Monday, 29 June 2026

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.


Thursday, 25 June 2026

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.


Tuesday, 9 June 2026

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.




Sunday, 7 June 2026

Tastebud : Lalibela

6 June 2026

Ethiopian food for dinner. I have tasted Ethiopian food twice at Ethiostar in 2019 and Gojo in 2024. An ex-colleague from Ethiopia told me that the food in Gojo is the best. The food here is good too, it does not differ from the ones I had at Ethiostar and Gojo. The meat stews and injera bread were similar in all these 3 restaurants.

The four of us shared a Lalibela special SEK330 that had Chicken stew, beef stew, lamb stew, two types of vegetables (cabbage and beans), roast beef or Kitfo served with cottage cheese that was supposed to be sufficient for 2 persons but it would have suffice for 4 persons. The portion is huge! We had also Yedoro Wott SEK195 which is Chicken drumstick in spicy sauce, boiled egg and cottage cheese. The staff told us that both dishes were put together in the big woven basket. We could have just stick with the Lalibela Special only.


Tastebud : Hasselsson

6 June 2026

Fish and chips at Hasselsoson. Really yummy. Served hot with tartar sauce. Sprinkled with parmesan cheese. Crispy. Sumptious! SEK139. I like.