Fika

To have a break during the day and sit down with friends, family or colleagues and together enjoy some coffee (kaffe) and pastries (fikabröd), that is the meaning of the word fika. For Swedes, the fika breaks (fikapaus) are the most important part of the day and of the Swedish culture.


fredag 3 januari 2014

A different kind of breakfast

Lite trötta efter allt jul och nyårsfirande vaknade vi lite senare än vanligt idag. Vi var för trötta för att fixa frukosten själva och eftersom man i det här landet kan få tag på billig mat ute oavsett tid på dygnet = lyx, så köpte vi frukosten av en man som säljer nasi lemak här på gatan nedanför vår lägenhet. Men eftersom vi var lite sena så var all nasi lemak redan slutsåld så vi köpte en annan risrätt som vi aldrig tidigare provat ala east coast style. Gissa om vi blev förvånade när vi kom hem och öppnade paketet med ris som var, blått! Nytt år, nya smaker och definitivt nya färger på maten... 2014 kommer ju bli ett helt galet år som ni kan se!


A bit tired after all the Christmas and New Year celebrations, we woke up a little later than usual today. We were too tired to make breakfast ourselves and since you can buy cheap food at any time of day in this country = luxury, we bought breakfast from a man who sells nasi lemak here on the street below our apartment. But since we were a bit late the nasi lemak were already sold out so we bought another rice dish which we never tried before ala east coast style. Guess if we were surprised when we got home and opened the package with rice that was, blue! It's a new year, with new flavors and definitely new colors of the food ... 2014 will definitely be a crazy year as you can see!





















By the way, the blue rice was absolutely amazing. East coast breakfast vs. West coast breakfast = 1-0.





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