My home town is lovely in summer. Full of bars and restaurants in the marina, gorgeous gardens and happy cheerful people everywhere.
In winter however, there is exactly one restaurant open in the central parts of town that is not a pizza or hot dog place. Needless to say, as someone who barely knows how to use her oven, I would not ever be successful living back home permanently again.
I have heard plenty of great things about this place since it opened and have been looking to check it out every time I've been home since it opened without success. This time however, I got lucky and got a dinner date booked in with two out of four girls from my original Team that made sure my childhood and teens were filled with so much fun and craziness.
As far as first impressions goes, I was sceptical from the moment I stepped out of the car. This restaurant is located in what used to be one of two high schools back home, and walking towards the old cafeteria to actually pay for food was one hell of an absurd feeling. Part of me did expect getting served questionable mash with questionable sausages by a questionable lunch lady.
Once inside though, I completely forgot I was in what used to be a school cafeteria. Which I assume was the plan when they set the place up. As it turns out, it is a really cosy venue with lovely attentive staff and a great selection of both food and wine. Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised.
Every time I see my girls from back in the day, it always is one of those sort of great nights that you can only have with people who have known you throughout kindergarden, basketball practice and high school graduations. Throughout the night there were a lot of trips down memory lane (like the plastic dragon with pink wings in Bulgaria), a lot of updates on current events in all of our lives (like scientific discoveries and travels across the globe) and planning future gang outings (Copenhagen baby!) seeing as the only times we all got together these days are either for hen do's or weddings. Although we are loosing a third member of the Team to the institution of marriage shortly following an exciting proposal by the sea, we should not need people to tie the knot for us all to meet up.
And what a great venue for a night out with these girls. Delicious, fruity rose wine perfect for the summer months, one extremely helpful head waiter and the best steak I have ever had. Yes, I credit them with having better steaks than New York, Argentina, Australia and Japan. Absolutely amazing, it's worth going just for the sake if that steak.
If you ever happen to stop by Strängnäs, Sweden - go check this place out, it is absolutely worth the drive from Stockholm!
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| Two out of four isn't too shabby! |
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