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Wiener Caféet - Stockholm, Sweden

This place has existed since 1904, with various owners. Less than a year ago, the café was all renovated and became a modern high end coffee house (i.e coffee shop). The waiter seats you at a table, and the people working here are professional and polite, all dressed in

Liquoriced bacon salad

Have you ever had Chinese spare ribs? They taste really meaty, an the secret to that is star anis and fennel. Both of which contain anethole. Anethole is an organic aromatic compound that not only gives you an excellent liquorice-like flavor in baking and cooking, but also enhances meet flavor.

Fazer Café - Helsinki, Finland

Karl Otto Fazer was a Finnish businessman, who in 1891 decided to establish a coffeehouse (i.e cafe) in Helsinki, Finland. His coffeeshop evolved into a Finnish empire of restaurants, coffee shops and even a widely recognized chocolate and candy brand bearing his surname Fazer. It’s pretty much Finland’

My Swedish Easter disappointment (or "What people eat for Easter around the world")

When I was a child, I would hunt for chocolate eggs in the garden for hours. I left childhood a long time ago. However, I haven’t quit on sweets and chocolate. Heretofore, my parents would buy me a Maxi Kinder Surprise every year for Easter. But since I moved

Bronda - Helsinki, Finland

Restaurant Bronda in Helsinki, Finland. A trendy place, it seems, from the looks of it. But more important, how’s the food? I start of with an “arancino”. This is originally a Sicilian invention from the 10th century, a rice ball filled with tomato sauce, mozzarella, ragú (meat sauce) and

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