Copenhagen Restaurants
When it comes to eating out, Copenhagen will not disappoint, offering a myriad of restaurant options covering the finest elements of Danish cuisine as well as a large number of international influences. A meal in a Copenhagen restaurant can be an expensive affair if you are not careful, and visitors on a budget should take advantage of the city’s burgeoning café culture, where it’s possible to eat good food in a less formal atmosphere and at a percentage of the cost of eating in a regular restaurant.
Local cuisine
Copenhagen’s local cuisine is a mix of the country’s traditional diet with a large variety of international culinary influences. Traditionally, Danish cuisine is similar to that of other Scandinavian countries in being heavy, with an emphasis on carbohydrates and fats. Breakfast traditionally includes heavily buttered bread with coffee; lunch is again bread, often with cold meats or fish; while for dinner, fish, seafood and meat are staple parts of any Danish evening meal.
Popular dishes include beef hash, which is commonly served with a fried egg, bearnaise sauce and ketchup; millionbøf, which is mashed potatoes covered with a rich gravy containing tiny pieces of beef and various other meat creations such as finker (like haggis), black pudding and roast goose. The potato is also an indispensable ingredient in Danish cooking, turning up in an amazing number of different forms as a side dish to accompany almost every hot meal.
However, bear in mind that while these foods are what the average Copenhagener will eat on a day to day basis, the city’s restaurants offer food with elements of Italian, French and Mediterranean cuisine as well as influences from China, India and other Asian countries.
|
Gatwick Airport Parking Save up to 35% by booking airport parking online. Compare prices at a choice of 11 Gatwick car parks. |
Gatwick Airport Hotels Book from a choice of 23 hotels at Gatwick Airport. Make a booking for room only or room with holiday parking. |
Where to eat
If budget is not a major concern for you then you might want to consider eating at one of the city’s reputable hotels, where chefs with the finest credentials are employed to create some of the best dishes to be found anywhere in the city. Among the hotels with quality restaurants on premises are the Hotel D'Angleterre, Hotel Fox, Hotel Admiral and the Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel.
If you want to sample Danish food but are watching your expenses then lunchtime is a better time to eat out, as many of the city’s restaurants have fixed menus where the price for a three-course meal can be up to 40 per cent less than the same meal in the evening.