Haute Faroese Cuisine
It’s not very often that I get to experience the best restaurant in a country — but in the Faroe Islands, I got to do just that. KOKS is the restaurant at the excellent Hotel Foroyar, famous for hosting Bill Clinton a few years ago. (It’s also not very often that I get to stay in the same hotel former awesome US presidents stayed in.) Now — I was a bit apprehensive, as I’m not the biggest fan of Scandinavian food. Salted fish and sweet, fatty cured meats don’t appeal to me. But haute Scandinavian cuisine is SO much better than salted fish and odd cured meats. How good was it? This is in the top 3 meals I have ever had in my LIFE. KOKS offers four-, six-, and eight-course menus. I went for six courses. Here’s how I started: Yes, that’s the menu on an iPad. If they were looking to impress me, there’s nothing better they could have done! Here’s what I dined on: Amuse Bouche: Salted cod, asparagus, amanson oil Two tiny bites...