Foodie Friday - Food trucks

Street food fascinates me. I love reading about original food trucks that serve up honest good food with a twist. Unfortunately the food truck culture here in Iceland is lacking. About the only time you will find a food truck in Reykjavík is at 5 am on a weekend when the bars close. So here is my fantasy list of food trucks I would like to have in Reykjavík...in broad daylight.  

The créme bruleé cart, San Fransisco

A San Fransisco food truck that specializes in my favorite dessert: créme bruleé! Now I would seriously consider buying an airplane ticket to San Fransisco just to eat there! Here is their website. 

Bhangra Burger, London 

An Indian take on the burger, just like the name implies. A match made in heaven in my books! Here you can find their website.

Mozza & co, Paris 

A mobile trattoria in Paris. Italian food, I´m sold! Here is their website.  

Jamon Jamon, London

A Paella food truck. I love love love paella so it would be great to have this one here in Iceland.Here is their website! 

Have a great weekend!

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Foodie Friday : Summer lovin

I can be very picky when it comes to desserts, after all they are my passion. In the winter I tend to go for comfort foods: warm chocolate cakes and apple pies, basically any creamy, chocolatey dessert. But in the summer months I usually go for lighter, fruit based desserts that go perfectly with the weather (although the weather hasn´t been especially summery here in Iceland) as well  as most of the fruits used are in season.

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On my vacation in England this spring I ate at Prét a manger,a British fast food chain with healthy, locally sourced ingredients (it´s a shame I don´t live in England , but I would consider moving there for the amazing fresh food at Prét alone). One fateful lunchtime I decided to grab a lemon cheesecake for dessert. The result was  one of the best desserts I have ever tasted. Ever since I have not been able to stop thinking about it and considering ways how I could recreate this wonderful flavor feast in my own kitchen. Finally I´ve found a  recipe that might come close to what I tasted at Prét, although I would trade in the graham crackers for gingersnap cookies to get an extra special flavor. I´m keeping my fingers crossed that this will work. I need this cheesecake in my life!

 

 

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 David Lebovitz´s blog is one of the few that I follow religiously. I love his recipes and the tales of life in Paris ( where I too wish I would live). His recipe for the  Cherry mess  is exactly how I would envision a summer dessert.  His take on this British dessert  recipe includes beautiful cherries, meringue pieces, whipped cream and candied almonds. Sounds dangerously good. I think this dessert would be good with a little amaretto poured over it, to make it extra special. 

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Another one of his summery recipes I´ve been wanting to try for a while now is the Grapefruit Campari sorbet.  Campari is my all time favorite drink so any dessert (or drink) involving Campari wins me over.  

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At my first job, one of the finest bakeries in Reykjavík, I remember that every summer we would sell these adorable (and yummy) strawberry tartlets, just like I used to eat in in my grandparents backyard in France, after we had all shared a good meal. Having fond memories connected to this fine dessert I would have to say that this is my favorite summer dessert and I will definitely be making my variation of these at some point this summer!

Have a great weekend, hopefully the sun will come out wherever you are

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Foodie Friday: gin and tonic cake

Last Friday I made this recipe for a gin and tonic cake for a friend´s birthday. It was only fitting since it is her favorite drink. I have to admit that I was a little bit nervous making this cake,  worried that it would be too boozy since there is gin in the cake itself, the glaze and the frosting. 
In the end I could not have been happier with the result, a slightly boozy (and delicious) gin and tonic cake. 

here is the lovely  picture that came with the recipe...

 

.....and this is mine(a slightly less styled photo, as you can see) 

Have a great weekend!

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Foodie Friday: foodie movies

Hi guys, 
I have decided to devote Fridays to food. I love everything about food and cooking  so this is going to be a lot of fun, I hope you will enjoy it too. I´m going to kick things off with my five favorite foodie movies.


Chocolat

My all time favorite movie. Saw it for the first time when I was ten years old. I have watched it countless times since then and have yet to tire of it. Such a wonderful film and of course the very handsome Johnny Depp is a welcome bonus.

Ratatouille

Such a funny, cute movie, and any movie that happens in Paris is set to become a favorie of mine. 

Babette´s gæstebud

I saw this danish film in school some years ago and wasn ´t really interested in it. It wasn´t until recently that I saw it on television that I really truly enjoyed it. This is a moving story with some interesting character, and very interesting food!

julie and julia

I read the book tha Julie Powell wrote, prior to the film release . I enjoyed following along as she cooked her way through Julia Child´s famous book, Mastering the art of french cooking. It gave me the inspiration to do the same thing (although I have yet to start), after all: being half french I kind of have to...

Simply irresistible 

This one is also an old favorite of mine. Food becomes magic. Just my kind of thing. 

Have a great weekend !

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