Trio Restaurant, Malmö
During the latest visit to Sweden, a night at Trio Restaurant in Malmö could be found quite high up on the wish list.
Trio is a really small restaurant, with just a few tables, a notably sober interior decoration and a remarkably big reputation for just being 6 months old.
The trio consists of Erik Berne - restaurant manager and sommelier and chefs Sebastian Persson and Ola Rudin.
All of them have been working in well-known gourmet restaurants around the world before they congregated in Malmö to open their dream restaurant.
The cuisine is based on seasonal produce from near-by farmers and producers. Both elaborate and natural. Strong flavors and contrasting textures.
These factors - together with professional service and a nearly perfect (at times insanely stunning!) wine pairing makes for a good meal.
Add a good amount of nice company and some good laughs and you have an experience to remember!
Here are some of the best dishes from our tasting menu:
Crispy cod skin with fennel seed emulsion
Smögen shrimp, trout roe, lump fish roe, yoghurt and vervain
Local farm pig, tree mushroom, pear and horseradish
Scallop from Tromsö, oyster, geranium and cucumber
Egg from Söderåsens organic farm, cauliflower, chicken skin and common chickweed
The evening reached its climax when they, together with the check/bill, put a big white “tree” on the table. A fake tree made of spun sugar and sorrel. What an immense infantile amusement to eat cotton candy from a tree!
All in all we had a splendid evening, with very correct and friendly service and absolutely astonishing food. This will be a meal to remember during 2009. The atmosphere is very low-key with a decorating so sober it’s borderline dull. But you would be coming here for the food and wine anyway, not for the design.
