“I lufe-a sfeen’s svedeesh peezza. bork. bork. bork.” – The Swedish Chef.
So begins the website menu for Sven’s Viking Pizza. Yes you read right, Vikings apparently eat pizza.
Mr NQN’s colleague just given him with a slice of this Viking pizza and he was a fan of it from the first bite. So on Mr NQN’s tastebud’s recommendation, Queen Viv, Mr NQN and I head there one rainy Summer’s night – Valentines Day to be exact but let’s not stand on ceremony.
We walk in and it’s dimly lit with candles and it’s busy. On the right are individual tables and on the left there is a large wooden communal table made of a thick, nubbly wood. Mr NQN’s Scandinavian heritage comes out and nods his head in quiet approval. On the wall there’s the plushest reindeer skin – it had to be felt to be believed as it’s plusher than any other hide we’ve stroked.
Reindeer skin – has to be touched to be believed!
There is a Swedish armour next to it and a shield which I rather foolishly mistake for a lighting fixture before medieval studies student Queen Viv points out that it is a shield. The menu has a selection of “Swedish Classic” pizzas including toppings such as rib eye with bearnaise, a doner kebab pizza topping and then there’s a section with meat, fish, chicken and vegetarian pizzas all with names representing pieces of Norse mythology. Pizzas come in two sizes: 11inch and 13 inch and half and half pizzas incur a surcharge of $2.50.
“Crumpled” water glasses
We sit down and watch as other tables are brought their meals. The pizzas are huge and thin crusted and the salads are platter sized. We elect to order three half and half pizzas so we get to sample six toppings. When we ask the waitress about the most popular topping she answers with certainty-the #1 aka the “Frö“.
Left: #1 Frö – Worshipped as a male fertility god and Right: #3 Embla- The First Woman on Earth $28
The Frö
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February 17, 2010
by Not Quite Nigella
Inside the Ikea cafe
Ikea is one of those amazing places that everyone has visited at one time in their lives. I don’t get out to Ikea as much as before and I was rather upset when they moved from the closer by Moore Park out to Homebush. It was however impossible to get a park at the Supacenta on weekends and now that parking dilemma have moved to Homebush where we’ve trolled and stalked for 3 floors finally getting a park.
Slices of Daim and Almond tortes $3.95
We’re peckish this afternoon and looking forward to some Swedish food Ikea style. We go upstairs and find a large area packed with people sitting down and ordering food cafeteria style. We get our trays and set about choosing whatever looks good. Of course I am taken with the open face sandwiches as I loved these in Finland so I choose the meatball one (fortuitous it turns out, as we learn a little later that there is a half hour delay on the meatballs).
Portuguese tarts $2.50 and Lingonberry mousse slices $1.95
My husband likes the look of the lingonberry yogurt and in an effort to try as many things as possible without stretching our belts, we order the children’s version of the fish and chips (kid’s meals, all $2.50). There is also a salmon fillet with apple but the salmon look unappetising sitting in a bain marie of cloudy water so we give that a miss. We are told that there’s no meatballs with a 30 minute wait so we decline as I already have a meatball sandwich.
Our tray of food $14.40
We also try the Mazarin (a little Swedish cake) and the Daily Dish: chicken kebabs with butter sauce and couscous. As we have a kid’s meal, we can help ourselves to a complimentary piece of fruit, either an apple or a not so great looking orange. We choose the apple. I bypass the slices of Daim torte and the Princess cake as I’ve tried both before (Daim torte-not Daimey enough, Princess Cake-delicious!)
Kid’s Fish and Chips $2.50
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September 28, 2008
by Not Quite Nigella
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