Reykjavík Grapevine - 06.12.2013, Qupperneq 43

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chiato. Finally, finally, the perfect ratio
of coffee and milk has been found!
These two ingredients came together
seamlessly in a wonderfully smooth
brew with an almost sweet aftertaste.
I came back the next day for more be-
cause I couldn’t get it out of my head.
-Patricia Þormar
Cougar Town
Gló, Engjateigur 17-19, 105
Reykjavík
What we think: In the words of my
dining partner: “This was fuck good.”
Flavour: Raw food, Mediterranean,
Japanese, vegetarian, vegan
Rating: 5/5
The kelp noodles were these opales-
cent strands that resembled sauerkraut
and had been tossed with courgette
and lemongrass. The “tabouleh” was
mostly made up of barley and parsley.
Both were far more delicious than
they had any right to be. I washed
this down with a beer and a sparkling
rhubarb drink.
My rugged longshoreman of a
friend had the raw food pizza, kelp
noodles and mixed roasted veggies
(1790 ISK). This world of raw food
is alien territory to me. I’m a decent
home cook but I’m fumbling in the
dark trying to guess how they make
these things. From what I could
gather, the “pizza crust" is made from
sundried tomatoes and crushed seeds
that have been dehydrated into a kind
of jerky. This was then topped with
cashew cheese (don’t ask me), ruccola
and garlic. This may sound nightmar-
ish to many of you, but let me assure
you that this was entirely edible—not
as good as the chicken, but far better
than I would ever have expected. He
enjoyed this with a sparkling ginger
drink and a beer but at this point we
would both have been ready to give the
green mystery juice a try had they not
run out of it.
-Ragnar Egilsson
Dayhawks At The Diner
Prikið, Bankastræti 12, 101 Reyk-
javík
What We Think : As for comfort food
classics, Prikið will satisfy your needs.
Hangover destination par excellence
Flavour: Comfort food, dinner,
Americana
Rating: 4/5
Prikið is one of the oldest dining
establishments in Reykjavík that is still
in operation. Much like so many other
downtown establishments of its kind,
it suffers—or benefits, perhaps—from
a Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde syndrome,
being a quiet, cosy café by day, and a
loud, sweaty place of drinking yourself
into oblivion by night. Therefore, if
Prikið is to be enjoyed as a dining des-
tination, I recommend that you visit
during lunch—or whenever you man-
age to wake up on a given weekend.
Brunch offers are on hand at any given
time but otherwise the menu consists
of diner classics: steaks, sandwiches
and burgers, with milk shakes (even
spiked, if the mood should strike.
-Björn Teitsson
Smooth And
Sofishticated
Sjávargrillið (Seafood Grill),
Skólavörðustígur 14, 101 Reykjavík
What we think: An underrated gem
in Reykjavík
Flavour: Savoury, French/Icelandic
fish-fare
Rating: 4.5/5
Our main courses left little to be de-
sired: the grilled fish combo of perch
and cusk was deliciously savoury and
the same could be said of my salt cod
and grilled pork belly. The vegetables
were highlights in their own right and
not merely supplementary colorations
(the creamed barley and carrot mousse
were particularly exciting). If I had one
quip about food, it would have to be
that my salt cod was, ironically, just a
teensy bit too salty. I might have been
overly sensitive to this, however, as the
starter had left me subtly but surely
satiated.
We finished off our meal by shar-
ing dessert (a relief since we were
so full). The creamy white chocolate
mousse with raspberry meringue
would have been perfectly pleas-
ing on its own, but it came with a
dill sorbet that could only be safely
described as interesting. My mother
didn’t enjoy it, but I found it innova-
tive and refreshing.
-Patricia Þormar
Alísa Kalyanova