Icelandic Food: What to Eat & Drink in Iceland
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- čas přidán 27. 01. 2017
- Heading to Reykjavik or other parts of Iceland and wondering what you are going to eat and drink in Iceland? Well here we go through some of the more popular dishes and treats you will eat, drink and enjoy in Iceland. From various fish, lamb, Icelandic yogurt skyr, to the beers, fermented shark, whale or puffin there are many foods for you to eat in Iceland. So if you are flying Wow air for a stop over in Iceland you now know what to eat and what they eat in Iceland.
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I'm from Iceland and you actually to things right - not something you see a lot. Nice overview of what to try in Iceland
Nice work.
I am considering traveling to Reykjavik in January. Is that a good month to go there?
@@dominiccounts4023 well 😄
It’s winter and you can get all kinds of weather - even in the same hour
@@dominiccounts4023 well 😄
It’s winter and you can get all kinds of weather - even in the same hour
I'm from Brazil and your channel is so good to practice my listening skill
+Wellerson glad we can help! All the best to you!
Thanks a lot. I wish the same to you.
Excellent glimpses of Iceland. I was born and raised in Reykjavík and spent a couple of summers on a farm, north of there. The Reykjavîk you filmed is a far cry from the city of my childhood-a great improvement. BTW, I cannot stand fish (love lobster, however) and I think that's a result of overexposure as a child. I have eaten whale, but it has a fishy. taste that turns me off. Lamb is quite another matter and I have yet to find any that can compare with the Icelandic. You did not mention hangikjöt, which is delicious smoked lamb. Skyr, which we used to buy in dairies, right out of a tub, can now be had in some of NYC's supermarkets, but it is expensive. It might interest you to know that beer (and owning a TV set) was illegal in Iceland when I lived there and hard liquor was only sold in state stores, but one could call a cab company at night and ask for a "fluid drive". I still speak and write Icelandic (though a bit rusty), but my mother was Danish, so I do very well in that area. I am a writer/author, but I write (mostly about jazz and blues) in English. Thank you for taking me back to the country of my birth.
Thank you for your insight!
Why is their lobster so tender and delicious. Is it that they have a hard shell. Or is it that they can catch/keep smaller ones. If they served Icelandic lobster in the states, no one would buy maine lobsters. What’s the story?
I'm traveling to Iceland this year, so thank you.
Binge watching your videos because I’m glad I’ve found an informative, friendly, and wholesome travel channel!! Bless this family :)
Been searching through so many travel channels, and I think yours is by far my favourite! Great advice and information without being pretension.
Great work ! :)
Pretentious* (:
I lived in Iceland for a couple years. I'm from Oklahoma. The hotdogs... amazing. Icelandic hotdogs are awesome. The shark and brenivin/snapps (must try , terrible). They have a salt cured ham with potatoes in a sweet wheat sauce, it is one of the greatest things I have ever eaten. Great place to visit. Word of advice for single men. Do not get married there lol. I recommend visits in peak summer and new years.
Going there in a few days, where can I find the meat in sweet wheat sauce 😋
This makes me miss Iceland so much. I spent a week there about 3 years ago and I also spent 2 months living in Stockholm, 1 month in Copenhagen, and a week in Tromsø, Norway. Scandinavia and the entire Nordic region have been calling for me since I first started teaching myself about Iceland in high school. I think I mat move there permanently one day.
Iceland is a great country.
Darnell Brookes Thx ^^
Thank Youu
"No you dont have to go to Maine for Lobster...come to Iceland!" 😂
Icelandic lobster is so good .... not rubbery like maine. They usually give you small lobster tails. They are so tender. I don’t know if it is just because they can catch smaller lobsters???? They seem to be able to catch endangered things.
How do you go glacier hiking without drinking? That's just crazy talk.
You are so well traveled and I appreciate you making these videos so much!! So helpful!
such a beautiful place
definite on the bucket list
fish and lamb 2 of my favorites
We are going this spring- thankfully we have Wolters World for tips!! The best!
Went in mar 2017. tasted the ginger soda at an Indian restaurant which I enjoyed. also had a seafood bisque. I might be crazy but once I stepped out of the airport I noticed how fresh and clean the air smelled. Great country for my first trip abroad.
We loved the food when we were there. It was amazing.
Love your videos. Nice fast pace, clear English..useful info...keep it up!
Your sons are sooo cute. I love seeing the videos with your whole family getting stuck in! Jocelyn is such a trouper for sampling the shark!
First time here , already love you're channel :)
I'm Icelandic and your video is perfect! I really enjoyed it!
I'm taking my daughter to Iceland in April for 8 days.Can't wait to get there.
Thank you these are great I'm in Iceland right now
I learned quite a lot from this channel! Keep up the good work!
Greets from The Netherlands
+MPC12 thank you! We try!
I loved the skyr drinks also liked the dried cod snacks.
Im binge watching your channel! ❤❤
I had a lot of fun watching this
The world is beautiful....infact it is heaven.
The fried haddock at Icelandic Fish and Chips!!!👅
Caressa Clark I used to work there, miss it now lol
I was stationed there from 1994 to 1996 beautiful country. I would like to go back one day to visit
I love your videos! So informative.
Hello
Born and raised in Iceland love the video i live in the usa now
Mark, obviously You like fish as much as I do. I already watched another iceland video on this channel. Thanks.
You are mu super tourist guide! like to listen your countries food....will i see you in restaurants, hotels, and like that outside everytime I going to on my hollidays. Here also i order french fries, ice creams, some burgers....
The food looks really good!
the fish is what I'm looking forward to the most for eating! I absolutely love seafood in general. *2 weeks until Iceland!*
Im from iceland but why the hell to eat fish eat lamb
How was the trip? 😛
The red mayonnaise you were talking about is called kokteilsósa. It is super simple to make at home and tastes amazing! All it is is you mix ketchup and mayonnaise together. Put mayonnaise in a bowl and then add ketchup and the just blend it together. (Use more mayonnaise than ketchup) The more ketchup you use the more kind of stinging taste you get, a stronger taste. I personally use just a tiny amount more of mayonnaise than ketchup, maybe like a spoon or so. Hope this helps to make your very own kokteilsósu and enjoy it with every meal!
Kokteilsósa is common elsewhere too, it's not just Icelandic. The French use it as well.
with tiny slash of mustard
Great advice! We were in Iceland in September. The fish is fantastic! Another general note is that going out to eat is VERY expensive...even just like a pizzeria ran the two of us up $50 canadian with one beer, coke and couple slices of pizza. We grocery shopped at Bonus and ate 60-70% of the time from those, and allowed ourselves one meal out a day. Also the coffee..very expensive - for the equivalent of a small here it was approx.$5-7 canadian.
Haley Ryan that's crazy how expensive the food is 😱😢
You Just can't have FISH 4 BREAKFAST NO WAY NO HOW!
Coming here in one week!! Thank you for the tips!
+Pinot Gretchio have a great time!
we have over 100 types of icelandic beers.. not just a few brands :) but yeah.. the skyr is the main thing to try.. we have every tastes you can dream of.. from all fruits you can think of, up to créme brulée and strawberry cheescake, caramel, chocolate, liquorice.. just name it. The fish, lamb and the water is world class.
I have a friend who is a famous cookbook author and she told us about using dried fish kind of like bread when she was young. One of the common snacks in Iceland is buttered dried fish. It sounds awful but I absolutely loved it and would usually make that as a snack at the end of the day. But then I also didn't mind hakkarl, so maybe I'm just weird.
Your video is very informative thank you so much
been in Iceland 2 times and I want to be there forever ;)
thanks for a great video!
Go to Cyprus, you will love it!!!
I like lutefisk so I think I'll try the fermented shark when I visit Iceland. It just HAS to have some redeeming qualities.
Ok, thank you for this Video, Skyr is yummy ... 😊 And now i am so hungry ...🙄🙄🙄🙄😝
I really miss skyr!!!!!! 😭
I can't wait to go to Iceland!! It's definitely in my top 2 destinations list
Sofia
Cold and awkward people
+2ossy You just explained all of the Northern countries.
2ossy That's alright, I'm very awkward too. And i also like that they're cold so no strangers approach me for no reason
deIlluminati
ive been in sweden twice and they were so awkward xD. i do want to go to iceland and norway sometime.
We were hiking in the middle of nowhere in Sweden and we met some Finnish people. They started a conversation about the weather from 100 meters away. So far we had to yell.
We were cooking diner and we thought they may come to us to talk (because there were almost no other people in the area).
They didnt and halfway the conversation they just walked off... Bye..
I fly there on Feb 3rd. Thanks for the awesome info
+Brandon Morris you are very welcome!
You are going to love it! I cannot wait to get back there again. The people are lovely and we didn't have a bad meal or a day where we didn't experience something amazing.
I tried Arctic char for the first time at a Bonefish Grill a few years ago. It was SO good! Unfortunately, it is only sold when it is in season. I'd imagine it is more widely available in Iceland. With that said... I WANT TO VISIT!!!
thx for the infos, plz keep up the good work
+Sam Arif thank you!
Great!
+Nicolai cheers!
Oddly enough, best burger I ever had was on our way to Vík (I think… lol). It had a ring of raw bell pepper, cucumber, tomato, and what I can only describe as tzatziki/ranch type sauce. Most refreshing burger I’ve had lol also, the convenience store sandwiches were SO GOOD. Such a beautiful country ❤
Just has seafood and lamb today, & and an amazing beer... So I ate close to a Icelandic meal hahahahah.... And I did a lot of walking, I would love love love to visit Iceland one day, I plan on hitting England working up to Scotland then jumping over to Iceland then Norway once my life calms back down. Hope all is well with you and your work out is going awesome. Yeah rotten shark meat is a fun time for sure I have seen people eating it. they weren't too impressed, hahaahah...
People have to try kjötsúpa (meat soup) It is with lamb, various of vegitables, herbs and more it is really nice. Myself is from Iceland but I have never tried brennivín and most people that I know dont like it. The sauce you are talking about is named kokteilsósa and the basic ingridients are ketchup and mayonnice. We eat it with every thing specially french fries :)
Thank You for this good video. It is good and the information correct. But the shark is good :) I´m local person of cause.
I like you having different scenery behind you as you make the presentation. Gives depth!
:)
Sir, you look better! More in-shape.
+Aquarian Christianity older video... older video...
Ah! Ok.
Must be from all that great Icelandic food you got!
I would try Skyr.
We get Einstök Icelandic beer here in England. Their White Ale is fantastic.
Agreed. Their smoked porter is quite nice as well. I have seen it in parts of the USA but not in Utah where I live now.
Awesome mate. We are there on 24th May and will love the fish. We are not into lamb how about chicken, some salad and rice
the icelandic lamb is like koby is to beef there is no lamb on the planet like the icelandic one
Have a lovely day in iceland (:
+Wesley Tsjernitsjenko takk!
Just an FYI about beer, there are also local craft breweries that make excellent beer here. Look for something by Borg, Kaldi or Einstök. The beers Mark mentions in the video are the most common brands you'll find, but there is more variety on offer.
+Þorkell Sigvaldason thanks! Will keep my eyes peeled :)
Try the Minke Whale or the horse steaks! Yum!
Skyr is a top tier alternative to protein shakes.
+WulfMeister skyr ks a top tier alternative to EVERYTHING!!!! Skyr!!!!!
they even export skyr to other countries, I have seen one in the local supermarket here in Vienna.
insertnamehere yes, exactly. even in Germany. but it's overpriced and I think quark is better and tastes better
Yeah in Germany quark is cheaper to be quite honest I get a a large part of my proteinintake (60% some days) from magerquark greek yoghurt is popular among US based Athleates and Body Builders and I'm sure there are a lot of tasty milk based products ive never heard of.
To be honest most days magerquark provides close to half of my protein intake
Mmmmm this video made me hungry. What an amazing place Iceland is. Can't wait to go back. Tell the truth , did you try puffin?
Travels & Chases, No! We are adventurous eaters but no puffin!! We did feed baby puffins though :)
Wow. I Iike that backdrop. Do people swim in that water with the icebergs? I'm from the West Indies so it looks like a very interesting beach to try out.
I love Icelandic food, reason: i live there. 😂💗
Super fun and interesting video thx for sharing!! I guess they don't have a lot of fruit there tho I imagine its very expensive?
+WestHam66 it is rather expensive
I'm going to visit Iceland in March, any advice on temperatures? A friend told me to try the shark, said it was an experience I won't get very often
Glad to hear there is more than fish. I don't like fish and I am going to Iceland in October.
Appelsin ist the best!
I love fish
I heard you mentioned you stayed in a guest cabin? How did you find it and book it? VRBO? AirBNB? If this info is in one of your videos, let me know. :) Thanks
Great video! The price of the menu looks quite scary... Kr 6,500! Is it too expensive to move around in Iceland?
I can understand that Liam was upset that you did not have Appelsín in America
It's really is good. Found out it is great with whiskey. I recommend orka with gin. Redbull and vodka has nothing on orka and gin... well besides the taste.
come to alaska in the summer and Ill take you fishing!!
bonus note: Iceland is very vegetarian/vegan friendly everywhere :)
SubbedDreams 21 wtf no what you mean I live in Iceland fuck that we all kinds of meat and fish wtf we ain’t no vegeterians
rekt
@@gunnarmikael1384
They didn't say all Icelanders are vegan. They said it's easy being vegan in Iceland. That's both because of the selection of products and everything being properly labeled.
Why be vegan in a land of delicious fresh fish and lamb?
@@gunnarmikael1384 I heard the people were friendly too but u proved that's bullshit
Iceland, normay, france = heaven
I'm going at the end of March and was totally determined to try the fermented shark but after this I'm not so sure LOL
how do you travel to so many places??
My gut would be wrecked after a week of food like this lol
Brennivin is more like a schnapps-it's super strong. Yummy though
+ALEXIS MUNOZ true. More like schnapps. Good call
Ever have an experience with lutefisk?
Heh, I saw that they had a bunch of Subway sandwich shops, i will probably just eat there every day and I am sure it will be less than $50/6 inch, maybe $40.
I would have to stop at the Chuck Norris Grill.
Notification Squad!! :D
+Penguin Tacos thanks penguin taco!
There's quite a bit of drinking. I think you're just better behaved than many. It's expensive, but people drink. The food is so good there! Had the best hamburg of my life there. I didn't see the fermented shark, and I wouldn't have tried it, but I did try the dried catfish which you sip in homemade butter. Not too bad as a bar snack. It wasn't very smelly at all.
+Nubianette you made the right choice going with the catfish over the shark :)
Hi, great as always :) I was in Paris in December after watching all your videos about it and share same pashion for it. :)
I am heading to Baja California in June, to Ensenada. Have you been there? Something to recomend? I already watched your video about Mexico. Little scared about current situation in Mexico.
+Marko Vucak it depends where you are going in mexico. We are going down to mexico afain to film some more.
Hi, thx for replay. In Ensenada and Tijuana
+Marko Vucak i havent been to either :(
I’m from Iceland and the first two fish you said we have theme
The veggies are definitely imported. Not many veggies are grown here except rubarb.
The water in the city smells horrible but in other places the water smells and tastes sooooooo good
What restaurant you guys went though?
what about travelling from the capital to lagoon and iceberg etcc without a car? I live in London want to go there with my 12 yo son but no driving licence.
Hello Mark, I was wondering which Nordic country you would recommend for two senior college students to go visit. Things to account for would be night life, price, but of course also the gorgeous views. Thanks
I'm not Mark, but I live in Sweden and I've been in all Nordic countries. I'd say Norway is the best place if you have the money. The mountains and the nature is absolutely incredible, and definitely has the best views out of them all. If you like Hiking, you can travel to Rjukan and climb Gaustatoppen which takes about 3-4 hours to climb. But once you're up there you can see about 1/6th of Norway with your own eyes if the weather allows for it.
For nightlife and cheaper living, go to Denmark. Although not as beautiful as Norway, there are a lot of nice places. My favourite place to visit while in Denmark is definitely "hvide sande". (translates to White Sand) I have a hard time explaining how it looks, but you can just google it. Alcohol is much much much cheaper in Denmark as well, the Swedish and Norwegian government controls the Alcohol in their countries and drive up the prices. Denmark doesn't do that.
Sweden is meh. As I said before, government controlled alcohol (it's not unheard of to pay around 8 dollars for one glass of beer at the pub), everything costs a bit more than Denmark, the views aren't really amazing unless you travel to the far North. Great country to live in, maybe not so fun to visit.
Finland is also a very lovely country, but I would not advice anyone from the US to go there unless you know Finnish. The Finnish people are very bad at English, because they also get taught Swedish in school, which means less time to learn English properly. My Father is Finnish, so he dealt with all the talking when I visited. Finding someone who spoke proper English was impossible.
Finland is much like Sweden, just that the Swedes usually understand English much better.
thank you for your comment! I was thinking Norway or Denmark, and your insight is very useful!
Hi Mark, since u have a plethora of travel stories to tell did u ever consider writing a book or travelogue or travel guide? As u r a professor u would have grip in language as well i believe..so...i would buy it lol
+Ritankar Sasmal thanks Rotankar. I have started with some book ideas but the day job takes up quite a bit of time sadly
yeah it's understandable...will wait for the day when i can pick up ur copy for a tour rather than rick steve's or lonely planet :)
+Ritankar Sasmal i have been trying to get my wife interested in writing a book so im trying :)
cheers! :)
+Solleti Coso summer
You should try harðfiskur
Hey Wolters World how good is the lamb in Iceland I ask you because I love lamb chops
As a native Icelander , I would say the Icelandic lamb meat you get is probably the purest and the best you get in the world.
+Rob Dunne i really loved it and so did my wife and she is a lamb eating mad greek :)
in your video ,which place is this in Iceland at time 03:43
in average how much Canadian dollar will you expense in food per day in Iceland 2 adult 2 kids (9 and 11)
thanks
I will eat well ova there. Puffins, no way. Too cute.
@WoltersWorld You're awesome. Is there a place you haven't traveled to? New subscriber here!
+nigjbeauty1 Sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia are the two main areas. So lots of the world to see yet :)
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