Tastebud : Thelins

30 June 2026

After dinner at Pom Friterie, we had dessert at Thelins. It is difficult to find a cafe that does not close at 7pm. Only larger cafe chains close at 8pm. Thelins and Vetekatten. I had a slice of Budapest SEK62. If one takes away, it costs SEK59. Apparently tax 25% for eating in and tax 12% for taking away. Gosh, what a difference. At least, the cafe is honest with the pricing. Last year, I was at another Thelins franchise at Sankt Eriksgatan and had the princess cake with green marzipan. Also SEK62. 

Sweet cake. Luckily, I cycled today. So, I did not feel bad eating cake. 

By the way, I just found out that there is a difference between cafe, bakery and in this case, konditorei. Did you know this? I learn something new everyday.

A konditorei sells wide variety of pastries, cake and desserts and typically also serves as a café. No bread sold here. 

A cafe serves various types of coffee and beverages. Sells food too. 

A bakery bakes and sells bread. 

Tastebud : Pom Friterie

30 June 2026

Today, I had the world's best french fries. No kidding! This restaurant won the award in the international category in the World Championship French Fries in Arras, France in 2024. This competition is in its 4th year now. This is how Pom Friterie does its fries:

Our Pom Frites are made from a unique Dutch potato, selected for its texture and flavor. Sustainably grown by a single farmer on mineral-rich sea clay close to the North Sea. The fresh potato is turned into crispy Pom Frites through a natural process, without additives. Fried in high-quality sunflower oil and finished with handharvested sea salt from Bretagne.

Wow, sourced from a single farmer. This farmer must have a huge land to plant so many potatoes. Also, one cannot use the same land to plant potatoes after two years due to disease and pests builtup. The land needs to take a break for 4 years. Interesting, right? 

Honestly, the fries were really good. Crispy on the outside and airy in the inside. So good! I had entrecote and fries SEK299. Quite expensive for a small portion. Okay, I know the fries won an award and comes far but still, I wished the meat could be bigger. 

Me and my small portion. I was disappointed. Probably this counts almost like fine dining food. Small portions, large prices.

I took this photo to show that tea light are being used during the warm summer! Oh my goodness. So unnecessary. Waste of money. I moved the tea light and holder away to the next table and the staff took it away and blew out the fire. 

Tastebud : Björkvik Bistro (5th time)

27 June 2026

The annual visit to Björkvik Bistro. This time, I am not taking fish and chips that I had been doing for the past two visits. There is a new dish on the menu which has the lowest price - crispy chicken with coleslaw SEK265. Another dish on the menu has the same price which is fried chevre but I did not take it because I am not a fan of a huge piece of cheese. I think this dish could be cheaper because the chicken piece is not huge and it is a lot of vegetables. It is summer and vegetables (salad and cabbage) ought to be affordable.

Tastebud : Minigolf Kristineberg

24 June 2026

We wanted to play minigolf today and we dropped in but the place was packed with many like-minders. Not only that, they were in big groups and one can place a booking for a group of 8. We could only play at 7.15pm and it was 6pm. Sad. So, we skipped the minigolf. Anyway, I had a double smash burger SEK179 before my wishful game of minigolf. Really tasty meat patty. Lots of fries. I am not a fan of fries but I finished them though. Not a fan of wasting food either.

Tastebud : Taza Artisan Cafe

9 June 2026

Filipino cafe that has both main meal and dessert. I was curious to find out what artisan means. I have seen that word but never really understood the meaning. So, according to the Internet, artisan cafe mean cafe that focuses on quality and craftmanship of its coffee rather than mass production. Well, the cafe here has a coffee machine and a coffee brew machine just all cafes. So, I thought if it includes food and artisan food means food made using traditional techniques and crafts. Most likely, the dessert here is cooked the traditional way as it has a main ingredient widely used in Phillippines, the ube.  

The green dessert on display is pandan coconut roll. I was not keen with the very green colour. It looks like there is a lot of colouring and not just pandan extract.

I had tapsilok SEK170, a dish of marinated beef with rice and fried egg and some mango pieces. Nothing extraordinary here. I am happy there is fried egg. My friend and I shared a slice of ube cassava SEK62, and a sweet ube bread filled with sugar and butter SEK35. I enjoyed both dessert. The texture of the  bread reminded me almost of croissant. Almost crunchy but not.

My friend had chicken adobo SEK160. I made adobo before so I was not excited by it.