Both of today's appointments were with chefs at very fine restaurants, both of which were closed so we were able to meet and chat for quite some time but there was no eating involved. Don't worry, we still ate! The morning appointment was at Norseminde Kro, a restaurant and inn that has been in a little seaside area South of Århus since 1693. The chef/owner gave us a tour of the place which includes an extremely extensive wine cellar with thousands of bottles of wine from Europe of different vintages.
Much of the afternoon was spent at an open-air museum which features buildings from different decades, called Den Gammel By. In a similar fashion to Plymouth Plantation, there are people working there who represent the time period. My mom got a kick out of the buildings recreated from the 1970s since the last time she visited this museum was right around that time period (1969) and now it is being preserved as part of history!
We had a lovely chat with one of the owners of Malling og Schmidt later in the day. He won the best chef in Denmark title a few years ago and is part of the nordic movement, along with the chef at noma, to encourage people to cook with what is produced locally. He had just gotten back from a diving trip this morning to get clams and other creatures and plants of the sea for the restaurant.
Tomorrow we're headed back to Copenhagen for a reception thrown by the author of a book about the 66 best restaurants in Denmark, several of which we've visited in the past week. It will be fun to see if we get to meet any of our chefs for the second time!
Do you know where I can get one of these soldiers?
ReplyDeleteGood question! This guy was at a restaurant called Søstrene Olsen in the town of Hornbaek, Denmark. I would guess if you search online for Danish wooden soldier flag holder you might find something. Good luck!
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