Reykjavík Grapevine - 28.08.2009, Síða 43

Reykjavík Grapevine - 28.08.2009, Síða 43
31 The Reykjavík Grapevine Issue 13 — 2009 Preserving quality is our business Open daily for lunch and dinners Special off er on Monday and Tuesday – 3 course dinner for only 4200 ISK. Reservation: tel. 552 5700, e-mail: gallery@holt.is Bergstaðastræti 37 s. 552 5700 holt@holt.is www.holt.is Elegant surroundings Superb cuisine Modern comfort beat with his pizzas, he might wanna pair them up better. The gnats weren’t hard to locate, the lake is of course named after those little bastards. They might seem a bit cosy at first, but they’ll turn on you. As for the pizza of the same name, it seemed to follow a similar maxim: the smoked trout and cream cheese begun by busting your taste buds, but after a few bites you’d rather move over to something like Dim- muborgir. The lava statues that greet you at Dim- muborgir easily explain why a (formerly) brutal black metal band is named after the phenomenon. They are quite intimi- dating. For me, as a man who normally doesn’t take pineapple on his pizza, the eponymous pie was also intimidating. But once you lay off the prejudices you re- alize that there’s nothing demonic about it, just an absurdly formed cosiness. That goes for both the pizza and the place. Next up was Höfði, a secret garden full of mystique and lust. As soon as one stepped over the fence, it was as a calm wind subdued all your thoughts and ev- eryone got quiet. We walked through the pouring rain in radiant sun and the pizza made sense; carefully chosen mushy veg- etables—appeasing and fulfilling. After we visited our dear abyss that night, we moved over to something every local cherishes —a party at ‘The Clearing.’ The party place lived up to its name, al- though it might sound a bit cliché. A cosy bonding fire, nice guitar tunes and jolly people. That eventually morphed into wobbling drunken unfortunates, fall- ing on their own pee spurts, playing folk songs lying on their backs too drunk to hold them steady sitting up. At seven AM, a few were drunk and cockeyed enough to decide upon a repeat visit to the abyss, yours truly included. Note to self: five people, a two-person-Re- nault Smart, way-too-many beers, a few bottles of vodka, climbing down to a cave and boiling hot water is never a good mix. GEOTHERMAL WONDERS AND THE ENDLESS JOURNEY HOME It was a wise decision not to knock down a pick-me-up beer when we woke up hung- over off our asses ‘cause what we had in store was hulking: the volcano Krafla was to be visited, as well as the geothermal area Námuskarð. The volcanic Krafla pizza, brimful of various melted cheeses, clearly reminded you of the raunchy sur- roundings of the still-active volcano, but Námaskarð was positively the best repli- ca. The bubbling hot springs represented the pepperoni and jalapeno filled pizza, and the colour scheme fit! On the endless, dark and murky way home, we had some time to contemplate our journey. We thrashed out a mutual conclusion: although the pizzas were grand and rich you should definitely ac- company the tasting menu with a sight- seeing tour. And maybe a beer or two. SIGURÐUR KJARTAN KRISTINSSON GAS

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