Food
Our favorite place was Reykjavik Chips for fish and chips, went there twice.
Soup and lamb are popular items, and we had both. The lamb was at the Geyser Park site and was really good.
A really popular spot, with the tourists anyway, was Brauð & Co. Everyone raves about the cinnamon rolls. They were good, quality bakery indeed, but ehh, didn’t blow our socks off. Guess we are used to the sugary ones in the US.
Another popular item is the Bragðarefur, basically a Blizzard or McFlurry. Again a bit of a let down for us.
Hot dogs. They’re different in Iceland (probably because they have lamb in them). There is a place that has extremely long lines in the afternoons (down the block and around the corner), Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur. All the tourists go here (us included). Allegedly, Bill Clinton had a hot dog here once, and I think he was being polite when he said it was the best hot dog he’s ever eaten. For us, there was nothing special about them. We went at 10:00am and there was no line.
We had donuts from DEIG Workshop. Their famous donut is a creme brulee donut, where they light the top on fire to caramelize the sugar. It’s basically a Boston Creme with a sugary crust on top. Was good, went here twice.
One day for lunch we went to a local place called Salatbarinn, which is an all you can eat buffet, Icelandic style. Lots of locals eating there. Very good.
We did not try the Hákarl (fermented shark). Everyone says how awful it tastes but yet they all still try it.