A taste of lately

Warning, this post will involve lots of food photos... 

Firstly, it has come to my attention after a few conversations with a various Swedes about my blog, "infatuation" is not really a word that is taught to Swedes in the English language. 

So, for those of you who may be new to my blog and have stumbled across this particularly foody episode, I would like to point out that being infatuated is not about eating lots of food and getting fat! 

That said, I think it is totally reasonable to be infatuated with food... 

I think you'll see what I mean. 

A couple of weekends a go now, (sheesh I'm behind on the blog again!) we went along to check out the Cuba St Carnival Andra Långgatan street party!

It really does have the vibe of the good old days of Cuba street, 

before it got ripped in half by a motorway!

It has a fair share of funky second hand stores with all sorts of retro delights, bars and cafes, and of course a few sex shops to scare away the posh people who prefer to stroll up and down Avenyn with their prams and grandparents on a Saturday afternoon...

This street party has been going for the past 4 years, and when it happens, the street is full of music, lots of beautiful people, (and some rather interesting looking people). 

To top it all off, there was a Batucada group drumming away, amping up the crowd and getting a few bottoms wiggling! Jose Gonzalez was dj'ing and, well there was plenty of excuses to get dancing except Polly does not do too well in a crowd on an empty stomach...

So, we stopped in to a totally groovy little place called A Bite. 

I'm not sure if I can quite describe the deliciousness of the soft bread wraped with oooh I don't even know how they did it, but wow it was perfect!

 

       My one was called the "Norrland" with the yummiest combination of deer, cheese and chanterelle, Mikael chose "Japan" kind of a sushi inspired sandwich cake.

This is new culinary experience to me, and the Swedes really seem to get in to the sandwhich cake thing. You can get giant ones perfect for feeding everyone at your next office party, but have a look at some of the other yummies they make at A Bite... 

I thought the Trocadero drink looked like the most fun.

Apparently it's a bit of a classic too, kind of like L&P.

Another awesome thing that the Swedes really go for, is the marvelous little one time bbq! 

The abundance of smooth round rocks make perfect platforms and, well they're very handy! 

I'm quite surprised that coming from NZ where we seem to cook on a bbq year round, in the wind or even rain, I've never really come across these before... The only down side is the warm up wait time, and there is no real off switch apart from a bucket of water.

 Sometimes a whole artichoke will be our dinner... 

Moving on to breakfast now, I can't get over how gorgeous the packaging is for the Saltå Kvarn range! Each packet has such a wonderful colour scheme.
I particually love the flours and oats and things that come in the paper bags.

 Recently I was lucky enough to be given these wonderful egg cups from a friend as a birthday gift. 

They have the same kind of wonderful carnival feeling as the Trocadero drink, 

and when you look inside...

 You'll find a delicate little nest of eggs painted in there! So sweet!!

These little lovelies are by Pip Studio, where she apparently goes about her work with a little bird perched atop her head, now that sounds like fun!

Speaking of eggs...

Do you notice anything different about these ones?
They are all brown!

I remember it used to be exciting to see what colour egg shell you got, 

and the only thing you could  choose between was normal size 6 or 7... in a pack of 6 or 12.

I was slightly overwhelmed when choosing eggs at the store the other day.

Not only did they have a few different brands of organic, free running but inside, chickens fed on this that or the other, and still a shocking amount of caged hen eggs...

But, then the choices also include extra large eggs, extra yellow yolks, brown eggs only. Packets of 4, 6, 8, 10 or 12 eggs (and of course the trays of eggs)

Of course, I have to admit I always secretly preferred the brown eggs, do they taste better? 

I don't know... but I have noticed that the eggs are always all white in Sweden, and it seems to be a novelty thing to get only brown ones.

Well, I thought all this was rather silly, I would prefer to have a more multi-cultural selection of eggs in the carton, no more discrimination!! 

What do you think?