Author: Ragnar Egilsson
Five Food Things I Want To See More Of In 2012
COMPETITION IN THE DAIRY MARKET AND MORE CHEESE They may be tracing links between milk products and prostate cancer but…
Five Food Things That Made Me Happy In 2011
A BIGGER SELECTION OF ASIAN FOOD In one fell swoop NAM (Nútíma Asísk Matargerð) have started offering bento boxes, proper…
Under The Paving Stones, The Fish
“It is well understood that fish is less nourishing than meat, because it contains no osmazome, because it is lighter…
The Grapevine Christmas Beer-Off
by David Paul, Peter Nickel and Ragnar Egilsson
JÓLA BOCK 6.2% Víking Ölgerð/Vífilfell From the distributors of Coca-Cola. Those are the people that brought you SantaTM, you’d expect…
Rudolph the Medium Rare Reindeer
Fjalakötturinn is Hotel Centrum’s corrugated conjoined twin. Despite the faux-antique exterior, the buildings are riddled with cultural heritage within and…
Off To See The Wizard
Harry’s has been the topic of much discussion in the Icelandic media lately. At the time of writing, Harry’s is…
Dining In The Borg Starship
Harpa looks a lot better on the inside, doesn’t it? From the outside it’s a sooty ice-cube blocking my view…
THE NEW KID ON THE BUTCHER’S BLOCK
Grillmarkaðurinn is the new contender in the Icelandic steakhouse circuit. It is tucked behind the restaurant Happ, and shares one…
NUTHIN’ BUT A DOWNLOAD THANG!
Robert Levine recently released the book ‘Free Ride: How the Internet Is Destroying the Culture Business and How the Culture…
Shiny HaPPy People
Happ is full of new ideas and fresh talent, but seems to stretch out in all directions, embracing every ideology…
El Bulli: Cooking In Progress
It starts with a fella chomping on a fluorescent fish in the dark, light pouring out of his mouth. Unfazed,…
FUNKY CHICKEN
“You know I don’t eat pork, not because I’m a Muslim—I just don’t really like it. But I really will…
Fight The Pink Pig: On Sourcing Locally
You are probably going to be hearing a lot of griping about Icelandic food trends in this mini-column, so I…
LET’S SPLIT A SAUSAGE TART
Litli bóndabærinn (like St. Paul’s) is very much a one-person show. David, owner and sole employee (for the time being)…
WHERE TO FIND YOUR MEAT AND VEG
For those who don’t feel like trolling the local restaurants but are similarly underwhelmed by the selection at their local…
Professionals, At The Top Of Their Game
While their fifteen years of experience explain the on-stage swagger, it’s remarkable to witness the influence GusGus have in the…
THE BAGUETTE SLINGER
Now, I am not a food snob. Food snobs probably make jokes like “the meal was less degustation than a…
A CLEAN, WELL-LIGHTED PLACE
Durum is a lunch place. It’s more than a hole-in-a-wall, but not by much. It’s clean and white, with some…
THE BEST THING SINCE SLICED CRACKERS
The owners of Kex would have me know that they consider it a tavern, not a gastro-pub. I would have…
PATRIOT GRUB!
When you find a bar/restaurant named Íslenski barinn (The Icelandic Bar) in the capital of Iceland there are probably two…
SORRY, NO MONK MEAT
The idea of a Viking themed bar triggers the same knee-jerk reaction that natives get when they’re confronted with the…
Full Metal Racket!
by Bogi Bjarnason, Bob Cluness and Ragnar Egilsson
The annual sweaty moshfest that is the Eistnaflug metal festival descended upon the tiny Eastfjords village of Neskaupstaður like a…
BLAH REYKJAVÍK
Thai Reykjavík is an extension from Suðurnes-fave Thai Keflavík. They recently opened in the old location of Kínahúsið, a friendly…
SIGHING OF THE LAMBS
1919 Restaurant is on the first floor of the Radison Blu 1919 Hotel (luckily that wasn’t the first mouthful of…
ROUND 2: NOODLEGEDDON!
Last time we reviewed Núðluskálin was a year ago, and in comparison with their Skólavörðustígur neighbours, Noodle Station. Núðluskálin was…