Travels Across Sweden …
As we explore Sweden we find other special places in Småland and beyond. Good food is essential wherever we travel, so let us share our experiences with you…
Travels Across Sweden – Our Swedish Journal
Fahlmans, Helsingborg
An institution in Helsingborg. Classic bakery and café in historic corner building in the heart of Gamla Stan. There is seating indoors and out. A fantastic array of delicious home mades cakes and wonderful seasonal window displays to tempt you. Skånsk spettkaka on sale - it has PGI status under EU law - open sandwiches of seafood, mini quiches and a plentiful supply of coffee. Celebrating a century here and retaining many original features it is a must to visit....
By Wendy Barrie | October 7, 2023 |
HEDH-ESCALANTE CHOCOLATIER
One of Sweden’s most renowned chefs is Skåne-based Jan Hedh, chocolatier, confectioner, baker, sourdough guru and entrepreneur, also mentoring Peter’s Yard Bakery in Scotland. The author of many best-selling books ...
By Wendy Barrie | March 27, 2022 |
Wallby Säteri
Located by Vetlanda in Småland, this idyllic manor house set in its own lands by a lake offers the perfect setting for fine dining, weddings and parties, Julbord and romantic ...
By Wendy Barrie | December 19, 2019 |
Grön Ko Café & Saluhall, Säffle, Värmland
What a great find! An excellent bistro with deli, homemade dish of the day, seating upstairs and outside where there is also wood cabins for farmers’ market events. Their cheese ...
By Wendy Barrie | July 29, 2018 |
Åsnenrökeriet, Småland
Here is a very fine family run smokery in the heart of apple country by the Lake Åsnen nature reserve. In addition to smoked seafood they also have game – ...
By Wendy Barrie | July 29, 2018 |
Café Sorores, Urshult, Småland
A fine addition to the village of Urshult, famed for its apple orchards, where two sisters and their respective families have opened a café with home bakes, specialty cakes, light ...
By Wendy Barrie | July 29, 2018 |
Lantcafé i Öhr, Småland
Boho chic retro café in this wee hamlet that also has a garden centre and ‘loppis’ flea market antique shop so a great place to pause. The café is organic, ...
By Wendy Barrie | March 27, 2018 |
Scottish Food Studio, Fife, Scotland
Wendy’s Nordic inspired Food Studio in Aberdour on Fife’s Coastal Path has panoramic views of Edinburgh and Inchcolm Island and is truly one of a kind! Here Wendy runs a range of ...
By Wendy Barrie | February 4, 2018 |
Van Loon Restaurant, Berlin
This fabulous moored restaurant is on the water in the creative hipster district of Kreuzberg in Berlin. Immaculately fitted out with stylish restaurant within the hull, all glazed, plus lovely sundeck and terrace seating where you can watch Berlinners and water transport go about their daily business. In the winter you can snuggle round the hearth downstairs and admire all the wonderful woodwork too! Originally built as a goods carrier in 1914 it became a houseboat in 1972, then a restaurant/café in 1988. The boat takes its name from the famous Dutch boat builder. Open from Breakfast onwards for delicious light...
By Wendy Barrie | February 4, 2018 |
Brimi Seter, Lom, Norway
Sheiling in Scots, Seter/Saeter in Norway, Fäbod in Sweden and Alm across the Alps, means seasonal mountain pasture; places where families drove their grazing cattle from valleys in the winter to sweet mountain summer pastures. Traditionally a delicious seasonal cheese was made whilst they were there, unique to each area, terroir, for feeding the family over the winter months, sold at market and nowadays appreciated by locals and tourists alike. Sadly, thanks to the highland clearances in Scotland, we no longer have such places; in Sweden they are rare; in Norway and Alpine regions they have thankfully survived long enough...
By Wendy Barrie | February 4, 2018 |