Lunch at Bonnierskonsthall: this was probably the heaviest meal I've had here to date -- Wallenbergare, a giant veal* patty in a pool of mashed potatoes, what I hope was olive oil, a smattering of peas and a bowl of lingonberry jam, which is like a runny cranberry sauce. I like how everything is round. The veal wasn't very spiced -- it was just kind of mildly seasoned and fried. Yums and snoozes.
The cafe also had slice-your-own crusty bread with färskost, the snowy, fresh cream cheese you find next to the butter at a lot of places. Sometimes the färskost is flavored with chives. This one had flecks of parsley in it. I would like to slather everything in färskost.
The Wallenbergare is named after one of the richest families in Sweden, the Wallenbergs. It's quite a popular dish. I don't know why it's named after them. Maybe they made their fortune serving Wallenbergare to their competitors and putting them all into a food coma.
*I know veal is cow. Sometimes you just want to try the thing you've never tried, even if it means breaking the rules to do it.
IS that a traditional Swedish dish?
They have a similar one in Denmark that is made with pork and they serve it with boiled potatoes. I love that!:)
I laughed out loud at the sentence "I like how everything is round." You are a funny lady. Enjoy your adventures in Sverige!
The dish got its was given its name by a cook book author whose daughter married Marcus Wallenberg during the late 19th century.
I wouldn't say that the dish itself is typical Swedish, I reckon you can find variations of it all over northern Europe.