We all had a good night sleep, pretty much back to normal. But the morning scramble came quick. We had Baking School, a Danish baking class! A M2 metro ride away, stopping for coffee first!
Class was in English and I found it it on an Airbnb advertisement. Class was from 9-1 and there we three others with us. Turned out to be a fun group and the kok (chef in Danish) was great!! Today we were baking pastries....my favorite! Cinnamon roll, brioche, roll and these twisted sweet strips with marscapone...plus homemade butter. After baking all morning we sat down to eat our delights and had breakfast, Fresh squeeze carrot juice and strawberry juice, soft boiled egg with cheese. Yum! Great morning. Fun class, highly recommended!! Copenhagen Cooking Class (CPH) it also does dinner classes too. In reflection, it was truly a neat idea and neat class.
After class we headed home for a rest. Drew and Shawn headed to Christiana to see what the famous commune was all about, No pics, no weed and no partying was the theme. They said it was interesting. Lots of young communal people.
About four O’clock we took off for a a visit to the oldest candy store (Somods Boucher) and brewery (Brus) before our 7:00 Pizza dinner. The candy store was delightful and we picked up a couple of bags for friends and relatives. Licorice for mom!! The boys enjoyed the brews and then we headed off to Baest for quality meats and pizza. Very very good. We ordered a tray of accoutrements, cheese, meats and pickled vegetables, with some spreads. They had a lot of hanging meats and rolls of cheese. The pizza we ordered were unusua, except for the margaraitta. We ordered a pork and Brussels sprout pizza and today’s special pizza - leeks, cheese and pork. The pizza’s were all wood fired and outstanding. We topped off the evening with olive oil and sea salt gelato. Fantastic. A brisk walk to the metro and we were home in no time. Good day. Everyone is anxious for NOMA tomorrow night!!
Monday, February 25, 2019
Sunday, February 24, 2019
Day #2, Brunch, Museum of Design, Nyhaven and Lego
Up with the moon and the stars last night. Have my nights and days a little mixed up! I was awake from 4:30-6:30 and then fell back asleep. Not the boys. They decided before they went to bed that they were hungry and up for the famous (Anthony Bourdain) hotdogs at Johns. They walked to the Metro at 10:30 and went to the center of the city for the best hotdogs in Copenhagen. Two dogs and French fries (dipped in mayo) later, they decided to stop in for a night cap-beer, at Warpigs. Don’t know when they got home, but they raved about the dogs and asked for the Tums this morning!
We all hurried to get dressed to catch the bus for Sanchez, our brunch reservation Shawn made. Absolutely beautiful day! A sun was bright and our bodies were craving the victim D beaming from it. Fabulous weather!! We got to the restaurant, right on time. First off, we ordered Mexican style Bloody Mary’s, which had jalapeños and habaneros....the drink was spicy!! And green!!! All of us had coffee that I think they had just picked the beans, roasted them, and ground them up! Freshest and most flavorful coffee ever!!
Each of us ordered and it was four different items. Paul had two oysters with habanero and sea buckthorn, and corn tortillas filled with black bean salsa and avocado. Drew had Tuna Tostado, raw tuna marinated in charred habanero salsa and two breakfast tacos which included pork carnita with cured egg yolk. Shane had Flautas and chilaquiles and I had flautas and huevos rancheros. We were all pleased with our choices and enjoyed trying each other’s dishes. Dessert was a Churro with Goat’s milk cajeta. Fabulous meal!!
We waddled out of there and started our trek to the Museum of Design, about 2.5 miles down the road, with a beautiful park halfway there. Gorgeous gorgeous day! Lots of dogs out chasing and wresting with each other in the park...just like they had just seen daylight for the first time in 2019! Full of energy and cutness!!
The Museum of design was awesome and enlightening. Chairs, pottery and textiles. Really enjoyed the arts, almost a mid-century feel. The Danes certainly claim the chair designs of the world.
Next was another 2 mile hike to Nyhaven for coffee and Fikka, and the beautiful colorful buildings. Everyone was out on the boulevard today. Sitting outside drinking cuppacino and rhubarb essential, what a day!! After people watching and relaxing, we made the mile trek to the Lego Store and got a lot of laughs! The shopping district was cool and pretty packed with people! Pauly bought a couple of lego keychains...uffda, made it out without a huge bag of goodies!! Might have to go back for the VW Camper bus for my dad!! hahaha
Good day. Relaxing tonight and ready for bed!! Tomorrow, baking class 9:00-1:00 and infamous pizza joint. Now off to some zzzzzzzzzz’s.
Saturday, February 23, 2019
Wonderful, Wonderful Copenhagen-day #1
Paul and I are so excited to hook up with Drew!! We last saw him at Christmas. Usually our trips with Drew are just one of us, however, this time both Paul and I decided to go. They are so excited to show me northern Norway and the Lofoton Islands. Should be an epic trip with my boys!!
Drew’s good friend, Shawn Stender, is joining us for the first half of the trip, the foodie leg. When I say foodie leg, these boys have researched all of the notable resturant’s in Copenhagen and we have reservations at most. Several of them are Michelin resturants and the boys are so excited, you would think it is Christmas when you are 5 years old. Our original reason for going to Copenhagen is because Drew got a reservation several months ago at NOMA, one of ther top resturants in the world. ...serving 21 courses of fish...should be interesting.
We took off from Minnesota, about 30 degrees with 3 feet of snow, around three o’clock in the afternoon on Friday 2/22/2019. Flight, via Delta, was a very easy. 7 hours time difference. Landed in Amsterdam around 6:15 a.m. We had a hour layover and had to rush through customs. Made it through customs, extremely hot waiting area, so now we are all sweaty, and flew Transvani, the low end airline sister of Delta. We were served a chicken sandwich on the flight, not too bad. No customs in Copenhagen, thank goodness!!
Copenhagen was beautiful, sunny and bout 40 degrees! Best of all, no SNOW!! Instead of taking the train, we grabbed a taxi, 208 Krone, about $38 US Dollars. None of us slept on the flight and were dragging a tiny bit, cuz it was only 11 p.m. in Minnesota.
Our Airbnb was great! Centrally located sleeping 4 very comfortably and a flat on the fourth floor. The flat is only 5 blocks to the metro and across the street a coffee house with PASTRIES!! We decided to break one of Drew’s rules and not stay up until Copenhagen bedtime and took a nappy. Drew was due to arrive around noon, however, his flight was delayed in London due to fog (imagine that). He arrived around 2:30. Shawn, Paul and I got in a good nap before he arrived and were ready to go when he got here.
Shawn had made reservations at a well known foodie joint called BARR. We walked to the Metro and took a ride. Our exit was Christianhaven, one of the more upscale neighborhoods in Copenhagen. From the exit, we walked for the next half hour around the area, beautiful area, until our reservation at 5:15. This is the ex-NOMA restaurant space. Very cozy along the water front.
Large selection of craft beers. I was chilly, so I started with a cuppachino and the boys had beer, several I may add.
The menu selections were fun. They stated us with two fresh breads in a basket. Could have eaten those all night. The first was a rye, bird seed kinda bread served with a lard spread. Yes, you read it correctly, lard spread. The other bread was phenomenal!! It was served slightly warm and was fresh... with a hard crust and homemade butter you could have eaten with a spoon.
Then our appetizers. Bone marrow with a chutney that was my favorite for the evening. We ordered plum pickeled herring and another one I could eat all night, waffle with lumpfish. OMG it was unbelievable! Still enjoying the craft beers, next was the main course, glazed code, the house specialty. Fresh, moist and just cooked, it was fabulous. We were all satisfied!
I enjoyed listening to the boys’ evening banter of all the chefs and food shows the boys watch. The evening was very relaxing and very pleasant. Love seeing Drew and watching him gear down from the week. We all needed to gear down. Instead of walking home several miles, we hopped in a taxi and rolled on back to the Airbnb. We all stayed up and chatted about the next day, the morning coffee run and Copenhagen’s design museum before hitting our next infamous resturants for bunch. Good night!
Drew’s good friend, Shawn Stender, is joining us for the first half of the trip, the foodie leg. When I say foodie leg, these boys have researched all of the notable resturant’s in Copenhagen and we have reservations at most. Several of them are Michelin resturants and the boys are so excited, you would think it is Christmas when you are 5 years old. Our original reason for going to Copenhagen is because Drew got a reservation several months ago at NOMA, one of ther top resturants in the world. ...serving 21 courses of fish...should be interesting.
We took off from Minnesota, about 30 degrees with 3 feet of snow, around three o’clock in the afternoon on Friday 2/22/2019. Flight, via Delta, was a very easy. 7 hours time difference. Landed in Amsterdam around 6:15 a.m. We had a hour layover and had to rush through customs. Made it through customs, extremely hot waiting area, so now we are all sweaty, and flew Transvani, the low end airline sister of Delta. We were served a chicken sandwich on the flight, not too bad. No customs in Copenhagen, thank goodness!!
Copenhagen was beautiful, sunny and bout 40 degrees! Best of all, no SNOW!! Instead of taking the train, we grabbed a taxi, 208 Krone, about $38 US Dollars. None of us slept on the flight and were dragging a tiny bit, cuz it was only 11 p.m. in Minnesota.
Our Airbnb was great! Centrally located sleeping 4 very comfortably and a flat on the fourth floor. The flat is only 5 blocks to the metro and across the street a coffee house with PASTRIES!! We decided to break one of Drew’s rules and not stay up until Copenhagen bedtime and took a nappy. Drew was due to arrive around noon, however, his flight was delayed in London due to fog (imagine that). He arrived around 2:30. Shawn, Paul and I got in a good nap before he arrived and were ready to go when he got here.
Shawn had made reservations at a well known foodie joint called BARR. We walked to the Metro and took a ride. Our exit was Christianhaven, one of the more upscale neighborhoods in Copenhagen. From the exit, we walked for the next half hour around the area, beautiful area, until our reservation at 5:15. This is the ex-NOMA restaurant space. Very cozy along the water front.
Large selection of craft beers. I was chilly, so I started with a cuppachino and the boys had beer, several I may add.
The menu selections were fun. They stated us with two fresh breads in a basket. Could have eaten those all night. The first was a rye, bird seed kinda bread served with a lard spread. Yes, you read it correctly, lard spread. The other bread was phenomenal!! It was served slightly warm and was fresh... with a hard crust and homemade butter you could have eaten with a spoon.
Then our appetizers. Bone marrow with a chutney that was my favorite for the evening. We ordered plum pickeled herring and another one I could eat all night, waffle with lumpfish. OMG it was unbelievable! Still enjoying the craft beers, next was the main course, glazed code, the house specialty. Fresh, moist and just cooked, it was fabulous. We were all satisfied!
I enjoyed listening to the boys’ evening banter of all the chefs and food shows the boys watch. The evening was very relaxing and very pleasant. Love seeing Drew and watching him gear down from the week. We all needed to gear down. Instead of walking home several miles, we hopped in a taxi and rolled on back to the Airbnb. We all stayed up and chatted about the next day, the morning coffee run and Copenhagen’s design museum before hitting our next infamous resturants for bunch. Good night!
Sunday, February 17, 2019
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