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Restaurants and Danish Food Culture |
Copenhagen
Restaurants and Eating places |
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Restaurant
and Culinary Guide |
| Copenhagen
Portal Recommends |
Restaurant
Noma - One of the best in the world! |
Awarded
as the 10th best restaurant in the world with two Michelin
stars.
Visit and dine at this very extraordinary restaurant -
situated in the historic quarters of Christianshavn and
placed right at the waterfront. This is the only two
Michelin star awarded restaurant in Denmark and
voted recently as the 10th best restaurant
in the world. Noma is a gastronomic leader
serving Nordic cuisine and top-quality gourmet
Seafood. Be aware that restaurant Noma is fully
booked 3 months ahead and only takes
in reservation after this time.
If you are lucky to make a reservation - then look forward
to a gastronomic experience and treat that is second to
none. |
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13
Michelin-starred restaurants |
| Copenhagen
has 13 Michelin-starred restaurants - and welcomes
Gourmet-Lovers to Scandinavians leading Gastronomic
and Culinary capital. |
Restaurant
Christian 4 - Genuine Danish "Smørrebrød" |
Kitchen
Speciality – Danish “Smørrebrød”
- Open-face sandwiches
Cosy and trendy restaurant situated at the Christianshavn
district and name after King Christian IV
– who was the founder of Christianshavn and the
grand architect of the many historic buildings in Copenhagen.
You can taste all the delicious home made toppings on
fresh baked bread and swallow a draught beer
together with a potent kind of firewater called
“Snaps”.
Opening hours
Monday - Saturday 11:00 - 17:00
Sunday closed |
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Christian 4 :
Tel.: 35 11 04 04 |
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Christian IV ate 16 - 20 courses every evening |
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Danish King Christian IV (1577-1648) ate up to 16
- 20 courses of different dishes every evening for dinner.
Starting with soup and many side dishes - then lots of meat dishes
and finally ended his supper with many sweets and desserts. He was
also a quite chubby King! |
Restaurant
Cassiopeia - Danish Gourmet and Scandinavian cooking |
Eat
and enjoy Danish Gourmet and traditional cooking - with
a splendid view over Skt. Jørgen’s Sø
– (St. Jørgens’s Lake) and beside the
Planetarium.
The restaurant offers a superb atmosphere
and the gourmet restaurant was conceived
from the desire to bring to Copenhagen a stylish eating
parlour that amends Danish as well as international
cuisine through an creative twist of
its traditional recipes.
The restaurants speciality is called a “Stjerneskud”
which is a Large “Shooting Star” - (fresh
plaice speciality) - 1 steamed and 1 fried fillet of plaice
with egg - caviar
- asparagus and prawns served with toast. |
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Cassiopeia: Tel.:
33 15 09 33 |
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DKK
2,00 - for a 3-course meal in 1930 |
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1930 the establishment Lorry served a 3-course
country dinner for DKK 2,-. According to the menu
the dishes consist of: |
Danish
Meat Soup
Lam Casserole
Ice Cream with Chocolate |
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Den
Danske Kro - Traditional Danish Cooking |
Tasty
dishes from the Danish Food Culture and great value for
money. The inn is situated beside the
H.C.Ørsted Park and the City lakes.
Den Danske Kro (The Danish Inn) serves the everyday traditional
Danish dishes and here you certainly receive
value for money. On the menu are all sorts of dishes representing
the very best from the Danish Food Culture
and
authentic classical meals from Denmark.
The restaurant offers the Danish buffet style lunch called
"Store kolde bord" - "The
grand cold table" - every Saturday from 12:30 to
16:00. |
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Danske Kro: Tel.:
33 11 15 14 |
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Danish
"Smørrebrød was on the menu around 1883 |
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first Danish "Smørrebrød" - open faced sandwiches
- was introduced on the menu at Restaurant Nimb in
Tivoli around 1883. |
| Aamanns
Etablissement - Classical Danish Lunch with “Smørrebrød |
Aamanns
Etablissement was honoured in 2007 by the Danish Gastronomic
Academy with a diploma for their culinary ease of the
Danish “Smørrebrød”.
The
Aamanns Etablissement offers delicious classical
Danish lunch - which consist of the famous Danish
"Smørrebrød" - open-faced
sandwiches with rye bread garnished with various fresh
types of cold cut and high quality toppings prepared in
the traditional way.
The
restaurant offers an exquisite setting for a pleasant
lunch or dinner surrounded by black panels
and mint green walls. Open from 12.00 - 23.00. |
| Aamanns
Etablissement: Tel.:
35 55 33 10 |
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The
world longest coffee table |
| In
1967 - Copenhagen celebrated the cities 800
year jubilee and used the pedestrian and Shopping street “Strøget"
to create the world’s longest coffee table being more than 1
km long and serving over 800,000 cups of
coffee - 100,000 of the famous Town Hall pancakes
- 80,000 pints of beer and 60,000
milk-shakes. There was engaged about 500 service
personal to serve all people during the day. |
| Husmann’s
Vinstue - Two original Danish Specialities every day |
Husmann’s
Vinstue was established in 1888 and is situated right
in the Latin Quarters of Copenhagen and has a great reputation
among Copenhageners.
The restaurant offers a hearty atmosphere
and has a status of serving traditional Danish luncheon
accentuating their - Husmann marinated herring
- fried smoked eel with scrambled eggs
- hand carved brisket of beef with horse radish
and all sorts of really old and mature
cheeses. The kitchen prepares two original
Danish dishes every day - which is a daily speciality
and culinary experience.
This
restaurant is a favourite among locals - who go for authentic
Danish cuisine and cosy surroundings
and the historic interior - is covered with numerous paintings
and photos. |
| Husmann's
Vinstue: Tel.:
33 11 58 86 |
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The
world’s longest Hot Dog |
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Danish Meat Trade College at Roskilde - 30 km from Copenhagen - celebrated
their 25 year jubilee by creating the world’s
longest Hot Dog. The Hot Dog was nearly 65 metres
and the bread was bake in one piece. The sausage was filled with
50 kg minced meat and there was consumed 25 kg of
mustard and 25 kg ketchup together with the long
Hot Dog. |
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Lille Apotek - The Oldest Restaurant in Town from 1720 |
Det
Lille Apotek - The Little Pharmacy - is the oldest restaurant
in town serving original Danish dishes prepared from old
Danish recipes.
At this restaurant the fairytale writer H.C. Andersen
and philosopher Søren A. Kierkegaard
- amongst other famous Danish artists regularly visited
this very cozy and nostalgic eatery to enjoy an original
Danish culinary experience. The place has a warm atmosphere
and the food is delicious as well as the entire menu offering
appetizers - main courses and desserts that taste great.
The restaurant is located in the centre of the historical
Latin Quarters - just beside the Round Tower from 1642
- Copenhagen’s Cathedral from 1817
and the University from 1479. |
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Lille Apotek: Tel.:
33 12 56 06 |
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The
Biggest Egg Dish in Denmark |
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biggest egg dish (omelette) produced in Denmark was in 1985
in the town of Vejle situated in Jutland.
The cooks used 12,600 eggs and 10,000
pieces of bacon plus 20 kg of butter - which was
spread over a saucepan that was 6,5 meter in diameter.
The mayor was hoist up in a crane to spread 15 kg
of fresh chive all over the warm egg dish. |
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