Tivoli was an interesting experience. It consisted of about equal parts landscaped gardens, music stages, restaurants, rides, and carnival experiences (games/junk food). After paying 75 DKK to get in, I spent a few hours walking around, looking for some good Danish food that wasn't at a large premium. I found Café Georg, which was offering an interesting looking dish for 155 DKK: Hvidløgsristede Scampier (which I butchered quite horribly when I tried to pronounce it). It consisted of scampi sautéed with tomato and garlic, served with a sauce made from what I believe to be sour cream seasoned with lime, garlic, chilies, and basil.
It worked very well with the scampi- I will definitely try to reproduce it at home for my own shrimp recipes, or possibly other varieties of fish as well. The flavor is mildly reminiscent of tartar sauce, but unique, interesting, and has a little bit of a kick to it.
Following dinner, I decided I needed to try some Danish carnival food, so I got a 40 DKK "Tivoli Special", which was a waffle cone with three flavors of ice-cream, vanilla "softice" (soft-serve), a creme-filled, chocolate-coated cookie and strawberry topping. It was delicious, though quite filling. I'm mostly curious about what sort of cookie it was. The filling reminded me of a Hostess snack cake, although it was thicker and richer than Hostess filling.
I wanted to stay for an event right before closing where they do some sort of light show on the small lake in the park, but it was getting colder, the heavy cloud cover and unpredictable rain still hasn't let up, and it would have been another 2 or 3 hours waiting in a place designed to separate you from your money. Instead, I decided to head back and get a good night's sleep before catching the 8:50 train to Aarhus.
A note on finances - my goal of seeing Copenhagen on the cheap is working out well. Despite my initial "debt" from paying transportation costs upfront, I'm currently only 5.03 days behind in finances. Hopefully we'll see that number shrink even further in the future.
That dish sounds really good. Also, several people want to know why minecraft is down. I think you should just forget I mentioned it and have fun... XD.
ReplyDelete@Greg - Actually, I remoted in yesterday, and reset it. It currently seems to be working alright. Is it not, still?
ReplyDelete"and it would have been another 2 or 3 hours waiting in a place designed to separate you from your money." I love the way you word things xD
ReplyDeleteAnd lol, still managing minecraft from Scandinavia. Nice.
I'm glad monies are getting better :3