Just lately Allison and I went on a fairly epic Icelandic journey with a few mates of ours. Not like lots of the adventures I write about on this web site, the main target of this journey had nothing to do with meals. The main target was as an alternative exploring the pure fantastic thing about this superior nation. What this mainly means is that the entire meals we tasted on this journey was targeted on highway tripping across the superb island, and never about stopping at each restaurant or sweet retailer.
In actual fact, stopping at eating places wasn’t that necessary to us in any respect, since we have been all using in a camper. Most of our meals have been being cooked on a tiny vary inside our camper. The meal of selection for this journey for me and Allison have been hamburgers. It is as a result of the native grocery retailer (referred to as bonus) bought pre-made hamburgers in packages of two. As a facet word, Bonus has one of many best grocery retailer logos/mascots ever (pictured above). One factor that was obtainable at Bonus, in addition to different grocery shops was an enormous choice of pre-made salads and dips. Usually a meal for me was a hamburger with a facet of 1 or two salads, and the burger can be lined in some type of flavoured cream cheese or unfold.
Mornings for me consisted of skyr, which is type of like yogurt. I am undecided the place skyr was invented (perhaps Iceland) but it surely was so plentiful on this journey. Most grocery shops had a number of manufacturers of skyr to select from, however only some types of yogurt.
Espresso was additionally an necessary a part of this journey, for everybody besides me as a result of I do not drink espresso. We have been touring with two mates from Finland, so I am undecided if the extreme quantity of espresso got here from them, or if Iceland can also be actually espresso loopy too. It may be the truth that we have been driving rather a lot, and a few nights sleeping little or no, so espresso was simply necessary.
Whereas we stopped at many superb websites, we additionally stopped at many truck stops as properly. The choice of snacks on the truck stops was very good. At all times a very good assortment of chocolate and wafer themed bars, and all the time an distinctive assortment of licorice and gummy treats. Every truck cease had no less than one large wall crammed with an enormous choice of candy treats.
Truck stops usually had bakeries in them as properly, and cinnamon buns gave the impression to be the deal with of selection. Some bakeries/truck stops had multiple number of cinnamon bun to select from.
The one factor I discovered difficult on this journey, snack smart, was looking for treats that have been solely Icelandic. Whereas in Reykjavík and even at some truck stops there have been marketed Icelandic chocolate bars obtainable, sweet smart it was laborious to determine which treats have been introduced in from different international locations and which have been native. There appears to be fairly an affinity for Northern European treats, specifically treats from Sweden and Denmark.
We completed our journey within the capital Reykjavík, and the meals selections appeared very plentiful. We ate some wonderful native dishes, and even tried some nice Indian meals. Exterior of the cities it looks as if Iceland is known as a excellent place to eat merely as you discover the gorgeous countryside. Contained in the cities it feels very European, with choices from many elements of the world, but additionally some conventional native meals which can be very comfy for many western pallets.
Did I point out, I additionally tasted some glacier water from a newly damaged iceberg. It was actually tasty, but additionally just a bit bit salty.
