European lobster from the North Sea caught on the first Sunday of September when the Swedish lobster season officially opens. A celebrated annual event at Feskekorkka and a prestige ingredient at Goteborg Michelin restaurants.
Where to eat it: 3 restaurants across 1 city.
Feskekorka (the Fish Church) is Gothenburg's Gothic 1874 fish hall reopened in 2024 after a four-year renovation, housing fishmongers, shellfish counters and a restaurant where the city's seafood obsession is at its most concentrated.
Bhoga in Gothenburg is a one-Michelin-star Nordic restaurant where the menu shifts daily around local farms and season. Tasting menus in five, seven or nine courses use natural wines throughout.
Koka's one Michelin star decorates an elegant room beneath a 19th-century glass ceiling in Vasastaden. The seasonal tasting menu leans strongly plant-led in spring and summer, showcasing West Swedish produce.
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