New Scandinavian Cooking

I randomly clicked on PBS tonight during dinner and caught New Scandinavian Cooking with Tina Nordstrom. The episode was "Frozen Menu" and she was making "Hearty Hunters Stew" with big slabs of moose meat at the Icehotel. Neat show! I'm always a sucker for accents and broken English, and this has plenty of both. On the Icehotel, Tina commented: "They have real fine room for wedding couples."

This brings to mind my new favorite restaurant, Smorgas Chef. I went to the lower Manhattan location with Kerry and her sister, and had a bowl of Swedish meatballs with mashed potatoes and lingonberries and a Carlsberg for $9. So good! That has got to be one of the best deals in town. The location is great too - Stone Street, which is this cute little cobblestone street. All the restaurants put tables outside, filling the street. It feels very European, and there is even a gabled building! Highly recommended.