On Thursday night, Janice and I attended the Taste of Iceland reception atRialto restaurant in Cambridge, MA. The tasting kicked off a five-day cultural event here in Boston, hosted by Iceland Naturally. We sampled dishes like pickled herring on sweet rye bread with curry dressing, green apples and spring onions as well as free range Icelandic lamb and Icelandic Arctic Char, all prepared by Chef Hákon Már Örvarsson. Everything we tried was fresh and fabulous (and healthy too!) thanks to the ingredients, flown in for the event on Iceland Air.
The pickled herring from the chef was our first nibble, and it got better and better from there. I loved the sweet rye bread, which is so unique to Iceland.
So while I’m on the subject of Iceland, last year, I wrote a three-part series on my trip with my son, Simon, and I promised a fourth … but life got in the way, and I never delivered. So now that I’ve gotten a taste for Iceland again, I figured I’d finish up the series. Read on for more highlights from that amazing trip. I hope all my posts help someone—is anyone out there?—plan a trip of their own. {Here are links to my other posts: Part 1, Part 2,Part 3}
We spent our second-to-last night at Laki Hotel at the Efri-Vik Farmin Kirkjubæjarklaustur village. The next morning, we drove east toJökulsárlón, a glacial lake filled with giant pieces of floating ice, considered one of the natural wonders of Iceland.
The reason we’re laughing so hard is because a group of tourists had just taken about 100 photos holding up a piece of ice. Their level of enthusiasm from said ice chunk really cracked us up.
It was an action-packed day, because we also took a two-hour guided hike of Skaftafell glacier with Icelandic Mountain Guides. The hike wasn’t quite as exciting as we had hoped, though we still had a great time. (Brrrr. It was cold up there.)
The Icelandic countryside is dotted with picturesque farms, which made the driving quite pleasant 
On our last night, we stayed at the Frumskogar Guesthouse in Hveragerði and had dinner at Kjöt og Kúnst. The cool thing about the restaurant was that it featured traditional Icelandic cuisine and geothermal cooking. Pictured here is geothermal earth-cooked, lightly-smoked haddock with tropical fruits (in this case, grapes), creamy cheese sauce, potatoes and green salad. WOW!
I think I took this photo around 8:00pm. Our day was long and filled with adventure, so we were happy we had plenty of daylight to enjoy it.
Takk for the taste of Iceland in Boston. It brought back great memories …
via:http://mealmakeovermoms.com/kitchen/2014/03/16/a-taste-of-iceland-plus-fond-memories-of-my-trip-to-iceland-come-flooding-back/
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