[Air-L] Food in Copenhagen

Charlie Breindahl hitch at hum.ku.dk
Wed Oct 8 05:31:02 PDT 2008


Copenhagen is not too bad, foodwise. It has a fair share of Michelin
stars as well as humble shawarma bars (the new pølsevogn, which is the
kind of street vendor Christian refers to above).

Top of the pops in restaurants right now is Noma, http://www.noma.dk/.
Noma is created on the principle of serving the best from Scandinavia
(Noma refers to NOrdisk MAd, Nordic food). Noma is situated in posh
Christianshavn close to the new Opera (as the birds fly; actually
getting to the Opera is another matter).

My own favorite is the Italian restaurant La Vecchia Signora,
http://www.la-vecchia-signora.dk/content.asp?ID=135&pID=121 (the name
means "the old lady" in Italian and refers to the football team
Juventus from Turin). It is conveniently located in the City behind
Strøget, the pedestrian street.

Rumor has it that the best shawarmas are served at one of the oldest
shawarma places, Shawarma Grill House at the beginning of Strøget
coming from the Town Hall Square (i.e. from the South).
Frederiksberggade 36 is the exact address.

Visit Denmark is the official tourist information site and carries
most of the info you'll need:
http://www.visitcopenhagen.com/tourist/eat___drink_and_shop/restaurants.

While in Copenhagen, try not to miss Glyptoteket, a kind of Louvre on
a human scale. Built by beer magnate Carl Jakobsen, the founder of
Carlsberg, and named Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in honor of his successful
product, Glyptoteket is a wonder of late nineteenth century cosiness
and world-class art - from ancient Egypt to modern Danish. Don't miss
Rodin and Dega's sculpture and Gauguin's paintings from his miserable
stay in Denmark before Tahiti. Glyptoteket is located next to Tivoli
at the street going from the Town Hall Square to the island Amager
(http://www.glyptoteket.dk/).

See you in Copenhagen,
Charlie



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