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Wh<strong>at</strong> do We drink?<br />
<strong>Greenland</strong>ic me<strong>at</strong>, in particular <strong>se</strong>al, whale and musk ox me<strong>at</strong>,<br />
is a gre<strong>at</strong> challenge with regard to choosing a suitable wine.<br />
– I think champagne <strong>for</strong> <strong>se</strong>al is a good choice. Champagne is<br />
dry, and it is the acidity and freshness of the bubbles th<strong>at</strong> does<br />
it. They really go well toget<strong>her</strong>, says restaurant manager Victor<br />
Næss, who buys the wines.<br />
The altern<strong>at</strong>ive to champagne is, according to the restaurant<br />
manager, a young rosé, which has the dryness of champagne,<br />
but also has a light, fruity taste.<br />
When <strong>se</strong>lecting wine to suit the meal, the challenge is to have<br />
the wine complement the food, providing a little opposition. It<br />
is about cre<strong>at</strong>ing balance between the taste of the sweet and<br />
sour, salt and bitter. According to Victor Ness, musk ox me<strong>at</strong><br />
has a very complex and varied taste, but it still requires a little<br />
opposition and he t<strong>her</strong>e<strong>for</strong>e recommends Bourgogne or Rhone<br />
wines. The fish dishes are a challenge of their own.<br />
– In our kitchen, the sauces often determine the choice of wine.<br />
If you have a light fish in a heavy sauce, we recommend a different<br />
wine than we would, <strong>for</strong> a light, citrus sauce. A heavy<br />
sauce requires a very acidic wine.<br />
alSo lunch<br />
– The restaurant is a wonderful place and we would like to u<strong>se</strong><br />
it <strong>for</strong> more than just evening meals, so last year we started to<br />
<strong>se</strong>rve lunch in <strong>her</strong>e, tells Mikael Hansson.<br />
»Sarfalik LUNCH« started with lunches of high quality: Root<br />
vegetable soup, smoked salmon with capers and chives – or how<br />
about a fish pl<strong>at</strong>ter with prawns, salmon and halibut?<br />
Since the start, classic Danish openfaced sandwiches have been<br />
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added to the menu: Crab/prawn salad, smoked halibut, game<br />
pâté, beef p<strong>at</strong>ty with softfried onions and fried egg or roast<br />
beef with crispyfried onions and remoulade sauce.<br />
– T<strong>her</strong>e are business people, who want a quiet lunch and they<br />
can get th<strong>at</strong> <strong>her</strong>e, says Mikael Hansson.<br />
If you order be<strong>for</strong>ehand, you can enjoy a good lunch in just 30<br />
minutes.<br />
the perfect fuSion<br />
– Hansson with two s’s, says the chef in Swedish, with a broad<br />
accent. He qualified as a cook 15 years ago and he worked in a<br />
<strong>se</strong>ries of restaurants in Malmø, be<strong>for</strong>e going to Nuuk in 2002.<br />
He has been chef since Sarfalik opened four years ago.<br />
On the menu, Mikael Hansson describes the style as a fusion<br />
of »the new Nordic cuisine« with focus on <strong>Greenland</strong>ic ingredients.<br />
The intern<strong>at</strong>ional appearance is completed by his Swedish<br />
background and by being an adopted son from Pakistan.<br />
– Culture, of cour<strong>se</strong>, determines taste. I cannot say: Noone<br />
likes th<strong>at</strong>. Taste is a question of tradition.<br />
The chef’s own favourites are the raw ingredients.<br />
– I love to e<strong>at</strong> and <strong>se</strong>rve raw, marin<strong>at</strong>ed fish and shellfish. We<br />
<strong>se</strong>rve raw prawns, which are ot<strong>her</strong>wi<strong>se</strong> only <strong>for</strong> export to China<br />
and Japan. I like it, when you do not »drown« too much of the<br />
taste. When it is raw, t<strong>her</strong>e is more background taste. Raw<br />
prawns taste f<strong>at</strong>tier, not as salty. I love the taste of wolffish and<br />
the taste of blue mus<strong>se</strong>ls is fantastic. When we get the ingredients,<br />
we <strong>se</strong>rve them the same evening, or we vacuumpack<br />
and freeze them to maintain »top notch quality«. Most of it is<br />
extremely good, ends the chef of Sarfalik.<br />
kAl Neriniartarfik Sarfalik. Dk Et kig ud over restaurant Sarfalik. GB Restaurant Sarfalik.<br />
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