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restaurant reviews

Ain’t no Yule without The Virgin

December 16, 2007

Christmas in Iceland is all about tradition, and for EPI and YT there quite simply is no freaking Christmas unless we get our Yule Platter at The Virgin. In fact, this conviction has passed repeatedly through my panicked mind over the past two weeks, having been told that The Virgin was all booked up every [...]

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Stuffed at Argentina

December 9, 2007

Been suffering from Acute Cobweb Syndrome all day long on account of the copious amounts of red wine I drank last night while out enjoying a Christmas buffet courtesy of EPI’s employer. Actually, ‘copious amounts’ is probably a bit misleading – the fact is that I normally suffer from cobweb syndrome the day after drinking [...]

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YT and EPI enjoy a romantic outing complete with spa, slippers and food to die for

November 18, 2007

Last year when EPI and I got married, our four exceptionally wonderful daughters gave us a fabulous wedding present: a night at the Hotel Saga plus dinner at Grillið, their in-house restaurant that happens to be one of the best in Reykjavík. It’s taken us almost a year to fit this little outing into our [...]

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YT the one-woman tourist board

October 17, 2007

Got an email from a reader in Athens, Greece, who is planning to visit our fair isle over Christmas and New Year’s and who presented our YT with a set of questions related to his upcoming trip. Seeing as how the information might be useful to the myriad other punters who are planning on doing [...]

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Dining in Reykjavík – our picks!

August 14, 2007

First this: even if I still haven’t managed to grasp what Blogshares is, I was kind of chuffed to discover that it currently lists The Iceland Weather Report as the top Reykjavík blog, and the number two Iceland blog, following on the heels of the formidable Rebekka, who in case you don’t know absolutely rules [...]

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In praise of bad service

July 18, 2007

Went out with my friend Sandy tonight, who is visiting from Canada and who I haven’t seen in about eight years. We became friends about 13 years ago, when I’d just moved back to Niceland and had my first whiplash injury [have I ever mentioned that the Icelanders have the most horrific traffic culture in [...]

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Iceland eats Burgernomics for breakfast

July 10, 2007

Once again, Iceland has been awarded the dubious honour of being at the top of the Big Mac index. What this means, in practice, is that a Big Mac costs more here than in any other country in the world. I wonder if there is any connection between this and the fact that McDonald’s food [...]

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YT eats her words

June 19, 2007

OK, it pains me to do this. Pains me. But it cannot be helped: I have been forced to amend my glowing review of ICELANDIC FISH AND CHIPS, as the place has fallen rather severely from grace here at the Weather Report. It all started last Saturday night when EPI and I went there for [...]

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A long post about a chicken burrito

June 14, 2007

Brace yourselves: two restaurant reviews in two days [well, four actually, since I covered three-in-one the last time] – and this only because I’ve only just returned home from eating a chicken burrito and figured I’d hammer out a wee exposé about it. Consider it a public service, if you will if you shall if [...]

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Restaurant reviews! that aren’t just rants

June 12, 2007

You know, I’ve been feeling rather guilty for not writing a proper restaurant review of the restaurants I actually like in Reykjavík, as opposed to just using my self-appointed critic status as an excuse to rant about bad service and whathaveyou. Especially since this is the time when the tidalwave of tourists hits us, and [...]

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