Address: Lokastigur 28 | 101 Reykjavík, Reykjavik, Iceland
WWW: http://www.loki.is/
Summary: Authentic Iceland with simple elegance
I am a big fan of Iceland - its nature, and its people. In my second time in Reykjavik, I feel as I returned to visit a friend. And, it did not fail to please me, my husband and our friend with its unique charm and beauty.
When we started the trip, (we thought) we had a challenge: finding vegetarian food in Iceland.
The home of lamb and fish, unique delicacies including shark fin, puffin, sheep's head jelly, and pickled rams balls'???!! (Read more here) We definitely did not want to be this adventurous, when it comes to eating. Iceland is full of options for all tastes and all the restaurants we have been were very pleasing. (I will give other addresses in Reykjavik in the next post.)
Cafe Loki was one of the best restaurants we have been in Reykjavik. It is situated right across the imposing Hallgrimskirkja church, and the place is definitely popular with the locals. It did not take us long to understand why. We started with some Icelandic beers, which all had very different but pleasing tastes.
Skjálfti is a Premium Lager composed of Icelandic water, malted barley, hops and yeast. Its alcohol content is 5%. Víking Gylltur is a Lager containing Icelandic water, malt, maize, sugar, hops, yeast with alcohol content 5.6%. Finally, Kaldi is also a Lager containing Icelandic water, Saaz hops, Czech malt and yeast with 5% alcohol.My favorite was Kaldi. I understood why later , when I learned that Saaz is a noble variety of hops, which apparently are less bitter and have more aroma :)
For food, we had home-made rye bread with different styles of herring. For the vegetarian it was a very hearty salad, with lots of quinoa. The rye-bread was very tasty, and I definitely enjoyed the different ways the herring was prepared, accompanied with onions and eggs and lots of dill. All ingredients were very fresh and delicate looking.
However, our favorites were the desserts made with Skyr, which is Icelandic for some type of strained yoghurt. Rich and creamy, just how we like it.It was accompanied by very good coffee too.
In total, we ended up paying 14300 Icelandic Krona, which is around 70 pounds for 3 people. Very reasonable for typically expensive Iceland.
We will come again!
WWW: http://www.loki.is/
Summary: Authentic Iceland with simple elegance
I am a big fan of Iceland - its nature, and its people. In my second time in Reykjavik, I feel as I returned to visit a friend. And, it did not fail to please me, my husband and our friend with its unique charm and beauty.
When we started the trip, (we thought) we had a challenge: finding vegetarian food in Iceland.
The home of lamb and fish, unique delicacies including shark fin, puffin, sheep's head jelly, and pickled rams balls'???!! (Read more here) We definitely did not want to be this adventurous, when it comes to eating. Iceland is full of options for all tastes and all the restaurants we have been were very pleasing. (I will give other addresses in Reykjavik in the next post.)
Cafe Loki was one of the best restaurants we have been in Reykjavik. It is situated right across the imposing Hallgrimskirkja church, and the place is definitely popular with the locals. It did not take us long to understand why. We started with some Icelandic beers, which all had very different but pleasing tastes.
Skjálfti is a Premium Lager composed of Icelandic water, malted barley, hops and yeast. Its alcohol content is 5%. Víking Gylltur is a Lager containing Icelandic water, malt, maize, sugar, hops, yeast with alcohol content 5.6%. Finally, Kaldi is also a Lager containing Icelandic water, Saaz hops, Czech malt and yeast with 5% alcohol.My favorite was Kaldi. I understood why later , when I learned that Saaz is a noble variety of hops, which apparently are less bitter and have more aroma :)
For food, we had home-made rye bread with different styles of herring. For the vegetarian it was a very hearty salad, with lots of quinoa. The rye-bread was very tasty, and I definitely enjoyed the different ways the herring was prepared, accompanied with onions and eggs and lots of dill. All ingredients were very fresh and delicate looking.
However, our favorites were the desserts made with Skyr, which is Icelandic for some type of strained yoghurt. Rich and creamy, just how we like it.It was accompanied by very good coffee too.
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We will come again!
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