I've decided to make it my mission to find Stockholm's best glass, aka ice cream. Copenhagen's Paradis set the bar pretty high. Oh, sure, there are articles I could put through Google translate, but I don't know which critics to trust. Besides, it'll give me something to do with all my free time.
Anyway, we start today with Glass on Dalagatan near Kungstengatan in Vasastan. There are about 25 flavors, advertised as "importerad från Venedig" (imported from Venice). This boggles my mind. I don't want to know that my ice cream sat on an airplane for several hours and had to pass customs before it got to Stockholm.*
I got two scoops on recommendation from the cashier -- croccantino and hazelnut.
Croccantino was a kola (caramel) variant, and it was awful -- like a gritty cross between those penny candy butterscotch discs and hard water ring around the bathtub. My burps taste of cheap vanilla Glade. Hazelnut was alright, but I kind of hate hazelnut flavored things and I don't know why I agreed to get it.
I like my ice cream either eggier or ice milkier, and this was in that boring in-between place, with a couple too many ice crystals for that classic velvet gelato mouthfeel.
The verdict: Fine to scratch a glass itch, and there are probably better flavors, but I think I'll save my calories for somewhere else.
*This baffles me almost as much as this sign advertising "Bagels direct from London" does.
The locavore movement has not hit Stockholm yet.In fact, there are no
farmer's markets. No farmer's markets! I don't know where to get real
deal produce. People keep telling me about the wonder of the new
potatoes, and the local strawberries, but where are the farmers? I
can't very well trust Daglivs and ICA to provide access to the most
loving farm fresh food. Stockholm, have faith in your own abilities to
grow and make food! Go local!
UPDATE: Commenter Anne says there is a farmer's market! If my translation is correct, it's only open 3 Saturdays in May and 2 Saturdays in June until August. But I'll only be in town for two of those days. And then my job here ends on August 14. Blerg!
Anyway, we start today with Glass on Dalagatan near Kungstengatan in Vasastan. There are about 25 flavors, advertised as "importerad från Venedig" (imported from Venice). This boggles my mind. I don't want to know that my ice cream sat on an airplane for several hours and had to pass customs before it got to Stockholm.*
I got two scoops on recommendation from the cashier -- croccantino and hazelnut.
Croccantino was a kola (caramel) variant, and it was awful -- like a gritty cross between those penny candy butterscotch discs and hard water ring around the bathtub. My burps taste of cheap vanilla Glade. Hazelnut was alright, but I kind of hate hazelnut flavored things and I don't know why I agreed to get it.
I like my ice cream either eggier or ice milkier, and this was in that boring in-between place, with a couple too many ice crystals for that classic velvet gelato mouthfeel.
The verdict: Fine to scratch a glass itch, and there are probably better flavors, but I think I'll save my calories for somewhere else.
*This baffles me almost as much as this sign advertising "Bagels direct from London" does.
The locavore movement has not hit Stockholm yet.
UPDATE: Commenter Anne says there is a farmer's market! If my translation is correct, it's only open 3 Saturdays in May and 2 Saturdays in June until August. But I'll only be in town for two of those days. And then my job here ends on August 14. Blerg!
Oh, but there is a farmer's market - it just hasn't opened yet:
http://www.bondensegen.com
You should try "Yoghurtshoppen" at Gallerian in Stockholm. I haven't tried it myself, but one of my friends says their youghurt ice cream is really, really good.
You will be able to by fresh strawberries everywhere when they finally arrive, I promise. There are usually sold at stands just outside the regular supermarket!