RESTAURANG GABRIEL - GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN

Submitted Rille of Sinners Sweden:

A week ago I was in Gothenburg, about 4 hours drive from where I live and I decided to show up at Restaurang Gabriel where my old friend Jonas have been the chef for many years. He is not on any pics but is really the guy that makes everything but the oysters. We have known each other since we were teens and used to go fishing back then. He's the guy that makes everything but the oysters.

This is what he gave me for lunch - haddock with pickle mashed potatoes. Served with some wonderful mini tomatoes, vegetables, shrimp and mussels. Melted butter was poured on fresh horseraddish. The best fish I ever had.
One of the owners, Johan, was the winner of the Oyster World Championship last year. See the link "ostron" (oysters in Swedish) on their website.



Later the same day Panhead Totte served me some fantastic smoked salmon.

Gothenburg is the seafood capital of Sweden.

Fresh from the Swedish Forests

from Rille, Sinners Sweden:



A friend of mine gave me some chanterelle that he picked yesterday. In the autumn fresh chanterelle will be found in the Swedish forests.

I parboiled them and then fried them in butter and then ate them on buttered toasts and almost started to cry.

Gyllen Uttern - Sweden

Submitted by Rille, Sinners Sweden:


I was out delivering a car last tuesday, the weather was cloudy with a little rain and I had a great dinner and desert on the roadside. The restuarant is a very fancy old famous restaurant just outside Gränna and its called Gyllene Uttern.

I have wanted to stop and eat there for years and have passed it by at least 10 times a year .
I haven't eaten there since my mom took me there when I was 10 years old. My Mom is 30 years older now then she was at the time and I'm at least 50 years older now.


I had a filet mignon with foie gras, madeirasauce and asparagus and unfortunately I was too hungry to take out my camera until it was finished. For dessert I had a mixed plate of chocolate cake, strawberries and fennel parfait which was soo good that I kept smiling all the way home.


Nelson asked me if I got any photos of the building so when I got another delivery to do two days later I had to pass there again. Of course I had to stop and eat again. The view from the window table that I got was amazing, overlooking Lake Vättern and the island Visingsö.
Now I had a smörstekt röding (I think you would call it butterfried char or loach) with fried mushrooms, crayfish/creme sauce and potatoes as the main course .
Crème brûlée with fresh berries for dessert. I'm still smiling. Great food but expensive so I cant go there for a while now, need to save some money so I can go to so. cal again soon.

bon apetit,
Rille