Day 57 -- Restaurant Week hits Copenhagen

This week marks restaurant week in Copenhagen, or "dining week" as they call it.  A select number of restaurants (i think 100 or so) offer discounted 3 course menus (DKK 200, about $36, very similiar to Boston's menu) which includes a large bottle of sparkling water. Although, the nice thing about Danish dinners is that that price of DKK 200 includes tax and there is not usually tipping, so it's quite reasonable.   and no, Noma did not partake in this deal.  Collin and I decided to go out to celebrate Valentine's Day.  Sadly we were not made aware of restaurant week until recently so most of the good places were full on Thursday which is why we went out tonight instead.

We went to a relatively new restaurant called Oliver and the Black Circus, an "unpretentious approach to fine dining".  Up until last August it was called Mums, but changed its name to something hipper I guess.  That's what our waitress told us anyway.  They pride themselves on having a "down-to-earth approach" "challenging conventions" and offering guests "high-end dining at affordable prices"   I kind of feel like zagats there except I stole all those "quotes" from their website.



This was our menu for the evening

Mussel - Tapioca - Root - apple
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Pig – Dark beer - Parsnip - Shallots
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Vla – Mountain tea - Skyr


Collin started with a gin and tonic and I had a "lady boy" which was some sort of lemongrass infused gin with a little coconut cream, lemon and shredded coconut...VERY tasty :)

The first course was a delicious soup with mussels and apples in a light cream broth.  I saw this on their regular menu which I think is pretty much what we had
Musling – æble – kærnemælk – vandpeber
Blue mussel – apple – butter milk – water pepper

The second course was a terrain of meat (we both missed hearing what the meat was but i guess it was pork!) in a really good beer broth with glazed parsnips, potatoes and a really well cooked, yummy shallot/onion.  

The final course was a flat crispy meringue with some sort of "bubble gum" flavored sauce -- reminded me more of a peppermint than bubble gum though, maybe a peppermint gum.  Not sure what the dessert description above means.  I think a lot gets lost in the translation.


Overall we really enjoyed the experience.  The restaurant had great ambiance and everything was delicious.  The staff seemed really good too.  I think we will go back!