A fairly large and varied buffet. Good choice of hot and cold dishes, cereals, fruit (cut and uncut) and yoghurts. Herring, of course. A small egg station. Nice variety of breads. The Danish pastries (known as ‘Viennese bread’ in Denmark and Sweden) looked delicious. There was a choice of gluten-free…
I often point out that even a small breakfast can be both varied and very good indeed. This one, is an example of the opposite, namely that bigger isn’t always better. Not that it was bad; it wasn’t. But even so. The first thing that struck me was that on…
Another good example of the fact that ‘small’ is not necessarily ‘bad’. This is thus a relatively small buffet, but with excellent and varied choice. Because it is outside, cheeses, vegetables and cold cuts are in a fridge, which is not so great for the cheese, but otherwise fine. Decent…
I have said it before, and I will no doubt repeat it again. Even a small Nordic hotel will provide you with an excellent breakfast. This is an unpretentious, fairly small (40 rooms) hotel, yet the breakfast is very good indeed. Excellent choice of fresh bread, vegetables and cheeses, cold…
Strangely, the restaurant menu in this hotel is heavily Nordic-influenced, with dishes from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. Apparently, the original owners were Swedish. On the negative side, service was exceedingly slow; and when we asked for milk with our tea, we were given a little flask of frothy warm…
Loose-leaf tea. A samovar. A very funny sign about coffee. (Top left picture.) This started well and continued better. An excellent buffet, which, once again shows how you can combine what seems fairly limited in size with a very wide choice. So, plenty of vegetables, different types of cheeses, lots…
Another example showing the quality of Nordic hotel breakfasts. This is what I would call a medium-size buffet. Very nice choice of bread, including freshly baked and nice croissants and Danish pastry. A good selection of warm dishes. The scrambled eggs could have been warmer, but were well prepared, the…
This was very interesting. On the one hand, there was a set menu. However, the kitchen was extremely flexible, on demand adding items like youghurt with fruit, and porridge, which were not on the menu. The cooked dishes were nice, but ‘English’ only (meaning things I am not that keen…
I am running out of superlatives for Swedish breakfasts. So, to be brief: this one had all the ‘standard’ items (including herring and salmon). In addition, they had reindeer steak! The scrambled eggs were very nice, although the bacon was disappointing. I didn’t try the pancakes or the croissants, but…
Yet another very nice and varied buffet. As befits a more cosmopolitan city, the Western/Eastern balance was more even. The bread is still somewhat disappointing, and the fact that the tea is only bags, and only two kinds at that, is also unimpressive. On the other hand, a good spread…