SMAK restaurant in Stockholm - 25th of March 2011

We went to Stockholm last weekend to organise our up and coming wedding. I had thought long and hard about where to go for dinner in the evening and after lots of research on the internet i picked SMAK www.restaurangentm.com/  which is part of the F12 group.
We both loved this restaurant! The concept is that you create your own tasting menu and you tick what food you want to include. You can have 3, 5 or 7 courses and you can mix and match savoury and sweet in any combination. You can also add on even more courses if you have a really big appetite. You can also choose to have "tasting glasses" of wine to match some or all of your dishes, or go for normal glasses or by the bottle.. i love the freedom of choice here!
Really liked the atmosphere and the very friendly staff.. the only downside is that the tables are very close together so you can overhear everything that is being said on either side of your table.
We decided on 7 courses each - 5 savoury and 2 sweet and we both picked the same dishes apart from 2. In hindsight it would have been more fun to pick all different dishes to try more but hey, this means we have to go back again!

My first dish was called: “Clay pot” matjes herring, red onion


It was so lovely and typical scandinavian with matjes herring, slicec boiled potatoes, egg and onion. Lovely and savoury.

My second dish was: Yuzo – “Sashimi” scallop, tofu, soya

Very fresh and clean tasting!

My third dish was the star of the show: Truffle – “Black ‘n’ white ‘n’ green” asparagus, parmesan

This is the dish where everybody around us (including ourselves) were seriously considering licking the dish clean! Such a simple dish but oh so good...

My fourth dish was: Wild garlic – “Oeuf cocotte” morells, chicken, bacon 
 An egg poached in a creamy concoction of cream, morell mushrooms, chicken and bacon.. yum.

My fifth dish was: Miso – “Glacée” lamb cutlet, daikon radish, sesame

Perfectly cooked lamb with japanese flavours.

My sixth dish was: Pistachio – “Gauffre” preserved strawberries

I went for it because i love pistachio however, i was disappointed since i did not think the flavours worked together as a dish. Everything was fine individually but not together.. plus i found it a bit boring.

My seventh and final dish was: Licorice – “Fondant” chocolate, sour cream, cherry
This was great! Chocolate fondant with a hint of licorice.. heaven

I would higly highly recommend this restaurant if you are visiting Stockholm.. we are definately going back again.. and again...