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.
Where to eat it: 3 restaurants across 2 cities.
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.
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Common allergens: Dairy, Gluten
Tip from the editors. The pork strips must be very thin to crisp properly; ask the butcher to slice them at 5mm or use a mandoline. Too thick and they steam rather than fry.
The long-established bodega kitchen serves proper Danish classics at prices that have not kept pace with inflation. At Skolegade 7. Booking recommended.
TryFrikadeller med rødkål
Restaurant Kohalen at the end of Jaegergaardsgade serves classic Danish lunch in premises that date to 1907, with roast pork, steak sandwiches and open.
OrderStegt flæsk with potatoes and parsley sauce; a Nordic lunch institution in an warm-lit room.
BookNone ahead
TipMonday to Saturday 11:00-18:00, walk-ins only. The building itself dates to the old slaughterhouse district and the atmosphere reflects it.
The neighbourhood bistro and smørrebrød counter that locals treat as their own. Lunch only. The smørrebrød sell out by 13:30 on Fridays. At Vestergade 50.
Why locals goNo social media presence, no Google Ads, just a hand-painted sign and regulars who book by phone. Tourists walk past the unmarked door on Vestergade daily.
TipLunch only. The smørrebrød sell out by 13:30 on Fridays Word-of-mouth is the only marketing.
Featured by TableJourney as a signature dish of Copenhagen. See where to eat Stegt Flæsk med Persillesovs in Copenhagen or the Copenhagen signature dishes guide.
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