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Lækjarbrekka - www.laekjarbrekka.is

Classic, refined Icelandic food in a traditional Icelandic wood-framed house with lace everywhere. There's nothing adventurous or modern here, the food is primarily fish-based (it's renown for its lobster tails and puffin) but there's also Icelandic lamb. The set menus are the best value for money:

Puffin Party menu - 4.780 ISK

  • Fresh salad with smoked and marinated puffin
  • Puffin in Brennivin sauce
  • Mocha crème brulée with orange sorbet

Icelandic Fish menu - 4.640 ISK

  • Chef's selection of four seafood appetizers
  • Fish of the day with shellfish
  • Icelandic skyr with blueberry sorbet

The Feast of Mountain Lamb menu - 4.970 ISK

  • Lamb carpaccio, smoked lamb and herb marinated lamb with crisp salad and blueberry vinaigrette
  • Roasted mountain lamb and braised shank of lamb with rosemary sauce
  • Chocolate special chef’s selection

Lobster Feast menu - 5.980 ISK

  • Lobster soup with cream and cognac
  • Grilled lobster in garlic-butter, tempura fried lobster and lobster in puff pastry
  • Basket Lækjarbrekka with a selection of homemade ice cream and sorbet with fresh fruit salad

Game Feast menu - 7.200 ISK / with wines 9.900 ISK

  • Langoustine with apples and lobster glaze
  • Game bird- and wild mushroom-terrine with balsamic
  • Steak of reindeer with beetroots, blueberries and blueberry sauce
  • Warm chocolate moelleux with “bounty à la Lækjarbrekka“ and wild strawberry sorbet

 

Review to follow.

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