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Lemongrass in Malmö

We had heard good things about Lemongrass for about a year now, and we decided that it was just time to go and try it out.  Soooo glad we did. We will be returning soon. Lemongrass | Grynbodgatan 9 Cost for 2-course tasting menu of appetizers/mains: 325kr So this is one of those times when [...]

Pork Osso Buco with Citrus Gremolata

For our May anniversary dinner, we decided to make Pork Osso Buco with Citrus Gremolata and Saffron Risotto. We enjoyed a bottle of Villa di Capezzana carmignano wine with the Osso Buco, and a little Cinque Terre Monerosso Limoncino afterward. Since traditional Osso Buco is made with veal and I was using pork, I gleaned [...]

Seafood Soup

I admit: with not having a full-time job, I should be able to come up with dinner ideas on my own.  But sometimes, it doesn’t come easily.  It also doesn’t help that I’m not the best decision maker in the world.  So after 30 minutes of : Me: What do you want to eat? Henrik: [...]

Cinco de Mayo

In Sweden, there aren’t great Mexican restaurants right around the corner like in the US.  So we had to improvise… add a little homemade pico de gallo and guacamole…… and boring tacos turn into awesome.

A little celebration…

May 1st is my birthday. In the US, people usually take you out to enjoy your day.  In Sweden, you treat everyone else. As a girl who loves to cook, I seized the opportunity to try out some recipes from The French Laundry Cookbook, which I received for Christmas. The menu was: Salmon Tartare Cornets, [...]