5 of the girls in the group are pregnant again (one for the 3rd time!) and all are due about the same time, in April/May. We were 6 (4 baby-bellies) meeting up this time and we opted for an earlier get-together and chose to go to the American Brunch at Hotel Heden Liseberg.
From the website: "Enjoy real American food like pancakes with maple syrup, hamburgers, Caesar salad, bagels with cream cheese, brownies, blueberry muffins, cheesecake or pecan pie. Sound tempting? Pay us a visit at Hotell Liseberg Heden and enjoy our American Brunch."
I thought the choice of things was good but the size of the food could have been slightly bigger...even for a buffet. I mean...a tiny bit of brownie is not as nice as a small piece :) and why oh why split the donuts into 8 bits when you can half or quarter it?? The BLT-sandwiches were also tiny but tasty so I should perhaps not complain. The price was good for what all we got but as always...the company is what did it for me. We always have such a GOOD time together...! :D
In school it's been drama, drama with today be "the Day of Performance" :) and OF COURSE Erin woke up with a fever during the night and this morning Anton was saying he wasn't feeling good. What to do?! I'm the one reading the "play" and bringing the "background music" with me, without me they'd be in quite a pickle to say the least! I waited 'til the last minute and made the choice to take the kids with me, rather than not going at all. They couldn't go to dagis with a fever but were still "well" enough to come with me...It worked out well, my classmates Ooooh:d and Aaaah:d over my "beautiful children" :D and they were well behaved too so I felt proud and glad I didn't have to abandon my group. :)
Already been back home for about an hour now (I left as soon as our play was done) and they're down for their nap now...hopefully waking up feeling better. :)
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Oooo, well, the food sounds pretty good! Athough I am not a fan of pecan pie, a lot of my family is :-p
Do you have things like pancakes with syrup and bagels? Normally we would also eat waffles and omlettes
:) Yes and no... :D Apparently bagels (real bagels!?) are hard to come by in Sweden. Open sandwiches are more "our thing". *lol*
We eat pancakes but they're larger in size (like a crêpe?) and a dessert (or possibly a "light" lunch) rather than breakfast (?) and usually served with jam and whipped cream (or ice cream), I like just some sugar on top. :)
Syrup is really only used for baking in Sweden. :D
Omelettes are fairly common too I think, something we eat once in a while. Waffles are eaten too but not as often as for ex. pancakes and omelettes. :)
I don't think the foods are THAT different really, the combinations and when you would eat it migth vary and then of course the (really) old traditional foods vary more than the "new" stuff like pasta and burgers etc. You'd find the food here slightly different but still very much the same. :)
That's interesting that you use syrup for baking...what kind? We have crepes and eat them for breakfast (and brunch).
Hamburgers are not really eaten for brunch and neither is pecan pie. Which is interesting that they were serving pecan pie. It's really only found in the Southeast. Mainly cheesecakes are served for brunch here (unless it's an uber fancy brunch, then there's all sorts of things).
I was telling my mom about the 'American Brunch' and we started wondering if the food is cooked with a Swedish twist. Like here we have Chinese food, but it's not Chinese food like they eat in China...make sense? That would be fun to try out if I ever go to Sweden!
I'm not much of a baker myself but I know syrup is used in baking bread, cakes and cookies... Not in everything by any means but not unusual.
They had cheesecake too at the brunch and I THINK they were striving for "genuine" American food (I know what you mean about the Chinese food) :) with all the "toppings" etc being American Brands. I think as always with a buffet you can make it into whatever suits you. You might have thought the combination of things on my plate was wierd and not American at all... *lol*
Haha! I think the combination of things on people's plates can be weird, period. I still think it's strange that hubby and Matt like ketchup with their eggs *shudders*
Is there ever a time that you think "How can Americans eat that?!"
Only thing I can think of is when my Aunt went to Sweden for work and she complained about seeing so much dried herring. I am not a fish person in the least, and that certainly didn't sound yummy, lol.
I really really don't get the peanutbutter and jelly sandwiches! Just so wrong...
And the herring here isn't dried...it's pickled, that's our Haggis! *lol* MUCH better pickled than dried don't you agree!? ;D
Bleh...pickled sounds even worse, LOL.
Peanut butter and jelly? Really? It's an all time kids' staple food here (expect for Matt, he doesn't like them). But I've noticed that an American sandwich and a European sandwich is different. Yours are normally open faced while we use two pieces of bread (or three if it's a club).
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