 Just to point out, we have pickled fried herring here in Sweden. You coat the herring in flour, then fry it in the pan and after you pickle it. So it is soggy. It's quite good tbh.
"Köttbullar" is "husmanskost" = traditional home cooked food! There is resturantes in bigger citys that specialise on it for tourists. And its often served at lunch resturantes as "dagens rätt", the meal of the day.. typical at mondays! Herring is popular and used in many forms.. becuse we are sourunded by herring rich waters! Its in moste case "Baltic herring" that becomes "Stekt strömming", served at wednseday, and "atlantic herring" that become pickled "Sill"! Becuse at the atlantic shoreline we tend to eat more "stekt makrill" = fried makerell! Soo for fun.. our traditional "husmanskost"/home cooked meals.. thirsday is fried pork, with brown beans or onion sauce! (White beans is actulay tastier)! Thursday is "Ärtsoppa med fläsk" and "pannkakor med sylt" as desert! And if one was in the military back then a glass of Punch especialy in the Navy! Friday is on the end of the week.. it could mean different, its dependent on if one got the salary yet.. fresh fish like cod or havock with eggsause, or liver caserol.. in worste case "pölsa med rödbetor och ägg"! Pölsa is minced liver and kidney mixed with Barley, it dont look nice, it dont taste bad, its high in nutrients, and its the condiments that make it "a whole meal"! Saturday and Sunday is mixed cases.. but if one have got ones salary.. one could make it a bit "fancyer" on the weekend! Today "Taco Friday" is wery popular in homes with children.. becuse parents are exhausted, the kids can chose and pick, its easy to make.. all ingrediens is there at the store.. just buy and fry up some minced meat, put in some prepacked herb mixes! "10 Typical Swedish Meals (Husmanskost)" ruclips.net/video/x4nDdEZypJI/видео.html
I don't agree that in bigger cities we serve meatballs mostly for tourists. Meatballs is a typical business lunch meal too, or a after work dish too. At least in Stockholm is something locals eat often, specially in certain parts of Stockholm like Södermalm and Östermalm.
@@EEmB I never sad that.. but in bigger citys there is places that focus on tourists and there cravings for "Swedish meatballs"! And I think that could be expensive, long cues, but it could be worth the effort to try ones in there life "real swedish meatballs", kinda grandmothers recepy and all the right condiments!
There are actually quite a few restaurants that have meatballs quite close where you were! Meatballsb is a staple food here in Sweden and we eat it a lot! But mostly we eat it at home. It's usually served in restaurants that serves traditional "Husmanskost" traditional Swedish food.
"It came from the Vikings about 500 years ago." There were no Vikings left only 500 years ago; it was more like 1000 years ago. The name Akvavit comes from Aqua Vitale, the water of life.
You should try kebabpizza with lettuce and red and white sauces - one of the nice perks of having people from different regions moving here and their foods mixed into a unique Swedish dish! ❤❤❤🇸🇪
@@HerrBrutal-bl2fk No, a lunsjpakke is the main meal for lunch in Norway. Fika in general is a coffe brake, that you can have even without a baked goods OR with tea (!). ThaIn sweden we have coffee several times a day… but you can have fika for breakfast! Normally a fika brake can be a couple of hours into the workday (before lunch), and then after lunch, later in the afternoon, after dinner and even lateer in the evening. We drink A LOT of coffee here in Sweden. But to meet up for ”fika” will generally happen in the afternoon and then you sit down for a coffee, some sweet treat like a bulle or cake and a real chat.
@@snaxon Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. Lunsjpakke is often a rather filling meal, so therefore most Norwegians don't have room for a fika around 2 hours before and/or after lunch. But sometimes they manage to squeeze in a Kvikk Lunsj (similar to Kit Kat).
If you are not done testing Swedish food. Here are some suggestions: **Toast skagen** would be my top recommendation too. (Done) **Köttbullar** (meatballs) are of course a classic, as are **raggmunk** and **råraka** (two kinds of potato pancakes, served savoury), **ärtsoppa** (pea soup), and **pyttipanna** (diced and fried potatoes, onion and sausage, usually with a fried egg and pickled beetroots on the side). Fish in **pepparrotsås** (horseradish sauce) or dillsås (dill sauce) can also be very good. Various dishes with kantareller (chantarelle mushrooms) are a seasonal favorite. **Västerbottenpaj** is a nice pie with famous Västerbottensost cheese. Nicer restaurants often have moose, reindeer or dear meat. **Gratäng** is a baked single-dish meal, my favorite is fiskgratäng med moss (with fish and potato puree). **Janssons frestelse** is classic Christmas gratäng with anchovies. **Kålpudding** is another home classic, shredded cabbage baked with minced meat and rice. **Smörgåstårta** is a classic for any cellebration, it's basically a "layered cake" made out of bread and things you'd put on a sandwich. One quite exotic dish I like and haven't seen anyone else mention yet is **nypponsoppa**. It's a sweet soup made out of rose hips.
Bra sammanfattning. Alla dessa rätter kommer att serveras på min begravning. Och alla som kräver del av mitt arv måste äta av allt. Med glädje. Notarius publicus bevakar allas respons noga. Efterrätten är tuggfri.
Pickled fried herring is more of a southern Swedish thing and is just as delicious. Fried herring is usually served with lingonberry jam either on dark rye bread or with mashed potatoes. The knäckebröd traditionally can be crushed and sprinkled on top of filmjölk (fermented milk) for breakfast and around Christmas you can skip the knäckebröd and crush Swedish gingerbread cookies on the filmjölk instead.
A few years ago, I would have recommended the elk meatballs served at a small restaurant on Stortorget i Gamla Stan, but I haven't been there since the owners changed, so I don't know if they as good as before.
Hi guys. All dishes look so good when you eat them, it's interesting to hear how you like the dishes, you may have seen that we have something called the dish of the day which usually includes food, salad, bread, drink and coffee, it is usually served between 10.00 to 14.00, the alcohol you tried (called nubbe) we usually drink it with herring and crayfish etc and preferably on Christmas Eve midsummer and in August for the crayfish season or whenever Preferably you want a nubbe. Have a nice stay 🌭👋
Thank you for your video and reactions. It is always as fun, educational and rewarding, to see others react to our dearest culture, the food. Food is sensitive, full of memories, maybe not always positive. But you two do it well, and with pleasure. Mixing classic dishes such as Toast Skagern with kebabs and fika, is as daring as it is admirable. Nice comments increase the value even more. And my own favorite? The next time my wife and I get married, we'll be offering raggmunk/rårake, fried pork and raw stir-fried lingonberries. All this is washed down with liberal amounts of beer, brewed by my son.
Meatballs at restaurants is pretty much lowest tire establishments. But also highest. But in the end, it’s mostly home cooked. You missed the sour gherkin.
A lesson about meatballs in Sweden, not all meatballs taste the same, as you can vary their seasoning. When it comes to the beer, and she said she prefers light beer, in the US you can't make good beer that tastes good. If you want to drink Swedish beer and get good beer, you should choose beer from what we in Sweden call micro breweries, as they do not produce large quantities of beer. They make a smaller amount of beer, but then have higher quality and tastier beer. Since darker beers are more flavorful than lighter beers.
You are referring to the most popular American beers. But there are plenty of good beers in the US, and quite a few are available at Systembolaget. Microbreweries are also very common in the US.
The knäckebröd (the crisp bread) is basic in Swedish cuisine. The sound, when you took a bite in it, sounded like it had absorbed the moisture in the air, and wasn't as crispy as it should've been. We all know the sound😂 But it's almost inevitable. Put salty butter on the bread to make the taste pop a bit more. 🤗
Liked the reactions. Yes kebab is like second national dish. And no swede would go out to a pub/restaurant and eat meatballs even tho it´s delicious . This is how you tell they are tourists :D
I guess meatballs are such a common household dish that most places don’t even bother.. probably like finding mac & cheese at a resturant in the usa. Meatballs is way more common in like gas stations or cheap blue collar lunch-places though.
Fast food meatballs are very different from restaurant meatballs. The restaurants that serve meatballs are quite often the more expensive with high quality food and fine dining, places like Operakällaren, Prinsen, Rich, Pelikan, Tranan, Gyllene Freden, Kryp in, Tradition, Grodan Grev Ture, Broms, Nybrogatan 38, PA&Co, Diplomat, to name a few in. Stockholm
Btw. That is stuff is not caviar, or had anything to do with caviar. It seems to be just basic and very affordable salmon roe. Next time you visit Finland, try the roe from Muikku, its a small sweet water fish. That roe is small and tasty. :)
Meatballs are very, very popular in Sweden, just not as restaurant food. It's more of a staple for home-cooked meals. Either from the ground up on your own or store-bought. One thing that I can feel is a bit of a shame is that traditional Swedish food have kind of been phased out from restaurant menus in the last few decades. I guess it kind of makes sense that you want to eat something that you can't just make at home, but when I was a kid, I used to intern at a restaurant that served traditional Swedish food - among the pizzas and kebabs - and that food was amazing. I've always missed it since it disappeared, especially not since I'm not much of a cook myself (I was cleaning stuff at the restaurant, not cooking it). As for kebab, I wouldn't really call that a Swedish dish. It's very much a Middle Eastern (and some other countries) dish that came to Sweden via Turkish immigrants. However, what I WOULD call a Swedish dish, is kebab *pizza*. That's a true Swedish classic, haha.
If you ate raw pickled herring in Norway there might be a little uncommon for you and there is better and worse recipes. But fried herring that you later on make pickles from with onions and maybe some dill, eating cold on "knäckebröd" is delicious! Aqua vitae - akvavit - is spiced licor (must contain at leat one of the spices dill or cumin, or both). It is called a "snaps" (shot) in Swedish, taking with the food whenever you want but if you have company at the table you often make a cheer with everybody. A good kebab is nice and eating with your hands and get all messy makes all food taste so much better. Meatballs are stapel food in Sweden, we eat it like once a week at home so I guess we are quite bored of it, but a well done meatball is nice to have, it all depends on the chief. I say, this was one of the best vids about Swedish food I´ve seen in a long time and that not only because of the high grades you gave, good job!
I dont like stekt strömming much , just coz to many tiny bones in it ;) Köttbullar with sause and masched potatoes is always yummy :) But I think they missed pickeld cucumber to it.
Meatballs is something you order for your kids… (not the good stuff you ate tho.) But its considered ”commoner” everyday food so thats why you wont see swedes eat it at good resturants. So resturants rarely serve it (just the simplified version for kids) never thought about that actually! ! 😂
There is also a significant difference between the meatballs that you get in restuarants, and the meatballs that you make yourself. Not to mention mom's meatballs... And on a sidenote, why pay someone else to do what you can enjoy doing together with your family. It is a bit of a chore, but still.
Pickled herring you eat in sweden…. Norway its called ”sursild” yes… its edibile … if you are real hungry … but pickled herring sweden no where else, combine that with good boiled potatoes and a 8 cl shot of ”skåne” and you are in gasto heaven😂😂😂😂
You always spread butter on knäckebröd (crisp bread) - and it's also perfect to put slices of cheese on top of it.
Good to know!! Sounds delicious. Thanks for the information :)
In sweden , swedish meatballs is more of a home food since its so easy to make at home and when going to a resturant I usually feel like it would be a "waste" to get meatballs there when i can make just as good ones at home haha
@@2xtreem4u Smakar skit och luktar fis.
@@2xtreem4u Nej det är du som inte kan göra goda köttbullar som tycker de där smakar bra.
Totally agree
This it it you get make them at home. If you go out for cheap it's kebab or pizza, a burger. Going fancy it's meat or shellfish. Altho a Lasanga out is not bad.
That said a few resturants on the tourist street of Stockholm have them made with elk. It's a whole different taste.
To bad you didnt get an pressgurka (quick pickeled cucumber with yours)
Thanks. Exactly what I came to say. 😁👍
A thought -
In central Stockholm you find either street food or fancy restaurants.
If you want to try food that the average Swede would eat I'd reccomend you to find a "blue collar" lunch restaurant. Or look for the word "husmanskost" (you will find it in a truckers diner).
Not sure how many Swedes that would eat "gravlax" for lunch or supper...
@@danielpalmberg3371 How true. If you want to experience genuine Swedish food, visit a lunchrestaurang! Same goes for most countries. Go to the places where locals go. Before finding out what real Italian food was like, I wasted tons of money and way too much time doing tourist traps. Then, Italian friends I made took me to restaurants out of this world. Later, they came and visited me in Sweden, where we feasted on moose, reindeer, yellow pea soup/ärtsoppa, cold smoked pork belly and oven-baked pike (and a lot of salubrious beverages).
The viking era in Sweden ended around year 1050...
500 years ago would be the end of the younger middle ages.
Getting meatballs at IKEA in Sweden is like going to the US to eat at McDonalds.
Im glad you chose to find proper meatballs!
There is just one difference. Meatballs at Ikea taste ok and food at McDonalds taste like sht
Hahaha that makes sense!! Thanks for watching :)
Köttbullar/meatball is very polular in Sweden! But its something you have eaten since kindergarden and also very popular kids food so i think the average Sweed just prefer to eat something else when going out. Also Sweden have a big variation of cuisine so if you want to eat köttbullar during lunch you just have to found a restaurant that serve more traditional Swedish food, or at least is not i thai, indian, Lebanese restaurant so on.
If you want to try something really fancy then try a Wallenbergare! Think of a gigantic meatball but lot more fancy (ingridient wise)!
Fried herring with mash is also a staple in Finland and so is knäckebröd (näkkileipä). Pickled, fried herring is a thing in Sweden but not fried, pickled herring. Fried salted herring is an old traditional dish.
Worth pointing out is that the herring used in Finland and the Eastern part of Sweden that is fried is Baltic Herring (in Swedish strömming). It lives in the brackish water of the Baltics and is smaller than its North Sea/Atlantic cousin. There is definitely a difference, even if the technical difference is where the fish is landed.
If anyone visiting Stockholm would like to have Swedish meatballs, here is a few recommendations: Operakällaren/Operabaren, Prinsen, Rich, Pelikan, Tranan, Gyllene Freden, Kryp in, Tradition, Grodan Grev Ture, Broms, Nybrogatan 38, PA&Co, Diplomat, Meatballs for the people, Bakfickan, Nisch, just to name a few!
Yes, yes, yes to all of them. And not only for their meatballs.
Great information!! Thanks for the recommendations :)
I love stekt strömming with mash, had it many many times in a wide variety of restaurants. Still have yet to ever have it served with a white sauce, it's always served with browned butter and lingonberries.
Sounds delicious!! Thanks for your comment :)
You really did good to find Kajsas Fisk. Their fish soup is renowned.
As others have pointed out, most Swedes won't order meat balls at a restaurant. I don't. What I order is typically the posh version of them, called Wallenbergare. They are bigger, slightly flattened meat balls made of minced veal, whipped cream and egg yolk. Meatballs is something you make yourself or buy at the grocery store and just heat in your pan. And we actually often eat them with pasta and ketchup!
the fried herring wants lingonberry as well! Gravad lax is with salt, sugar and dill and you keep it chilled for 2-4 days before is ready
Traditional meatballs are made quite small, which is a bit more work, so not as cost effective for restaurants. For a similar experience you can try "pannbiff" which is the same mix but made larger and thus don't stay round but ends up more like a Hamburger patty
If you ever get the chance, you should also try the meatballs and lingonberry with "pressgurka". Thanks for a great video! 👍
Meatballs are a dish that is mostly associated with making them at home yourself. When I would also say that it is more common to have them with boiled potatoes, and you should have pickled cucumber with them.
Same as dishes with falukorv.
To be fair, making meatballs at home nowadays is mostly about bying ready made ones, either frozen or chilled, and just heating them up in the frying pan.
@@57thorns Personally, I make my own. It really is a lot better texture and taste when you do it yourself, and they are so easy.
Restaurant "Soldaten Švejk" is really good, priced well and it is walk in.
Swedish meatballs, plankstek or wallenbergare are all classic Swedish dishes worth trying. 👍
Another one is, of course, Pelikan.
Skåne akvavit is a snaps, spiced spirits, with caraway, anise and fennel.
Gravad lax is cured with a salt,sugar,dill and some recipe also adds whitepaper mix.
The traditional recipe for gravad lax ("buried salmon") involves burying the package in the soil for some time. Nowadays it's done differently, but the result is the same.
Regarding kebab being so common in Sweden and Finland. What I've understood is that many of the Turkish and/or Kurdish immigrants who came to northern Europe in late 80's and 90's started kebab shops which made the food really widely available. Might be other reasons as well, but this definitely is one.
Also in restaurants, you are more likely to find meatballs from the kids menu. Generally they are more home food as many here already mentioned.
Turkey got lots of Swedish turist learning kebab
Kebab spread from Germany who truly got lots of Turkish immigrants.
Im a Swede myself, this is feelgood watching :D
We are glad to hear that! Thanks for watching :)
When you had your meatballs it wasn't the police going by but the communal rescue service (used to be called fire department) going by. Fun fact, the sirens of the rescue service, police and ambulance sound different to each other so you can tell who wants a clear path in traffic in Sweden.
Also Jenny where did you get your jumpsuit, would like to get one.
2:50 Just to point out, we have pickled fried herring here in Sweden. You coat the herring in flour, then fry it in the pan and after you pickle it. So it is soggy. It's quite good tbh.
Pickled fried herring, not fried pickled herring. That would be weird ;)
@anders24014 engelska är svårt ;)
Wow that is good to know!! Thanks for the information :)
Of course you can pickle fried herring. It’s really good and a christmas staple in many homes.
Wow that is good to know!! Thanks for the information :)
"Köttbullar" is "husmanskost" = traditional home cooked food!
There is resturantes in bigger citys that specialise on it for tourists.
And its often served at lunch resturantes as "dagens rätt", the meal of the day.. typical at mondays!
Herring is popular and used in many forms.. becuse we are sourunded by herring rich waters!
Its in moste case "Baltic herring" that becomes "Stekt strömming", served at wednseday, and "atlantic herring" that become pickled "Sill"! Becuse at the atlantic shoreline we tend to eat more "stekt makrill" = fried makerell!
Soo for fun.. our traditional "husmanskost"/home cooked meals.. thirsday is fried pork, with brown beans or onion sauce! (White beans is actulay tastier)!
Thursday is "Ärtsoppa med fläsk" and "pannkakor med sylt" as desert! And if one was in the military back then a glass of Punch especialy in the Navy!
Friday is on the end of the week.. it could mean different, its dependent on if one got the salary yet.. fresh fish like cod or havock with eggsause, or liver caserol.. in worste case "pölsa med rödbetor och ägg"! Pölsa is minced liver and kidney mixed with Barley, it dont look nice, it dont taste bad, its high in nutrients, and its the condiments that make it "a whole meal"!
Saturday and Sunday is mixed cases.. but if one have got ones salary.. one could make it a bit "fancyer" on the weekend!
Today "Taco Friday" is wery popular in homes with children.. becuse parents are exhausted, the kids can chose and pick, its easy to make.. all ingrediens is there at the store.. just buy and fry up some minced meat, put in some prepacked herb mixes!
"10 Typical Swedish Meals (Husmanskost)"
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I don't agree that in bigger cities we serve meatballs mostly for tourists. Meatballs is a typical business lunch meal too, or a after work dish too. At least in Stockholm is something locals eat often, specially in certain parts of Stockholm like Södermalm and Östermalm.
@@EEmB I never sad that.. but in bigger citys there is places that focus on tourists and there cravings for "Swedish meatballs"!
And I think that could be expensive, long cues, but it could be worth the effort to try ones in there life "real swedish meatballs", kinda grandmothers recepy and all the right condiments!
There are actually quite a few restaurants that have meatballs quite close where you were! Meatballsb is a staple food here in Sweden and we eat it a lot! But mostly we eat it at home. It's usually served in restaurants that serves traditional "Husmanskost" traditional Swedish food.
Good to know!! Thanks for the information :)
“Smells like I’m going to wear a lampshade for dinner” “just throw it back” 😅 adorable 😊
Hahaha!! I am glad you enjoyed that as much as I did 😂 thanks for your comment friend :)
"It came from the Vikings about 500 years ago." There were no Vikings left only 500 years ago; it was more like 1000 years ago. The name Akvavit comes from Aqua Vitale, the water of life.
Good to know! Thanks for the information :)
You should try kebabpizza with lettuce and red and white sauces - one of the nice perks of having people from different regions moving here and their foods mixed into a unique Swedish dish! ❤❤❤🇸🇪
My favorit that I used to go with was a kebab pizza with letuce,tomato,cucumber and french fries.
@@Templarofsteel88 One real hangover pizza that is, haha
I love all youtubers are so obsessed with Fika. Its like coffe and a cake. They do that in all countries.
yes but in France they smell bad in the same time....
They really don't. Yes, they have coffee, yes, cake exists too, but fika isn't the product itself.
Not in Norway. They prefer lunsjpakke, which is a pack/set/bunch of sandwiches often containing things like goat cheese, ham and leverpostei.
@@HerrBrutal-bl2fk No, a lunsjpakke is the main meal for lunch in Norway.
Fika in general is a coffe brake, that you can have even without a baked goods OR with tea (!). ThaIn sweden we have coffee several times a day… but you can have fika for breakfast!
Normally a fika brake can be a couple of hours into the workday (before lunch), and then after lunch, later in the afternoon, after dinner and even lateer in the evening. We drink A LOT of coffee here in Sweden.
But to meet up for ”fika” will generally happen in the afternoon and then you sit down for a coffee, some sweet treat like a bulle or cake and a real chat.
@@snaxon Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. Lunsjpakke is often a rather filling meal, so therefore most Norwegians don't have room for a fika around 2 hours before and/or after lunch. But sometimes they manage to squeeze in a Kvikk Lunsj (similar to Kit Kat).
If you are not done testing Swedish food. Here are some suggestions:
**Toast skagen** would be my top recommendation too. (Done)
**Köttbullar** (meatballs) are of course a classic, as are
**raggmunk** and **råraka** (two kinds of potato pancakes, served savoury),
**ärtsoppa** (pea soup), and
**pyttipanna** (diced and fried potatoes, onion and sausage, usually with a fried egg and pickled beetroots on the side).
Fish in **pepparrotsås** (horseradish sauce) or dillsås (dill sauce) can also be very good.
Various dishes with kantareller (chantarelle mushrooms) are a seasonal favorite.
**Västerbottenpaj** is a nice pie with famous Västerbottensost cheese.
Nicer restaurants often have moose, reindeer or dear meat.
**Gratäng** is a baked single-dish meal, my favorite is fiskgratäng med moss (with fish and potato puree).
**Janssons frestelse** is classic Christmas gratäng with anchovies.
**Kålpudding** is another home classic, shredded cabbage baked with minced meat and rice.
**Smörgåstårta** is a classic for any cellebration, it's basically a "layered cake" made out of bread and things you'd put on a sandwich.
One quite exotic dish I like and haven't seen anyone else mention yet is **nypponsoppa**. It's a sweet soup made out of rose hips.
Bra sammanfattning. Alla dessa rätter kommer att serveras på min begravning. Och alla som kräver del av mitt arv måste äta av allt. Med glädje. Notarius publicus bevakar allas respons noga. Efterrätten är tuggfri.
Pickled fried herring is more of a southern Swedish thing and is just as delicious. Fried herring is usually served with lingonberry jam either on dark rye bread or with mashed potatoes.
The knäckebröd traditionally can be crushed and sprinkled on top of filmjölk (fermented milk) for breakfast and around Christmas you can skip the knäckebröd and crush Swedish gingerbread cookies on the filmjölk instead.
A few years ago, I would have recommended the elk meatballs served at a small restaurant on Stortorget i Gamla Stan, but I haven't been there since the owners changed, so I don't know if they as good as before.
There is a swedish verson of kebab which is even tastier called Souvas.
It's based on reindeer meat.
Whoa that sounds so cool!! Thanks for the information :)
I like all the dishes you tried and I'm happy you did try them all and then liked them as well.
We are happy to hear that!! They were delicious :) thanks for your comment!
Pickled herring (inlagd sill) is much more iconic and traditional in Sweden, try that there, so many different sauces.
Hi guys. All dishes look so good when you eat them, it's interesting to hear how you like the dishes, you may have seen that we have something called the dish of the day which usually includes food, salad, bread, drink and coffee, it is usually served between 10.00 to 14.00, the alcohol you tried (called nubbe) we usually drink it with herring and crayfish etc and preferably on Christmas Eve midsummer and in August for the crayfish season or whenever Preferably you want a nubbe. Have a nice stay 🌭👋
Glad to see you enjoyed the swedish food
It was delicious! Thanks for your comment :)
If you want to try meatballs in a restaurant, you should go to Meatballs for the people. They got some nice varieties of meats.
Good to know!! Thanks for the recommendation :)
Yes, fried and pickled herring is a thing and, it's lovely!
Good to know! Thanks for the information :)
Thank you for your video and reactions. It is always as fun, educational and rewarding, to see others react to our dearest culture, the food.
Food is sensitive, full of memories, maybe not always positive. But you two do it well, and with pleasure.
Mixing classic dishes such as Toast Skagern with kebabs and fika, is as daring as it is admirable.
Nice comments increase the value even more.
And my own favorite?
The next time my wife and I get married, we'll be offering raggmunk/rårake, fried pork and raw stir-fried lingonberries.
All this is washed down with liberal amounts of beer, brewed by my son.
Thanks for visiting!
Yes there is also fried pickled herring, or pickled fried herring to be exact. It's really good!
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Meatballs at restaurants is pretty much lowest tire establishments. But also highest. But in the end, it’s mostly home cooked. You missed the sour gherkin.
Meatballs is mostly served as lunch in restaurants but not every day. Also we do our own meatballs at home a lot 😊
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A lesson about meatballs in Sweden, not all meatballs taste the same, as you can vary their seasoning. When it comes to the beer, and she said she prefers light beer, in the US you can't make good beer that tastes good. If you want to drink Swedish beer and get good beer, you should choose beer from what we in Sweden call micro breweries, as they do not produce large quantities of beer. They make a smaller amount of beer, but then have higher quality and tastier beer. Since darker beers are more flavorful than lighter beers.
You are referring to the most popular American beers. But there are plenty of good beers in the US, and quite a few are available at Systembolaget. Microbreweries are also very common in the US.
Great energy - makes me smile, thank you! 🙂Köttbullar should be found easily... Makes me wonder. Hahaha... Got hungry as beep!
13:39 The suger is called pärlsocker (pearl sugar)!❤❤❤🇸🇪
Kajsas fisk is classic. Love their fried herring!
It was great!! Thanks for watching :)
Again a wonderful video ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Janssons frestelse/Janssons temptation is something you also have to try. That is so swedish as can be.
The knäckebröd (the crisp bread) is basic in Swedish cuisine. The sound, when you took a bite in it, sounded like it had absorbed the moisture in the air, and wasn't as crispy as it should've been. We all know the sound😂 But it's almost inevitable. Put salty butter on the bread to make the taste pop a bit more. 🤗
Pretty much only eat meatballs in resturants when they serve them as a daily special. Many such places serve them maybe twice a month.
Good to know! Thanks for the information :)
Liked the reactions. Yes kebab is like second national dish. And no swede would go out to a pub/restaurant and eat meatballs even tho it´s delicious . This is how you tell they are tourists :D
That fish soup looks soooooooooooooo good!
But not typical swedish. More like a french fish soup.
You seem to be so fun to around with! Wish I could've joined for a food day.
You must try sweedish kebabpizza and at this time a year julbord that is a christmas buffe
hi jenny and Jacob i got my Chrsimas tree up im so excited for Chritmas😀😃
I guess meatballs are such a common household dish that most places don’t even bother.. probably like finding mac & cheese at a resturant in the usa. Meatballs is way more common in like gas stations or cheap blue collar lunch-places though.
Fast food meatballs are very different from restaurant meatballs. The restaurants that serve meatballs are quite often the more expensive with high quality food and fine dining, places like Operakällaren, Prinsen, Rich, Pelikan, Tranan, Gyllene Freden, Kryp in, Tradition, Grodan Grev Ture, Broms, Nybrogatan 38, PA&Co, Diplomat, to name a few in. Stockholm
That makes sense and is helpful to know! Thanks for the information :)
Btw. That is stuff is not caviar, or had anything to do with caviar. It seems to be just basic and very affordable salmon roe. Next time you visit Finland, try the roe from Muikku, its a small sweet water fish. That roe is small and tasty. :)
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14:08 K25 - you missed a great food court there. I can also recommed Blå Dörren for traditional Swedish food.
Thanks for the recommendation :)
There is definitely a fried and then pickled herring in Sweden!
Wow! Good to know!! Thanks for the information :)
Meatballs are very, very popular in Sweden, just not as restaurant food. It's more of a staple for home-cooked meals. Either from the ground up on your own or store-bought.
One thing that I can feel is a bit of a shame is that traditional Swedish food have kind of been phased out from restaurant menus in the last few decades. I guess it kind of makes sense that you want to eat something that you can't just make at home, but when I was a kid, I used to intern at a restaurant that served traditional Swedish food - among the pizzas and kebabs - and that food was amazing. I've always missed it since it disappeared, especially not since I'm not much of a cook myself (I was cleaning stuff at the restaurant, not cooking it).
As for kebab, I wouldn't really call that a Swedish dish. It's very much a Middle Eastern (and some other countries) dish that came to Sweden via Turkish immigrants. However, what I WOULD call a Swedish dish, is kebab *pizza*. That's a true Swedish classic, haha.
meatballs is so common in our ordinary dinner here and we have a ton og good fresh healty food u must taste
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We almost only eat meatballs at home, they are hard to find "out", bacause that is easy to make and easy to make a lot off for the family
Looks great!
The liquid (Akvavit) is snaps, and you drink it with the food as a shot.
The vikings was about a 1000-1200 years ago. I hope you guys try out smårgåstårta/sandich-cake also
sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikingatiden
@@johaneklund1547 slight corretion 1000-1300 years ago
@@mikaeljohansson7848 hahah
1340 I remove the pearl sugar with the finger first,it s sugar and sweet as it is..
Translation: "Eriksbergs character " is the name of the beer
Good to know!! Thanks friend :)
Fried pickle herring is a thing. I do it every Christmas.
If you ate raw pickled herring in Norway there might be a little uncommon for you and there is better and worse recipes. But fried herring that you later on make pickles from with onions and maybe some dill, eating cold on "knäckebröd" is delicious! Aqua vitae - akvavit - is spiced licor (must contain at leat one of the spices dill or cumin, or both). It is called a "snaps" (shot) in Swedish, taking with the food whenever you want but if you have company at the table you often make a cheer with everybody. A good kebab is nice and eating with your hands and get all messy makes all food taste so much better. Meatballs are stapel food in Sweden, we eat it like once a week at home so I guess we are quite bored of it, but a well done meatball is nice to have, it all depends on the chief. I say, this was one of the best vids about Swedish food I´ve seen in a long time and that not only because of the high grades you gave, good job!
20krs for a snaps? Really?!
As a resident in Stockholm, I pay way more when in the city .
You got some kind of Tourist Discount or something?😂
Oh no haha! That is a bummer! Thanks for the information :)
Did you try RäkSmörgås? Please do if you can😉
You should try kebab in Hötorgshallen, next time you are in Stockholm. La Gazelle, is the place.
Good to know! Thanks for the recommendation :)
Wow yummy yummy
"Aqua vitae" means water of life. Back in the days the water was to bad to drink. The sause with the lax was Hovmästarsås.
I can promise you that most Swedes would rather eat a BigMac at "Donken" than pay a fortune for a shrimp sandwich in the tourist trap Hötorgshallen.
Oh wow haha!! Good to know!! Thanks for the information :)
You should try raggmunk. 🙂
Thanks so much for the recommendation :)
You can fly by Lufthansa or Swissair.
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Viking age was more like 1000-1200 years ago, not 500 😁 Just found your videos, very nice! Cheers from Sweden
Love your reactions when you try the kebab and meatballs 😅😍
Good to know!! And thank you so much! They were so delicious 🤤 Cheers friend!
One of swedens best kebab shops are in the bottom floor of Hötorgshallen, sad you guys missed it.
Darn!! Next time! Thanks for the information :)
Swedish food is great😀
Yes it is :)
You should try Swedish pizza, at least one of the 100 or so available varieties. ;)
0:28 love the guys shirt
😅😅 hahah
I dont like stekt strömming much , just coz to many tiny bones in it ;)
Köttbullar with sause and masched potatoes is always yummy :)
But I think they missed pickeld cucumber to it.
"their version of shrimp cocktail".. ?? 😂😂
Meatballs are more of a thing you'd make yourself at home
Herring on Knäckebröd for the win.
You need butter on them hardbreads :D
Good to know!! Thanks for the information :)
Meatballs is something you order for your kids… (not the good stuff you ate tho.) But its considered ”commoner” everyday food so thats why you wont see swedes eat it at good resturants. So resturants rarely serve it (just the simplified version for kids) never thought about that actually! ! 😂
We dont eat meatballs going to restaurants except kids meals. Meatballs we eat att home 👌🏻
Meatballs is husmanskost = home cooked meal
U dont eat meatballs in restaurant. U make them at home in Sweden.When u are at a restaurant u order something fancy.
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There is also a significant difference between the meatballs that you get in restuarants, and the meatballs that you make yourself.
Not to mention mom's meatballs...
And on a sidenote, why pay someone else to do what you can enjoy doing together with your family. It is a bit of a chore, but still.
Gravad lax is always with sugar.. :)
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Vikings 500 years ago? Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell... 🤣 Knäckebröd ftw!
Hahah!! The Knäckebröd was great :)
Hooterhallen?
Jenny looks Swedish, are you sure you're not descendant from the Nordic?.
now it would be better to return to Finland,in Sweden they will soon feed you surströmmen,i.e. some rotten herring🤣🤣
16:48 Firetruck... 🚒
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Pickled herring you eat in sweden…. Norway its called ”sursild” yes… its edibile … if you are real hungry … but pickled herring sweden no where else, combine that with good boiled potatoes and a 8 cl shot of ”skåne” and you are in gasto heaven😂😂😂😂