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Copenhagen Restaurant Gems: Barabba – Bib Gourmand Italian Attitude

“Okay, you don’t like,” he says matter-of-factly and proceeds to down the glass of orange wine he’s just poured me in one massive gulp. How very Italian. He then, in his charming accent, declares: “but I do love you anyway,” and proceeds to bear hug me. It is clear to me at this point that […]

Copenhagen Restaurant Gems: Salon – Classic Perfection

Anne Køster at Salon Copenhagen

“I’m glad it’s not me,” said The Chief when I told the boys from gastromand.dk that my favorite fixer had proposed that we eat a Burgundy-soaked lunch at Salon in Copenhagen… “The portions are simply too huge,” he added with no trace of his usual sarcasm in his voice. His given name is Thomas Alcayaga, […]

Champagne Dom Perignon 2008 Review – A Legend is Born

“Wow,” is the most predominant first expressions I’ve heard to date about 2008 Dom Perignon – the new top vintage from Moët & Chandon – and with good reason. Everything about Dom Perignon, right down to its green, characteristically chubby bottle to the subtly underplayed, non-descript but universally recognizable label screams class and hedonistic luxury. […]

Copenhagen Restaurant Gems: Restaurant Frihavn – A Smørrebrød Oasis

Eating at Restaurant Frihavn

“Restaurant Frihavn is incredible food, passion and heart – at an unbelievable price,” I write on my phone as her eyes roll back in their sockets and a not so subtle sigh of “oh my god” escapes her lips in an obvious foodgasm. “Can I try some,” she’s asked moments before, her cutlery already reaching […]

Copenhagen Restaurant Gems: BÆST – Best Pizza & Charcuterie in Town?

Pizza Margherita at Bæst Copenhagen

It was my friend the Gentle Giant who reminded me on one of my recent trips to our nation’s capital: One of the best pizzas in Europe, if not the world is found in Copenhagen! Or so the rumor has spread across the internet fueled by mentions on such major and influential sites as Big […]