Comments on: Tjoruhusid: Isafjordur’s Amazing Fish Restaurant http://lostinstockholm.com/2007/08/28/isafjordur-fish-restaurant/ Musings about Life in Socialist Sweden - Oh Yea, It's Awesome Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:11:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim Lynch http://lostinstockholm.com/2007/08/28/isafjordur-fish-restaurant/#comment-30037 Jim Lynch Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:40:06 +0000 http://leglobetrotteur.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/the-local-place/#comment-30037 We were referred to this restaurant by a local guest house as a place where we could get a good meal at a reasonable price. The restaurant is in the oldest building in Iceland, a 1741 "prefab" sent over from Denmark. Meals are served at long plank tables. If you're there on a busy night, you may be sharing the table with another party. Our waiter was a viking who spoke good English but didn't trust himself. He would speak three words in English and then stop. He was so engaging it was hard not to try to fill in his English for him but then he would say three more words and stop; good man speaking good if uncertain English. We ordered soup and the catch of the day. The catch of the day is a given; it's not as if you have a choice of entrée. In a while, a large bowl of soup arrived: a really good soup with a tomato base. Naive us; when we decided to ladle out a second serving we discovered mussels at the bottom of the bowl. We tried not to over-do on the soup as it wasn't dinner but the mussels turned a good soup into a great soup and leaving a mussel in the bowl did not seem to be an option. After another while, the entrée arrived, plaice in a cast iron skillet with salad greens, tomatoes, and grapes. One bite confirmed that this was one of, if not, the best fish dinner I have ever had. There was more fish in the skillet than we could eat but we kept trying. It just seemed sinful to leave any of it uneaten. If you get to Isafjordur, you must try this restaurant. We were referred to this restaurant by a local guest house as a place where we could get a good meal at a reasonable price. The restaurant is in the oldest building in Iceland, a 1741 “prefab” sent over from Denmark. Meals are served at long plank tables. If you’re there on a busy night, you may be sharing the table with another party.

Our waiter was a viking who spoke good English but didn’t trust himself. He would speak three words in English and then stop. He was so engaging it was hard not to try to fill in his English for him but then he would say three more words and stop; good man speaking good if uncertain English. We ordered soup and the catch of the day. The catch of the day is a given; it’s not as if you have a choice of entrée.

In a while, a large bowl of soup arrived: a really good soup with a tomato base. Naive us; when we decided to ladle out a second serving we discovered mussels at the bottom of the bowl. We tried not to over-do on the soup as it wasn’t dinner but the mussels turned a good soup into a great soup and leaving a mussel in the bowl did not seem to be an option.

After another while, the entrée arrived, plaice in a cast iron skillet with salad greens, tomatoes, and grapes. One bite confirmed that this was one of, if not, the best fish dinner I have ever had. There was more fish in the skillet than we could eat but we kept trying. It just seemed sinful to leave any of it uneaten.

If you get to Isafjordur, you must try this restaurant.

]]> By: Restaurant in Ilfracombe http://lostinstockholm.com/2007/08/28/isafjordur-fish-restaurant/#comment-9462 Restaurant in Ilfracombe Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:35:47 +0000 http://leglobetrotteur.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/the-local-place/#comment-9462 Thanks a bunchI really liked reading this. It makes me want to start my own blog! Just what topic though? I am a dentist by profession but cannot imagine many people wishing to read about the dental profession? Maybe I am wrong! Thanks a bunchI really liked reading this. It makes me want to start my own blog! Just what topic though? I am a dentist by profession but cannot imagine many people wishing to read about the dental profession? Maybe I am wrong!

]]> By: Luca http://lostinstockholm.com/2007/08/28/isafjordur-fish-restaurant/#comment-8667 Luca Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:03:25 +0000 http://leglobetrotteur.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/the-local-place/#comment-8667 we were there last summer and the food was delicious. do you know if it's open in march? we would like the celebration of my husband in that restaurant we were there last summer and the food was delicious. do you know if it’s open in march? we would like the celebration of my husband in that restaurant

]]> By: Sapphire http://lostinstockholm.com/2007/08/28/isafjordur-fish-restaurant/#comment-7711 Sapphire Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:35:04 +0000 http://leglobetrotteur.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/the-local-place/#comment-7711 Geoff - That's awesome! Do you remember the pricing of the meals? It was something I wanted to mention. Geoff – That’s awesome! Do you remember the pricing of the meals? It was something I wanted to mention.

]]> By: Geoff http://lostinstockholm.com/2007/08/28/isafjordur-fish-restaurant/#comment-7706 Geoff Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:40:27 +0000 http://leglobetrotteur.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/the-local-place/#comment-7706 We ate at Tjöruhúsið in July of 2009, and it was still exactly the same, even down to the pictures on the menu. We were there late in the evening, and the food was being served sort of buffet-style- they put those pans on the counter at the front, and everybody came up and took some. Truly delicious! We ate at Tjöruhúsið in July of 2009, and it was still exactly the same, even down to the pictures on the menu. We were there late in the evening, and the food was being served sort of buffet-style- they put those pans on the counter at the front, and everybody came up and took some. Truly delicious!

]]> By: Isafjordur: A small town http://lostinstockholm.com/2007/08/28/isafjordur-fish-restaurant/#comment-2008 Isafjordur: A small town Sun, 17 May 2009 16:02:20 +0000 http://leglobetrotteur.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/the-local-place/#comment-2008 [...] - e-mail: langimangi@langimangi.is Address: Adalstraeti 22, Isafjordur. Tel: (+354) 456 3022. Tjoruhusid Located next to the Isafjordur Maritime Museum at the waterfront. The restaurant is owned by a [...] [...] – e-mail: langimangi@langimangi.is Address: Adalstraeti 22, Isafjordur. Tel: (+354) 456 3022. Tjoruhusid Located next to the Isafjordur Maritime Museum at the waterfront. The restaurant is owned by a [...]

]]> By: Sapphire http://lostinstockholm.com/2007/08/28/isafjordur-fish-restaurant/#comment-1912 Sapphire Tue, 12 May 2009 16:37:55 +0000 http://leglobetrotteur.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/the-local-place/#comment-1912 How I miss amazing Icelandic local fish! I figured out the name of the restaurant for anyone visiting Isafjordur, Tjöruhúsið. It is located at the end of the street (past the university), next to museum. How I miss amazing Icelandic local fish! I figured out the name of the restaurant for anyone visiting Isafjordur, Tjöruhúsið. It is located at the end of the street (past the university), next to museum.

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