C. D.
Yelp
We arrived on Saturday night and appreciated the warm and welcoming atmosphere of the restaurant. I am glad to have received a window seat as this was my father's first visit to Skellefteå.
The menu reads very inspired by local and international, experimental cuisine. My father chose the shrimps as a starter and was impressed with size, quality and presentation. I had the mushroom soup and enjoyed the moss, but would have liked to have more than the hint of mushrooms. Otherwise it was a good soup.
For the main course my father and I were intrigued by the quite experimental combination of pork belly and lamb. The other items on the menu were equally interesting and not necessarily expected in Västerbotten. When we received our dishes, a round plate with enough food on to fit onto less than a quarter of it (2 small pieces of lamb, a single bite of pork belly fat, half a carrot, a piece of parsnip and a tbsp. of an indistinguishable mash) I felt inclined to wait for the sides. If I compared the size of the lamb pieces with a 90 g burger from Korvgubben I could confidently estimate that the amount of meat on the plate was between 70 and 80 g plus a bite of slow cooked pork fat. In hindsight I find the attempt to mix pork and lamb applaudable, but the challenge failed. The taste was with the exception of the parsnip indistinguishable or bland. The amounts served were a good starter size or would have fit into a set seven course menu.
For the dessert I chose the apple kompott. It sounded traditional with a twist, which is why I chose it. The crunch was interesting, but when I ate the desert, I asked myself, why would one try to combine a list of ingredients such long into an everyday husmanskost desert. Again overall the taste was bland with the apples edging complete tastelessness.
I had been looking forward to an excellent dinner as I had a few at your restaurant before, but this time I left wholly disappointed, hungry and 2000 SEK poorer after paying for the three of us.
Skellefteå is a diaspora of restaurant and food quality. Bryggargatan did not stick out.