Bakfickan
Where? Bakfickan (Norrmalm, Stockholm, Sweden) Map Menu
When? Saturday July 15, 2017
Who? Me
Food Style? Swedish
There were two things I really wanted to eat before leaving Sweden. First was the famed prinsesstarta, a sponge cake with a marzipan icing. I got this from Hollandia in Malmö and it was delicious; so delicious that I went back the next day and got another one. The second was Swedish meatballs, which I assumed I could just get from a nearby IKEA. Unfortunately there are no nearby IKEAs in Stockholm so I'll have to get it from a proper restaurant. This restaurant is right by the Kungstradgarden subway station, which is conveniently the first stop on my Stockholm subway art tour, so I gave it a go.
Sweden is pretty expensive. Not like Switzerland expensive, but slightly more expensive than the rest of Europe. These meatballs cost 195SEK (Swedish krona), which is about 30NZD. Ouch. I hope they're good.
Mains
Swedish meatballs in cream sauce
They look excellent and they taste even better. Succulent and meaty, the meatballs are cooked perfectly and seasoned very well. The sauce is super tasty, not overly creamy but there's lots to go around. By itself, it's a bit small for 195SEK...
Potato puree, pickled cucumber and lingonberries
But then the sides arrive. The potato puree is absolutely divine with the meatball sauce and the pickled cucumber and the lindonberry add some nice tartness to the flavour mix. Lindonberry is used commonly in Swedish cuisine and tastes very similar to cranberries. Yum! Great range of flavours and a very satisfying meaty meal.
Posted by Jeremy at 11:54am on Thursday July 27, 2017 :: 0 comments :: 