Ikea Food - South Philadelphia, PA
My mother and I went to IKEA for the first time EVER this week. I
originally went to purchase a table, but got wrapped up in the food! (I also bought some things from the food section, so I have an IKEA haul coming up soon!)
Here is what we had for lunch:
My Mother had the roasted chicken breast with mashed potatoes, she said it was the best chicken she had ever had in a restaurant.
For lunch I had the Swedish meatballs with lingonberry jam and mashed
potatoes. Lingonberries are really popular in Scandinavian meals. On
the side I had lingonberry juice and an elderflower cupcake.
The mashed potatoes were creamy and delicious! They tasted buttery
and had a hint of cracked pepper. They sell the same potatoes in the
freezer section of their food market, and I have to say these were the
best frozen mashed potatoes I had ever had.
I have to say, the lingonberry jam tasted like the best cranberry sauce I had ever
had. The berries were tender and soft, but the overall flavor was dry
and tangy. A lot like cranberry sauce, but the berries do not have
anything to get stuck in your teeth (like cranberries often do.) I actually picked up a jar of this to have at home.
Although Ikea is famous for them, the meatballs were actually my least favorite part of the meal. they
tasted a little overly spiced. I think I would have liked them with a
different gravy more than the traditional brown. The brown gravy made
the spices overpowering, if a tangy sauce had been used I would have
liked them a lot more.
The lingonberry juice was really refreshing, but it was a lot like a
cranberry juice, just a bit brighter. It isn’t very strong on it’s own,
but when I mixed it with a bit of lemon lime soda it was really
interesting! All of these items can be bought in the grocery section so you can easily recreate your meal at home.
The elderflower cupcake, was something I had never seen before. The
cupcake was really moist and dense, and it tasted like vanilla pound
cake mixed with lychee fruit. The icing on top was cream cheese and I
think the elderflower was also in the icing, but it was hard to tell
with how strongly the cupcake was flavored. I loved it!
Overall, I am incredibly impressed with IKEA’s food. I never though a store that sold furniture would also make decent food. I highly recommend everything! (Except the meatballs with gravy. I won’t be getting that again)
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