That guy has PLANS. - I love Nordic food! And I want to create
my own ice cream label and bakery and..., says chef Michael Björklund.
my own ice cream label and bakery and..., says chef Michael Björklund.
Photos © Paula Hietaranta
The captain of the kitchen has been Finland´s famous master chef Michael Björklund whose cookbook Lähiruokaa – Min Nordiska Mat was nominated for Norden´s best cookbook this year.
For the travellers Michael has created his suberb menu for the ships´ Food Garden restaurants.
Good local, ethical ingredients & simple settings is the key idea of his cooking.
- The Nordic nature offers so many extra tasty and vitamin-rich ingredients due to clean environment and many hours of summer sunshine!, Michael says.
His cooking is lovely, and so is his way of talking! What a pity you cannot hear him speak of the food and his future plans: never in my life have I heard such a smiling and enthusiastic mixture of Finnish-Swedish with a funny pronunciation! So let´s continue talk and write in foreign languages without fear but with joy and mistakes!
Here you can have a taste the Michael´s meals you can enjoy on board:
Butter fried fish from Åland Islands, common roach from Finland
with foamy crab sauce and potato compote à la Jansson.
with foamy crab sauce and potato compote à la Jansson.
Tenderised steak from Ejmund Gård in Gotland, thyme emulsion and a ragout with pickled onions, carrots, bacon and mushrooms, waffle potatoes and a glass of Ironstone red wine.
The sweet end of the delicious meal: oven baked rhubarb with vanilla ice cream
made of cream and eggs from Åland Islands, cookies.
(On the site you find some Michaels´s recipes, but alas, only in Swedish.)
During summertime Michael cooks in Åland Maarianhamina at
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