• AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    No sheep ? I remember mutton being half the dishes, and fish being the rest.

    But then if you go to Iceland for the food, you’re probably coming from a terrible place.

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      3 days ago

      Tbh, I have been to Iceland twice and I have managed to eat very well! (Italian here)

      There is no much variety, but I have eaten very good lamb (as you are saying), stews (both mean and fish), even baked goods (there was a tiny house with very good cakes in the middle of nowhere in Westfjords).

      My favorite probably was a fusion sushi place (I.e. sushi with local fish) in Seydisfiordur (the town where Ben Stiller arrives to in the Walter Mitty movie BTW). I don’t think the place exists anymore (that was in 2018) but it was very good.

      Sometimes you can find very good food in unexpected places (for example, I have never eaten better Mexican food than in Rovaniemi, in Finnish Lapland!).

      • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        Yes, very good lamb and seafood. I had a seafood stew that was excellent. I almost made myself sick because I stuffed myself with their herring too. I called it Viking sushi. :D

      • mcv@lemm.ee
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        3 days ago

        Yeah, the food isn’t bad at all, just not terribly varied. Except for their hot dogs; hot dogs with fried egg, vegan hot dogs with blue cheese, and a few dozen other variations.

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      3 days ago

      Yah, it was lamb and salmon 99% of the time. Don’t knock seafood there though. I went to a nice place In Reykjavik and it was some of the best seafood I’ve had.