well, it wouldn’t be my blog without a post on some of the
local fare in copenhagen. besides,
the danish danish pun was way too easy to pass up.
i hate when people start sentences with things that make
them sound like they think they’re amazing for doing a lot of traveling, but i
can’t really think of another way to begin this so here it goes. whenever i travel to a new place (ok
the worst part is over), my favorite thing to do is to try and have a couple
meals from things that i buy at the grocery store. clearly this has huge benefits in the budget travel arena,
but also i think grocery shopping in another country almost gives you a little
more access to some of the local
fare versus going out to eat at the popular guide book places. we didn’t have
enough time for it to really make sense to grocery shop for meals in
copenhagen, so instead we substituted with a trip to 711.
something i developed a liking to in NZ is “pick n mix,”
which is generally a wall that has an assortment of candies, nuts, and other
snacks that you can PICK and MIX from (get it?!?!). so i was naturally very excited to recognize a danish “pick
n mix” in the 711 or a “bland selv slik.” the only thing I didn’t recognize was
any of the candies in it. my only hope is that “labre larver” doesn’t translate
into some kind of larvae…
another little treat we picked up was a drink we had seen at
pretty much every café and restaurant we walked by called cocio classic. and no, that isn’t dutch for “coca cola
classic.” hopefully not anyway as
the color is more opaque and something similar to dirty dish water. my mom and i picked up a bottle for a
little 3pm snack, and it turns out it’s basically liquid chocolate. so, in
short, cocio is danish yoohoo. obviously delicious, definitely looking into the
possibility of ordering these online and having them shipped to the states.
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