Fried salt pork belly with parsley sauce and boiled potatoes is the most voted favourite Danish dish in the annual poll. The strips of belly pork are fried until crispy and served with a thick white parsley sauce and floury boiled potatoes.
Stegt flæsk was voted Denmark's national dish in 2014 in a public poll. The dish has its roots in the farm kitchens of Jutland where salt-cured pork belly was the most reliable winter protein; the parsley sauce made use of the abundant fresh herb from the kitchen garden.
3 editor picks for Stegt Flæsk med Persillesovs in Aarhus, ranked by editorial score. All Aarhus signature dishes · Stegt Flæsk med Persillesovs across every city.
Vesterlauget ★ 4.0
midtbyen · Vestergade 50, 8000 Aarhus C
Vesterlauget on Vestergade is a classic Danish lunch and dinner restaurant with smørrebrød at midday and a daily-changing short menu in the evening, with good value by Aarhus city centre standards.
Restaurant Kohalen ★ 3.9
frederiksbjerg · Jægergårdsgade 164A, 8000 Aarhus C
Restaurant Kohalen at the end of Jaegergaardsgade has served classic Danish lunch in premises dating to 1907, with roast pork, steak sandwiches and open sandwiches in an atmospheric old slaughterhouse-district room.
Teater Bodega ★ 3.8
midtbyen · Skolegade 7, 8000 Aarhus C
A long-established bodega next to the city theatre, frequented by actors and old Aarhus alike. The kitchen does the Danish canon without flourish: pork schnitzel, pickled red cabbage, caramelised potatoes.