Another fine meal

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Well, I'm back in Sweden. No hurricane landings this time, though I was disappointed to experience "boarding by bus" at the Amsterdam airport. I hate to think that this practice is spreading due to the broad influence that the French have across Europe...

It's much colder than it was when I left, so we're always looking for new restaurants that are close to the hotel. Tonight the bartender recommended Skallgarden, and it was a great restaurant, as Jeff and Frank can also attest. I had:

A slice of aged sausage with cabbage and herbs. This was a sort of pre-appetizer that was sent out compliments of the chef.

An appetizer of White Roe (caviar) served with toasted bread, sour cream, and red onions. This was some special caviar that they get from some special fish in the north of Sweden and the waiter tried to explain how the cold weather slows the fish's reproductive processes so this particular variety of caviar is a real delicacy because it can develop so much more flavor... whatever the case. It was great stuff.

A selection of fresh breads baked in-house. This included a traditional Swedish unleavened bread that is really tasty. The breads were complimented with 1) whipped butter topped with sea salt and 2) an herb/basil spread.

An excellent bottle of Italian red wine from the Piedmont region

A pan-seared ling (also known as Cobia, it's a white cod) fillet over crawfish ravioli with a vanilla-cream sauce. The garnish for this dish was a slice of pig's neck bacon.

Dessert was a dark chocolate creme brulée accompanied by fresh made mango & clementine sorbet.

I concluded the meal with a cup of espresso. I have to say this was one of the best meals I've had here. The picture above is of the Fish Market - we went there on a walk today and it's pretty cool.

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