The what-la? Yeah, that was my first thought. During the month of February the city is plastered with posters advertising the Semla, particularly at the million 7-11s across the city. Newspapers run stories on this pastry, every bakery in town makes them, and then on Fat Tuesday (Fettisdagen), everyone has a semla (or many of them).
My semla experience was nice. I tried a little bit at work, and then Dave stopped by a nearby bakery on his way home last night. They were similar in that both had the cardomon-spiced bread, the almond paste, and the whipped cream; and yet, they were pretty different.
It's part of living in Sweden, right? Gotta try everything at least once (or twice in one day).
That sounds awesome. I could eat almond paste in anything.
Posted by: Peter A | February 27, 2009 at 12:17 PM