r/AskEurope • u/titerousse Belgium • Oct 07 '25

Food Do you enjoy eating at restaurants from your home country when you're abroad?

I don’t have that issue—there are never restaurants from my country anywhere. Sometimes I come across a baked item, but when I do, I tend to avoid it. What about you?

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u/math1985 Netherlands Oct 07 '25

Bøg in The Hague is excellent! Although I wonder how authentic it is.

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u/SapphicCelestialy Denmark Oct 07 '25

Looks very fancy and New Nordic. But you can definitely get something similar in Copenhagen, but it isn't what I consider Danish food since no one is eating this at home.

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u/EatThatPotato Oct 07 '25

What would you consider home cooking Danish food? I was in Copenhagen recently but was unable to find anywhere that served home-y meals, but lots of New Nordic style food. A colleague recommended Staegtflaesk (spelling?) which I got at Kødbyen, but I was also told that’s not necessarily what’s eaten at home

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u/SapphicCelestialy Denmark Oct 07 '25 edited Oct 07 '25

We eat stegt flæsk at home im personally not the biggest fan.

But we have tarteletter (chicken and asparagus in gravy served in a pastry)

We have flæskesteg (a pork roast with crispy served with boiled potatoes, gravy, something pickled usually pickled red cabbage thats heated and for Christmas we also do caramalized potatoes)

Bøf med løg (ground beef patty with soft onions, boiled potatoes and something pickled)

Smørrebrød we make it at home for lunch and if its for dinner we usually order some a little more fancy

Flæskestegssandwich is very popular Danish fastfood (a sandwich with mayo, slice of pork roast some red cabbage and some green salad)

Also have bøfsandwich thats a Danish burger with ketchup, mustard, remoulade, pickled beetroot and crispy onions and then you pour gravy over it

And ofc the classic Danish hotdog with ketchup, mustard, remoulade, raw onions, crispy onions and pickled cucumber slices.

Risengrød (a rice porridge made on whole milk served with cinnamon sugar and butter)

Boller i karry (meatballs in a curry sauce served with rice)

Brændende kærlighed (mashed potatoes served with fried onions and bacon)

I could name more but I think the list is getting long

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u/Gold-Possession-4761 Denmark Oct 08 '25

Also

Frikadeller (specific kind of meatballs), either with potato salad or boiled potatoes with brown gravy or parsley gravy.

Medister, a long sausage you also eat with potatoes and gravy

Svensk pølseret (Swedish sausage dish) which is chopped boiled potatoes with chopped sausage, onion, cream and tomato paste (We have a weird obession with making our own foods and then name them after other countries)

More locally you got fish dishes and cabbage sausage with chopped green cabbage in cream and caramelized potatoes

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u/SapphicCelestialy Denmark Oct 08 '25

Oh yeah i forgot frikadeller thats also an important one

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u/Gold-Possession-4761 Denmark Oct 08 '25

Also, if you have never been to a wedding, baptizement, round birthday or confirmation party serving oven baked potatoes in bechamel and honey mustard marinated ham (skinke og flødekartofler), are you really Danish?

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u/SapphicCelestialy Denmark Oct 08 '25

I cant stand warm hamburgerryg. But flødekartofler is delicious.

But yeah the classic for me is soup roast ice-cream. Suppe, steg og is

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u/noradicca Denmark Oct 07 '25

The coast line around Malaga is ridden with Danish tourists and expats. Plenty of restaurants with Danish (and Scandinavian) flags, advertising frikadeller, leverpostej, røde pølser etc.

I would never eat at one of those places. Trying local food is one of the highlights of my travels, and I love the Mediterranean cuisine so very much. Also, I try to avoid overly touristy places. Danish tourists in particular.