Fried salt pork belly with parsley sauce and boiled potatoes is the most voted favourite Danish dish in the annual poll. Strips of belly pork are fried crisp and served with thick white parsley sauce and floury potatoes.
Stegt flæsk was voted Denmark's national dish in 2014 in a public poll run by the Ministry of Food. The dish has roots in the farm kitchens of Jutland where salt-cured pork belly was the most reliable winter protein; the parsley sauce drew on the abundant fresh herb growing in every kitchen garden. The Aarhus version is typically served at Teater Bodega and at Restaurant Kohalen as a Wednesday lunch special.
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.
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.
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. Located in Midtbyen. Kitchen leans traditional danish.