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Summer Vacation Food Report

Before starting this summer’s vacation, I went shopping in my old home town and stumbled upon a new Japanese restaurant. So I took the chance to sit outside at a sunny table, although it made ordering via a Samsung tablet a bit challenging because of the brightness.

But nonetheless, the Wakame salad was very good…



…as was the Sushi!






Some days later and some 760 km up north at the Danish coast…




I bought some of the abundant plaice filets, dusted them in flour and fried them in the pan with lots of butter and bacon.




There is lots of good fish and other seafood in these waters, like blue mussels.






Just clean them properly, that cut your julienne of carrot, onion, fennel and garlic. Sautee, add the white wine and some bay leafs and juniper berries and continue to heat until boiling. In with the mussels for about 5 minutes.




It does go well with some Riesling, shrimps and garlic mayonnaise on bread.




Lots of shells afterwards…






Being at the seaside brings the option also to get something out of the water at some local vendors, like a fish shop in the harbor of the town of Hirtshals selling this fine plate:

• fried plaice (of course)
• fried fishball
• two types of marinated herring
• smoked salmon
• with bread and homemade remoulade, curry dip and cream dressing

Or, at the town of Løgstør you can get a decent Sandwich with smoked salmon (underneath all that green)…




.. or a classic (?) dish called “shooting star”, which is bread topped with fried plaice and salad including greens and eggs, with mayonnaise and lots of shrimp. This one also had smoked salmon and cooked cod with it.




That shop had all kinds of goodies in the counter.






And then there are the Danish bakeries. And their magic formula is butter, sugar and cinnamon. Or this time, almond paste covered pastry.




Or Drømmekage (dream cake), a specialty covered with a very special brown sugar and coconut flakes.




But what would be a trip to Denmark without a proper Danish Hot Dog (where the sausage is grilled and not from a hot water tank).




After two weeks, when getting home again, is still was quite hot in these parts. So the decision was easy, going for some cold food in the evening:

 

It was amazing! This time we were travelling with friends. So two dads were doing the cooking while three boys between 4-6 years enjoyed the sun, the sand and the sea.


Well, the ladies enjoyed the view from the porch, and some Schnaps on the porch after the kids fell asleep…





Never had such temperatures at the Danish seaside before. It hadn’t rained since April, so BBQ was forbidden this year.