Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!! It was a busy season for us, and we enjoyed every minute of it. As most of my readers know, I am expecting the birth of my second child in just over a couple of months. That will be about a month or so after my daughter, Anna, turns two. Ryan and I realize that our lives will be crazy and hectic (in a good way) for like the next 4 to 5 years. Therefore, we lined up some babysitting grandparents and decided to take a little trip. We fly standby so our destination depends entirely on seat availability. We chose Copenhagen, Denmark and spent a wonderful (yet very cold) 2 days there. We did not have any huge meals there, it is very expensive, but we shared some wonderful snacks. The food in Copenhagen is wonderful. I read in the guidebook that there are more Michelin rated restaurants here than any other city in Europe. While I did not check the source on that statement, I am inclined to believe it. They are know for "smoreboord" (that is with slash lines through the o's) which are open faced sandwiches. I was expecting some sort of dry, bland, Viking-type food at the first place we ate, so I was surprised when I got served this:

Really good bread, sliced hardboiled egg, little shrimps, tomatoes, capers, dill and homemade curry mayo. Really, really good.
That evening we went to a less stylish place that very casual and comfortable. Ryan had a really stoutly beer and I had some herring. You didn't think I would go to Scandinavia and not have herring, did you? Oh, and the guy brought us butter for our bread said that if we don't want the butter here is a little jar of lard. Wow.

Finally, my favorite! The last day we were there, it actually rained on us a little. While trying to figure out how it could possibly rain instead of snow and still be that cold, I told Ryan, first place we come to, we are stopping for a snack. We came to a little cafe on a corner which was very warm and neighborhood-y. They had no english menus, so we sort of guessed and order this:

It is really good, warm bread with light, sort of whipped goat cheese on top and a little salad. I'm not sure what those little sauces were, but they were delicious!!! We ate every single bite while sitting in the front window watching people go by. It is so nice to go into a warm cafe and defrost and just sit. I think we stayed there like 2 hours or something. Who would have guessed this dish from the menu description:

Ohmygosh, I can't forget the hotdogs you buy on the street!! You say "hotdog" and they automatically put on mayo, mustard, onion, crunchy bacon and pickles. You have to eat it fast, or it will get cold. Really cold.

Last, but most certainly not the least, pastry!! We got the biggest one that looked like a huge slice of pizza with chocolate icing and some kind of creamy filling. We asked ourselves, what do they call their danish here?