Reykjavík Grapevine - 22.05.2009, Qupperneq 20

Food & Drink | Venue finder
3 Frakkar
Baldursgata 14 | H4
Aktu Taktu
Skúlugata 15 | E7
American Style
Tryggvagata 26 | D3
Argentína Steak-
house
Barónstígur | G8
Austurlanda-
hraðlestin
Hverfisgata 64A | F7
Á Næstu Grösum
Laugavegur 20B | F5
B5
Bankastræti 5 | E4
Basil & Lime
Klapparstíg 38 | F5
Babalú
Skólavörðustígur 22A
| G5
Balthazar
Hafnarstræti 1-3
| D3
Bæjarins Beztu
Tryggvagata | D4
Brons
Pósthússtræti 9 | E3
Café Cultura
Hverfisgata 18 | E5
Café Loki
Lokastígur 28 | H6
Café Paris
Austurstræti 14 | E3
Café Roma
Rauðarárstígur 8
| H9
Domo
Þingholtsstræti 5
| F4
Einar Ben
Veltusundi | D3
Eldsmiðjan
Bragagata 38A | H5
Fiskmarkaðurinn
Aðalstræti 12 | E2
Geysir Bar/Bistro
Aðalstræti 2 | D2
Garðurinn
Klappastigur 37 | F5
Grái Kötturinn
Hverfisgata 16A | E5
Grillhúsið
Tryggvagata 20 | D3
Habibi
Hafnarstræti 20 | E4
Hamborgarabúlla
Tómasar (“Bullan”)
Geirsgata 1 | B2
Hlölla Bátar
Ingólfstorg | D3
Hornið
Hafnarstræti 15 | D4
Hótel Holt
Bergstaðarstræti 37
| G4
Humarshúsið
Ammtman-
stígur 1 | E4
Hressó
Austurstræti 20 | E4
Icelandic
Fish & Chips
Tryggvagata 8 | B2
Jómfrúin
Lækjargata 4 | E4
Kaffi Hljómalind
Laugavegur 21 | F6
Kaffitár
Bankastræti 8 | E4
Kaffivagninn
Grandagarður 10
Kebabhúsið
Austurstræti 2 | E3
Kofi Tómasar
Frænda
Laugavegur 2 | F5
Krua Thai
Tryggvagata 14 | D2
La Primavera
Austurstræti 9 | E3
Lystin
Laugavegur 73 | G7
Mokka
Skólavörðustígur 3A
| F5
Nonnabiti
Hafnarstræti 9 | D3
O Sushi
Lækjargata 2A | E4
Pisa
Lækjargötu 6b | E4
Pizza King
Hafnarstræti 18 | E4
Pizza Pronto
Vallarstræti 4 | E3
Pizzaverksmiðjan
Lækjargötu 8 | E4
Prikið
Bankastræti 12 | E5
Ráðhúskaffi | F3
Tjarnargata 11
Santa Maria
Laugavegur 22A, |
F6
Shalimar
Austurstræti 4 | E3
Silfur
Pósthússtræti 11
| E3
Sjávarkjallarinn
Aðalstræti 2 | D3
Sólon
Bankastræti 7a | E4
Sushibarinn
Laugavegur 2 | F5
Svarta Kaffi
Laugavegur 54 | G7
Sægreifinn
Verbuð 8, Geirsgata
| B2
Tapas
Vesturgata 3B | D2
Thorvaldsen
Austurstræti 8 | E2
Tíu Dropar
Laugavegur 27 | F6
Tívolí
Laugavegur 3 | F5
Vegamót
Vegamótastígur 4
| F5
Við Tjörnina
Templarasund 3 | F3
Vitabar
Bergþórugata 21
| H7
F D
For your mind, body and soul
Kitchen
If you like fish, and you like fish a lot,
Kitchen is the place for you. It might
be an added joy to know that you are
given a bottom-less plate. Hopefully
you also have a bottom-less stomach
– and a taste for fish, the only item
amidst the other choices in the buffet
worth eating for your midday meal. If
this meets your criteria, loosen your
belt a notch and get ready for some all
you can eat buffet lovin’.
Kitchen features a lunch buffet
every day that is a variation of Nepalese
and Indian fare. This includes mixed
vegetables, rice, chicken methi, chana
daal, and the delicious, mouth-
watering, fish masala, which is the
reigning king of all the buffet items.
Soup, made fresh every day, is also
part of the menu. All of the options
for the buffet change each day. The
dishes all have their own sauce made
up of completely different herbs and
spices. The food shifts between sweet
and spicy, which is a nice change of
pace for the diner who is tired of food
soaked in a restaurant’s “signature
sauce.”
Yet some of the dishes, although
they are certainly aromatic with herbs
and spices, fail to impress. The chicken
mehti seemed so heavily covered with
herbs that it was a little overwhelming.
As my grandpa used to say, “I can’t
eat it if I can’t get it past my nose.”
The chana daal dish did what seemed
impossible; it presented a variation of
spices so strangely sweet that it ended
up being slightly bland. My lunch
date and I politely acknowledged the
differing tastes, then politely put our
forks down.
The fish masala, prepared
with sauce that isn’t an onslaught
of herbage, trumps all other dishes.
A tender piece of perfection, it is
satisfying enough to pick the fish as a
main and solo item for lunch. As I was
left pushing other strange concoctions
around my plate, a clean spot quickly
developed where the fish masala had
previously lain. And you can get all the
seconds you want. The lunch buffet
costs 1550 ISK and runs from 11:00 to
15:00 during the week, 12:00 to 15:00
on Saturday, and 12:30 to 15:30 on
Sunday. The dinner menu is a little
more pricey, with the main dishes
ranging from 1890 ISK to 3590 ISK.
There is also an extensive wine list on
offer.
— JOYCE GUZOWSKI
Go For The Fish
Laugavegur 60A
www.kitchen-eldhus.is
What we think:
Buffet’s highlight is the only thing
worth trying
3 out of 5 stars
R E V I E W S
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For booking and further information:
Tel.: (+354) 565-1213
vikings@vikingvillage.is - www.vikingvillage.is
Strandgata 55 Hafnarfjordur
Lækjargötu 2a. / Borgartúni 29. tel. 561 0562
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Pick your
favorite Plate
“They put on such a
beautiful meal for us.
We had the most
amazing freshest fish I've
ever had in my life.
It was all so perfectly
cooked too...Beautiful!”
Jamie Oliver’s Diary