On Monday evening, we had the chance to try a tasting menu at Stadshuskällaren in Stockholm, to celebrate the occasion. the merger between the Swedish Tourist Journalists (STJ) and the travel bloggers in Swedish Travel Bloggers.
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ShareThe meeting was organised at Stadshuskällaren, by STJ President Maria von Gegerfeldt, where we were treated to fantastic food and wines. We were really surprised by the quality of the food, and we also learnt that you can order and eat the Nobel menu here.
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To the forest at the City Hall cellar
Stadshuskällaren is located, as it sounds, in the basement of the City Hall. It is also home to the Ragnars skafferi restaurant and the banqueting facilities in the Blue Hall and the Golden Hall. Since 2012, all operations have been run by Stadshusrestauranger Stockholm AB, headed by Maria Stridh.
The food philosophy at Stadshuskällaren is all about utilising what Swedish nature has to offer. Chef Magnus Santesson and his team create dishes inspired by the Swedish wild forest. They adapt the menu to the seasons and buy wild meat directly from Swedish hunters.
Tasting menu at the Stadshuskällaren restaurant
We were served a tasting menu that was absolutely fantastic. The dishes consisted of a creamy mushroom soup with pickled yellow chanterelles, a tartar of scallop and lobster, smoked char, tartar of cow and red deer with a variation of Jerusalem artichoke.
It's hard to say what was best when everything melted in your mouth! This particular menu was special for the evening, I think, but there is a tasting menu at Stadshuskällaren even in normal cases.
Tasting menu in the kitchen
If you want a special experience, you can order your tasting menu in the kitchen, at the little table you see below. A different kind of experience to sit in the middle of the chefs while they prepare all the food!
The noble menu
One of the coolest experiences you can have at Stadshuskällaren is that you can actually order the Nobel dinner, served on the original tableware used since the start in 1901. Last year's Nobel dinner, including a wine package, mineral water and coffee, costs from 1865 SEK per person, and is best booked a few days in advance.
You can also order Nobel menus from any previous year, but then you have to be a slightly larger group and you have to contact the restaurant for a price request. Cool that it's possible! In addition, there are of course other menus, including lunch and a la carte.
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Mr Steve says:
Fantastic, what deliciousness! Char is my absolute favourite fish. However, real Arctic char is hard to come by. In my youth I fished it myself.
Tartar on cow, that was a new one for me.
Peter would look great in one of those chef's hats as he prepares his delicious meals.
18 November 2017 - 8:05
Helena says:
I agree that char is a fantastic fish! And haha, maybe Peter should wear such a hat when he cooks here at home! 😉
18 November 2017 - 15:11
Matts Torebring says:
How festive and certainly delicious... Not least the table setting, the eye eats as much as the stomach. For me it is very strange, almost incomprehensible, that the production of Nobel tableware was discontinued three or four years ago. We bought up the entire last remaining stock. Although there was a lot of some parts and less of others, not even one plate remains in our stock today.
18 November 2017 - 8:25
Helena says:
Well, interesting, and strange, that they stopped production. I had no idea about that.
18 November 2017 - 15:12
Kenneth Risberg says:
What wonderful and different experiences! Stewed char, cow and hay mayonnaise, black root and spruce shoots that can also be eaten in the kitchen.
You really have a sense of different food experiences and nice events, fun!
18 November 2017 - 8:51
Helena says:
Of course it is fun with food experiences, food is so much more than just being full! 🙂
18 November 2017 - 15:14
Ms M says:
Oh, I remember from childhood when we went for dinner in the city centre cellar sometimes. Not that I appreciated it right away, but I also remember them when, at least as a really small child, I did not stick to the menu and sometimes wanted pancakes or so ... I also inspected the chefs sometimes when I special ordered so it would be right.
18 November 2017 - 9:22
Helena says:
What fun that you have memories from here as a child! There were other owners then, but I hope they made good pancakes! 😉
18 November 2017 - 15:15
Nils-Åke says:
The part where you sit and watch the chefs prepare the food and feel involved. We did this in Oslo at a restaurant on Acke Brygga.
How exciting to be able to eat in the City Halls and that there is a Nobel menu.
18 November 2017 - 9:29
Helena says:
Glad you tried a similar concept, eating in the kitchen!
18 November 2017 - 15:16
Ditte says:
Sounds like both very good and very nice.
We visited the Stadshuskeller a lot "in the past" but now it hasn't happened for a long time. Has kind of fallen into oblivion. But certainly worth coming back.
Enticing pictures!
I have eaten Nobel dinners a couple of times at the Nobel party but then it was "included" so to speak. But it was very good and an experience in itself.
18 November 2017 - 9:35
Helena says:
Oh, you've been to the Nobel party? What fun! My parents have been there a few times. Must be an experience!
18 November 2017 - 15:17
Across the board says:
Fantastic how good and nice it seems. I would love to sit in the kitchen and watch the chefs work 😀.
18 November 2017 - 10:06
Helena says:
Very good food and we also liked the concept of sitting in the kitchen 🙂 .
18 November 2017 - 15:18
BP says:
God soooo good! A really fun experience to sit in the middle of the kitchen and eat - a different approach. Superb what you get to experience. Maybe I should start a travel blog;-)
18 November 2017 - 14:16
Helena says:
Haha, yes it is not so stupid to have a travel blog! There will be a lot of experiences! 😉
18 November 2017 - 15:19
Role o Carina says:
That looks undeniably good, nice to sit in the chefs' kitchen!
Enjoy your weekend......
18 November 2017 - 14:35
Helena says:
Thank you, and I wish you a nice weekend too!
18 November 2017 - 15:20
åsa in åsele says:
It's fantastic. The food looks very good.
Too bad Stockholm is so un-centralised 😉.
Hungry for some snow 😉 look in with me to get an aha experience about how beautiful it can actually be in Norrland during the grey, dull month of November 🙂.
18 November 2017 - 15:07
Helena says:
I'm actually hungry for snow! Hope we get snow in Stockholm this year! Will peek in with you!
18 November 2017 - 15:20
Rantamor on the retina says:
Well, now there's a flood on my keyboard...all the water running down and causing a mess on my keys.
What an incredible amount of goodies you got to taste.
And in such an environment.
Here at the Dandelion Restaurant, we are serving a pie tonight with chicken chanterelles and Västerbotten cheese. May well be good enough.
But now I'm going to wipe the keys clean of all the drool !!!
Have a good time...yes, you do...both of you.
Tjingelingen from Rantamor and Rantafar.
18 November 2017 - 17:26
Lena - good for the soul says:
It looks really delicious. Cool with the Nobel menu!
Hug Lena
18 November 2017 - 18:23
Cattis says:
How good it both sounds and looks, you couldn't say no to that evening! ☺ It's great to be able to have a Nobel dinner at the "chef's table" in the kitchen too!
18 November 2017 - 21:48
Lena in Wales says:
Wow, what food and what a beautiful presentation!
Wishing you a nice Sunday!
19 November 2017 - 10:19
Liniz Travel says:
Wow so good & nice so sorry I missed. My friend's boyfriend is one of the chefs! Life ... had rather hang out with you than work this evening! Hugs
19 November 2017 - 14:17
Annika says:
Gosh, what a cool thing! Cool that you can eat the Nobel dinner here too!
19 November 2017 - 19:24